Comments on: How to Carry Out the Duty to Assist in Haiti http://www.anotherpanacea.com/2010/01/how-to-carry-out-the-duty-to-assist-in-haiti/ Cure-alls and Remedies Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:26:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Mark http://www.anotherpanacea.com/2010/01/how-to-carry-out-the-duty-to-assist-in-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-1566 John Mark Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:11:42 +0000 http://www.anotherpanacea.com/?p=845#comment-1566 Great piece. Also worth noting are the lessons learned from past fund-raising attempts: Jan 19, 2010 6:33 PMGetting humanitarian relief rightfrom Aid Watch by Laura Freschi Shared by you The extent of the devastation in Port-au-Prince, the incapacity of the already weak Haitian government, and the degraded state of infrastructure throughout the country resist comparison to any disaster before this one. But post-recovery evaluations from the Asian tsunami, the Bam earthquake and other disasters suggest which practices allow relief efforts to work effectively and which result in waste and delays. My piece on Forbes.com puts the response to Haiti’s earthquake in the context of previous disaster relief efforts. Read it here. Great piece. Also worth noting are the lessons learned from past fund-raising attempts: Jan 19, 2010 6:33 PMGetting humanitarian relief rightfrom Aid Watch by Laura Freschi

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The extent of the devastation in Port-au-Prince, the incapacity of the already weak Haitian government, and the degraded state of infrastructure throughout the country resist comparison to any disaster before this one. But post-recovery evaluations from the Asian tsunami, the Bam earthquake and other disasters suggest which practices allow relief efforts to work effectively and which result in waste and delays.

My piece on Forbes.com puts the response to Haiti’s earthquake in the context of previous disaster relief efforts. Read it here.

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