Saturday will mark the three-year anniversary of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, killing thousands, and drawing billions in aid money from around the world.

Most of it never touched Haitian hands.

Instead, it went to foreign contractors charged with rebuilding the country, as well as unexplained perks for Americans like a deep-fat fryer.

Critics often point to corruption within Haiti as the reason aid money is poorly spent. Last week, for example, the Canadian International Development Agency said it was reviewing the $1 billion it has spent over the past six years and said it was “concerned with the slow progress of development in Haiti due to its weak governing institutions and corruption.”

But neither the Haitian government nor its general population had access to the cash.

In his new book The Big Truck That Went By: How The World Came To Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster Jonathan M. Katz breaks down how foreign aid money was spent.

The U.S. pledged $1.15 billion. Here's why that money hardly reached Haitians themselves: