Behind the Numbers: Haiti’s Homeless Population Drops?
Excerpt from: Behind the Numbers: Haiti’s Homeless Population Drops?
It’s one thing to be proud of an accomplishment, such as reducing the amount of homelessness by constructing homes—but it is irresponsible and criminal to attack, forcefully evict, and destroy thousands of shelters consisting of battered tents and tarps, then brag internationally about seeing a reduction in the levels of visible homelessness. Yet this is exactly what is happening right now in Haiti. Unfortunately the forced eviction of the internally displaced not a new phenomenon. If this is the way success is measured by the Haitian government and the International...Published By: Anarkismo - Thursday, 12 July, 2012
