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DISASTER MAY BE UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW IN HAITI, HIT TODAY BY A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE.

[ screaming ]

WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A JOLT THAT THREW ME TO THE GROUND.

AND I WAS THROWN IN A WAY THAT I COULD SEE THE CITY, AND I SAW ONE BUILDING

JUST GO POOF, UP LIKE A PUFF OF SMOKE LIKE IT EXPLODED. AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

THE GROUND STARTED TO GO LIKE A WASHING MACHINE, CHUG-A-CHUG-A-CHUG-A-CHUG,

WHERE YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE HOLDING ONTO THE GROUND, ACTUALLY.

AND YOU COULD SEE BELOW THAT IT WAS LIKE WAVES, AND I SAW THE CITY,

BUILDING BY BUILDING, GO POP, POP, POP, LIKE FIRE CRACKERS, AND EXPLODING,

AND THIS SMOKE COMING OUT OF THEM UNTIL IT BECAME ONE BIG SMOKE, LIKE AN ATOMIC BOMB.

[ people screaming ] IT ONLY TOOK A FEW SECONDS BEFORE I GOT BACK UP,

STARTED TO WALK UP AND THIS SMOKE... WHICH WAS NOT SMOKE, IT'S THE DUST,

IT WAS ALL THE DUST FROM ALL OF THE BUILDINGS THAT HAD FALLEN DOWN... ARRIVED WHERE

WE WERE... THIS IS MILES. SO IT WAS A BIG THING. IT'S LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD.

[ building crumbling ] [ screaming ]

OF HOURS, I WAS OUT IN THE STREETS AND JUST WENT DOWN TO THE MAIN HOSPITAL

BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD STARTED TO CONGREGATE THERE, AND I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.

THEY WERE, PEOPLE WERE LYING ON DOORS, ON THE GROUND, ON SHEETS,

HOSPITAL BEDS, GURNEYS THAT HAD BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FROM SOMEWHERE,

LIKE IN THAT ONE LITTLE... IT WAS MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, 30 METERS... WAS KIND OF A

"SOMEONE DEAD, SOMEONE BEING MOURNED, SOMEONE ILL HOPING TO GET TREATMENT".

IT WAS ALL KIND OF THERE. AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING FOR ME OF WHAT

AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING FOR ME OF WHAT WE WERE UP AGAINST.

[ speaking French ] IT WAS VERY HAZY AT THE

BEGINNING, YOU KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE THAT NOBODY KNEW REALLY

WHAT THE DEPTH ON THE WHOLE TRAGEDY WAS. AND THEN I TURNED ON CNN,

AND I COULD SEE THE WHOLE THING UNFOLD. I SAID, "OH, MY GOD."

AND YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR STAFF BECAUSE WE

HAVE NEARLY A THOUSAND STAFF, AND THEN I WAS THINKING, "OH, MY GOD,

WE HAVE A 12 STORY BUILDING... DID IT STAY UP?" OUR BUILDING WAS DAMAGED.

AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT WE THOUGHT THERE WAS EVERY LIKELIHOOD THAT STAFF HAD DIED.

THE U.N. HEADQUARTERS WERE ALSO DAMAGED BY THIS, SO THEY LOST 40 OR 50 STAFF.

HOW LONG AGO DID YOU LAST HEAR THEM? LAST TIME I HEARD SOMEONE

WAS 36 TO 48 HOURS AGO. 36 TO 48 HOURS AGO WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD, WHAT WAS IT,

WAS IT TAPPING? WAS IT A VOICE? IT WAS TAPPING, IT WAS TAPPING.

IN RELATION TO WHERE YOU WERE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT DIRECTION? THAT PLACE.

TO THE, OKAY. SO, TO YOUR RIGHT. WE WERE ALL IN THE SAME PLIGHT,

IN A SENSE. THIS WASN'T A DISASTER SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT YOU WERE GONNA HELP.

THIS DISASTER WAS HAPPENING TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND YOUR STAFF, WHO WERE HAITIAN

TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND YOUR STAFF, WHO WERE HAITIAN OR EXPATS WORKING IN THAT CITY.

I GOT A PIECE OF PAPER, WROTE A LETTER TO THE AMBASSADOR AND WALKED RIGHT UP

THE DRIVEWAY, FORCED MY WAY IN AND SENT THIS PERMISSION FOR THE AMBASSADOR

TO DO HUMANITARIAN EVACUATIONS AND ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE BY USING OUR

GOLF COURSE. FRANTICALLY, WE WERE MAKING PHONE CALLS AND EVENTUALLY THE

WORD CAME BACK: THE BUILDING STAYED UP. AND THE PEOPLE WE LOST,

THE STAFF THAT WE LOST, WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON DAYS OFF.

AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS AT 4:53, I THINK, IN THE AFTERNOON, SO RUSH HOUR WAS JUST ABOUT

TO START, AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE STREET IN RUSH HOUR, SO THAT

SAVED AN AWFUL LOT OF LIVES. WE DID END UP HAVING ONE STAFF MEMBER WHO LOST HER DAUGHTER,

VERY TRAGIC. AND SHE, INCIDENTALLY, WAS OUR RELIEF SPECIALIST.

I STILL REMEMBER VERY VIVIDLY, I JUST SAW HER FALL IN TO SOMEBODY'S ARMS ABOUT,

I'D SAY, THREE DAYS LATER WHEN THE CONFIRMATION CAME THROUGH THAT THEY'D FOUND THE BODY OF

HER DAUGHTER IN A PRIVATE GIRLS' SCHOOL IN PORT-AU-PRINCE. AND SHE WENT TO THE FUNERAL

AND REFUSED TO STAY HOME AND WAS BACK IN THE OFFICE THE NEXT DAY.

AS A COMPANY, WE SAID, "WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET'S MOVE QUICKLY."

AND THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS TOP UP EVERYBODY'S PHONES WITH FIVE DOLLARS SO THAT PEOPLE

WHO WERE CAUGHT IN RUBBLE, THEY COULD TEXT, OR IF THEY COULD PHONE, BUT IT WAS MAINLY

TEXTS, TO TELL PEOPLE WHERE THEY WERE. SO, WE SAW INCREDIBLE STORIES,

IN PARTICULARLY THE WEEK AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE WHERE PEOPLE BEING RESCUED USING

AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE WHERE PEOPLE BEING RESCUED USING THEIR CELLPHONES.

SCRAMBLING TO FIND OPEN SPACES TO LIVE IN, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE NEWS

WOULD KNOW THAT PEOPLE WERE SLEEPING IN THE STREETS, AND THIS REALLY WAS THE LARGEST

OPEN SPACE IN THE ENTIRE CITY. IT USED TO BE THE GOLF COURSE, THE ONLY GOLF COURSE

IN THE COUNTRY. AND IT'S LOCATED SMACK DAB IN THE CENTER.

WANNA PUT ANOTHER ONE UP HIGH LIKE THIS? JUST PUT A LINE ACROSS HERE,

FROM THIS DIAGONALLY... WE'D MAKE CAMP IN THE FRONT YARD OF A BROKEN HOUSE.

AND EACH DAY AS WE WERE ORGANIZING AND SENDING OUT THE TRUCKS AND DOING ALL

THAT STUFF, WE'D SEE THESE U.S. MILITARY HELICOPTERS GOING OVER HEAD.

AND WE FOLLOWED THEM ONE DAY, AND THAT'S WHEN WE CAME UPON THE PETIONVILLE GOLF CLUB 'CAUSE

THAT'S WHERE THE EIGHTY SECOND AIRBORNE WAS BASED... THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AT LEAST THE LAND... IN RESPONSE TO THE EARTHQUAKE.

AND THEY SORT OF ARRIVED HERE, AND I SAID, "WHO ARE THEY?" AND THE ARMY MADE AN AGREEMENT,

AND IF THEY WORKED OUT, THEY COULD STAY. THIS IS ALL PLASTERING FOR CASTS

THIS IS ALL PLASTERING FOR CASTS THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE OVER THE DULAP IN CENTRAL CITY.

MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, LITERALLY BY THE TENS OF THOUSANDS, STARTED POURING

IN HERE, ESPECIALLY AFTER FOOD STARTED BEING DISTRIBUTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THE

EARTHQUAKE IN ORDER TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE GOING. SO, IT BALLOONED SOMEWHERE

BETWEEN 45 AND 60 THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING HERE AT THE HIGH POINT,

WHICH ALSO CORRESPONDS TO WHEN J/P HRO STARTED ITS RUBBLE REMOVAL AND DEMOLITION PROGRAMS.

THAT BASICALLY STARTED BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T MOVING OUT. IN FACT, THEY WERE CONTINUING

TO COME IN. AND SO SEAN AND THE TEAM WERE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE

OUT WHY WEREN'T PEOPLE GOING BACK, AND THE BIGGEST REASON PEOPLE GAVE WAS THERE WAS

PEOPLE GAVE WAS THERE WAS NO PLACE GOING BACK TO. IT WAS TOTALLY BURIED.

YOU'RE SEEING AN INTERSECTION. AS FAR AS I CAN SEE THIS WAY, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE THAT WAY,

ANY GIVEN MOMENT OF THE DAY, THIS CAN BE FIXED. THEN ABOUT A MONTH IN,

I WENT, WE HAD BECOME EMBEDDED WITH THE EIGHTY SECOND AIRBORNE,

AND GENERAL KING CAME, AND HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO GO TO CARREFOUR AND LEOGANE

GO TO CARREFOUR AND LEOGANE WITH HIM THE FOLLOWING DAY BY HELICOPTER.

SEEING THIS PLACE I'D LIVED IN FOR A MONTH... SUDDENLY AND SURPRISINGLY LIVED IN

FOR A MONTH... FROM THE AIR, AND SAW THE SIZE OF IT. AND THAT WAS,

THAT'S WHERE I FOUND MYSELF BEING EMOTIONALLY WALLOPED. IT'S LIKE, "OH MAN, IT'S SO BIG,

IT'S SUCH, IT'S SO MUCH TO FIX," AND YOU KNEW BECAUSE YOU KNEW BY THE AREAS OF OPERATION

YOU WERE FUNCTIONING IN WHAT THOSE, IF YOU DID A KIND OF GRID OF THIS HUGE AREA

IN YOUR HEAD, YOU KNEW HOW MUCH SUFFERING WAS ONGOING IN THOSE AREAS.

♪ [ man singing in French ]

YOUR GENEROSITY TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO THE HAITIAN PEOPLE.

THE CANADIENS FAMILY IS TEAMING UP WITH UNICEF TO COLLECT YOUR DONATIONS.

SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS... man: THE GAME THAT WE HAD AFTER THE TRAGEDY WAS JUST COUPLE DAYS

AFTER, AND PEOPLE IN THE CROWD WERE HONORING THE PEOPLE IN HAITI, THERE WAS A MOMENT

OF SILENCE. BUT, THAT NIGHT I WAS PRAYING. FOR ONE OF THE FIRST TIME,

I WAS PRAYING TO SCORE A GOAL. I WANTED TO DO A GESTURE THAT, COMING FROM ME, THAT WOULD BE

BIG, THAT THEY COULD SMILE AND HOLD OUT THEIR FISTS HIGH AND SAY, YOU KNOW, "WE'RE STRONG,

WE'RE TOGETHER UNITED." SO THAT GAME, WHEN I GOT THAT GOAL, I WAS REALLY PROUD AND

GOAL, I WAS REALLY PROUD AND REALLY HAPPY TO DO THAT FOR THEM.

[ crowd cheering ]

IT'S FUNNY HOW WE SAY THINGS ALWAYS HAPPENS FOR A REASON AND HOW LIFE ALWAYS TRY TO DO

THINGS RIGHT. I GOT RELEASE BY THE MONTREAL CANADIENS SHORTLY AFTER THE

EARTHQUAKE, SO I WAS ABLE TO DEVOTED MY TIME TO FIND SOLUTION AND FIND WAYS TO

SOLUTION AND FIND WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE AND HELP OUT MY PEOPLE IN HAITI.

IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY WHEN YOU ARE A CELEBRITY AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING UP TO YOU,

KIDS ARE LOOKING UP TO YOU IN THE WORLD BECAUSE WE HAVE THE POWER UNITE PEOPLE, TO GET

PEOPLE BELIEVE IN A CAUSE, AND GET PEOPLE TO FOLLOW YOU AND DO GREAT THINGS.

THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE GOD PUT ME IN A POSITION THAT I COULD INSPIRE AND HELP

BECAUSE GOD PUT ME IN A POSITION THAT I COULD INSPIRE AND HELP OUT SOCIETY.

HIGH FIVE, HIGH FIVE! DID YOU SEE THAT?

WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE BECAUSE GEORGE LARAQUE CHOSE WORLD VISION TO BE HIS MAJOR

CONNECTION WITH THE WORK IN THE COUNTRY AND GOT INVOLVED IN A HOSPITAL

THAT WE HAD AN ASSOCIATION WITH AS WELL. AND SO HE'S BEEN A GREAT,

HE'S BEEN A GREAT FUNDRAISER, HE'S BEEN A GREAT ADVOCATE, THAT'S ONE CHOICE.

AND ANOTHER PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE SEAN PENN WHO CAME IN, ACTOR, YOU KNOW KIND OF FITS

THE CLASSIC "I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING RIGHT AWAY" BUT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN,

I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, FROM WHAT I HEAR FROM OUR STAFF,

THEY'VE HAD EARLY STRUGGLES, OF COURSE, TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, BUT THEY'VE GOTTEN

GOOD TECHNICAL CAPACITY IN THE ORGANIZATION, THEY'VE BUILT IT UP.

AND SO, I MEAN, I ADMIRE WHAT'S BEEN DONE SO QUICKLY. FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NAIVETE

CAN GIVE YOU... WELL, LET'S SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT INFORMED ENOUGH FOR CYNICISM

TO BE DISTRACTING. YOU'RE SURE THAT YOU CAN FIX IT, AND YOU FIX A LOT OF THINGS

BEING SURE YOU CAN FIX IT. IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE ON ITS OWN, BUT IT'S A GOOD

SEED TO CARRY ALONG WITH YOU AS YOU MOVE FORWARD AND ACCEPT NEW DEMANDS.

Dave Toycen: THE BIG QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS: WHAT CAN WE DO IMMEDIATELY?

I MEAN, HAITI NEEDED EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, MEDICAL NEEDS, FOOD, CLEAN WATER, SHELTER.

WE ENDED UP DECIDING THAT WE WOULD FOCUS ON CHILD-FRIENDLY SPACES FOR CHILDREN, JUST MAKING

WOULD FOCUS ON CHILD-FRIENDLY SPACES FOR CHILDREN, JUST MAKING SURE KIDS HAVE A SAFE PLACE.

LATER, WE GOT INTO SOME SHELTER CONSTRUCTION, AS WELL. WE DID CAMP MANAGEMENT

WE DID CAMP MANAGEMENT IN A FEW PLACES WHERE YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE AREA.

SITUATION. AND ACCESS WAS REALLY DIFFICULT. THE ROADS WERE STILL BLOCKED

AND ACCESS WAS REALLY DIFFICULT. THE ROADS WERE STILL BLOCKED IN MANY AREAS.

WHERE YOU WEREN'T TWO WHEELS UP ON THE EDGE OF RUBBLE ON THE SIDE OF ROADS, YOU KNOW,

AND EVERYTHING ELSE, NOT TO MENTION THE SMELL OF HUMAN BODIES

AND ALL THESE POWER LINES TORN DOWN AND BOUNCING OFF THE WINDSHIELD.

ARE WE WALKING...? YEAH, WE'RE WALKING. OH, ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

HI, MAN. HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING GOOD, AND YOU?

YEAH, GOOD TO SEE YOU. I WAS OFF YESTERDAY. AH, OKAY, GOOD.

