Haiti Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Foreign aid=== {{Further|Foreign aid to Haiti}} Haiti received more than US$4 billion in aid from 1990 to 2003, including US$1.5 billion from the United States.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Thomson Reuters Foundation |url=http://www.trust.org/item/20090928173400-eslm0/ |title=Haiti's aid controversy |author=Anastasia Moloney |date=28 September 2009 |access-date=24 July 2013 |archive-date=22 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722215735/http://www.trust.org/item/20090928173400-eslm0/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The largest donor is the US, followed by [[Canada]] and the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/21/world/1-billion-is-pledged-to-help-haiti-rebuild-topping-request.html |title=$1 Billion Is Pledged to Help Haiti Rebuild, Topping Request |author=Christopher Marquis | work = [[The New York Times]] |date=21 July 2004 |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref> In January 2010, following the earthquake, US President [[Barack Obama]] promised US$1.15 billion in assistance.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jonathan M.|last=Katz|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/11/haitis-police-struggle-control-ravaged-capital/|title=Haiti's police struggle to control ravaged capital|agency=Associated Press|date=11 April 2010|work=Fox News|access-date=14 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015232317/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/11/haitis-police-struggle-control-ravaged-capital/|archive-date=15 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> European Union nations pledged more than €400 million (US$616 million).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100118/twl-haiti-fears-grows-despite-surge-in-r-4bdc673.html |title=Haiti fears grows despite surge in relief effort |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |date=18 January 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Neighboring [[Dominican Republic]] has also provided extensive humanitarian aid to Haiti, including the funding and construction of a public university,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=272087|title=Universidad de Haití donada por RD se llamará ahora 'Roi Henry I'|work=El Nuevo Diario|access-date=20 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806181826/http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=272087|archive-date=6 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> human capital, free healthcare services in the border region, and logistical support after the 2010 earthquake.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://es.globalvoices.org/2010/01/16/republica-dominicana-ayuda-a-su-vecino-haiti-despues-del-terremoto/ |title=República Dominicana: Ayuda a su vecino Haití después del terremoto |access-date=20 July 2016}}</ref> The United Nations states that US$13.34 billion has been earmarked for post-earthquake reconstruction through 2020, though two years after the 2010 quake, less than half of that amount had actually been released. {{As of|2015}}, the US government has allocated US$4 billion, US$3 billion has already been spent, and the rest is dedicated to longer-term projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/what-does-haiti-have-show-13-billion-earthquake-aid-n281661|title=What does Haiti have to show for the US$13 billion in earthquake aid?-NBC News.com |website=[[NBC News]] |date= January 2015 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page