Public Accountability Requires Citizen Action (disasteraccountability.org)
Opinion: Should US insist UN solve Haiti’s cholera disaster? – McClatchy / Tribune The Center for Economic and Policy Research is joining the call for the United Nations to take responsibility for the cholera epidemic that was caused by UN peacekeepers during the international response to the deadly Haiti earthquake. “This is gross negligence that would […]
By Patrick Boyle Intern, Disaster Accountability Project We cannot keep witnessing the number of LDCs grow… We must do better… – Arjun Karki, in his opening statement to the U.N. Earlier this year in Istanbul, the U.N. held an international summit to address the issues of the world’s “Least Developed Countries†(LDC’s). Held once every […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2011 *updated 1/7 Contact: Ben Smilowitz, 01-202-556-3023 ben@disasteraccountability.org *Ben is in Haiti until January 13* Disaster Accountability Project Releases One Year Report On The Transparency of Relief Organizations Responding to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake Report finds near “Factual-Blackout” in relief/aid organizations’ regular, detailed reporting: aggregates, anecdotes, and appeals to emotion […]
Since last month, an outbreak of cholera has killed over 1,300 survivors of the Haiti earthquake—and the outbreak is reaching a tipping point. Haiti is facing its first epidemic in living memory. People have begun rioting. The World Health Organization is projecting 200,000 will become ill within 3 months, and 10,000 could die. But there […]
On face value, the term NGO does not necessarily mean that an organization receives money or tax incentives from the government, or that it provides services to the public, receives donations, nor has any social mission, or explicit or implied public responsibility. However, the term NGO regularly applies to non-profit organizations whose legal status is […]
Note: At the time of publishing, it is unclear how many evacuees are still detained. Estimates range from 4 to 25 and there are possibly more in other parts of the U.S . The immediate release of all wrongfully detained is top priority. Subsequent investigations, proper visa solutions for those previously detained, and accountability must […]
My experience is what I see from press and television reports. As a nurse I can see many things seriously wrong. The same disorganization and mismanagement that occurred at the Katrina disaster is now occurring in Haiti and there seems to be inadequate attention to logistics. The press does not use their communications medium adequately […]
In the past week, we have seen two nations, overwhelmed with disasters, refuse foreign offers to provide rescue teams and other emergency aid. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Following Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. government also refused foreign aid. Reluctantly, it accepted some, but left much of it to rot in warehouses. Could that happen again…or worse? […]
Since a cyclone devastated much of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), the military government has refused to allow entry to the U.S. and other countries offering disaster aid. Today, authorities there allowed the first United Nations plane to land with disaster relief supplies provided through an international relief effort. But, the U.S. government still has […]
The death toll from a tropical cyclone that struck the nation of Myanmar on Saturday could reach 10,000, according to foreign minister Nyan Win. Myanmar’s “rice bowl,” the Irrawaddy delta, has been hit by massive flooding [map], and many are worried that the disaster could worsen a world rice shortage. Because Myanmar is governed by […]
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