I WAS OFF YESTERDAY. AH, OKAY, GOOD. SO, YOU GOT A REST, GOOD.

AND FOUND THAT THE STREETS WERE COVERED PILE HIGH... I MEAN, 9, 10 FEET,

2 OR 3 METERS, OF RUBBLE... AND SO IN A MATTER OF DAYS, THEY MOBILIZED AN ENGINEERING

THEY MOBILIZED AN ENGINEERING CREW THAT STARTING WITH HEAVY MACHINERY CLEARING THE STREETS.

IN AUGUST OF 2010, THE WORD "CHALLENGING" CAME TO MIND.

AND THEN WHEN WE BROUGHT OTHER PEOPLE HERE, I'D HEAR A LOT OF THE WORD

"UNCERTAINTY" BECAUSE UNCERTAIN AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT COULD BE DONE.

THERE WAS QUITE A LARGE ORDER IN FRONT OF US TO REMOVE RUBBLE FROM THESE COMMUNITIES,

WHICH HAD PRETTY MUCH SHUT DOWN. THEY WERE NO KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL, THEY WERE NO LADIES

SELLING, SHOPS WERE NOT OPEN, CARS WERE NOT ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH HERE.

AND SO THROUGH OUR WORK HERE, WE'VE REINVIGORATED THE SPIRIT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY BEING

ABLE TO ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO WALK IN THEIR COMMUNITIES ONCE AGAIN.

Benjamin Krause: WITHIN DAYS, REALLY WITHIN MOMENTS OF A STREET BEING CLEARED,

THE OLD SHOP KEEPERS WOULD COME BACK AND FOR QUITE A WHILE IT WAS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

IN THE DAYTIME, BUT MUCH MORE OF A GHOST TOWN AT NIGHT. AND THEN AS PEOPLE BUILT UP

THEIR CONFIDENCE AND KIND OF REESTABLISHED THEIR ROOTS, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE STARTED

MOVING BACK IN. AND THAT'S REALLY WHEN WE STARTED TO SEE THE POPULATION

DECREASING FROM CAMP. EVERYBODY WAS WARNING US, "OH, THEY'RE GONNA COME IN

WITH THUGS AND BULLDOZERS AND EVICT THESE PEOPLE WHO'VE GOT NOWHERE TO GO.

WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS THE EIGHTY SECOND AIRBORNE WAS REDEPLOYED TO OUR

DEPLOYMENTS, AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, AND WE WERE LEFT WITH MANAGEMENT OF THE CAMP.

AND SO, WE SHOULD GET THE SHELTER CLUSTER ON THE PHONE AND MAKE SURE TO ANSWER THAT

QUESTION BY THE END OF THIS MEETING, OR WE WILL PROVIDE ALL THE TENTS NECESSARY.

IT HAS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT...

IT'S ALL GONE ON TOO LONG. Woman: ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THE

EARTHQUAKE HIT, WE HAD REALLY COLLECTED QUITE A LOT OF MONEY, WHICH WE WEREN'T REALLY SPENDING

'CAUSE WE WERE TAKING ACTUAL, LEVERAGING, YOU KNOW, RELATIONSHIPS TO TAKE PHYSICAL

GOODS DOWN. SO, I CALLED PAUL FARMER A WEEK AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE,

WHO'S TELLING ME, YOU KNOW, HOW DIFFICULT, HOW STRETCHED THEY WERE, WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

I SAID TO PAUL, "WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS, WE WANT TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT?" AND HE SAID, "WE HAD PLANS TO OPEN A NEW

HEALTH CENTER IN MIREBALAIS. MIREBALAIS IS ONE OF THE POOREST AREAS OF HAITI, AND WE THINK

IT'S GONNA BE A 6, 7, 8 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, AND WE WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP.

WELL, THIS LITTLE 8 OR 9 MILLION DOLLAR HOSPITAL IS THE PHOENIX RISING OUT

OF THE ASHES. IT IS THE SINGULAR BIGGEST EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE,

EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE, WITH SHEER WILL AND VISION.

TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF PORT-AU-PRINCE, YOU KNOW, I'D ALWAYS LOOKED TO THE IRON

MARKET AND SAID, "GEEZ, IT'D BE LOVELY TO FIX IT." AND THEN POST THE EARTHQUAKE,

I SAID, "WE'RE GONNA FIX IT." SO, IT WAS A TOSS UP BETWEEN THE CATHEDRAL

AND THE IRON MARKET. AND YOU KNOW, SPIRITUALLY, I'D SAY THE CATHEDRAL WOULD

HAVE BEEN A GREAT PROJECT BECAUSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO HAVE A RELIGION,

THEY NEED THEIR SPIRIT UPLIFTED AND MAYBE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT, BUT THAT WAS NOT GONNA

PUT MONEY FOR PEOPLE AND LIVELIHOOD. WE SAID, "WE'RE GONNA DO THE

IRON MARKET, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE IN ONE YEAR." AND EVERYBODY SAID, "YOU WON'T

GET IT DONE IN A YEAR." AND IN THE END WE DID IT IN 9 AND HALF MONTHS BECAUSE

THE TIME WE GOT THE DESIGN DONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SO WE RACED TO DO THE PROJECT.

Woman: THE PEOPLE HAD THE TRUCKS CAME HERE, DELIVERED THE GOODS AROUND THERE.

YEAH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE THAT HAD THESE LITTLE

PEOPLE THAT HAD THESE LITTLE STORES IN THE IRON MARKET THAT THEY ARE INVITED BACK IN...

TO SHOW, "HEY, NUMBER ONE THIS COUNTRY'S GONNA BE REALLY REBUILT.

NUMBER TWO, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT NATIONAL MONUMENT NEARLY, IF YOU CALL IT THAT."

AND THREE, IT'S A WAY OF SHOWING PEOPLE THAT THERE'S HOPE THAT THE ECONOMY WILL

HOPE THAT THE ECONOMY WILL RETURN AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A LIVELIHOOD.

YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY 4, 5 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN TOTAL MADE UP OF MAYBE A THOUSAND

MADE UP OF MAYBE A THOUSAND FAMILIES THAT SOMEHOW TOUCH THE IRON MARKET.

♪

Man: THERE'S MANY, MANY THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE REBUILT IN HAITI, AND PEOPLE WOULD ASK,

"WELL, WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF REBUILDING A CHURCH?" THE CHURCH IS THE PLACE OF HOPE.

IT IS A COMMUNITY CENTER. IT IS A PLACE FOR FAMILIES. IT IS A PLACE OF GATHERING.

AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE, IT WAS A PLACE OF GRIEVING. FOR A PERIOD OF ALMOST A YEAR

HUNDREDS OF FUNERALS HAD TO BE DONE. AND THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY,

THE FUNERAL IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND MANY, MANY FAMILIES IN HAITI COULD NEVER,

NEVER RECOVERED THE BODIES. SO, THE FUNERALS BECAME MOMENTS OF REMEMBERING, MOMENTS

SO, THE FUNERALS BECAME MOMENTS OF REMEMBERING, MOMENTS OF THEM COMING TOGETHER.

AND IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED THE FUNERALS, WELL, THEN THERE'S A WEDDING THAT TAKES PLACE IN

THE CHURCH, SO A LIFE GOES ON. THERE'S A BABY PRESENTATION AS THEY DO IN THEIR TRADITION.

SO, THE CHURCH IS A PLACE WHERE LIFE IS BEING ANNOUNCED AGAIN. PASTOR WILSON'S A VERY RESPECTED

LEADER IN HAITI. HE'S BEEN ON NATIONAL COMMITTEES.

HE'S ALSO RESPECTED IN PORT-AU-PRINCE ITSELF AND PETIONVILLE ESPECIALLY.

AND HIS CHURCH IS AT A CROSSROAD IN THE CITY, AND WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE

HAPPENED, THE CHURCH BEGAN TO FALL DOWN, AND IT REMAINED STANDING, BUT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE

FOR THE PEOPLE TO GO BACK IN AGAIN. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS.

