Haiti One Year Later

The National Bank Building
A lot of the work of breaking down the damaged structures is carried out by hand and simple tools. Of the many billions of dollars pledged by donors to Haiti last year, little if any is earmarked for backhoes, earth movers and dump trucks. One reason, say disaster experts is that rubble removal isn't sexy. When a government faces taxpayers about foreign disaster aid, it wants to pull heartstrings — new schools, prosthetic limbs — not haul rocks.

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