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S U B S C R I B E
Wednesday, 12 January, 2011
How Swiss Solidarity funds are being spent in Haiti
After the earthquake, Swiss Solidarity—which is Swiss Broadcasting Corporation’s humanitarian aid partner—received CHF 66 million. Where will that money go? One recipient is Handicap International’s mobile outreach teams, which go out into the neighborhoods and camps of Port-au-Prince to find people who are living with injuries or are disabled and in need of help. As WRS’s Jordan Davis reports the teams find many people after the quake who were treated but never got the follow-up care they need:
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WRS’s Conor Lennon asks Alain Geiger of Swiss Solidarity, to remind us how the group works:
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