Haiti earthquake one year on: The squalid tent cities where rape gangs and disease run rife

[Bacchus39]

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1346195/Haiti-earthquake-year-Dead-remembered-millions.html#ixzz1GtLt9wag

From the air they form a neat patchwork of grey and blue, nestling between rundown factories and crumbling slums.
But on the ground these sprawling tent cities are a fetid mass of humanity where cholera and crime run rife.
A year since a cataclysmic earthquake levelled much of Haiti, little has changed for the 1.2million residents still scraping an existence in these squalid refugee camps.


On the ground, conditions are unspeakably grim with many people denied even the most basic of sanitation.
Last week, an Amnesty International report revealed how thousands of women and young girls were terrified of rape gangs operating unchecked in the 1,200 refugee camps.
Of the survivors still living in tents, 380,000 are children.


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God forbid these people are moved to houses and offered a job.

[joshcryer]

1. Can you link me to the discussion you're referring to?

I keep seeing it mentioned but I'd like to see it.

[naaman fletcher]

2. i'll look for it too,

but basically because a developer might possibly have made a penny the usual crowd here was against the development and jobs.

[naaman fletcher]

3. here ya go:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=405x41846

[joshcryer]

6. Thanks.

[EFerrari]

4. So, let's review. The United States et al crippled the Haitian government.

The Bush Clinton people are holding the bulk of the money most American households sent to help the people of Haiti.

Sounds like these people need to get their asses into sweatshops ASAP.

[Bacchus39]

5. the earthquake crippled Haiti and its government

I suppose maybe its time to bring in US contractors and from other countries to clean up and start rebuilding. efforts from within haven't been too effective. time to move the people out of the camps unless you prefer them to remain.

maybe just hand over the money and the "keys" to Aristide and have him take care of it.