AND FOR A SEASON THEY THOUGHT THAT THEIR LIFE'S WORK WAS OVER; THEY CAN'T GO BACK IN.

THE CITY HAD NO MONEY TO BUILD IT, THERE WOULD BE NO NGOs TO GO INTO IT, SO IT BECAME AN EFFORT

FOR US, FOR THE CHURCHES, HERE IN CANADA, BUT THEN IT BECAME CHURCHES FROM ALL OVER

U.S. AND EUROPE THAT JOINED WITH US. WE HAVE A VERY LARGE HAITIAN

POPULATION HERE IN MONTREAL AND IN OUR CHURCH. ON THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING

THE EARTHQUAKE, I BROUGHT UP HAITIAN PEOPLE ON THE STAGE OF OUR CHURCH,

AND WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND HAITIANS THAT WERE THERE. AND SO ENGINEERS BEGAN TO GET

INVOLVED FROM OUR CHURCH TO GO AND MEASURE AND REBUILD AND DO ROOFING.

SO WE WERE ABLE SIX MONTHS LATER, TO GO BACK AND TO DO THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW BUILDING.

THE UNTOLD STORY IS, I FEEL, THAT THERE'S A PEOPLE RISING UP IN HAITI.

THE EARTH SHOOK, BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT SHOOK, AS WELL, THAT I THINK

SHOOK, AS WELL, THAT I THINK OUT OF IT, BEAUTY WILL COME OUT OF THE ASHES.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

MERCI. THERE MAY BE BLITZ OF

AVAILABILITY OF RUBBLE IF THESE UNDP GRADS SHOW ON WEDNESDAY THAT THEY'RE READY

TO APPROVE THAT AS A SITE TO FILL, WHICH IT LOOKS THEY'RE GONNA DO.

AND WHAT I'M WONDERING ABOUT IS IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO COULD E-MAIL US SOME PHOTOGRAPHS

COULD E-MAIL US SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HOUSES. ALL RIGHT, THANKS VERY MUCH.

THE PICTURES OF THE HOUSES? PICTURES AND A PROJECT DESCRIPTION, YEAH.

THE HARDEST THING IS FUNDING.

YOU CAN TRY VERY HARD, YOU MAKING A DOCUMENTARY, AND THAT'S GREAT AND THAT'S

STRONGER 'CAUSE OF THE IMAGES. I THINK IT'S STRONGER WHEN DONE WELL THAN ANYTHING SOMEONE

LIKE ME OR ANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES OR BROTHERS AND SISTERS HERE CAN DO WITH

JUST WORDS. BUT, IT'S STILL VERY DIFFICULT TO ARTICULATE TO PEOPLE WHY

YOU BELIEVE IN HAITI, WHY, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT HAITI IS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO MY

OWN COUNTRY'S INTERESTS TO SUCCEED IN HELPING TO COMPLETE THIS,

NOT REHABILITATION BUT HABILITATION OF THIS COUNTRY THAT'S NEVER REALLY BEEN BUILT

IN THE FIRST PLACE. CAN I ASK YOU GUYS A QUESTION? YOU SAID IF THE PLOT'S BIG

ENOUGH, RELATIVE TO EXTENSIONS, ARE WE ALSO LOOKING AT LOCATIONS WHERE THE PLOT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH

FOR EXTENSIONS, IN OTHER WORDS, THE HOUSE WE SAID IS THE HOUSE THAT'S THERE?

THAT'S THERE? THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL THAT CAN BE DONE?

JUST UNDER 18 SQUARE METERS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT TO GET FULL COMMUNITY SUPPORT,

THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR SAYING, "LOOK, HERE'S WHAT THE WORLD

BANK'S LIMITATIONS ON US ARE. WE'VE JUST PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD TO DO THAT IN THE MOST

EQUITABLE WAY. IF WE SUCCEED AT THIS, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO OFFER

YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY MORE, AT LEAST ALONG THOSE LINES." THAT'S FAIR TO SAY, RIGHT?

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAMP MANAGEMENT AND THE MEDICAL PIECE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE

DOING HERE IN CAMP, WE'RE SPENDING SOMEWHERE AROUND TWO HUNDRED THOUSANDS DOLLARS

A MONTH JUST TO KEEP THE BARE BONES GOING. AND THAT'S WITH, ESSENTIALLY,

AND THAT'S WITH, ESSENTIALLY, ALL OF THE MEDICATIONS BEING DONATED.

LITERALLY A CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE. I MEAN, WE'RE, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE IN A MUCH MORE

COMFORTABLE POSITION IN SOME REGARDS, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CAMP MANAGEMENT, WE'RE USUALLY

ONE, AT MOST, TWO MONTHS, OUT FROM RUNNING OUT OF MONEY COMPLETELY FOR THIS WORK.

THE REASON THAT WE'RE STILL HERE IS REALLY BECAUSE OF BILL EVANS AND THE MEMBERS

OF PETIONVILLE CLUB HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY HOSPITABLE TO US. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RUNNING A

BUSINESS, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE OPEN FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW,

BUT THEY ALSO REALIZE THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO, AND IF THEY WERE TO JUST SAY

TOMORROW, WHICH MANY LANDOWNERS HAVE DONE AND MORE AND MORE CONTINUE TO DO, THEN EVERYBODY

NEEDS TO GET OFF, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO OUT INTO THE STREETS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE ANY OF THE PROBLEMS. IT MAY MAKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE

CLEAR THEIR LAND, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

Bill Evans: THERE'S BEEN A VERY ORDERLY AND DISCIPLINED, I DON'T WANT TO SAY EVACUATION,

BUT THERE'S BEEN RELOCATIONS. SO IT'S DOWN TO 21,000. IT'S STILL A CITY OUT THERE,

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE'VE AGREED THAT WE'LL RELOCATE PEOPLE FROM THE TOP AND THEN WE'LL

BRING OUR BOUNDARY DOWN. AND THAT IS SHRINKING THE CAMP IN AN INTELLIGENT BUT

HUMANE MANNER. THE IDEA THAT THIS GUY REPRESENTING MANY OF THESE

DETERMINED-AS-DEVILS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PREDETERMINED, AND BY THE WAY, MANY ARE DEVILS...

THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE ELITE CLASS HERE... BUT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE,

YOU DON'T WANT TO GENERALIZE, AND THEY'VE BEEN ANGELS, THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT CLUB

AND WE'VE HAD TRULY A PARTNER AND AN INVALUABLE PARTNER. I'VE BEEN FEELING QUITE A BIT

OF PRESSURE FROM THE MEMBERS, SO I DECIDED TO OPEN AS A, I CALL IT "TRANSITIONAL",

MEMBERSHIPS. I SAY, "WE'RE OPEN." SO, WE'RE OPEN WITH A IDP CAMP,

WE'RE OPEN WITH BRAZILIAN TROOPS HERE, WE'RE OPEN WITH HOSPITAL HERE,

LADIES HERE, AND WHEN I FIRST OPENED, I HAD TWO CHOLERA TENTS RIGHT NEXT

TO THE SWIMMING POOL. DESPITE THE AT TIMES SEEMINGLY ERUDITE NATURE OF BILL EVANS,

EVERY TIME I WENT TO THIS GUY THINKING I HAD TO CON HIM OUT OF SOMETHING, MY CUNNING WAS

DISAPPOINTED BY HIS SUPPORT, HIS IMMEDIATE SUPPORT. AND THAT'S LASTED 'TIL THIS

VERY DAY. Benjamin: SO, TODAY WE'RE NOW MANAGING SEVERAL GRANTS MAKING

UP ABOUT 85% OF OUR FUNDING. THE KEY FOR US, THOUGH, IS REALLY THE UNRESTRICTED MONEY

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT FREES US UP TO DO THE THINGS LIKE RUBBLE REMOVAL IN THE FIRST

DAYS, BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE TO PEOPLE THAT THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN KIND

POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN KIND OF EVERYONE SAYS THAT THEY'RE NOT.

