Its terrible that it takes so long to get help on the ground.
There was a discussion on newsnight last night on this very subject and it was said that the aid agencies tend to compete with each other to be first on the scene and then just get in the way.
Apparently 40% of aid for Haiti was spent on luxury accommodation and expensive cars for the aid workers, and the people of Haiti were not given any input as to where the aid was to be distributed.