by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch
Political paralysis, a lack of leadership among the international community and a cholera epidemic continue to plague Haiti two years after a devastating earthquake.
An estimated 1.5 million people lost their homes following the quake on January 12, 2010, which killed almost 250,000 people. Half a million remain homeless.
Nevertheless, the United Nations has made a positive assessment of the international community’s efforts. An inventory of fixtures compiled at the end of November 2011 showed that almost 100,000 temporary shelters had been built and 21,000 houses repaired or rebuilt.
“We can say that the humanitarian response has been a success,” declared Nigel Fisher, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator.
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Note by the editor: You call 21,000 houses built a success! Hundreds of millions of $$ collected and that is all?
Shame I would say ….