Brazil is more focused on development and construction projects in Haiti than the US efforts in the 1990s. The United States, on the other hand, pays too much attention to military investment. Brazil has also greatly helped Haiti in urban construction. Brazil has promoted quick-impact projects and community violence projects for Haiti. The United Nations allocates about $5 million a year to these national intellectual property programs. For example, in coordination with the Brazilian army, solar-powered lamp posts have been installed in the most vulnerable areas of the capital to make those areas safer at night. The Brazilian Corps of Engineers also helps with drilling wells, building bridges and dams, and stabilizing slopes in landslide-prone areas. Brazil also taught Haiti about sanitation and agriculture. Brazil has not hesitated to provide technology, and with the limited funds provided by the United Nations, they have used their best efforts to help the construction of Haiti.

In Haiti, the Brazilian government has a good partnership with an NGO called Viva Rio. Viva Rio is “a Rio de Janeiro-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that had specialized in community peacebuilding and disarmament in urban Brazil, to carry out humanitarian and development initiatives in areas of Haiti that had been strongly affected by the earthquake and ensuing crisis” (Abdenur & Call). They received MINUSTAH financing to hold sports and cultural events. Brazil is working very hard to promote long-term social welfare and humanitarian stability in Haiti.