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Not long ago the ghetto intellectual blogged a little sumthin' asking if African nations should donate to Ayiti (Haiti). That was followed by an article in the Christian Science Monitor asking basically the same question. Now it has been reported that Ghana is the second largest donor to Ayiti when one factors in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Ghanaian government has pledged several million dollars plus relief items. Ayitians (Haitians) living in Ghana have been a key catalyst for the non-governmental relief efforts there. The top donor using the GDP calculation is Guyana (coincidentally the names are similar enough that if you don't append mail sent to Ghana with "West Africa" it might get routed to Guyana.)***
Ghana is second highest donor to Haiti
Ghana has been noted as the second highest donor to Haiti after Guyana based on donor countries’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Details of financial aid and other assistance to the people of Haiti being tracked by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) which was released recently by the Data Blog, which is hosted on the UK Guardian newspapers’ website and sourced to Relief Web has shown that contributions captured as at January 24, 2010 shows Guyana as the ‘most generous’ country in terms of its financial pledges when measured against the country’s GDP. The report indicated that Guyana is the third poorest country in the hemisphere, after Haiti and Nicaragua.
Haiti suffered a destructive earthquake recently which killed several thousands and injured many citizens leaving its people in distress needing help very badly.
Ghana made a donation of $3 million to the government and people of Haiti. The country also gave some cocoa products and medication.
Some Ghanaian organizations including musicians are also making efforts to raise money and relief items to help the people of Haiti. A Ghanaian charity, the Caring Kids International has launched a fundraising effort to raise $1 million for Haiti. On Saturday a representative of the group, a student, Len Kessie arrived in Haiti as part of the group’s efforts.
According to the released data the Guyana National Committee for Haiti Relief has raised close to $260 million.
A report by the Stabroek News said after Guyana and Ghana, Canada was third, followed by Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Norway and Australia. The US was ranked as the country which has pledged the most cash to Haiti with a total of $168 million followed by Canada $131 million, Spain $45 million, UK $32 million, France $31M million, Sweden $23 million, Germany $20 million, Brazil $15 million, Australia $14 million and China $13 million.
Meanwhile, pressure is being mounted on Haiti’s creditors to write off the country’s debts.
Source: Myjoyonline
tags: earthquake, ghana, guyana, haiti, relief effort
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