Why a Haitian graffiti artist is protesting foreign aid

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0:17I'm going to go meet up with a guy named Jerry.

0:19He's a graffiti artist, a very renowned graffiti artist.

0:32There was a massive earthquake here in 2010.

0:35Devastation in Haiti, stunned victims of the earthquake.

0:38We are just now beginning to learn the extent of the devastation.

0:42The entire world mobilized to send people to help.

0:45Quite a few naval vessels are now anchored off Port-au-Prince from countries which are sending in relief supply.

0:49There are 10,000 NGOs, non-governmental organizations,

0:53here in Haiti. Ten thousand. Drive around town and you see tons of

0:58international organization vehicles: UN vehicles, European organizations, American organizations.

1:10Haiti's known as the "Republic of aid NGOs". Only a fraction

1:14of that money went into the government, to help with long-term relief and things

1:18like that. So it's the private organizations, these NGOs who are doing

1:21really great work, but they're the ones who are taking on a lot of these

1:24services, these services that typically a government would be responsible for.

1:36We just had this interesting discussion about what foreign aid means for this country.

1:41Jerry's now kind of thinking through what he wants to symbolize this as on the wall.

1:59Gathering crowd here watching Jerry do his work.

2:15We always represent Haiti as a beautiful lady.

2:22The guy was about to steal the flag, and Haiti said no.

2:26Keep your money, I have my flag.

2:29I will figure out with our Haitian people, how we can

2:33solve the problem. And now, when we have solved the

2:36problem, we will call you to help us.

2:43One of the weird side industries that has cropped up because of this NGO bubble,

2:48is the demand for fixers, translators, and drivers, that pay really well.

2:55Instead of getting a job that contributes to the broader society,

2:58you have people who are saying

2:59"man, I could make a ton of money if I just became a translator for a U.N. person".

3:04And so you have this huge burgeoning industry: local Haitians who are choosing

3:08to support the NGO bubble, as opposed to something that might

3:13help the long-term development of this country.

3:23These groups are doing amazing work, with education, with health, with food assistance

3:26where there is a huge need, here in Haiti. The big critique is

3:30that: this is a band-aid. They're here helping day to day, but in the process

3:34they're hindering the development of the broader institutions, the institutions that

3:40are going to be here for decades, the government forces that are supposed to

3:45be the ones providing these services.