Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
PROFILE
Brian Concannon
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FROM Brian Concannon
To the Point
Hurricane Matthew hits Haiti As Hurricane Matthew heads for Florida, President Obama cancelled today's campaign appearances there. From the headquarters of FEMA , he emphasized the severity of the storm and issued this warning. "Matthew could soon affect areas all across the southeast. So at my direction, FEMA has been on the ground in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, working with state and local officials to prepare" The Governors of Florida and North Carolina are warning people to "prepare for the worst," but the island nation of Haiti might already have seen it. We get an update from Jacqueline Charles, who is there for the Brian Concannon, director of the Institute for Democracy and Justice in Haiti, who joins us from Boston.
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Haitian Recovery Efforts It's been six months since a devastating magnitude-7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, killing as many as 230,000 people and leaving more than a million homeless. Governments, aid agencies and individuals all responded swiftly to the disaster, pledging more than $5 billion in aid, but only two percent of that money has actually reached Haiti. The US Senate has expressed its concerns about how aid is being managed. What's gone wrong? Why have relief efforts stalled? Could the American government pull back on its pledge of help? What about other countries? What support has actually reached those in need?
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Haitian Recovery Efforts It's been six months since a devastating magnitude-7.0 earthquake hit Haiti, killing as many as 230,000 people and leaving more than a million homeless. Governments, aid agencies and individuals all responded swiftly to the disaster, pledging more than $5 billion in aid, but only two percent of that money has actually reached Haiti. The US Senate has expressed its concerns about how aid is being managed. What's gone wrong? Why have relief efforts stalled? Could the American government pull back on its pledge of help? What about other countries? What support has actually reached those in need?
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