The disconnect I have with Haiti is the total lack of accountability for the
untold billions that have poured into the country for reconstruction, public
relief projects, etc.
jh
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From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Karma sucks
> As I recall, many years ago, Haiti had a huge state owned cement
> industry. They made all their own cement for construction projects.
> The industry was sold off, privatized, then closed. Same thing happened
> to their sugar industry. i
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> On 12/28/2010 11:33 AM, Nicholas Herndon wrote:
>> Andrew, my sister spent a month in Haiti over the summer helping rebuild
>> hospitals and schools. It is very bad over there. They have almost no
>> infrastructure (think plumbing, paved streets, electricity) and she spent
>> much of her time digging ditches for sewage. It had a profound effect on
>> my
>> sister, I know. The worst thing that happened was one of the Hatian
>> university students they were working with drowned in the ocean near
>> where
>> they were staying. It happened quickly and in shallow water, and she
>> witnessed it all. It took an ambulance 45 minutes to get there, and in
>> fact
>> they did not send an ambulance but a hearse.
>> The most amazing thing to her was how positive the Haitian people were in
>> the midst of all that heartbreak.
>>
>> I'm sure your son's experience in Haiti will be...interesting.
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