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That organization that collects $250 million. but what we are able to do what we collect is still take care of thousands of people a day but that is still not enough when you are six months into a quake and barery rubble is lifted from the ground behind us. as you can see, millions of people are still in tents. >> yeah, that was a is big surprise, maria bello, to me, when i was in haiti about three weeks ago. none of the rubble has moved. i mean, not at all. >> no everyone on the ground says, on...

They only -- the president clinton and the commission that he is co-chairing with haitis prime minister they dont have the money to distribute that they would like and that will will be his focus the next couple of weeks. >> back up a little bit, how can you say there is no funding for cleanup, step one, all that money raised, telethons are were done to raise a lot of money, everyone was watching it around the globe. where its money? >> right. well, hundreds of millions have been spent on, you k...

There its hard to understand the magnitude of destruction that went on in haiti. its hard to understand why things are going to slow, but when the government loses 17% of their employees and the haitian equivalent of the white house, its hard -- its hard. its complicated. and its a lot of work. so, im not surprise it had is going slow. and the only way we are going to move forward is step by step. all you have to do is keep going is stand up one more time than you fall down. >> told by a woman w...

Are spending it. so whether if its water, if its food, ors if thesed me singer the difference with us, we are not that big of an organization yet so we are not that organization that collects $250 million. but what we are able to do what we collect is still take care of thousands of people a day but that is still not enough when you are six months into a quake and barery rubble is lifted from the ground behind us. as you can see, millions of people are still in tents. >> yeah, that was a is big ...

And its a lot of work. so, im not surprise it had is going slow. and the only way we are going to move forward is step by step. all you have to do is keep going is stand up one more time than you fall down. >> told by a woman who would know. when you are about to take your trip back to haiti or when you are there we hope to talk to you again. thank you very much, we appreciate it. >> mm-hmm. coming up next, he was buried live in the rubble, but he lived to tell about his ordeal. another incred...

Unrest and obviously, many, many peoples lives were saved and had their lives improved with the hundreds of millions of dollars had been donated by many americans and people around the world that is the progress but not really progress you see. and what you do see are just communities filled with rubble, which is pretty much what we saw six months ago. the tent cities, the one right behind us, right in front of the presidential palace, those are all still there, more than 1300, more than 1.6 mil...

Here the last six months there has been no large, major outbreak of disease a major concern, which sanjay can speak to better than i can, no civil unrest and obviously, many, many peoples lives were saved and had their lives improved with the hundreds of millions of dollars had been donated by many americans and people around the world that is the progress but not really progress you see. and what you do see are just communities filled with rubble, which is pretty much what we saw six months ago...

Has been spent. a lot of ngos have held onto their money, waiting for some sort of plan, some sort of reconstruction plan, which has not yet really appeared. and so, a lot of ngos still have money they are holding onto so that once there is a master plan for how to remove the rubble, once there is a master plan, they will be able to start to move forward. the big money, the millions needed here, according to the the world bank, estimate 10 to 11 billion may be needed to rebuild that money is bei...

The funding, as you know, soledad, $5.3 billion pledged by countries around the world. guess how much has been delivered? about 2 to 5% of that money has been delivered. they only -- the president clinton and the commission that he is co-chairing with haitis prime minister they dont have the money to disrush tribute th they would like and that will will be his focus the next couple of weeks. >> back up a little bit, how can you say there is no funding for cleanup, step one, all that money raised...

Not yet really appeared. and so, a lot of ngos still have money they are holding onto so that once there is a master plan for how to remove the rubble, once there is a master plan, they will be able to start to move forward. the big money, the millions needed here, according to the the world bank, estimate 10 to 11 billion may be needed to rebuild that money is being pledged by governments around the world and that money has been very slow in coming. >> all right. so sanjay you on the medical fr...