Haiti International Aid

The economics of Haiti has deceased in the last 4 years after the devastating earthquake that struck it 4 years ago. The Haiti economy has become very poor and one of the poorest country in the south, Central America and Caribbean region making it ranked 24 out of 29 countries in this area and its overall score is below average. Haiti’s economic freedom is 48.1 making it economy the 151st freest country while in the last several years Declines in the management of government spending, freedom from corruption, and labor freedom make its overall score 2.6 points lower than last year. Recovering from the disastrous earthquake in 2010 with the support of the U.S. recovering efforts “Haiti’s post-earthquake reconstruction efforts continue,

The recovery process was a long and slow process, even now Haiti is still recovering from the earthquake. Many countries and charities have donated to help Haiti recover from the devastating event. The biggest fundraiser was the American Red Cross. According to The Huffington Post, the money raised through The Red Cross has been wasted, the funds that have been invested to repair Haiti have been put to many of the wrong areas that need help. Overall the effectiveness has been rather patchy but getting better with the greater funds being produced for Haiti.

For those of you that are interested in the aiding of Haiti, Look no further; there are plenty of ways to help in the Haitian community! For various people, it may seem that Haiti is in a constant state of desperation. Meanwhile, it also may seem that nobody is concerned about Haiti at all. But now, plentiful people are actually taking Haiti’s state of desperation into consideration. Haiti’s state of desperation is important by reason of the neglect, pain, and suffering that the wonderful citizens must endure during times of poverty, illness, and natural disaster. Haiti’s poor state is also caused by the minority of wealthy people inside and outside of Haiti with the knowledge to control the country. I believe that by researching Haiti’s needs, you will find out how to properly support Haiti!

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But that is not all – many of the products that the USA has donated to Haiti such as wheat, rice, bananas, and yams, have made thousands of Haitian farmers and businesses insolvent as they cannot compete with the subsidised American products. In 1998 Haiti produced 47% of the country’s consumed rice, which plunged to a mere 15% by 2008 - entire industries have been destroyed and the country is now almost exclusively dependent on imports, primarily from the USA. Unemployment skyrocketed and it damaged the Haitian economy and markets to the point where the government of Haiti even had to call for an end to large-scale food aid in 2010. But food aid continues to this day despite its harm. It is critical to realise that the situation in Haiti does not look much better today than it did in 1994 despite all the aid.

On 12 January 2010 Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince, was rocked by a 7.0 earthquake. Being that it is an island with minimal internal support, they have to rely on external sources in the world for help and rebuilding their own infrastructure. While there are numerous governmental and non-governmental organizations to assist, no one is better equipped for immediate worldwide response than the United States Army. We’ll look at the equipment the U.S Army had available and how they employed these assets to help the Haitian’s.

As an undergraduate student majoring in Public Health, I have been fortunate to expand my knowledge about the health, social and politics challenges which affect other countries outside the U.S. There are many under developing and developing countries which are going through this challenges but the reason for this letter is about the country Haiti. Haiti had a devastating earthquake January 12, 2010 which tipped the scale of barely stable balance. This natural disaster destroyed the already weak health, social and political system. Infectious and communicable disease which were closed to being under control came back rapidly. Cholera outbreak occurred, which killed more than 5000 people and left over 500000 people sick,

The long-term local wars at the end of last century had unfavorable impacts on grain production in Haiti so that the domestic supply of food fell short of demand. The decrease of rice production after wars also caused Haitian people’s lower income directly so more than three quarters of the rural population lived below the poverty line by 2000. There was a dramatic increase in price of stable food and this caused devaluation in Haiti. To a certain extent, Haitian people’s purchase ability decreases because of their remarkably small income and the high food price, so they cannot buy enough food (Gauthier, 2008).

