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Published: June 17th 2010
Henk seems to want to keep me busy going to meetings. (He says he likes the succint way I report the highlights) Attended two this afternoon. Basically, the atmosphere is changing from emergency response to the recovery stage. This is exciting to me as it means forward movement and development projects which, hopefully, will change the face of this nation.
Tomorrow June 17 is the first meeting of the newly formed Haiti Interim Reconstrction Commission co-chaired by the Prime Minister of Haitia and former President, Bill Clinton. Also, the World Bank has received the first transfer of funds, from Brazil, and is gearing up to fund approved projects. NGO's will be preparing their development project proposals to be authorized by the Commission and funded by the World Bank. These are in addition to authorized NGO projects self-funded by their donors.
Hopefully, signs of progress in the recovery phase will become apparent soon. Not sure how much press coverage we will see in the US.
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