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Plan Haiti links - (poor) accountability in (alleged) progress reports
Another New Link http://choosehaiti.com/
CHOOSE HAITI is an ethical consumer movement helping to support the rebuilding of Haiti's economy in the wake of the January earthquake. CHOOSE HAITI products are manufactured in Haitian factories recognized by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Finance Corporation (IFC)'s, and Better Work as providing sustainable development and responsible labour practices in the country's apparel industry.
Better Work communicates to international buyers how the factories treat their workers.
http://www.betterwork.org/
Donor aid to the health sector is in many cases replacing, rather than complementing, government health spending in sub-Saharan Africa, according to new research.
In all developing countries, public financing of health in constant US$ from domestic sources increased by nearly 100% (IMF 120%; WHO 88%) from 1995 to 2006. Overall, this increase was the product of rising GDP, slight decreases in the share of GDP spent by government, and increases in the share of government spending on health.
At the country level, while shares of government expenditures to health increased in many regions, they decreased in many sub-Saharan African countries. The statistical analysis showed that DAH to government had a negative and significant effect on domestic government spending on health such that for every US$1 of DAH to government, government health expenditures from domestic resources were reduced by $0·43 (p=0) to $1·14 (p=0). However, DAH to the non-governmental sector had a positive and significant effect on domestic government health spending. Both results were robust to multiple specifications and subset analyses. Other factors, such as debt relief, had no detectable effect on domestic government health spending. [http://www.thelancet.com/ Given a lack of transparency and incomplete data, it is unclear where governments receiving donor health aid are channeling national funds that would have gone to that sector, but analysts say states could be putting the funds toward other priority sectors. Every US$1 of health sector aid to sub-Saharan African governments means ministries reduce health funding from domestic resources by $0.43 to $1.14, according to a just-published Lancet study. When donor aid is a substitute for government health spending the result is generally a weaker national health system, say the report's authors. However funds are being used, analysts say more transparency is needed on all levels – from donors, recipient governments and specifically between finance and health ministries. [http://www.irinnews.org/ In Africa donor funding on health rose from 15 to 20 percent according to research by the Global Fund, while government spending on health care as a percentage of the national budget rose 0.3 percent from 2001 to 2007. [www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx? All the NGOs make touchy feely reports that they are doing great work, lacking any kind of financial reports to help us see where our investments could do the most good, by NGO, by industry sector. I gave almost $ 1,000.00 to Red Cross, for initial rescue phase in Haiti, but now need to decide how much I can afford to give for later phases, and which NGO is best suited for next phase needs. I have been contemplating giving something like $50 each to several different NGOs, because it is darn near impossible to tell which are most effective by industry sector. With the stock market, we can see reports to help us see how healthy companies are that we might want to invest in, so we can do so where there is growth potential. In recent scandals we found out that the rating agencies are often not independent of the places they are rating. With NGOs, the reports fail to give any kind of idea whether the donations are to be used productively. Basically you have to trust truthfulness of their claims. There are rating agencies that cover what's going on at the home office, not what's happening in the field. http://www2.guidestar.org/rxg/ Giving to Disaster Relief and Recovery
What are your values and priorities? What matters to you? "Disaster relief and recovery" has many faces—emergency housing, provision of potable water, medical assistance, feeding the hungry, sending in search and rescue teams, long-term rebuilding, and more. Decide which one(s) you want to give to.
http://www2.guidestar.org/rxg/Questions to Ask a Nonprofit Before Investing in Ithttp://www2.guidestar.org/rxg/Links to reviews on some major Nonprofits Working in Haiti http://www2.guidestar.org/rxg/ OXFAM
Oxfam Great Britain’s CEO Barbara Stocking has been there to see for herself.
Camps on private land are the problem. The owners want their land back, they don't want stuff done which will grant permanence to the homeless camps.Latrines are a real problem. The owners of the land of many of the camps do not want latrines dug there, and/or it may be impossible to build latrines on rock or concrete so a lot of innovation is needed. structural engineers to assess houses. They mark them
Robin Hood Tax
The global economic crisis has pushed 50 million more people worldwide into extreme poverty. It’s simply not fair for poor people to pay the price of mistakes made by rich bankers, to die for lack of medicines or for their children to be forced out of school because of an economic crisis they did nothing to cause. That’s why Oxfam is campaigning for a financial transaction tax on banks. The 'Robin Hood Tax' is a tiny tax that would have a massive impact. It would raise enough money to help poor people, protect public services and tackle climate change at home and abroad. The Robin Hood Tax is designed to hit only speculative, "casino" trading and not the high street banks used by the public.
Oxfam tackles Myths
There have been grievances that the Red Cross, and other NGOs, get all this money that could be put to good use by groups that specialize in services that fall outside their area of specialty. Well, here is evidence that they are in fact putting money to good use in that way.
With $3.8 million in funding from the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity and other groups today began assembling more than 13,000 additional emergency shelter kits for Haitians left homeless following the devastating January 12 earthquake. A donation of $250,000 from the Atlanta-based humanitarian organization CARE also is helping to make these kits possible.
This is tents and tarps, and kits for repairs to those that are leaking.The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund has committed $300,000 to help Habitat for Humanity provide emergency shelter kits. The German Foreign Office has given Habitat more than $500,000 for the kits. Whirlpool Corporation is providing warehouse space and logistics for assembling the kits near Atlanta. The Home Depot Foundation has provided funding, volunteers and in-kind support from several Home Depot suppliers. The Ricky Martin Foundation is helping raise awareness and funds to rebuild. Hands On Atlanta helped to recruit volunteers for shelter kit assembly and additional volunteer support comes from Delta Air Lines, churches, schools, individuals and civic groups. As part of the second-phase of its response, Habitat for Humanity has already begun to clear away debris from home sites, erect transitional shelters and organize unaffected families to host affected families. A Habitat transitional shelter includes earthquake- and hurricane-resistant features. They also accommodate an average of five family members, in keeping with globally-accepted standards. Transitional shelters can be recycled or upgraded into permanent housing. Habitat's reconstruction solutions include repairing houses, building core houses that families can expand over time, and designing and planning whole communities.
The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) has begun construction on 900 transitional shelters for Haiti earthquake survivors. Work will soon begin on an additional 720 permanent homes to replace those severely damaged or destroyed by the disaster. "The transitional shelters are earthquake and hurricane resistant and will provide safe housing for the next months and years,"
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.
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