1. Paul Farmer: NGOs "Need to Read the Writing on the Wall"
(Matching tags: partners in health, ngos)

Paul Farmer, speaking at Barry University, said that NGOs were not doing enough to help the Haitian people after the earthquake, reports the Miami New Times blog. The article continues: "There's graffiti ...

2. Three Years Later: Three Answers to Haiti's Predicament
(Matching tags: usaid, minustah, sanitation, ngos, haitian government, aid, accountability, clinton)

Freelance journalist Ansel Herz survived the earthquake and reported from Haiti for two years. His work has been published by ABC News, the New York Daily News and Al Jazeera English, among other media ...

3. Taking Stock Three Years Later: A Prelude
(Matching tags: aid distribution, chemonics, ngos, aid coordination, ihrc, housing)

January 1 was the anniversary of Haiti’s independence, and another marker – the third year since the earthquake – is coming up at the end of next week. Media outlets are examining what has been achieved ...

4. Will the International Response to Hurricane Sandy Be Any Better than the Response to Haiti’s Quake or Cholera Disasters?
(Matching tags: doctors without borders, ngos, hurricane season, cholera, housing)

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday on Hurricane Sandy’s ongoing toll on Haiti. Ingrid Arnesen writes: Poor roads and communications have hindered damage assessments and relief efforts. Haitian ...

5. AP Investigation Finds Lack of Results and Transparency in Haiti’s Reconstruction
(Matching tags: aid distribution, contractors, usaid, ngos, idps, accountability)

Martha Mendoza and Trenton Daniel of the Associated Press reported over the weekend on the state of U.S. reconstruction efforts in Haiti. The report is based largely on documents obtained through Freedom ...

6. Reports from Field Highlight Need for Greater Governmental, Non-Governmental Accountability
(Matching tags: ngos, haitian government, aid coordination, petrocaribe, accountability)

... themes of their recent policy paper which we have previously described. Among the problems that Ramachandran and Walz noted were: International NGOs have frequent staff turnover and very high costs.  ...

7. Kolera 2012: “It gets worse”
(Matching tags: partners in health, doctors without borders, ocha, ngos, cholera)

While most major U.S. media attention focuses elsewhere, NGO’s and UN agencies are sounding alarm bells about rising rates of cholera infection. A release today from the UN Office for the Coordination ...

8. A Review of the U.S. Government’s Review of Its Haiti Quake Response
(Matching tags: usaid, ngos, transparency)

This guest post is cross-posted from the Center for Global Development. By Vijaya Ramachandran and Julie Walz Last week, USAID finally published an evaluation report on its activities in Haiti: “Independent ...

9. As Relocation of Champ de Mars Begins, Criticism Over Lack of Adequate Housing Plan Mounts
(Matching tags: iom, ngos, amnesty international, aid coordination, care, camps, camp conditions, idps, housing)

An important article this week from William Booth of the Washington Post took an in-depth look at the government and international community’s efforts to clear some of most high profile of the remaining ...

10. As NGOs Begin to Pull Out of IDP Camps, Access to Clean Water Deteriorates
(Matching tags: aid distribution, sanitation, iom, ngos, forced evictions, care, american red cross, idp, crs, camp conditions, housing)

Water quality as well as access worsened in December as free water distribution service was discontinued and NGOs continued shifting their operations out of IDP camps, according to a water assessment by ...