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The government of Haiti even before the devastating earthquake struck, offer not much services to its people because of the rampant corruption pervading in the government. Even the humanitarian aid donations, a large chunk of them went directly straight in to the pockets of government officials.

For some reason, the earthquake would have more positive effects to the country as the President of Haiti has authorized different international humanitarian groups to directly have a hand in whatever to expedite the rebuilding of the country. One such development is the granting of mandate to the Inter-American Development Bank to have more direct authority in the reformation of Haiti’s school system for 5 years. This is because the IADB wants to make sure that the funds they will inject would really go to the intended purpose and not in the pockets of some greedy officials. Due to corruption literacy rate of Haiti stands at a lowly 53%.


The international community really took pity on the extent of devastation in Haiti that a global concerted effort is keen on making Haiti have at least basic services for the disenfranchised Haitians. Engineers from all over the world are helping out with the repair and restoration of severed roads, bridges, hospitals, and assessment of salvageable structures. Almost all humanitarian organizations from all corners of the globe are working hand in hand with the government to at least provide Haitians with basic needs like food, medicines, roads, bridges, and peacekeeping forces to neutralize possible chaos that may erupt.


The communication sector of Haiti was also damaged by Mother Nature’s wrath.  However, being one of the most important things that needs to be restored to further facilitate a faster reconstruction of the country, the telecom companies together with volunteer engineers are working together to find a solution on fully restoring the country’s communication lines at the shortest possible time.


Presently, the only main service the government could do for the people is to provide working communication channels for these humanitarian groups  for better coordination and faster channeling of resources where it is needed and when needed.