Videocrux - Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake

#Videocrux - Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake Haiti struggles to rebuild after quake
As aid organisations work to rehouse more than a million people left homeless and rebuild Haiti's capital, frustration is growing with the speed at which the desperately poor country is getting back on its feet. An international conference being held Wednesday in the neighbouring Dominican Republic is trying to refocus efforts to drive reconstruction.
Haiti's quake survivors still struggling in the camp
More than five months on, and thousands of Haiti's quake survivors still call this camp, and others like it, home. Here there is water, and access to aid. But other essentials, like education, are lacking and locals say it will affect the youngest generation for years to come. Bradley, Petionville Club IDP camp resident, "My heart is breaking. I have little brothers and sisters who aren't going to school to learn. And illiteracy is very high in Haiti. There aren't enough schools, housing, or food. It's getting more and more miserable here."
9.9b dollors have been pledged to rebuild the island
Some 9.9 billion dollars have been pledged but little has actually made it to the poor island nation to rebuild. Not just homes but the seat of government power. This was the presidential palace that, the former justice ministry. And here the ruins of the Hospital of the Trinity where Doctors Without Border used to work.
International community managing fury against the govt
Salha Issoufou, head of mission, Doctors Without Borders France, "For a country like Haiti, having 60 percent of the health care infrastructure out of commission is a very hard blow. And the quake happened in the capital, so it was the most important health related buildings that were affected." Another task now facing the international community managing rising fury against the Haitian government, accused of inaction by its civilians. In the face of the monumental task of rebuilding, it has again proposed to postpone elections due for later this year, and to extend the term of President Rene Preval. A move the has UN mission here has publicly opposed.
Govt to get shelter for 1.3 million homeless people
George Ola-Davis, "The international community is assisting the government to hold elections this year so that by next year in February, the president hands over. He [Preval] said so. He said that he is prepared to hand over to a democratically elected government, which is what everybody in the international community wants." But even before the election date, Haiti faces a more deadline the start of the rainy season. It will soon be a race of time to get its 1.3 million homeless to shelter where they can safely weather out the storm.

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