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you see the damage in port-au- prince. you see this golf club. it illustrates in stark terms the danger of the rain come up because of this hill. when you look over the horizon, you come into this camp and you are already toes to the end of your boots as you walk down the hill. it is a steep hill. walking up it, even more so. you definitely get your exercise touring around the place. the problem is very clearly demonstrated their. it has been the focus of the most immediate relief, in terms of moving people. it is probably the largest camp. there is about 50,000 people ttat live there. they have created their own society. many of them knew each other before and are living once again next to each other in much harder circumstances. this is a very hoity-toity section of town in which most people would never have an opportunity to even go into this golf course. this is where sean penn is working with his ngo. there are 50,000 people on the hillside, right on top of each other, with a number of privacy issues and other safety issues. in addition, all
you see the damage in port-au- prince. you see this golf club. it illustrates in stark terms the danger of the rain come up because of this hill. when you look over the horizon, you come into this camp and you are already toes to the end of your boots as you walk down the hill. it is a steep hill. walking up it, even more so. you definitely get your exercise touring around the place. the problem is very clearly demonstrated their. it has been the focus of the most immediate relief, in terms of...
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Jun 7, 2010
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because the last thing port-au-prince needs is more people.rebuild of course you are creating jobs and that is the one thing stations meet today's jobs, so there is a need to address population of port-au-princeo we are trying to do that working with usaid and the united nations. the dynamic since the earthquake we did not work a lot with the united nations forces in the things that we have done. we mentioned the general and i have known each other 46 years and we found urselves on the 13th of january working side by side like wehad done in 1984 and we recognized that no one group could do this alone even toather it was an insurmountable challenge, so we determined immediately we must work side by side on everything we did. that has translated to mean today we are continuing to work with the new -- manusta and products i mentioned which is a great thing to see if we go out and work together because we relied upon -- iowa relied upon a joint task force relied upon human forces to provide a safe and secure environment for us to do humanitarian a
because the last thing port-au-prince needs is more people.rebuild of course you are creating jobs and that is the one thing stations meet today's jobs, so there is a need to address population of port-au-princeo we are trying to do that working with usaid and the united nations. the dynamic since the earthquake we did not work a lot with the united nations forces in the things that we have done. we mentioned the general and i have known each other 46 years and we found urselves on the 13th of...
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that had received a great number of displaced persons that have moved out of port-au-prince andtheseee of this through sptember are increasingapacities for educatioschools. we are building some schools and we are building rooms on two schools because the increased number of children have lived in these areas. we are digging wells and building medical clinics. we are doing a number medical reiness exercises where we bring in bout 40 health care providers and they treat aout 500 people a day in these local communities and remote areas that otherwise would not hav access to medical care. looking to obviously address the population that has recently moved into these comunities with te jective that hopefully they will feel compelled to mo back to port-au-prince because the last thing port-au-prce needs is more people. and there is a drawback to port-au-ince today because a you build, to rebuildof coure you are creatinjobs andthat is the one thing stations meet today's jobs, so there is a need to address population of port-au-prince so are trying to do that rking with usaid and the united
that had received a great number of displaced persons that have moved out of port-au-prince andtheseee of this through sptember are increasingapacities for educatioschools. we are building some schools and we are building rooms on two schools because the increased number of children have lived in these areas. we are digging wells and building medical clinics. we are doing a number medical reiness exercises where we bring in bout 40 health care providers and they treat aout 500 people a day in...
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Jun 19, 2010
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as a result, today more haitians in port-au-prince are drinking safe water than before the earthquake and illness compared to the pre-levels has dropped by 12%. my job as administrator is to make good on the president's promise to revitalize usaid by modernizing the agency and enabling every employee to make those kind of judgment and those kind of innovative decisions that can help improve results for every dollar we spend. and that is why i am launching the comprehensive set of operational reforms designed to partner and deliver high impact cost efficient development. first, the global agency with 9,000 employees and an integral role in executing our foreign policy absolutely needs to have an intellectual nerve center and that is why last month we formed the bureau of policy planning and learning. so we can achieve better results by becoming more evident based and more impact oriented. next month of the bureau will host the conference of scientific leaders to identify how we can best support innovation. the polio vaccine, and i enjoy coming in and seeing the replica of a newspaper c
as a result, today more haitians in port-au-prince are drinking safe water than before the earthquake and illness compared to the pre-levels has dropped by 12%. my job as administrator is to make good on the president's promise to revitalize usaid by modernizing the agency and enabling every employee to make those kind of judgment and those kind of innovative decisions that can help improve results for every dollar we spend. and that is why i am launching the comprehensive set of operational...
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that is why we have the inspector general on the ground in port-au-prince, helping oversee disbursements and contracts. that is why we have teams of inspector general's in afghanistan, very rigorously evaluating the flow of funds. in addition to that, we to a number of things to address that issue. we address civil society and organizations that can make fun ds flow more transparent and build real accountability for public resources. usaid does have a number of contracts we can use to protect the flow of our funds. we recognize it is imperative to not put them at risk. at the same time, we do want to partner with countries. one thing we can offer countries working actively to improve their public management systems, to build transparent systems and applied practice and sound and transparent financial management, once they do those things and we certify they have done it and we have a system for monitoring that, we can invest in those vehicles as well. it is a nuanced approach. we are committed to protecting u.s. tax dollars against corruption at all costs. >> can you describe this specif
that is why we have the inspector general on the ground in port-au-prince, helping oversee disbursements and contracts. that is why we have teams of inspector general's in afghanistan, very rigorously evaluating the flow of funds. in addition to that, we to a number of things to address that issue. we address civil society and organizations that can make fun ds flow more transparent and build real accountability for public resources. usaid does have a number of contracts we can use to protect...