AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE Building homes a struggle in Haiti As the government drags its feet on housing decisions, a slum sprouts in Haiti's city of the future. Buy Photo Corail Cesselesse is the name of the government relocation camp in Haiti with over 5,000 earthquake victims living in tents on June 30, 2010. This woman, who did not want to be identified, bags charcoal for cooking. She sells it to camp residents. AL DIAZ / THE MIAMI HERALD STAFF Photo Related Content How can the countries of the Americas keep the growth going? BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com CORAIL-CESSELESSE, Haiti -- It was promised as the place where those displaced from the Western Hemisphere's worst natural disaster could begin to rebuild their shattered lives as they await the birth of a new city. Here, 12 miles north of a quake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, on a sun-beaten gravel plain, thousands left homeless by the catastrophic Jan. 12 earthquake would live in tents, then three months later move into studier shelters. Eventually, they would own permanent homes as part of a newly developed community offering government services sorely lacking in Haiti: running water and electricity. New factory jobs would follow nearby. Six months later, only a few plywood temporary shelters are up, and most of what was promised in Corail-Cesselesse has not been delivered. Instead, hundreds arrive daily with no control, grabbing private land around the emergency relocation camp. Rather than resemble a new Haiti, Corail is beginning to look like the old one as the barren mountain slopes and land surrounding it mushroom with thousands of shacks made of blue and gray tarp, and even cement block. ``Everyday, it is multiplying,'' said Frandy Roberts, 24, who moved into a flimsy white tent in April. Since then, he has watched as Corail threatens to become a menacing slum. With more than 40,000 squatters now calling the once vacant land around Corail home, Haitians and foreign critics blame the international community for the ``disaster'' here. They say it was forced on the government of Haiti despite strong opposition from President René Préval. ``There is a tremendous responsibility from the international community for creating this monster,'' said Jean-Christophe Adrian, country manager for the United Nations Human Settlements Program in Haiti. ``It is addressing a minute number but creating a huge problem.'' `HOLLYWOOD, PENTAGON' Adrian said Corail, officially home to 7,000 quake victims, is an example of what happens ``when Hollywood and the Pentagon get involve in humanitarian aid. ``It doesn't work,'' he said. The reference is to both actor Sean Penn, who moved into a tent and took over the operation at the Pétionville Golf Course, and Lt. Gen. Ken Keen, who served as the commander of the joint U.S. military operation in the early days of the emergency response. Both were among several who pushed the government to find suitable land to relocate homeless quake victims living in areas considered to be at high-risk of flooding and landslides. ``They were completely wrong in evaluating the risks. Second, they were so desperate to show something concrete they've done here, that Corail was one of them,'' Adrian said. ``That was really the wrong decision, creating Corail. All of this land that's supposed to be used for the future of Port-au-Prince now has been invaded.'' Penn said that the Corail-model is not the problem. Rather, it is the failure of the various U.N. organizations and nongovernmental organizations to follow through on the promises made to the families who voluntarily relocated, and to organizations like his, who assisted in the relocation. ``We were working toward an emergency relocation but only as part of a larger ongoing commitment and as agents of those who committed to it, and who later forfeited on their obligations,'' Penn told The Miami Herald by telephone from Michigan, where he's filming. ``It's sinful.'' Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/13/1823524/building-homes-a-struggle-in-haiti.html?story_link=email_msg#ixzz0zXUxe9sk ____________________ "La vraie reconstruction d'Haïti passe par des réformes en profondeur des structures de l'État pour restaurer la confiance, encourager les investisseurs et mettre le peuple au travail. Il faut finir avec cette approche d'un État paternaliste qui tout en refusant de créer le cadre approprié pour le développement des entreprises mendie des millions sur la scène internationale en exhibant la misère du peuple." Cyrus Sibert Reconstruction d'Haïti : A quand les Réformes structurelles? Haïti : La continuité du système colonial d'exploitation  prend la forme de monopole au 21e Siècle. WITHOUT REFORM, NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN HAITI (U.S. Senate report.)