Sean: SO, THAT'S THEM THERE? I MEAN, THAT'S ABOVE THERE.

SO THAT YOU'RE COMING IN AND BRINGING IN A KIND OF TEMPORARY ECONOMY, IN A WAY... CASH FOR

BRINGING IN A KIND OF TEMPORARY ECONOMY, IN A WAY... CASH FOR WORK AND CASH FOR PRODUCTION.

OF PETIONVILLE. THEY GOT HIT CLEARLY VERY HARD. YOU SEE THE DEVASTATION OVER

THERE? MASSIVE HOLES THAT ARE AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLEARED

AND DEMO'D FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE

TO WORK, SO IT'S NOT A PLACE YOU CAN BRING IN HEAVY EQUIPMENT; IT ALL HAS TO BE

DONE BY HAND, BUCKET BY BUCKET, HAND OVER HAND, LIKE THIS IS. IT'S ONE OF THOSE, KIND OF ULTRA

LABOR-INTENSIVE THINGS THAT DOES PAY OFF. YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE

WORK SO HARD THAT THEY COULD BUILD THE PYRAMIDS, AND SO, AN AREA LIKE THIS,

WE'LL COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND IT WILL BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE.

J/P HRO AND ALL OF ITS PROJECT HAS REMOVED OVER 100,000 CUBIC METERS OF RUBBLE,

WHICH IS THE AREA THAT WE'RE STANDING ON RIGHT NOW. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER 85,000

STANDING ON RIGHT NOW. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER 85,000 CUBIC METERS.

IT INCLUDES FOUR AREAS AND IT'S A TOTAL OF 200,000 CUBIC METERS THAT WE'VE BEEN

CONTRACTED TO MOVE, AN EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT 1200 HOMES TO BE DEMOLISHED.

WE SEE EVIDENCE OF DOMINOS THAT GO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT

NOW WHERE WE HAVE MADE THOSE KINDS OF IMPACTS. AND SO NOW IT'S ONE THING

TO CLEAN UP THE RUBBLE, BUT YOU GOTTA KEEP GOING. YOU GOTTA BUILD THE HOUSES,

AND PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO OWN THOSE HOUSES IN SPIRIT AS MUCH AS ON PAPER, MEANING THEY GOTTA

HAVE JOBS TO KIND OF PAY THEIR WAY TO FULL OWNERSHIP ON SOME KIND OF FAIR MORTGAGE, YOU KNOW,

AND ALL THAT STUFF, AND SO IT'S A KIND OF... IF YOU GET ON THIS TRAIN

WITH THE IDEA THAT IT HAS A STOP WHERE YOU GET OFF, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.

I'D LOVE TO BE THROWN OFF THE TRAIN, BUT THIS IS MORE LIKE WHEN WE CAME TO HAITI, IT WAS

LIKE YOU STEPPED INTO A RAILWAY TUNNEL AND STARTED TAKING A WALK DOWN IT AND SUDDENLY YOU NOTICED

DOWN IT AND SUDDENLY YOU NOTICED THERE WAS A TRAIN BEHIND YOU, AND YOU JUST GOTTA KEEP RUNNING.

THE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE HAD BEEN MOVED IN. IT WAS ABOUT SEVEN NGOs THERE

WORKING COOPERATIVELY. THAT WAS A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE IN TERMS OF THE NGOs WORKING

TOGETHER. WE HAD SOME POLITICAL PROBLEMS AT THE BEGINNING JUST GETTING

GOVERNMENT SATISFIED THAT WE WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

AND EVENTUALLY, WE CONSTRUCTED ABOUT, ALMOST 2,000 SHELTERS, HOMES...

THEY'RE ACTUALLY FOR PEOPLE... BUT THAT TOOK MONTHS TO GET THAT SORTED OUT.

ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS WAS JUST THE LAND RIGHTS, WHO'S OCCUPYING WHAT,

VERY COMPLICATED. AND WITH THE GOVERNMENT STILL KIND OF IN VERY COMPROMISED

SITUATION 'CAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING TO AN ELECTION COMING UP, AND THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE

THE CAPACITY. THE GOVERNMENT HAD LOST SIGNIFICANT,

OF THEIR TECHNICAL EXPERTS AND MINISTRY MEMBERS FROM THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AREAS,

SO THAT COMPROMISED THEM. Benjamin: THERE'S A LOT OF PRESS ABOUT MONEY NOT GETTING DOWN

TO HAITI. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S REALLY TWO RESPONSIBILITIES THERE.

ONE IS, AND I DON'T WANT TO RUFFLE FEATHERS, BUT THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT HAS TO RESOLVE

THE ISSUE OF LAND TENURE. IT'S THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE STANDING IN THE WAY OF

RECONSTRUCTION, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE STANDING IN THE

WAY OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT. COMPANIES CAN'T COME DOWN

AND INVEST IN HAITI BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUY LAND.

THEY CAN'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT THEY'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SOUND.

YOU NEED A HOLISTIC PLAN FOR EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, FOR WATER, FOR ENVIRONMENT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE TO MAKE UP THE JIGSAW TO LIFT

THIS COUNTRY AND BRING IT FORWARD. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A

MORE INTEGRATED PLAN, AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE THE DONOR COUNTRIES, AS WELL AS THE NGOs,

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE REPORTING ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WHEN THE

GOVERNMENT GETS A PLAN IN PLACE, WE'RE PART OF THE PLAN. WE'RE NOT WORKING OUTSIDE

OF IT, AND WE'RE HELD TO ACCOUNTABILITY AT THAT LEVEL. I THINK THAT'S ALSO CRITICAL.

AND THEN I THINK THE THIRD ISSUE IS JUST LIVELIHOOD. PEOPLE WANT TO WORK,

THEY WANT JOBS. THE ECONOMY NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED.

[ men singing ] ♪

President Martelly: HAITI'S A COUNTRY WITH BIG CHALLENGES AND BIG OPPORTUNITIES.

COMMITMENT TO A NEW VISION OF HAITI. I AM PERSONALLY COMMITTED

TO TRY TO MAKE THE ECONOMY GROW THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. WE NOW NEED TO INITIATE ACTION.

SOME OF THESE MEASURES INCLUDE NEW TAX INCENTIVES, REFORM, AND... TO NAME A FEW.

AS THE PRESIDENT OF HAITI, I PROMISE TO TAKE BIG STEPS TO MANAGE AND SUPPORT THIS

I PROMISE TO TAKE BIG STEPS TO MANAGE AND SUPPORT THIS OPPORTUNITY.

[ applause ] FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HAITI'S

HISTORY, WE'RE AT AN INFLECTION POINT. AND THE BIGGEST TRAGEDY,

THAT INFLECTION POINT WAS CREATED BECAUSE 300,000 PEOPLE DIED IN AN EARTHQUAKE.

YOU KNOW, THE WORLD'S MEDIA WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN HAITI ONLY FOR THE EARTHQUAKE AND

YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOW A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, NETWORK OF DONORS FROM COUNTRIES THAT REALLY WANT

TO HELP HAITI AT THIS TIME. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY, "HEY, IT'S SLOW,"

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE SLOW IN ANY COUNTRY. LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THIS HAPPENED

LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THIS HAPPENED IN IRELAND, YOU THINK WE WOULD BE ANY QUICKER?

NARRATIVE, CERTAINLY ABOUT THE HAITI SITUATION IS: NOTHING'S REALLY HAPPENING.

ALL THIS TALK ABOUT REBUILDING HAITI OR BUILDING THE NEW HAITI, IS, YOU KNOW, A BIT OF

JUST IDEALISM THAT HAS NO CONNECTION WITH REALITY. AND SO I THINK IT'S QUITE EASY.

AND SO I THINK IT'S QUITE EASY. THERE'S A CYNICAL STREAK ABOUT THIS.

WITH THE MEDIA IS THERE'S NOT MEDIA. THAT'S ONE.

WHEN THEY REPORT, THEY REPORT AS ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE DID, BY SENDING SOMEBODY DOWN HERE

FOR A WEEK WHO BRINGS AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE OF HISTORY IN THE MIDDLE OF A PERIOD

OF TIME THAT IS INCREDIBLY INFLAMMATORY, WHERE PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW,

DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET OUT FROM UNDER RUBBLE AND TRYING AND NEED A UNIFIED HAITI.

AND THEY START JUST SAYING, "WELL, HERE'S THE HISTORY AND BAD AMERICA FOR ITS HISTORY OF

TRADE POLICY EXPLOITATION OF HAITI, AND BAD FRANCE AND WE DON'T TRUST ANYBODY OR

ANYTHING ELSE." WELL, ARE YOU TRUSTING THE ARAB SPRING?

ARE YOU TRUSTING THE KIDS IN HAITI? THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE

THAT'S NEW THAT WASN'T INVOLVED THEN? OR ARE YOU JUST SAYING,

OR ARE YOU JUST SAYING, "THE HELL WITH THAT, THAT DOESN'T COUNT"?

TRUTHFUL TO THE PUBLIC, BALANCE. YES, FOR SURE THE CAMPS WERE

DIFFICULT, BUT THEY WERE SUSTAINING LIFE. WERE THE CONDITIONS TERRIBLE?

YES. WAS THERE VIOLENCE IN THE CAMPS? YES.

BUT THEN THERE WAS SEAN PENN. AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND

PEACE THAT WE SUPPORTED ON A PROJECT TO CURB THE VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CHILDREN

IN THE CAMPS. WHERE WAS THAT? WHERE WAS THE PEOPLE, LIKE,

WHERE WAS THE PEOPLE, LIKE, TOILING ON THEIR HANDS AND KNEES MAKING PROFOUND CHANGE?

AND ALL OF WHICH HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE RUBBLE REMOVAL PROGRAM AND

I LIKE TO SAY THAT I CAN SEE THE BIGGEST QUANTIFIABLE CHANGE THAT J/P HAS TO OFFER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND THEY ARE KIND OF DISCOURAGED BY NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE

IMMEDIATE EFFECT, AND I LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M PRETTY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SEE,

NOT IMMEDIATE EFFECT, BUT THE LONG TERM EFFECT, AND FOR THESE PEOPLE,

THAT'S WHAT MATTERS. IT'S NOT ABOUT A HANDOUT. IT'S NOT ABOUT A QUICK FIX.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THIS PLACE LIVABLE AGAIN FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS AND

THESE FAMILIES. AND THAT'S WHY J/P'S HERE, AND THAT'S OUR MISSION

AND THAT'S WHY J/P'S HERE, AND THAT'S OUR MISSION AND OUR GOAL.

HOMEWORK, THEIR CRITICISM IS MORE MUTED BECAUSE THEY BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE

COMPLEXITY OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. SO, NOW WHAT YOU'D WISH FOR,

I THINK, IS MORE REPORTING AND MORE METRICS ON JUST WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

I USE ONE EXAMPLE THAT WAS SHARED WITH ME BY THE SENIOR U.N. PERSON IN THE COUNTRY,

AND JUST SAID, BASICALLY, WITH ALL THE TROUBLES WE'VE HAD AROUND RUBBISH

REMOVAL, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ARGUMENT IS THAT IN HAITI IN ONE YEAR THEY MOVED AS

MUCH AS IT TOOK THE U.S. TO MOVE IN TWO YEARS IN THE 9/11 SITE.

SO, IT'S THAT KIND OF STUFF, KEEPING IT IN PERSPECTIVE. NOBODY'S QUESTIONING, I THINK,

THAT IT'S FRUSTRATING. AND NOT ENOUGH IS GETTING DONE FAST ENOUGH.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING TO FEEL. WE NEED TO FEEL THE PRESSURE

OF THAT, THE REGRET OF THAT IN MANY WAYS. BUT, I DON'T THINK IT'S

IN MANY WAYS. BUT, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE WHOLE STORY.

AND I'M A CHRISTIAN. JESUS HAS CALLED US TO BE IN HARD PLACES.

AND THERE WAS NO PROMISE THAT WHEN WE GO TO THE HARD PLACES THEY'RE GONNA GET BETTER

REAL FAST. IT ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN. IS IT FRUSTRATING IN HAITI?

EXTREMELY BECAUSE HAITI'S HAD MORE DEVELOPMENT WORKERS, MORE CHURCH GROUPS THAN

ANYWHERE, ANY PIECE OF LAND IN THE WORLD. AND THAT'S FRUSTRATING.

I DO THINK IT'S CREATED A CERTAIN PATERNALISM, BOTH ON THE PART OF THE HAITIANS

DEALING WITH US AND PUTTING UP WITH IT, BUT ALSO WITH PEOPLE WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS WHO

COME TO HELP. AND THAT'S A MAJOR, THAT'S A REALLY COMPLICATED ISSUE,

I THINK. I DON'T LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE FACT THAT THE GREAT

DISASTER IN HAITI IS NOT THE EARTHQUAKE BUT IS POVERTY ITSELF.

HEY, LISTEN. JUST GOT OUT OF THE MEETING WITH UNDP, I GOT GOOD NEWS.

I THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN AND CHECK THE SITE WITH ME.

THEY WANT TO BRING ENGINEER AND SOMEBODY FROM MSPTC, MAKE SURE THAT THE MINISTRY

DOESN'T FEEL LEFT OUT. BUT THEIR INITIAL ANSWER IS IT'S A QUALIFIED "YES".

AND SO WE JUST GOTTA COME DOWN AND SEE. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE

A NO-BRAINER. THEY'RE ON A MISSION TO LOWER THEIR COST,

SO IF WE CAN GET THE TRANSPORT GROUP TO BASE IT ON DISTANCE, WE'RE GONNA SAVE MONEY.

THAT IN A SITUATION BRINGING RUBBLE LIKE THAT ISN'T BRINGING SOMETHING WORSE TO IT.

HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SWAMP THAT IS COMBINED WITH THE OIL THAT COMES OFF OF THE

OIL RIGS THAT COME THROUGH. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING RUBBLE THAT WOULD BE USED

TO FILL THE AREA SO THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN LIVE ABOVE THIS REALLY POISONOUS SWAMP.

THE BONUS IS THAT IT'LL ADD GREATLY TO OUR EFFICIENCY BECAUSE WE'RE DOING HAS MANY AS

100 TRUCKS OF RUBBLE A DAY, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO A GREAT DISTANCE TO WHAT IS NOW THE

APPROVED DUMPSITE. THIS SITE IS RIGHT IN CITE SOLEIL.

IT'S RIGHT WITHIN THE CITY BASICALLY. AND THAT WOULD GIVE US A LOT

BASICALLY. AND THAT WOULD GIVE US A LOT MORE TURNAROUND ON OUR TRUCKS.

ON CITE SOLEIL 'CAUSE THE BEACH IS ALREADY USED, BUT IT'S FILTHY.

SO THEY MAY AS WELL NICE IT UP, PUT A COUPLE OF LITTLE CABANAS DOWN WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIT

AND HAVE A COCA-COLA, AND LET THE BREEZE GO THROUGH THEIR HAIR.

BUT IT'S ALSO RIGHT AT THAT CORNER CITY SO THERE WERE A LOT OF FISHERMEN.

THERE'S NO DOCKS, SO WE'RE GONNA PUT A DOCK IN DOWN THERE. THE IDEA, ULTIMATELY, WOULD BE

TO JUST, AS PEOPLE MOVE FROM THE SLUM SHACKS INTO THESE VERY NICE HOUSES

THEY'VE BUILT, HOUSES THAT HAVE INTERIOR BATHROOMS, AS WELL HAS EXTERIOR BUT

COVERED COOKING AREAS SO THEY CAN COOK, NOT COOK INSIDE NECESSARILY BECAUSE WE

KNOW ABOUT IN HAITI, THERE'S A LOT OF OIL COOKING, FIRES HAPPEN THAT WAY, AND SO

IT'S BEST OUTSIDE WITH THE OVERHANG, SO THEY GOT COVER FROM THE RAIN.

