Did We Get Haiti Less Wrong This Time?

Six Billion Dollars Went to Haiti After Its Earthquake. Some of the Money May Even Have Helped.

On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, an earthquake, one of the deadliest in history, struck Haiti and killed over 300,000 people. In the aftermath, governments and aid organizations rushed in to help, saving thousands of lives but also giving rise to longer-term problems. In advance of the Zócalo event “Does Hollywood Really Help Haiti?” we asked several people with extensive knowledge of nonprofits, NGOs, and Haiti to offer their thoughts on the following, related question: Has the United States primarily helped or hurt Haiti since the earthquake of 2010?