As the greatest issue in receiving aid right now in Haiti is wavering aid due to taxation, there are few organizations that are approved and actually able to help. One such organization is Sean Penn’s medical and housing aid program, the JP Haitian Relief Organization which has been on the ground for the last six months making slow but sure progress with our people. Please reach out and help… we are in dire need.
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Haiti Still Lacks Water and Sanitation
Aid agencies providing sanitation and water services in Haiti are stretched to their capacities and cannot help indefinitely, the British Red Cross said in a report yesterday.
It called for more international support for the Haitian administration.
The London-based humanitarian organisation said that six months after the devastating quake in January, many Haitians still have no access to basic sanitation and warned the agency’s resources are running out.
Alastair Burnett, an operations manager with the British Red Cross, said: “What we’re doing can’t carry on forever. We don’t have infinite resources to provide that. We are all stretched to our capacity and are simply containing a critical situation, rather than solving it.”
The Red Cross and other agencies have provided most of the clean water and toilets for the 1.2 million Haitians camping out in temporary settlements since January.
Reconstruction has been slow because of government dysfunction and the scale of the disaster and so far only a fraction of the billions of dollars pledged in foreign aid has been delivered.
Sanitation in Haiti before the quake was already among the worst in the world – only 17% of the population had access to a toilet, a situation comparable to parts of Somalia, the Red Cross said.
Although aid agencies had managed to avoid large outbreaks of diarrhoea or cholera in the camps after the quake, Burnett said the provision of basic sanitation has been mixed.
Haiti Rise Again.
Saskya Sky : My Haiti !
follow her @954SaskyaSky
Young Haitian American Artist with her eyes on beautiful Haiti !
Playcloths x Wyclef : Haitian Jack Shirt*
Happy Haitian Flag Day!!!
Celebrate & Be Sure to Donate to any credible relief organization in honor of a beautiful nation &&& its future!
Haiti, We Love You & We have not forgotten you .
(via @InternetHaiti )
An 8min time capsule of Haiti, Pre/Post Earthquake!
Jean Jean-Pierre and the Dominican Republic Symphonic Orchestra
Conductor: José Antonio Molina
The Dominican Republic National Choir
Conductor: José Enrique Espin
Composer/Producer: Jean Jean-Pierre
Director: Yvetot Gouin
Rest in Power Toussaint L’Ouverture
#HAITI will rise again with & in your spirit.
Men Anpil Chay Pa Lou — ‘Many Hands Lighten the Load’
Threadless Tees 100% Haitian Earthquake Relief Shirt [ All proceeds to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief & Development Fund
http://tinyurl.com/buy-one-here
Help + Positive Energy For Haitian Amputees http://www.joshsundquist.com/blog/2010/02/18/haiti/”
Beautiful #Haiti : History in Images* —via @Probert06
Izwe Lethu [ This Land of Ours] . Mhlaba Wethu. [ Soil of the People]
Uzo libusa [You will rule] Uli buse kahle [Rule it with care]
#Haiti ♥ -Lea Halalela [ Holy Land]
[via @NeoGriot] http://kalamu.posterous.com/haiti-negrillon-young-voices-from-haiti
—- how pure & refreshing.. Our spirit .. STILL strong. <3
Young Haitian Singing Sensation Saskya Sky [@954SaskyaSky] performing her “Empire State of Mind” Remix at the Sistrunk Festival 2010 … ’ IET Cherie’ accompanied by labelmate Hustle [@954Hustle] #supportLocalartists #supportHaitianStars
