Where's Superman When You Need Him?

Haiti has recieved a lot of help from the U.S since the devestating earthquake that shooked the island, but it may not be enough . There have been millions of dollars invested into Haiti but over the last two months there has been the accumulation of billions of dollars in damage . Haiti has always had problems when it comes to finances, but the money needed to recover to recover from the January damages be (premature) not enough. Haiti will need more and fast. The hurricane season has not been good to this island nation, especially in 2008. With the storm season gearing up, and earthquakes happenning in Chile already this year, the U.S. may lose focus on Haiti to help another country in need and of Course they're on stand by if called upon.
John Holmes, the British diplomat who heads the UN's disaster relief programme, stressed that more help is needed and sheltering is in need. The rainy season could and will be just as damging to what's left of haiti if something is not done. Flooding is a big deal because of sanitation which could lead to diseases. In the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince, there are many areas in which flooding could wipeout homes that are not sturdy enough to withstand major floods. Some homes are on steep slopes and could be washed away and then that becomes apart of an already horrible disaster. Reading an online article that was published on February 3, the headline reads Rebuilding Effort in Haiti Turns Away From Tents, but with such a slow process of the rebuilding of new homes, olds can be swept away by hurricanes. To sum it all up, how can Haiti be refurbished the great January disaster, when more finances are needed in such a short time? The help from the U.S. is allfine and dandy but to what extent if the helping is not enough to save this island from another devastation?
"The population of Port-au-Prince, which is about 3 million people, should ideally be reduced to 1.5 million to 2 million people in order to facilitate reconstruction," said Leslie Voltaire, special envoy for the United Nation's Stabilization Mission. So if 3 million needs to be reduced to 1.5 million to 2 million then they may need to speed up the process before June and the Hurricane season? And even if there's some type of miracle that will shape Haiti or prepare them for hurricane season, it lasts until November. This hurricane season is said to be more active this year and there's a 49 percent chance that a tropical storm will track close to Haiti this year says William Gray, a hurricane expert at Colorado State University.
Even the money that President Obam donated to Hait from his Nobel Peace Prize award dosen't change the fact that more help is needed. Now Many may reject what I am saying due to the fact that the telethons and the sending of money through text messages from the fine people of the U.S. has helped alot. But have the donations that Americans have sent to help Haiti lived up to their potential? No! Because all of the donations did not make it to Haiti. According to the Bay View article, "After the earthquake in Haiti, the American Red Cross became the go-to nonprofit for donating to the Haitian relief effort, since they could handle yor money properly." "Now it turns out that $255 million the Red Cross collected for the relief effort, only $80 million of its way to Haiti." So where did the money go? Well, according to the Red Cross the donated money is also used to to provide help for victims of all disasters. So basically the money you sent to Haiti and was supposed to help those in Haiti was not delivered in full, just $80 million of it was.
God forbid anything happens to Haiti during this hurrican season because some part will be on the shoulders of the Red Cross. This is another reason why efforts are moving so slowly and why Haiti is so vulnerable right now. Investing money into Haiti may not make it to this island in full according to newly found evidence, so what can we do to help. We have to only hope that things will get better for this hexed Island and hope it starts with delivering full assistance, not half, not a little, but all.