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We need another professionally staffed website to insure public
accountability and transparency on where all the money raised by
international agencies, national governments and charities is going.
We need funds to hire, empower and train Haitians to become the
watchdogs. We also need media outlets to put more Haitian voices on the
air, not just as singers but as spokespeople for a people who have lost
so much and are being treated only as victims, not architects of the
future they need to create.
Haiti has to be in charge of what happens to Haiti. Reconstruction could
take a decade.
We, in the world have to demand that We Are The World not be the final
statement on this ongoing tragedy. More stirring has been the grassroots
response wordwide and the people-to people aid projects that also need
visibility and our help. We need act-alongs more than sing-alongs.
News Dissector Danny Schechter has been tracking the Haiti Story for his
News Dissector Blog (Newsdissector.com/blog) on Mediachannel.org
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