Aid shortfalls jeopardize Haiti’s humanitarian programs

For the first time since four back-to-back storms and hurricanes battered Haiti five years ago, the U.N.’s lead feeding program and other agencies don’t have enough food to stockpile in strategic areas before a major storm hits. In some of the most remote corners of the country, people are dying needlessly of cholera because treatment centers have been abandoned, aid groups have disappeared and community health aides tasked with helping prevent the deadly waterborne-disease haven’t been paid in months. And in hundreds of post-earthquake camps, Haitians hoping to trade in their 3-year-old tarps for a roof over their heads soon could have their hopes dashed as international aid workers are laid off and money for rental subsidies dries up.