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Earthquake in Haiti: Photo Update
Please click through for caption and courtesy information. You may use these photos but please provide proper attribution. All American Red Cross photos from Haiti.
5 February 2010
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Additional Haiti Resources
We now have a dedicated site to document our relief efforts in Haiti. http://www.redcross.org/haiti Haiti_Funds_PieChart
5 February 2010
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Video: Sample Distribution Items
Tracy Reines, Director of International Disaster Response, shows you a few examples of the items we’re distributing to survivors in Haiti.
5 February 2010
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5 February 2010
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Earthquake in Haiti: Heart of Life Public Service Announcement
John Mayer’s Heart of Life is featured in this new public service announcement for Haiti.
3 February 2010
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Earthquake in Haiti: Top-Line Facts
The American Red Cross has spent or committed nearly $78 million to meet the most urgent needs of earthquake survivors. To meet urgent needs, 71 percent of the funds spent or committed by the American Red Cross have been for food and water; 20 percent have been for shelter; and the rest are for health and family services. Because of the generosity of donors, people in Haiti will receive more than immediate relief — they will receive resources, support and training from the Red Cross that will help them recover and rebuild in the years ahead. The humanitarian aid pipeline is opening wider and logistical problems are getting smaller, but the needs in Haiti are still immense. Red Cross teams are on the ground assessing ways to not only meet the immediate needs but also provide long-term recovery assistance, such as restarting the local market economy and addressing housing needs. 4 Red Cross warehouses (2 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and 2 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) are open and operating at full capacity. The Red Cross is now producing 1 million liters of water per day, enough for 185,000 people to receive 5.4 liters per person per day. In addition, Red Cross teams are working to scale up latrine construction. To date, Red Cross distributions of food and relief items have reached nearly 20,000 families (or 100,000 people). To date, more than 64 flights carrying Red Cross aid from around the world have arrived in Santo Domingo and Haiti. The American Red Cross is in Haiti as a part of the broader and coordinated Red Cross and Red Crescent network. Read some more about how the American Red Cross responds to international disasters.
3 February 2010
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Earthquake in Haiti: Video Update
Reports from the ground on distribution of relief supplies, etc. at locations in Port-au-Prince.
1 February 2010
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Earthquake in Haiti: Update #43
Red Cross relief supplies continue to arrive, and more food, water and relief supplies are reaching survivors in the capital city and outlying areas, although the needs remain great. The American Red Cross and its partners are now producing almost 1 million litres of water per day, enough for 185,000 people to receive 5.4 litres per person per day. To date, the global Red Cross network has distributed nearly 4.2 million litres of water in 115 sites. In addition, Red Cross teams are working to scale up latrine construction as quickly as possible. Approximately 600 patients are being seen per day. As of January 29, more than 56 flights carrying Red Cross aid from around the world have arrived in Haiti. Shelter remains an urgent need. While the Red Cross works to provide a range of assistance, we are assessing needs and developing a strategy to meet long-term housing reconstruction needs.
1 February 2010
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Earthquake in Haiti: Photo Update
Please click through for caption and courtesy information. You may use these photos but please provide proper attribution. All American Red Cross photos from Haiti.
28 January 2010
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Press Release: American Red Cross Delivers Critical Supplies to Haiti
Tens of millions spent or committed for key priorities of food, water and shelter WASHINGTON, Thursday, January 28, 2010 — In an operation that has involved more emergency response teams than any other single-country disaster in global Red Cross history, the American Red Cross has so far spent or committed more than $67 million to meet the most urgent needs of earthquake survivors in Haiti. The American Red Cross is currently focusing on three areas through its emergency responders and partners: Sending food to those in need, including 3 million pre-packaged meals and funding for World Food Program efforts that will enable them to feed up to 1 million people for a month. Providing clean drinking water, including 3.5 million liters distributed to date in 68 settlements. Each day, the Red Cross is distributing enough water for 100,000 people. Distributing shelter items, such as blankets, tarps, sleeping mats and tents, to families who have been left homeless. The Red Cross is also meeting the health needs of Haitian survivors and providing support to Haitian families in Haiti and the US. This includes providing relief supplies, shipment of blood products, family linking services and providing Red Cross volunteers to the USNS Comfort, which have been in Haiti for one week. To date, 79 percent of the funds have been committed or spent on food and water; 18 percent on shelter items; and the remainder on health and family services. More than 49 flights carrying Red Cross aid have arrived in Haiti. Additional planes, ships and trucks carrying Red Cross humanitarian assistance are en route. For example, yesterday, 15 trucks of relief supplies arrived from Santo Domingo. A new Red Cross warehouse with more than 50,000 square feet of capacity is also now operational in Port-au-Prince, which means that relief supplies have a safe place to be stored ahead of distribution. Although the current focus is on addressing urgent needs, the American Red Cross is also looking ahead and applying experience gained after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. For the past five years, the American Red Cross has been working with partners in Southeast Asia to construct water and sanitation systems, provide emotional support and health care, build shelters, restore livelihoods and prepare communities for the next disaster. The American Red Cross plans to offer a similar level of support in close collaboration with Red Cross partners and other international and local aid organizations in Haiti. People can donate in support of the relief effort in Haiti at www.redcross.org or by calling 1-800-REDCROSS. Mobile donors can text “Haiti” to 90999 to make a $10 contribution. A $10 donation made through mobile giving can provide a family with two water cans to store clean drinking water, basic first aid supplies or a blanket appropriate to the climate. You can help the victims of countless crises, like the recent earthquake in Haiti, around the world each year by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross International Response Fund, which will provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need. The American Red Cross honors donor intent. If you wish to designate your donation to a specific disaster, please do so at the time of your donation by mailing your donation with the designation to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013 or to your local American Red Cross chapter. Donations to the International Response Fund can be made by phone at 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or online at www.redcross.org. About the American Red Cross: The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; provides nearly half of the nation’s blood; teaches lifesaving skills; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization — not a government agency — and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit www.redcross.org or join our blog at http://blog.redcross.org.
28 January 2010
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Earthquake in Haiti: Photo Update
Please click through for caption and courtesy information. You may use these photos but please provide proper attribution. All American Red Cross photos from Haiti.
27 January 2010
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27 January 2010