Thinking of Haiti, how can we send money that actually gets to the Philippines?

[kickysnana]

It looks like all the major US charities are complicit.

[JI7]

1. isn't there a red cross in the philippines ?

[Ava Gadro]

5. I would certainly think so.

They're always there to help those in need. I'm not sure how much money goes to administrative fees, but the filipinos need the kind of help the red cross knows best.

[hollysmom]

8. red cross really failed Haiti,

I think UNICEF does a little better.

Oh never mind, they failed too, I don't know, did anyone get anything done there?

[JI7]

9. what were they supposed to do ? i think the problem was lack of Govt controls

same reason the place was full of religious missionaries who had done nothing to improve the place and the earthquake was the biggest and most sad example of it.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. good question

[Whisp]

3. 5 star hotels and 500,000 displaced Haitians in camps:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/haiti-reconstruction-luxury-hotels-sweat-shops-and-deregulation-for-the-foreign-corporate-elite/5344546
One can easily tell by comparing the very slow construction of shelters and basic infrastructure for the Haitian majority with the rapid rise of luxury hotels for foreigners, sometimes with the help of aid funds which, we were told, were going to provide Haitians with basic necessities.

Most of the aid money went to donor countries’ businesses, government agencies and NGOs, as usual. International “aid” is a well-known capitalist scheme aimed at developing markets in the global south for businesses from the North. Of course this “aid” will benefit Haitians. But only the very few elite ones: those in power and the rich corporate elite. “Haiti’s open for business” and deluxe hotels will be welcoming businessmen so they can set up their sweat shops in a cool and luxurious environment.

A year ago the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund invested humanitarian aid money in a five star hotel, as some 500,000 Haitians were still in displaced camps:

Picture (right): Oasis Hotel, Petionville Haiti (can't grab it)


The giant Caracol Industrial Park was inaugurated in March 2013 in the presence of President Martelly, as well as “Haitian and foreign diplomats, the Clinton power couple, millionaires and actors, all present to celebrate the government’s clarion call: ‘Haiti is open for business.’” (The Caracol Industrial Park: Worth the risk? Haiti Grassroots Watch, March 7, 2013)

Clearly, in addition to providing slave labor for U.S. and other foreign garment companies, the Caracol Industrial Park has contributed to reduce even more what remains of the local farming in Haiti, eradicated over the years by a barbaric U.S. foreign policy.


Picture: Jean-Marie Vincent camp, January 2013. AP/Dieu Nalio Chery

[Jesus Malverde]

7. You forgot a cholera epidemic courtesy of the UN...nt

[Whisp]

4. Don't let a Clinton or a Bush help. n/t

[Jesus Malverde]

6. blankets or water? Just send your cash.

[bobclark86]

10. As much as I despise that man...

and the concept of trusting HIM to spend money wisely...

He has almost an iota of a point. And that is this: You ever try to buy 500,000 blankets and ship them across an ocean for a second time? That's the reason we don't bring crap home from Afghanistan -- you ever try to ship an 5-year-old, beat-up Abrams tank... again?

[JI7]

11. i hate that fucker but i think even a good effective charity would prefer Cash

just because it is easier to deal with in getting what they need and for the people.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Here's a possibly helpful link:

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/11/typhoon_in_the_philippines_wha.html#incart_river_default