Finally, commercial aid throughout Haiti has had no positive impact on the impoverished communities throughout Haiti, and instead negatively impacts the country, thus donor aid must have stricter regulations to avoid this. Foreign aid often serves commercial interests and creates a poverty industry that leads to the exploitation of underdeveloped countries. After the 2011 Haitian earthquake, The Red Cross raised nearly half a million dollars in aid, promising to build homes in the Port-Au-Prince neighborhood of Campeche. However, not one home was built in Campeche, and only six permanent homes were built by The Red Cross in all of Haiti (Elliott).

Haiti has been given a bad break in its global positioning and environment. Every year tropical storms and Hurricanes cause large amounts of damage to the region. To make things even more difficult for Haiti, in 2010 there was a magnitude of 7 earthquake near the Haitian capital, Port Au Prince, which further contributed to decimating the region. All of these factors lead to a large amount of refugee and rebuilding that needs to be done for a state to function properly. The Haitian government is struggling with the rebuilding of homes for refugees let alone work on the country 's infrastructure. The government 's inability to help has led to a large amount of aid coming into the country to help with the rebuilding. The International community was quick in its response to try and help rebuild Haiti. However, shortly after the arrival of the aid to Haiti a Cholera epidemic began in the region. The United Nations is blamed for bringing Cholera into Haiti and spreading it across

The country of Haiti has experienced devastating natural disasters over the last 8 years, compounding its poverty and destitution. One of the most devastating, being the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that claimed the lives of thousands and misplaced over 1 million people. I know that prior to the natural disasters that I speak of, Haiti was considered to be one of the poorest countries in the Americas. It is a country that is still in need of efforts to assist in re-establishment as well as provisions of primary care.

For the past six years there has been the largest cholera outbreak seen in any state, yet all the people of Haiti are able to get is an apology and a $400 million strategy from the United Nations. Many nations have given to the foundation, but financial commitments for the March sixth deadline have not been met. Along with the deadline not being met, only a fraction of what was envisioned has been seen in the foundation. The fundraising challenge has been looked upon by Dr. David Nabarro, a United Nations special advisor, who has mentioned that since the intentions of the money raised have no set purpose, donors are not convinced they should give. Along with those who are skeptical of donating, the United States, under the Trump Administration has had the

After giving it some thought, I believe that there is not a way that aid can be given without disturbing the local economies, institutions, and natural resources of receiving countries. I think the purpose of aid is to disturb the status quo and push for it to be better than it currently is. Some of the ways that aid can be given without making too large of a disturbance would be through microfinancing. Microfinancing is where a small loan ($25 - $100), which is repaid at a later date, is made available to individuals who are attempting to provide for themselves. Organizations such as Kiva provide microfinancing options for individuals to buy something as simple as a cow so that the products from the cow are then a source of income for that individual. Another way to provide aid is through agriculture development, where volunteers teach individuals farming techniques to receive a better yield.

I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the beginning story of the “James” Haiti Relief Organization (p.1817-1821). After reading this passage, I took a moment to ask myself what would I do in such a case as this. Would I offer the bribe, even though it goes completely against scripture to save those in need? I would really have to seek God on this because my actions are a representation of Christ to others and I would not want to lead anyone astray because I was not in the will of God. After much personal reflection I realize I predominately follow the “relational motif” of Christian Ethics, which involves “the more immediate and direct leading of God” (p. 1837). This story made me question would God rather I strictly follow the Bible or ask him personally for guidance if my actions counter his teachings?

According to Ahasan, Abu, and Katy (13), NGOs or non-governmental organizations are settings staffed by volunteers and altruistic employees who work with missions of satisfying ideologies rather than ends of financial interests. Donors are the sources of the NGOs funding. NGOs are the best hope for the poorest people in the world since poverty is a global disaster and with their support, it is a stepping stone for the affected nations to eradicate poverty (Sandhya, 2). For the attainment of international goals, reduction of poverty is vital. The philosophy that underlies poverty alleviation programs is to handle matters of poverty in rural areas by endowing the poorest people in the world with training and productive assets to