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“Waiting for Helicopters?” Cholera, Prejudice, and the Right to Water in Haiti (Part II)

“Where you stand,” goes an old Haitian proverb, “depends on where you sit.” This article, the second in a series, will examine aid workers’ stereotypes and prejudices about residents of displacement camps in post-earthquake Haiti, stemming from acute disconnect between...

Posted by DeepaPanchang on July 2, 2012 12:19 PM

Withholding Water: Cholera, Prejudice, and the Right to Water in Haiti - Part I

“Cholera is something they sent,” says graffiti on Port-au-Prince walls, “to finish killing off the rest of us.” Scientists have shown that the cholera pathogen came to Haiti with foreign UN troops who carried the bacteria in their bodies, and...

Posted by DeepaPanchang on May 31, 2012 8:10 AM