41. NBC Nightly News Report on the American Red Cross in Haiti
(Matching tags: aid distribution, ngos, red cross)

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams reported on the American Red Cross in Haiti last week. The American Red Cross has received almost $400 million in donations since the earthquake, but in previous disasters ...

42. Important Video on Conditions in IDP Camps
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, ngos)

The New Media Advocacy Project together with Partners in Health and the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti have released an important video showing the struggle in the IDP camps. With the rains ...

43. Washington Post Reports on the US' "New Approach to Aid"
(Matching tags: reconstruction, ngos, aid coordination)

Mary Beth Sheridan reports for the Washington Post on the US' new approach to aid in Haiti: An internal Obama administration assessment concludes that the U.S. government has provided $4 billion in aid ...

44. Group Releases Compilation of Documents Outlining Plans for a Haitian Led Reconstruction
(Matching tags: reconstruction, ngos)

... compilation consists of documents from Haitian civil society, international NGOs, coalitions and diaspora conferences. Below are some of the general points and principles for guiding both short-term and ...

45. Haitian Government Must Not be Bypassed in Relief and Reconstruction Efforts
(Matching tags: coordination, ngos, haitian government)

The Global Health blog at Change.org yesterday reported on how international NGOs have largely bypassed the Haitian health ministry in their relief efforts: In advance of a March 31 donors' conference ...

46. New York Times: Relief Efforts Inadequate
(Matching tags: aid distribution, un, shelter, ngos, new york times)

Last week a New York Times editorial criticized the relief efforts in Haiti: But after nearly two months, it’s not enough. Only half of those displaced have received even the crudest means of emergency ...

47. AP Reports on Shelter: 2 Months On, "It's got the makings of a major disaster."
(Matching tags: rainy season, shelter, tarps, tents, coordination, ngos)

A new AP article describes the lack of progress on shelter on the two-month anniversary of the quake, as aid groups that say they’re ready to provide housing but haven’t been told where they can build ...

48. The Politics of Aid
(Matching tags: un, shelter, ngos, aid distributions)

... groups, NGOs and governments alike will only increase. Charles writes: The battle includes aid groups known as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and U.N. agencies that want to be the chief humanitarian ...

49. Paul Collier: New Approach to NGOs Needed
(Matching tags: coordination, ngos, paul collier)

Paul Collier writes for the Independent about the role of NGOs in Haiti's recovery and the need for a new approach to aid. Collier is a professor at Oxford and the author of "Haiti: From Natural Catastrophe ...

50. WSJ: "Social Structures Form in Haiti's Tent Cities"
(Matching tags: aid distribution, world vision, ngos, community organizations)

The Wall Street Journal reports on the rise of self-governance in the make-shift camps, home to 1.3 million people. Miriam Jordan of the WSJ writes: Inside the many tent cities now home to hundreds of ...