Help with Food
The U.N. Security Council has decided to reduce the number of U.N. peacekeeping troops and police in Haiti to levels before the January 2010 earthquake devastated the impoverished Caribbean nation.
"The overall security situation, while fragile, has improved," the council's resolution says.
The council backed a recommendation by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and voted unanimously Friday to reduce the mission's current authorized military strength of 8,940 to 7,340 troops, and its international police force from 4,391 to 4,241 officers.
We will see how this pan out in the future. Some people want UN to stay; some people want them to leave. I have no idea what would happen if they leave.
After the flooding due to the tropical storms in the fall of 2008 the UN troops in Marigot, Dano and Paillant helped us with crowd control when we distributed food and roof tins. Especially in Marigot it was very bad flooding so the situation was very tough for the people there. The troops were very helpful to us then.
Some pictures from September 2008:
