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NGOs in Haiti face new questions about effectiveness—complaints concern poor coordination, high turnover and lack of transparency

by William Booth

IN PORT-AU-PRINCE In the days after the earth shook and the government collapsed, the municipal nursing home here became one of the most desperate sights in Haiti, as old people lay swaddled in dirty sheets, huddled in cramped tents, begging visitors for water.

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