The families of a deadly outbreak of cholera are suffering in Haiti and the irony of the whole mess is that peacekeepers have been accused of being the ones that started the whole thing.

So, the UN has admitted maybe, possibly some involvement of it’s peoples and as a result is struggling to raise a huge sum of $200 million to give to these families and try and help clean up the mess and stop more deaths. Basically they admitted a moral responsibility.

With 700,000 affected since the 2010 outbreak and 10,000 deaths the weight of the outbreak weighs heavily on the country. 500 new cases of cholera are reported weekly.

Yahoo.com reported:

UN envoy David Nabarro, who is leading negotiations with donors and with the Haitian government on the aid package, said drawing voluntary contributions was difficult.

“It is highly unlikely that we would be able to mobilize $200 million,” Nabarro said.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is due to announce later this month the aid package for the victims’ families and a separate fund also of $200 million to build up Haiti’s health infrastructure.

The envoy said it was “a reasonable amount of money, both for payments to families of individuals who died and for communities affected by cholera”, as well as a scholarship scheme for children.

The international drive to raise financial aid for Haiti’s cholera epidemic comes as a UN flash appeal for $120 million to help the country cope with the devastation of Hurricane Matthew is faltering.

Only 25 percent of the funding appeal has been raised so far, according to UN officials.

“The hurricane has created a new set of dangers because in the communities affected the risk of cholera is high,” said Nabarro who returned from a trip to Haiti to assess damage.

Haiti seems to be a country that just can;t get on it’s feet and supposed international aid seems to bring more troubles to the country than it’s worth at times!

Read more on Yahoo here.