Haiti: Where will all the money go? (AP/ Yahoo) WASHINGTON – “Attention on Haiti is often focused in times of disaster but not necessarily in the long-term,” said Rich Thorsten, director of international programs for Water.org, a charity working to provide safe drinking water and sewage treatment to Haitians. “Funding that has been available does not necessarily go toward basic infrastructure like water and sanitation.”
The Haitian government doesn’t use its own resources for sanitation, and instead depends on charities, Thorsten said. In addition, international groups often do not coordinate, and there are also problems with security, corruption and political stability, he said.
“It is very important to keep track of the spending, and so when we work with partner organizations we make sure they have detailed accounting systems,” he said. Supplies must be guarded, he added.
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