Page 7 - Explanation Given News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Help haitians build homes and structures to live in. at the airport, haitian customs officials said we had to pay a tax on the relief items, on emergency relief items, on building supplies, a 20% tax. it was $5,000 worth of equipment, and the haitians customs demand $1/,000. we explained, this is for the relief effort. that didn t matter, the items are still being held in custom. this is not an isolated case, msf, doctors without borders, one of the most prestigious relief organizations in the world, they had 20 trucks held by customs for four months, no explanation given. in the meantime, they paid over $100,000 to rent trucks here to do life saving work. other organizations told us similar stories, being charged tens of thousands of dollars for storage fees when their emergency supplies are held at the airport or held at the port by customs. this happens to aide groups that ....

Building Supplies , Relief Items , Emergency Relief Items , Haitian Customs , Didnt Matter , Relief Effort , Haitians Customs Demand , Doctors Without Borders , Life Saving Work , Relief Organizations , Explanation Given , Emergency Supplies , Port By Customs , Tens Of Thousands ,