I know a guy who has been over there for several months and just went back after coming home for Christmas. He is part of a charity group that builds pre-fab houses for people that were made homeless from the earthquake.
One of the issues that they are dealing with is that a lot of people were essentially squatting on land they were living on to begin with and to build a home for a family, they need proof that they either own the land or have permission to build on it. Many of the people that own the property have used the earthquake as a way of evicting squatters by refusing to give permission to rebuild.
It amazes me that how the wealthy in poor countries are the last ones that want to help their own people.
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