What do you know of the situation of the civil society organization Viva Rio in Bel Air?
With such an apocalyptic scenario, Viva Rio is acting on two fronts: we are headquartered in Bel Air in a large community center (25 thousand square meters) called Kay Nou (or “our house”) that is now sheltering 320 families, or approximately 1600 people, offering water and shelter, but there is very little food and almost no medication available. We hardly have enough food for our own staff. Since so many may still be trapped in the rubble, Viva Rio has also mobilized over 50 people who had been previously trained in collecting garbage (one of our projects) and our Community Protection Brigade, in search of survivors. How do you see the situation of the MINUSTAH now, once that you were already familiar with the peacekeeping force’s work prior to the earthquake. Is there a special aspect you’d like to mention? There will certainly be a change in its mission, because the situation in Haiti has changed. This applies as much to security as it does to development. Maybe the word “reconstru
