It’s been two weeks since the one-year anniversary of the devastating Haitian earthquake, and the ongoing crisis in that desperately poor island has once again sunk below the news-radar horizon. Which is of course outrageous: Most of the infrastructure has still not been rebuilt, and 800,000 people are still living in tent cities parked precariously in the rubble. The non-profit Oxfam has pinned some of the responsibility on Haiti’s long-standing political chaos: “It doesn’t matter how much money you pour in unless you build up a government that is strong enough to take decisions.” Simultaneously, the United Nation’s special envoy, former Canadian Governor-General Michaelle Jean, has scolded the industrialized world in an open letter published on the anniversary: “What began as a natural disaster is becoming a disgraceful reflection on the international community.”
Well, maybe this will get their attention.
