Mapping Earthquake Recovery Projects in Haiti
July 16, 2010 at 15:52 PM EDT
Haiti is still struggling to recover from the 7-point magnitude earthquake that struck on January 12th. The natural disaster disrupted everything there, including the systems that keep water clean, garbage away from homes and farm land, and people (let alone habitat and animals) healthy. Despite an outpouring of donations and promises to help from international nonprofits, shelter, food, water, electricity and medical care are still hard to find and hard to deliver in Haiti, according to recent reports from the United Nations . A new website -- HaitiAidMap.org -- aims to increase the efficacy and visibility of U.S. non-government orgnizations relief efforts on the ground in Haiti...