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Under Tents: Taking Action for Haiti’s Homeless

1099 "Photo Credit: Bri Kouri Nouvel Gaye"On July 2, Haitian grassroots organizations and their international allies launched a housing rights campaign called ‘Under Tents’ in response to the failure the Haitia



International Aid and the Neoliberal Ethos in the Tent Camps of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Valerie Kaussen
Thursday January 12 2012

Today marks the 2-year anniversary of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. For a year and a half, the International Organization for Migration has coordinated several communications projects aimed at empowering Haitian tent camp residents. There is nothing wrong with encouraging people to take charge of their lives, but these projects are placing the responsibility for aid failures on the Haitian people while promoting a neoliberal “do it yourself” ideology.

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