I'm here in PAP and have a couple of observations:
According to seasoned relief workers, there isn't a lot of faith in many of the big organizations, specifically the UN and WHO.
In fact, they say the UN guys just like to ride around and look important and have "cluster..." meetings. I'll let you guess what the remaining letters are.
Also, according to an NGO here from Oregon, the WHO is now charging them for medicine that was donated to WHO.
On a positive note, we arrived after 9 pm from the DR with no problems, even though a Haitian friend of mine who was just here a couple of weeks ago said it would be too dangerous. There were numerous police, UN, and US army through the areas we went through on the east side of town on our way into Petionville. Also, the people we met in the streets when we got lost were very helpful and generally it seemed many people were happy and well fed and in fact celebrating the carnaval. At the clinic, the people are also very thankful as well.
Finally, I got a chance to have a chat with Sean Penn at our camp and even offered him some Brugal anejo, which he gladly accepted. He even offered to return the favor if we get over to his camp.
My hope is that all this momentum is not lost and real improvements to the infrastructure will be made. There is even talk that the capital may be moved.
au revoir