On January 12, 2010, an earthquake in Haiti sent shockwaves across the world, triggering an unprecedented international response. Not even counting the outpouring of solidarity from within Haiti, which largely went uncounted and unacknowledged, the outpouring of international aid was unparalleled in recent memory: at a March 2010 United Nations conference, world governments pledged $10 billion, with over half of those funds earmarked for the following eighteen months. Private citizens around the world contributed $2 billion in cash donations, and thousands of solidarity actions and trips to Haiti were made, most visibly by celebrities but also by people from many different walks of life.
What has resulted from this singular display of world solidarity?