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Haiti: One Year

Violence, rubble, one million homeless. One year after the earthquake that destroyed the Caribbean island the situation remains critical.

an expanse of rubble, a million homeless, theft continue to grow. The nightmare of Haiti seems to have no end, and a year after the earthquake that devastated the island more 'poor in the Western Hemisphere, the landscape and' bleak.
" aid to the population to be renewed and doubled ," said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon during the commemoration ceremony of the Haitian and UN officials remained under the rubble. At the UN were observed 47 seconds of silence, a number which symbolically recalls the duration of the quake that devastated the island. "We must be realistic - said Ban Ki-moon - the recovery is slow, the riots continue and looting, but many strides have been made to address the series of tragedies that hit the population .

At 230,000 people killed by the quake of 12 January, it joined the deaths from cholera, to date almost 4,000. There are a million people including 500,000 children, still living in tents along the streets and squares of Haiti without access to basic services, and one in three children under age 5 are severely malnourished.

The Caribbean island is flooded by 19 million cubic meters of debris. The reconstruction proceeds in slow motion and much of the promised money never arrived. " No one is more irritated me, because not 'been done more - said the former U.S. president Bill Clinton, in charge of coordinating international aid after the earthquake - but the situation is improving. I am optimistic for the future , "said Clinton, who arrived in Haiti to participate in commemorative ceremonies.

For Doctors Without Borders in the island but the conditions remain critical. "After the earthquake secured donations from rich countries exceeded two billion dollars , but 58% of this figure has remained only a promise," he revealed. "The United Nations has collected only 25% of aid required, it is a shame ", accuses Elizabeth Byrs, head of the coordination of humanitarian aid the United Nations. And the Haitians insisted: "We hear about money to rebuild the island, but we never seen . The population is weary and tired.

And you add to this dramatic picture of a very difficult situation in terms of political and public order. The second round of presidential elections scheduled for January 16 was postponed. The candidate of the camp, the singer Michel Martelly, was excluded, and this caused the anger of the people and deepened the suspicions of fraud on the other two politicians remained in the list, the former first lady MIRLAND Manigat and 'protected' of the outgoing President Rene Preval. " He never lifted a finger to help us, we look like we were animals ," he said of the Islanders.

Source: Quotidiano.net

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