Haiti, A Year Later
I heard an interesting comparison this morning. According to reports, Haiti has not exactly begun the process of rebuilding after a year since the quake. Australia, however, has already got the processes in place to rebuild after recent floods. Now, let us not kid ourselves, Haiti is not a very wealthy country. Australia has more people affected, but quite possibly can rebuild with a fraction, if any of the international monetary assistance that Haiti received. There is the beginning of the real problem, though. How much money did Haiti receive in assistance? From Canada alone, the number is estimated at three quarters of a billion dollars. Perhaps the better question is what happened to that money? Questions of wealth aside, [Read more...]