By Monika Kalra Varma and Loune Viaud | March 8, 2010 SINCE JANUARY’S devastating earthquake in Haiti, well-meaning experts have proposed an abundance of short-term and long-term recovery solutions. They ask why aid delivery has been so slow, why previous development plans for Haiti have rarely been successful, and why billions of dollars in...
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I am sleeping on a 2 inch foam pad, spread on the floor of my office. The others are sleeping outside on the terrace. No one wants to sleep inside since the 12 January quake that took over 300,000 lives. It will now take many more. I am fully clothed, including my sneakers –...
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Aid agencies say they have delivered emergency shelter to half of the 1.3 million people in need following the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti. Gregg McDonald of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies calls the milestone “an achievement that should not be underestimated.” The agencies announced the...
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Susan Silk is a Detroit-area psychologist in private practice. But for years, she has had another life as well. As Michigan coordinator of the American Psychological Assn.’s Disaster Response Network, she has volunteered with the Red Cross to provide crisis counseling after disasters throughout the United States and its territories. She was dispatched to...
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