"The Year of Construction": Haiti after two years

It's so easy to forget when you're not being constantly bombarded with images of people suffering from the aftermath of a natural disaster which ravaged their country. It becomes so easy to forget when the cameras stop rolling four months later and the media finds another country to obsess over. It's so easy to forget because it is so difficult to remember an event which does not have a direct effect on you. However for the next few hours and days, the news will be going back two years to force Americans to remember something so near and dear to the people of Haiti and Haitian-Americans. The common question will be: "well whatever happened to ALL that money?". But there won't be any common or simple answers to that question. An simple question that will be followed with complex answers. Answers that are deeply rooted in Haiti's history of political instability. There's so many demands for Haiti to succeed but they are met with a lack of strong leaders to deliver them. So what can we expect for 2012 and has happened since then?

Prime Minister Garry Connille is calling the year 2012 "The Year of Construction" for Haiti. Many of the projects to improve infrastructure, education, healthcare, and the nation's employment rate are all being delayed because of the government's inability to handle an array of disputes (sound familiar?).  However, for a developed nation like the United States, conflict within Washington won't affect its citizens nearly as much as it would a developing nation which has a track record for conflict both within the government and among its people. President Martelly does provide a glimmer of hope, despite doubts and uncertainties in his abilities pertaining to his past life and career, as he races to complete projects including the biggest to date: completion of a state-of-the-art university in northern Haiti after collaborating with Dominican Republic president Leonel Fernandez.

Even with all the delays and stymied projects, Former president Bill Clinton still remains hopeful that Haiti will be able to rebuild within 5 years and quote "may be even better off then before the earthquake". Hopefully this will be true especially since after 2 years millions still remain homeless living in tents. Haitians continue to save face and maintain their strength in midst of all the progress which still remains, projects left undone, and aid money they have still yet to see. All of which still continue to make them express uncertainty towards the future that lies ahead.

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Links for more information!

Haiti 2 years: work in progress though directly unrelated to disaster
-find out the major improvements still to be made and what has been done so far

Hope for Haiti: Struggle to Rebuild via ABC news
-photographer Eric Kruszewski  documents the lives of Haitians two years after the Earthquake

CNN Video: President Martelly on healing wounds

Ways to help through UNICEF
-you don't have to forget, but you don't always have to remember
-still continue to keep Haiti in your prayers and hearts

Haiti: 2 years later, where's the money via CBS news





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