Two years ago at the Haiti earthquake. Arriving in the country “voluntary Assistant” de facto took power in their hands. The earthquake lasted 35 seconds: 316 thousand Haitians killed, 1.5 million were left homeless, most of the country’s infrastructure was destroyed. Another anniversary is not forgotten. Mass graves were funerals, women in white, the man in black went into the Church, the UN Special Envoy for Haiti Bill Clinton and the President of the country Michael Martelli laid a wreath at a cemetery.
This is then calculated: was killed, wounded or lost the roof over their heads every sixth inhabitant. And the current January, marking the second anniversary of the earthquake, journalists several days straight talked about current life in Haiti-though could confine itself to a brief conclusion that little had changed in the country. In the capital, Port-au-Prince, on this day, only half of the debris removed, but the resulting place virtually nothing new. 600 thousand people live in tent camps-what is considered an achievement previously here lived 1.5 million. However, as one of the reporters bitterly remarked, the plight of those who succeeded tents on urban slums, not much better. The country’s homeless and hungry people per capita income now stands at about 600 dollars a year.
Because previous money collected on the reconstruction of Haiti, mostly banal “chopped”-interesting, how to translate the term into French or Creole, the language of the inhabitants of the country? Today it is estimated that over the past two years, a total of Haitians gathered 3.6 billion dollars. To them, they have never reached, and the only thing now can be proud of the country is the biggest number of non-governmental organizations “involved in using”: according to some sources, them there from 10 to 20 thousand-too much for a small State. But it was a big rack “”, one or two “consumer” is not perevarât.
Haiti will go down in history as a successful experimental playground for “development tools”. Immediately after the tragedy the United States has provided from the bounty of their Haiti 379 million dollars and sent into the country five thousand soldiers. Not worth it thanks: from each donated dollar Washington 33 cents went to send content and American troops in Haiti, still 42 cents were dissolved in the accounting of known charities “Save the children”, Pan American Health Organization, as well as the UN World Food Programme. The fate of the remaining 25 cents is unknown, but according to American journalists to Haitians until the Government hardly anything came.
Yes do not lend a helping hand in giving: total United States providing aid to Haiti 1.6 billion dollars. But already in August 2010-20th in Washington have not forgotten about hand consent. Total 655 million dollars of those funds went to the Pentagon costs 220 million received Ministry of health and social services for the United States grants American States receiving evacuees from the island of Haitians, 350 million handed over their same Agency for international development, 150 million to the Ministry of agriculture for food assistance, and even the Ministry of internal security of the United States perepalo 15 million that it could pay for immigration fees.
Bill Clinton also reported on the performance of 2.4 billion dollars allocated to Haiti as international assistance. It proved to be very effective: 34 per cent of the funds returned to the donors who have funded their civilian and military institutions to help the victims of the earthquake. Strange “concrete projects” snapped off another 28 per cent of funds received by non-governmental organizations and agencies of the United Nations. Private contractors and other NGOs provided 26 per cent. And so on, list of “friends of Haiti”, which does not offend when hand turned out to be long. After all calculations happen: the Government of the countries affected by the earthquake, all bounty was one per cent of the total, the Haitian NGOS and four tenths per cent under the famous refrain “nothing not refuse”. “And they still accuse us of corruption!”, complained to Minister in the Government of Haiti.
The country became perhaps the first in the recent history of the world “deck” where foreign non-governmental organizations sly took power. In Haiti there is the President and the Government-but the money, and thus there is no real authority. Residents already openly say: rich foreign “well-wishers” usurped power in the country, and the leadership of Haiti has not had any administration. Locals believe that recovery is under an obligation to lead the Government, but it comes down to the fact that its meetings and meetings of employees of foreign NGOS, representatives of the Haitian authorities do not permit. Indeed, no one knows what they are: only 450 organizations registered in the country, only 17 of them regularly to the Government.
Therefore, it is not suggested that the Haitians from 1490 contracts entered into by the United States with organizations for the earthquake, local companies won only 23. What about American “toilers” not forgotten, they were almost 40 per cent of the total amount of work. The assumption that they guarantee the quality of execution, judging by the plight of the cases, assumptions and left. Magazine “Rolling Stone” found, say that the New York consulting firm “Dahlberg global development advisors” received one and a half million dollars. Although none of its members have never worked abroad, had no experience in dealing with the consequences of earthquakes, not urban planning, and of all personnel of the company, only one person knew French.
“Non-governmental organizations still have to answer for its reporting, because in this case, a lot of” nalički, “said the head of UN humanitarian operation in Haiti Nigel Fisher. -What happened to one and a half, or even two billion dollars to the Red Cross and NGOS benefited from ordinary people? That had happened to them? Here it is very difficult to trace the money. “
Reporting would wait. On the second anniversary of the earthquake, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Once again called upon the international community to continue to help Haitians money-which nationals do not reach. But because they hate looking after driving aimlessly through the streets of white “jeeps” non-governmental organizations. Haiti successfully created an alternative structure for the authorities, and where she will lead the country-dwellers is unknown. The General course of two days after the earthquake, the designated President of United States Barack Obama, who promised to lead America in assistance to the affected country. While Washington did not svergal in Haiti: why? Thanks to the “non-governmental organizations”, he quickly hands pribral power in the country. And, in time, when there was a conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, which threatens disruption in oil supplies. Its abundance of a few years ago found in Haiti. So that the financing of the reconstruction of earthquake-affected countries, the United States believes only a very profitable investment.
