2010 Haiti earthquake

====2012====

In January 2012, two years since the quake, figures released by the United Nations show that of the nearly US$4.5 billion pledged for reconstruction projects in 2010 and 2011, only 43% has been delivered.<ref name="Goldberg">{{cite news | url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/haiti-earthquake-recovery_n_1197730.html | work=HuffPost | first=Eleanor | last=Goldberg | title=Haiti Earthquake Recovery: Where Did All The Money Go? (INFOGRAPHIC) | date=11 January 2012 | access-date=11 December 2019 | archive-date=5 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605014927/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/haiti-earthquake-recovery_n_1197730.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Venezuela and the US, which promised the major share of reconstruction funds, have disbursed only 24% and 30%, respectively. Japan and Finland are among the few donors to have fully met their pledges. The data shows that some crucial sectors face particularly large funding gaps. In 2010 and 2011, for example, donors disbursed just US$125 million of the US$311 million in grants allocated to agriculture projects, and only US$108 million of the US$315 million in grants allocated to health projects. Only 6% of bilateral aid for reconstruction projects has gone through Haitian institutions, and less than 1% of relief funding has gone through the government of Haiti.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/datablog/2012/jan/12/haiti-earthquake-aid-money-data | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Claire | last=Provost | title=Haiti earthquake: Where has the aid money gone? | date=12 January 2012 | access-date=13 December 2016 | archive-date=20 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320170923/http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/datablog/2012/jan/12/haiti-earthquake-aid-money-data | url-status=live }}</ref>

A January 2012 [[Oxfam]] report said that a half a million Haitians remained homeless, still living under tarps and in tents.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/pressreleases/two-years-on-and-haitis-reconstruction-proceeds-at-a-snails-pace-leaving-half-a-million-haitians-homeless |title=Two years on and Haiti's reconstruction proceeds at a 'snail's pace,' leaving half a million Haitians homeless – Oxfam America |access-date=19 January 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905135102/http://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/pressreleases/two-years-on-and-haitis-reconstruction-proceeds-at-a-snails-pace-leaving-half-a-million-haitians-homeless |archive-date=5 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Watchdog groups have criticized the reconstruction process saying that part of the problem is that charities spent a considerable amount of money on "soaring rents, board members' needs, overpriced supplies and imported personnel," the ''[[Miami Herald]]'' reported. "A lot of good work was done; the money clearly didn't all get squandered," but, "A lot just wasn't responding to needs on the ground. Millions were spent on ad campaigns telling people to wash their hands. Telling them to wash their hands when there's no water or soap is a slap in the face."<ref name="Goldberg"/>

The [[Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti]], Let Haiti Live, and the [[Center for Constitutional Rights]] have recommended immediate changes to recovery efforts to ensure that critical human rights concerns are addressed. A report found that, "The conditions in the displaced persons camps are abysmal, particularly for women and girls who too often are victims of gender‐based violence". They call for more oversight of accountability of reconstruction plans, asking, "Why have only 94,000 transitional shelters been built to date despite a stated goal of 125,000 in the first year?"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ijdh.org/archives/24151|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430020806/http://ijdh.org/archives/24151|url-status=dead|title=Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti » Blog Archive » Press Release: Two Years After The Earthquake, Where Did The Money Go? Human Rights Groups Urge Immediate Changes I...|archive-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

On 25 August 2012, recovery was hampered due to [[Hurricane Isaac (2012)|Tropical Storm Isaac]] impacting Haiti's southern peninsula. There it caused flooding and 29 deaths according to local reporting. As a result of the 2010 earthquake, more than 400,000 Haitians continue to live in tents and experienced the storm without adequate shelter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tropical Storm Isaac douses Haiti, killing 4 before crossing Cuba and aiming at Florida |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/tropical-storm-isaac-douses-haiti-killing-4-before-crossing-cuba-and-aiming-at-florida/2012/08/25/8ec69584-ef13-11e1-b624-99dee49d8d67_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=26 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829213939/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/tropical-storm-isaac-douses-haiti-killing-4-before-crossing-cuba-and-aiming-at-florida/2012/08/25/8ec69584-ef13-11e1-b624-99dee49d8d67_story.html |archive-date=29 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>[http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/24/13462431-aid-workers-prep-haitis-tent-city-residents-for-isaacs-onlsaught?lite Aid workers prep Haiti's tent city residents for Isaac's onlsaught – World News<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825235800/http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/24/13462431-aid-workers-prep-haitis-tent-city-residents-for-isaacs-onlsaught?lite |date=25 August 2012 }}</ref> In late October, with over 370,000 still living in tent camps, a second tropical storm, [[Hurricane Sandy]], killed 55 and left large portions of Haiti under water.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/Hurricane+Sandys+death+toll+rises+flooding+continues+Haiti/7469821/story.html |title=65 dead as Hurricane Sandy crosses Caribbean; 'the whole south is under water,' says Haitian PM (with video) |access-date=31 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101035841/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Hurricane+Sandys+death+toll+rises+flooding+continues+Haiti/7469821/story.html |archive-date=1 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the 2012 Consultative Group meeting of the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), the Haitian delegation shared a "bottom-up" approach to disaster reduction and management based on community integration and sustainable development with a group of experts from approximately 38 nations.<ref name="preventionweb.net">{{Cite web|url=https://www.preventionweb.net/go/26298|title=Haiti's disaster risk management and recovery experience showcased at GFDRR meeting|website=preventionweb.net|date=18 April 2012 |access-date=9 December 2019|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502114156/https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/26298|url-status=live}}</ref>