Still in Limbo 1 year Later!

It is simply an outrage and explains so much about why this Island nation has been so poor for so long. The world has simply turned its back on the Haitian people again. 

After more than a year it is reported that less than 5 percent of the earthquake debris has been cleared in Haiti.

About 1 million people remain homeless, and neighborhood-sized camps look like permanent  shantytowns on the fields and plazas of the capital. The cholera epidemic that exploded outside the quake zone killed more than 3,600 people, and political instability continues.

Still, only 15 percent of needed temporary shelters have been built, with few permanent water and sanitation facilities.

Money, or lack of it, is still a major problem.  Americans alone donated more than $1.4 billion to private organizations to help survivors and rebuild, but just 38 percent has been spent to provide recovery and rebuilding aid, according to a Chronicle of Philanthropy survey of 60 major relief organizations, much to the surprise of many generous individuals and groups who give and raised money so unselfishly.

More than $5.3 billion was pledged at a March 31 donors conference for a period of 18 months. Only $824 million has been delivered, according to former U.S. President Clinton's U.N. Office of the Special Envoy to Haiti. About $3.2 billion in public funding still is owed.

Where are the leaders? Where are the grownups?