weather in haiti

[hdroadglide]

while watching the news, i saw a bit on how a bad storm was approaching haiti, and how the people were in such poor temporary housing since the earthquake. it got me wondering. what about all that money that was being donated from around the world after the disaster? using uncle google, i found a few interesting points:

•About $5.2 billion has been raised or pledged; about $1.6 billion has been spent.
•Big-name charities set multi-year fundraising targets in February and had come close to them by July.
•The amount raised/pledged is equal to about 80% of Haiti’s GDP, and could theoretically provide each person affected by the earthquake with 2.6 years’ worth of a Haiti-average income, or could provide each person left homeless with 5-8 years’ worth of a Haiti-average income.
•The amount spent is equal to about 25% of Haiti’s GDP, and could theoretically provide each person affected by the earthquake with about 9 months’ worth of a Haiti-average income, or could provide each person left homeless with 1.6-2.4 years’ worth of a Haiti-average income.
•The total value of the damage could easily be greater than the total amount raised/pledged.

seems that everytime we try to help a third world country, very little of the money ends up where it is supposed to be......

 

[CaTeacher]

Sounds about right

 

[Barndog]

Thanks for the information Bob. Cheats and theives always seem to make out with these deals.

 

[funkejj]

This comes to you as a surprise?

 

[strife]

Sounds like the same math used by the White House.

 

[Docbp87]

Don't get me wrong. I appreciate charity, and the value of the help our Government provides to other nations in situations like these, but for the love of God, how can we possibly afford all of this foreign aid when our own Government is beyond broke? Christ. What's the solution to being broke? Spending more money obviously!



Back on topic, the facts presented are pretty disheartening, but not entirely surprising.