Please speed up your customs.

Michele Mckeown - June 21 2011, 12:23 PM

I have recently helped fill a container of second hand clothing for children and adults in Haiti-and for a very poor orphanage.

It took 6 weeks to cross the Atlantic-it left port on April 1st 2011. It has now been over a month since the container arrived in Haiti and its still in customs.Why does humanitarian aid take so long to clear your customs.The orphanage some of the clothing is going to is in desperate need of clothes and shoes.

If the customs were speeded up more people would give.Its frustrating that the customs are making giving so difficult.

As a new president you can change this to help your people.

Michele Mckeown

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Tiba says...

Well Michele, Welcome to the Haitians state of the art curruption, incompetence, and mediocre system of the world. They are waiting to get paid first and everyone working in that custom must get a piece of the pie. Sometime they hold cargos on more »

Michele Mckeown says...

Hi Tiba, Thanks for your sad information about Haitian customs.I think they most of read our blogs- as last night the container was released from customs.Probably a coincidence -but I am very grateful.Lets hope Michel Martelly will change the system more »