A quick look at some of the things that make your country/natural disaster relief work (or not):
Haitian Earthquake 1 Year After:
Makeshift camps outside National Palace in Port-au-Prince, image by Timoluege
Haitian population: 9.7 million
Earthquake magnitude: 7.0
Lives claimed by earthquake: 316,000
% of government work force claimed: 25
Number of refugee camps: 1200
Number still living today in tents: 1.2 million
Number of more years people to live in camps: 1-3
Standard tent size area: 180 ft2
Actuality: Much smaller, cramped conditions
% of rubble uncleared after 1 year: 95
Years to clear at prevailing clearance rate: 19
Years to clear 50% of rubble in 2004 Indonesian Tsunami: 2
% living in poverty: 80
% of country’s annual budget in form of foreign aid: 40
% of country’s wealth owned by 1% of population: 50
Days required to open a business in Haiti: 204
Average in Latin American: 73
In OECD countries: 16
Years to buy land from the state: 5
Bureaucratic procedures: 65
% of population living on less than $2.50 USD per day: 76
Annual aid donations before earthquake: $165 million
Aid donations pledged after earthquake: $10 billion USD
Money released so far: $1.6 billion USD
Amount sent to Haiti by US Government: $0
Amount donated by Beyonce resulting from performance for Gaddafi’s family: $1 million
Ways you can continue to help: Here