As a Knight International Journalism Fellow Kathie Klarreich built the capacity of Haitian journalists to investigate how aid that poured into the country after the 2010 earthquake is being used. In a recent piece in The Nation Klarreich explains how NGOs used these funds, circumventing the government and ignoring the real needs of the people.

Despite the lack of deeds, permits or any permission from the state, the area of Canaan is continuing to be developed by refugee's from Haiti's 2010 earthquake. An investigative report by Kendi Zidor describes the lack of infrastructure - no medical services, sanitation or electricity. The village has a tank, but there is no guarantee that the water is safe. The government is well aware of the situation, but has made no moves to improve conditions.

Disregard for building codes, neglecting to get permits, ignoring government inspectors - who have too little power to be effective - all are common practices in Haiti.

In addition to roads, schools, homes and access to clean water and food, Haiti desperately needs credible, well-trained journalists to join its post-quake recovery.

Former Knight International Journalism Fellow Kathie Klarreich has covered Haiti for more than two decades, but she is still surprised by the dilemmas facing Haitian reporters. In spite of the apparent conflicts of interest, low-paid Haitian reporters often take second jobs working for political candidates or the government to help them pay bills.

Knight International Journalism Fellow Kathie Klarreich's efforts to create a culture of investigative journalism in Haiti are paying off. Thanks to her work, journalists across the capital region are digging into stories as they track the billions of dollars in earthquake aid that poured into the country. In a Caribbean Journal op-ed, Klarreich says Haitian newsrooms have changed fundamentally in the past 20 months. Reporters she has mentored are investigating stories in newsrooms where editors are more willing to give them the time to break new ground.

Dozens of transitional shelters built for Haitian families left homeless by the 2010 earthquake remain empty now, while many of those same families still live in tents or huts. Reporters chosen for the Fund for Investigative Journalism, developed by Knight International Journalism Fellow Kathie Klarreich, set out to find out what went wrong and why. With guidance from Klarreich and Jane Regan, her partner on the project, what they found was a mountain of good intentions buried under a confusing heap of chaos and distortions.