The Shelters That Clinton Built

[SpankMe]

"When Demosthene Lubert heard that Bill Clinton's foundation was going to rebuild his collapsed school at the epicenter of Haiti's January 12, 2010, earthquake, in the coastal city of Léogâne, the academic director thought he was "in paradise.""

"However, when Nation reporters visited the "hurricane-proof" shelters in June, six to eight months after they'd been installed, we found them to consist of twenty imported prefab trailers beset by a host of problems, from mold to sweltering heat to shoddy construction. Most disturbing, they were manufactured by the same company, Clayton Homes, that is being sued in the United States for providing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with formaldehyde-laced trailers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Air samples collected from twelve Haiti trailers detected worrying levels of this carcinogen in one, according to laboratory results obtained as part of a joint investigation by The Nation and The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund."

"Clayton Homes is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company run by Warren Buffett, one of the "notable" private-sector members of the Clinton Global Initiative, according to the initiative's website."

"..."We all knew that that project was misconceived from the start, a classic example of aid designed from a distance with no understanding of ground level realities or needs. It has had a predictably long and unhappy history from the start.""

More: http://www.thenation.com/article/161908/shelters-clinton-built?page=0,0

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I love Bill Clinton. But this story pisses me off. All the good intentions in the world don't mean shit if you can't execute the the plan well enough to meet even basic objectives. They set it up and then let it fly with poor checks and balances, no follow-up, and no significant subject matter expert oversight.

And, one million dollars for 20 double-wides, with no A/C...toilets...water? What's up with that? You think Buffett's team would look at the value they're getting for their dollar.

They dropped the ball here, big time. This sort of shit doesn't help us in the fight fight against wing nuts.

[Hydra]

1. This isn't the only horror story coming from there

The word was that they were there to help...the reality seems to be exploitation via disaster capitalism.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Buffett didn't get to be one of the richese men in the world by giving things away...

'follow the money'...

[ohheckyeah]

3. I've decided that never again will I send

a politician money or a 'relief' organization money.