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Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake that caused catastrophic devastation to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. The carnage remains incomprehensible: an estimated 3 million Haitians were affected, with 230,000 dead, 300,000 injured, 1.3 million displaced, and $13 billion in damages. Although billions in aid from world governments including the United States, NGOs and corporations were initially pledged, only a fraction has reached hard hit Haitian communities. According to The United Nations Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti (OSE), of the 55 public sector groups that pledged money to Haiti, only $1.28 billion in 2010 of the $2.01 billion has been disbursed. With billions yet to reach the Haitian people, the resulting reality is that of a lawless vacuum, stricken with death and disease. A cholera outbreak began to surface during the end of the rainy season last year in the rural areas of northwestern Haiti. Four months later, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the epidemic has killed more than 2,000 and sickened more than 91,000, spreading to all parts of Haiti and into the neighboring Dominican Republic. The UN now projects a worst-case scenario of 400,000 cases of cholera. Also on the rise are epidemic rates of rape and other forms of violent crime in the 1,300 tent cities that dot the Port-au-Prince area. A survey conducted in 2006 placed the number of rapes at 50 a day in Port-au-Prince; since the earthquake, that figure is said to have doubled. Organizations such as the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti are attempting to combat this nightmarish escalation; however, with the present absence of funds, the IJDH are left limited abilities to provide assistance.

GUESTS: Mac McClelland, human rights reporter for Mother Jones magazine, Kim Ives, journalist with Haiti Liberte newspaper, and a host on WBAI Pacifica Radio in New York

Visit www.motherjones.com, www.haiti-liberte.com and www.ijdh.org.