AND THEY'VE GOT THAT IN THESE HOUSES, ALL FIFTY OF THEM. AND I THINK SPATIALLY QUITE

GOOD AT ABOUT $7,000 A UNIT, AND THEY GOT 50 OF THEM UP. IT'S A GREAT START.

AS PEOPLE START TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR SHACK, THEY'LL TAKE THE SHACK DOWN, SO IN THOSE AREAS

WE'LL CONTINUE TO FILL AND THOSE WILL BE THE AREAS THAT MORE OF THESE HOUSES

COULD BE BUILT. AND, ULTIMATELY, JUST REALLY DO A MASSIVE UPGRADE UP TO AS MUCH

OF CITE SOLEIL AS ONE CAN GET FINANCING FOR. ND CITÉ SOLEIL BEING, YOU KNOW,

THE ACTUAL EMERGENCY OF HAITI, WHICH IS NOT AN AREA THAT WAS AFFECTED, ALMOST NOT AFFECTED

AFFECTED, ALMOST NOT AFFECTED AT ALL, BUT IT REMAINS THE ARMPIT OF THE WORLD.

HAS PEOPLE LIVING IN SHIT UP 'TIL, TO JUST BELOW THEIR KNEE TO BEGIN WITH, AND

UP 'TIL, TO JUST BELOW THEIR KNEE TO BEGIN WITH, AND IT'S JUST A POISONOUS SWAMP.

♪ ALL OF THE GREAT WORK DONE

BY THE NGOs ON THE GROUND, FROM THE LITTLEST TO THE BIGGEST, SAVES LIVES

EVERY DAY, SO WE DON'T WANNA DIMINISH THAT. WE WANNA CELEBRATE THAT.

BUT THE ONLY WAY A COUNTRY CHANGES IS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IT CAN'T CHANGE WITH AID AND CHARITY. THE AID AND THE CHARITY IS

NECESSARY, BUT WE NEED A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY, ONE LANE THAT CONTINUES TO TAKE CARE OF

THE POOR AND THE NEEDY, AND THE SICK, AND THE OTHER, WHICH IS FORGING AHEAD BY

CREATING JOB AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND BRINGING

EDUCATION. I'VE BEEN IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

SO, THERE'S THIS PHILOSOPHY IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY, WHICH WE ARE THE FIRST RUNG

UP THE ECONOMIC LADDER. OUR GOAL AND OUR DESIRE IS TO NOT ONLY BRING JOBS, BUT ALSO

TO HELP CREATE A MIDDLE CLASS BY BRINGING MORE TECHNICAL AND MANAGERIAL-BASED EDUCATION.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, CREATE A NEW BUSINESS MODEL. AND WE DON'T PAY THE WORKERS

MORE THAN WHAT THE NORM IS 'CAUSE IF WE DO, WE UPSET THE INDUSTRY,

AND THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN HAITI IS GOING TO BE, WE BELIEVE, A VERY, VERY, VERY

IMPORTANT PART OF BUILDING THE ECONOMY AND JOBS. BUT, AS ENTREPRENEURS,

AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR PROFITS ARE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH

OUR PROFITS? SO, FOR THE FLARE, THE BOOTCUT, THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST ONE,

SO, FOR THE FLARE, THE BOOTCUT, THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST ONE, SO THIS IS LIKE...

TOOK ME DOWN HERE, AND NOW SHE'S BUILDING A FACTORY HERE. SO, ON MY JOURNEY HERE TO HAITI,

I WAS BLOWN AWAY. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START FROM AS A DESIGNER,

LOOKING AT THE CREATIVITY AND LOOKING AT THE SOUL. BEFORE I CAME TO HAITI,

I HAD A VISION. I LOVE BALI AND EVERYTHING ABOUT BALI.

AND MY BIGGEST FEAR ABOUT HAITI WAS GONNA BE THAT IT WAS GONNA BE TRANSFERRED INTO,

YOU KNOW, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW. RESPECT TO MCDONALD'S, BUT A

WHOLE AMERICAN CONTINGENT, EUROPEAN, WILL JUST TAKE OVER THIS COUNTRY.

AND WHAT I WANTED WAS TO PRESERVE THE CULTURE BECAUSE THE URBAN ZEN PHILOSOPHY

IS PRESERVATION OF CULTURE, HEALTHCARE, INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE,

AND INTEGRATED EDUCATION. AND I FELT THAT HAITI REALLY DID TALK TO ME OF ALL THREE LEVELS

OF WHAT URBAN ZEN WAS ALL ABOUT. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MIND, THE BODY, AND THE SPIRIT.

AND WHEN I CAME TO HAITI TO SEE THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE, I KNEW I WAS COMPLETELY LICKED.

AS A DESIGNER TO ANOTHER DESIGNER, CRAFT TO CRAFT, IT WAS A

COMPLETE INSPIRATION. I KNEW, AT THAT POINT, THAT THE ANSWER FOR HAITI WAS

I KNEW, AT THAT POINT, THAT THE ANSWER FOR HAITI WAS IN THE PEOPLE.

ARTISANS TO REALLY CREATE AND SHOW THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT?"

Denis: THE FIRST THING THAT STRUCK ME ABOUT THIS COUNTRY WHEN I CAME HERE IN 2005 WAS

EVERYBODY WAS BUYING AND SELLING. THERE'S 10 MILLION ENTREPRENEURS

IN THIS COUNTRY, PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, THE ARTISTIC SIDE.

THE ARTS AND CRAFTS ARTISAN MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, HERE IS JUST INCREDIBLE.

I MEAN, HAITI HAS THE BEST ARTISTIC TALENT IN THE WHOLE OF THE CARIBBEAN.

NOW, IF YOU GO TO, YOU KNOW, URBAN ZEN IN NEW YORK AND JUST SEE WHAT DONNA KARAN HAS DONE

IN BRINGING ALL THESE PHENOMENAL ARTISANS, ALL THEIR WORK AND THEIR PROJECTS, TO NEW YORK,

YOU'LL SEE THE POTENTIAL OF THIS WHOLE SECTOR IN THE CONTEXT OF HAITI.

♪

WE REALIZED THAT WITHOUT AN ECONOMY, IT WAS GOING TO GO NOWHERE.

AND THE EASIEST WAY TO GET AN ECONOMY IS TO FOLLOW WHAT THE REST OF THE CARIBBEAN HAS BEEN

DOING, WHICH IS HAVE A REAL TOURISM INDUSTRY. SO, THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY

TOURISM INDUSTRY. SO, THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY FOCUSED ON.

BASICALLY, NEW ORLEANS WAS INSPIRED OUT OF JACMEL. IT'S AN OLD, YOU KNOW, MID-1800s

TOWN WITH A REALLY SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURE. AND WHEN I SAW IT, I WAS LIKE,

"WOW, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS COMPLETELY RENOVATE THIS PLACE." AND I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH THERE

BETWEEN THE ARTS, THE CULTURE, THE HERITAGE THAT IT WOULD BE A DRAW TO THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY

THE HERITAGE THAT IT WOULD BE A DRAW TO THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE ATTENTION ON HAITI.

BUT, THE BIG PICTURE IS TO TRANSFORM THE COUNTRY SO PEOPLE WILL VISIT IT.

THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, FOR ONE, HAS THE HIGHEST GDP IN THE ENTIRE CARIBBEAN.

HAITI'S ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. IT'S THE SAME EXACT ISLAND.

IT'S THE SAME BEACHES, IT'S THE SAME OCEANS, IT'S THE SAME MOUNTAINS.

THERE MAY BE A LITTLE LESS TREES, NOT REALLY ON THE SOUTH COAST.

SO, THERE'S NO REASON WHY THERE'D BE SUCH AN INFLUX OF TOURISM IN THE DOMINICAN

TOURISM IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND NOT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

♪

I SEE, KINDA AUTOMATICALLY, ALL OF JACMEL AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMPLETELY

JUST BEING REVITALIZED ON ITS OWN, YOU KNOW. NOT US DOING IT,

ON ITS OWN, YOU KNOW. NOT US DOING IT, JUST US TEACHING THEM.

