Former U.S. President George W. Bush is set to visit Haiti on Tuesday to assess reconstruction efforts after the January 12 earthquake the devastated the impoverished nation, his office said in a statement on Monday. "President Bush's trip will draw attention to the great ongoing need in Haiti, and he will encourage Americans to continue to give what they can to help their neighbors in need," the statement said. Bush will "hear from Haitian citizens regarding the current conditions in their country," and talk with groups helping the rebuilding effort financed by the special fund he and former U.S. President Bill Clinton have supported. Around 250,000 people were killed and 1.5 million left homeless in the earthquake, which ravaged much of the capital Port-au-Prince. An international conference in New York pledged more than $10 billion dollars over five years to the country.
