Haiti’s version of 911--114--doesn’t work in most of the country. In response, Haitian and American non-profits teamed up to create a free 24-hour rape crisis hotline.
Cheryl Mills, the secretary of state's chief of staff, is spearheading efforts--in Haiti and around the world--to move beyond just giving aid and into facilitating investments in the future.
Adding some technology to the educational process is one thing, but truly revolutionary learning experiences take a deeper sort of innovation, which you can see at a program at Duke working for change in Haiti.
Our model for aid after earthquakes, floods, or other calamities is made for remote, rural areas. But most people live in cities, and we need to be prepared to care for them after disasters.
Two years after the earthquake, many in the country are still struggling just to survive the day. But attention needs to move away from a focus on basic needs to helping Haitians build for the future.
Years of studying disaster relief has led Jose Holguin-Veras to a few simple truths about donations. While tiger costumes and Viagra aren't going to do much good, it makes people feel better to think they're helping. But they're not--they could be doing a lot of damage.
Because they made giving as easy as buying a song on iTunes, text-based donations were a huge source of money for Haiti after the earthquake. Is this new impulse toward giving going to change philanthropy for the better or make people even more alienated from the problems they think they're fixing?
