"Haitian Communities Need to Be Involved in the Distribution"

by Weekly News Update (weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com)

Sun, Feb 7, 2010 5:39AM

"There are many examples of strong partnerships with Haitian communities. That the programs are grassroots, community-led -- that's what's most important."

Margaret Trost Interviewed by David L. Wilson
MRZine, January 6, 2010

The U.S.-led international operation to distribute food, water, and medical supplies in Port-au-Prince after earthquake of January 12 has drawn a good deal of criticism. In contrast, for the past 10 years the Ste. Claire parish in the Petite Place Cazeau (Ti Plas Kazo) neighborhood at the city's northern edge has operated a very successful food program, started by the late Father Gérard Jean-Juste. This week I asked Margaret Trost, founder and director of the California-based What If? Foundation, to describe by email her experiences with this program in the past and in the current crisis. -- DLW [...]

Read the full interview:
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/wilson060210.html

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