Disaster relief

Emergency response or real long term economic development

In the wake of the tornado epidemic, people came out in droves to provide food and water and clear the initial destruction. What’s most important now is restoring a semblance of normalcy for those who’ve been displaced from their homes, lost their vehicles, or have no workplace left to go to. When re-homing households there Read More

Haiti and the U.S.- a long history of blunders

While Haiti isn’t on most American’s radar, until a disaster strikes, we’ve been screwing the country for the last hundred or so years. In fact, our “help” has actually caused many of the conditions that made this earthquake even more deadly. For a great synopsis of our history, read this piece from the St. Petersburg Read More