Humanitarian Aid in Haiti: “Less Than 12% of the Required Funds Have Been Disbursed,” Says Tom Fletcher

During a visit to Haiti last week, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, admitted that the humanitarian response in Haiti was a failure. According to him, the main reason is the decline in humanitarian aid funding, with donors—particularly the United States—being less generous. “We have a funding problem. Less than 12% of the necessary funds (908 million dollars) have been disbursed to save four million lives. We are finding that the international communi