Aid Groups Fear Haitian Relief Diverts Funds From Other Needs

Feb. 15, 2010, The Washington Post — The U.S. government's disaster-assistance program has committed more than half its annual budget to help earthquake-ravaged Haiti, raising concern among humanitarian groups that programs for the needy in countries such as Sudan or Somalia could face cuts.

Samuel A. Worthington, the president of InterAction, a coalition of more than 150 humanitarian groups, wrote Thursday to top officials at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development that he was "deeply concerned about the impact" that reductions would have in other regions.