YOU KNOW, IN YEARS TO COME, HAITI WOULDN'T NEED FOREIGN AID ANYMORE.

"OH, WOW, YOU CAN GO TO HAITI FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAN WITH A CHURCH GROUP OR AN NGO,"

I THINK... YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT RUNNER.

♪

YOU SLEEP EASIER AT NIGHT, IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING, AS WELL, OTHER THAN MAKING

MONEY. AND I THINK THAT IS, THAT IS THE KIND OF CULTURE

THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD WITH ALL OUR STAFF. THEY REALIZE THAT, YEAH, WE'RE,

YOU KNOW, BONEHEADED COMMERCIAL ANIMALS, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU'VE GOTTA DO THE RIGHT THING

BY INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES. AND YOU KNOW, EVERY SCHOOL THAT WE BUILT HERE IS REALLY A

COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITIES SAY TO US, "WILL YOU BUILD A SCHOOL?"

AND WE, YOU KNOW, GET INTO A DIALOGUE WITH THEM, AND WE TEST THEM TO SEE HOW COMMITTED THEY

ARE, HOW COMMITTED THE TEACHERS ARE, AND THEN WE BUILD THE SCHOOL.

AND THEN WE PAY FOR THE TEACHERS, AND THEN WE TRAIN THE TEACHERS, AND IT'S KIND OF

A BIG PLAN AS SUCH. AND YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY 50 SCHOOLS IN THE LAST

12 MONTHS, YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS A MODEL THAT REALLY DOES WORK.

AND YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT TRANSFORMED IRELAND WAS NOT EVERYBODY'S LOVE OF IRELAND,

OUR LITERATURE, OR ANY OF THAT STUFF, OUR MUSIC. IT WAS THE FACT THAT IN THE 50s

IT WAS THE FACT THAT IN THE 50s AND 60s, THE GOVERNMENT PUT SO MUCH MONEY INTO EDUCATION.

MY MIND THAT THERE'LL BE MORE KIDS GETTING AN EDUCATION. I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER REALLY

CRITICAL ISSUE FOR HAITI BECAUSE I THINK EDUCATION IS VERY MUCH CONNECTED WITH

FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACIES. YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN INFORMED PUBLIC.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN EDUCATED PUBLIC BEFORE DEMOCRACY IN IT'S BEST FORM IS REALLY

GOING TO FUNCTION. YOU GOTTA MATCH EDUCATION AND JOBS AND A WELL-RUN ECONOMY.

AND JOBS AND A WELL-RUN ECONOMY. AND YOU HAVE MAYBE THE RUDIMENTS OF SOMETHING FANTASTIC.

♪

THE HAITIAN NATIONALS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH I SEE KIND OF A VARYING DEGREE OF HOPELESSNESS

TO INVIGORATION OF HOPE ON DAYS WHERE IT JUST KIND OF SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, THE JOB THAT

WE DO. I TELL THEM JUST HOLD IN THERE, JUST WAIT A LITTLE WHILE

AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THINGS CAN CHANGE, AND THEY DO. THEY SEE THE PROGRESS THAT WE

CAN MAKE IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND THAT'S INSPIRING TO PEOPLE 'CAUSE IT REMINDS

THEM THAT THERE IS HOPE AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND THAT'S WHAT THESE PEOPLE NEED MOST

RIGHT NOW IS A REASON TO GET UP AND LOOK FORWARD AND A REASON FOR THE KIDS TO

GO TO SCHOOL AND OPEN THE SHOPS. AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AND SO IF

THAT'S WHAT WE DO, THAT'S WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THEM AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEN I THINK

THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED PART OF OUR GOAL 'CAUSE IT'S THEM AFTER WE'RE GONE AND AFTER

THE NGOs HAVE LEFT, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE STILL GONNA BE HERE.

AND SO LET'S CREATE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN BE HOPEFUL. ALL THEY NEED IS THE OPPORTUNITY

TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES, SO THEY CAN LIVE A DIGNIFIED LIFE.

AND THAT'S, I THINK, IN EVERY DEVELOPING COUNTRY THAT I'VE BEEN.

EVERYWHERE IN AFRICA, PEOPLE WANT TO WORK. THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE,

IF YOU ASK THEM, "WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?" THE NUMBER ONE ANSWER IS,

"WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?" THE NUMBER ONE ANSWER IS, "I WANT TO WORK."

♪ ♪

LOOK AT THE HAITIAN DIASPORA AND THE BRAIN DRAIN OF THAT COUNTRY.

LET ME TAKE YOU TO HOSPITALS HERE AND SOME OF THE FINEST DOCTORS THAT WE HAVE

HERE AND SOME OF THE FINEST DOCTORS THAT WE HAVE ARE HAITIANS.

THEY ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN MOST. THE IDEA IS TO HELP THE COUNTRY

DEVELOP ITSELF SO IT CAN KEEP ITS TALENT IN THE COUNTRY. I MEAN, I THINK THE BRAIN DRAIN

ITS TALENT IN THE COUNTRY. I MEAN, I THINK THE BRAIN DRAIN OUT OF HAITI IS MASSIVE.

♪ THERE ARE PLENTY OF MANAGERS

THAT HAVE LEFT HAITI WELL-TRAINED WHO WORK FOR BIG COMPANIES IN NORTH AMERICA,

WHO WANT TO COME BACK... THE DIASPORA WANT TO COME BACK... SO THERE IS A POOL

OF TALENT HERE. THAT IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSKILLED, AND THERE

ARE PLENTY OF THEM, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SKILLED AND VERY HIGHLY TALENTED

BUT THERE ARE ALSO SKILLED AND VERY HIGHLY TALENTED HAITIAN MANAGERS.

IN THEIR COUNTRY AND IN STAYING. I'M NOT TAKING ANY POLITICAL STAND, BUT ONE OF THE GREATEST

THINGS THE POLITICIANS CAN DO NOW IS TO REGULARLY SPEAK TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE,

AND TO SAY TO THEM, AND TO CALL THEM TO STAY, AND TO GIVE THEM HOPE.

AND IF OVER 5 AND 10 YEARS THERE'S GOVERNMENTS THAT SHOWS ENOUGH INTEGRITY

AND ENOUGH STABILITY AND LEADERSHIP TO GIVE, TO SAY TO THE CHILDREN OF HAITI,

"WE'RE HERE, WE'RE GONNA BUILD, AND WE'RE GONNA BUILD WITH YOU," THERE'S GREAT HOPE FOR HAITI.

Sean: PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING THEIR DREAMS. I THINK THE WHOLE IDEA THAT

DREAMS ARE A LUXURY IS A MYTH THAT RULING CLASSES ARE GOING TO SUFFER GREAT

LOSSES, TOO, NOW BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT OCCUPY WALL STREET. I THINK THAT HAITIANS ARE READY

TO STAY... I THINK THAT'S THE KEY. NOT ONLY ARE THEY OUT OF THE TRAUMA OF THE EARTHQUAKE,

BUT WHETHER WE INVITED THEM OR NOT, THEY'RE PART OF THE BIGGER WORLD NOW.

THEY SEE IT ON THE INTERNET, THEY KNOW, AND THEY CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER,

AND THEY'RE SAYING, "WE DESERVE IT, TOO," AND THEY'RE RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE FULLY APPRECIATING WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN SO MANY OF THESE

TEENAGERS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE NOW GETTING ON THE INTERNET.

AND THEY'RE BECOMING, I MEAN, THEY'RE BECOMING INCREDIBLY CLUEY IN

ABOUT WHAT'S POSSIBLE. AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT

ON THEIR COUNTRIES, ON THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND THAT'S MY HOPE.

I THINK THAT HAITI IS THE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH OF THE WORLD.

BUT IT'S NEVER NOT BEEN ROUGH, AND I SEE IT STARTING TO POLISH ITSELF.

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