Action Against Hunger | ACF-International has mobilized an emergency response following the earthquake in Haiti. The organization is rushing to provide clean water for survivors in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas and deliver emergency services in nutrition, sanitation and hygiene. ACF is filling more than 20 large bladder tanks with clean water each day in affected areas of Port-au-Prince and Leogane; distributing high-protein biscuits and hygiene kits to thousands of vulnerable families in displacement camps; establishing emergency shelter for pregnant and lactating women; and providing urgent nutrition, medical, water, and sanitation support in Gonaives health centers, which have experienced an influx of patients since the quake.
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ActionAid urgently requests donations in support of relief efforts delivered by its dedicated response and operations team in Haiti, where they are focused on providing psychosocial support, protection and access to clean water, food, sanitation and shelter. ActionAid Haiti was the first agency to visit the town of Marianni and distribute food and medicine to many of the 9,000 who have been made homeless. The scale of devastation completely overwhelms all available resources. Yet in the midst of the catastrophe, ActionAid’s Haiti representative Jude Jean Baptiste says, “I feel really proud of my country. People are working together to help one another.”
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ADRA has more than $1 million in aid, personnel and assets on the ground in Haiti and continues to meet the immediate needs of survivors by distributing over 1 million meals and providing more than 200,000 people a day with clean drinking water. Daily, ADRA’s inflatable clinics provide treatment for more than 1,000 people. ADRA is also providing temporary shelter materials, hygiene kits, and tens of thousands of pounds of medical equipment and supplies to support local hospitals. ADRA’s presence continues to grow as personnel arrive from ADRA offices around the world. ADRA is committed to the rebuilding of Haiti’s future and is establishing groundwork for long-term development. To donate, go to www.adra.org/haiti or call 1.800.424.2372.
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AME-SADA is currently assessing the situation in Haiti and will provide humanitarian relief and care on site through our system of local clinics and micro credit operations.
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Air Serv International is coordinating and assisting with small aircraft and crews for immediate deployment in support of the Haiti earthquake response. Charter flights to/from Haiti for people and supplies, dedicated aircraft for short term or open ended in-country use.
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America’s Development Foundation (ADF) is providing urgently needed food, water, shelter and other resources to earthquake victims in orphanages, schools, internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and communities including peasants in rural mountain regions. The provision of food included 20,000 beneficiaries in 46 camps in Petit Goave. Also, ADF is providing emergency shelter materials and working toward building transitional shelters for thousands of earthquake victims in both urban and rural mountain regions of Petit Goave. ADF has more than 25 years experience working on the ground in Haiti. ADF is fully committed to Haiti’s reconstruction and development. Please support our emergency relief efforts.
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The American Friends Service Committee is working with partners to deliver food in three neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, while assessing possibilities for ongoing recovery work. Our staff on the ground is coordinating work with partners and preparing the infrastructure for long-term work in Port-au-Prince. AFSC’s first assessment team returned from Haiti on February 1, after visiting feeding sites in neighborhood shelters, meeting with Haitian community leaders and other groups. AFSC also has provided funds for emergency shelter supplies and shipping medical equipment to mobile medical teams.
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In response to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, JDC is collecting funds to aid relief efforts for victims on a non-sectarian basis. JDC has moved swiftly to coordinate relief efforts with its network of Israeli, American, and other local partners on the ground, focusing on the provision of critical food, water, and medical aid to local residents.
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In response to the earthquake on January 12th in Haiti, AJWS has created the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund to send immediate emergency aid to communities affected by this disaster. Particular focus is being placed on aiding populations in the crisis zone that have not already been targeted for large-scale relief, such as poor and rural areas outside Port-au-Prince. AJWS's long-standing partnerships in the region have enabled us to send funding directly to our grantees in hard-hit areas who have the knowledge and capacity to spend the money effectively where it is most immediately needed.
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The American Red Cross is meeting urgent needs for earthquake survivors in Haiti, with more than $67 million already spent in support of response efforts. More than 40 staff members are on the ground distributing essential relief supplies, supporting logistics, disaster assessments, communications, recovery, shelter and market analysis. An additional 70 volunteers are serving as Creole translators aboard the hospital ship, USNS Comfort. The American Red Cross is providing relief supplies, such as hygiene kits, buckets, mosquito nets and kitchen sets for 100,000 people. Besides immediate response, the American Red Cross is working on long-term recovery assistance, such as restarting the local market economy and addressing housing needs.
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The American Refugee Committee (ARC) is actively responding to meet the needs of displaced earthquake survivors in Haiti. ARC has formed partnerships with local NGOs and INGOs to maximize our ability to respond effectively. ARC has distributed food items, non-food items and relief supplies in Port au Prince. We are also providing support and emergency supplies to medical clinics on the border with the Dominican Republic receiving injured from earthquake affected areas. ARC has hired local staff; is preparing to implement long term recovery activities in the areas of Temporary Emergency Shelter, WASH, Health Care and Protection; and has identified areas inside and outside Port au Prince in need of emergency help.
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AmeriCares is delivering lifesaving medicines, medical supplies, bottled water and other aid to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. AmeriCares is working with health care partners to distribute medical assistance to earthquake survivors, and is supplying volunteer medical teams with medicines and supplies as they provide medical treatment and surgeries. AmeriCares emergency relief teams are on the ground preparing and coordinating the delivery and distribution of additional shipments of emergency medical assistance. AmeriCares has been providing medical assistance to Haiti since 1984 and is committed to helping rebuild the health care system. For more information, logon to www.AmeriCares.org
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AmericasRelief Team (ART) has been collaborating with a large number of corporations and international NGOs to stage a substantial amount of humanitarian aid for shipment once it becomes permissible for the private sector to ship and fly the commodities to Haiti.
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We currently have a team on the ground organizing medical clinics, ready-to-eat food distributions, and child-friendly trauma evacuation centers in several locations in Port Au Prince. Our projects and offices in Northern Haiti are preparing to support the influx of refugees coming in from the city. Our teams will continue to run long-term development and disaster relief programs in Haiti.
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B'nai B'rith is funding emergency relief teams from Israel's Humanitarian Organizaitons that are coordinated by IsraAid. B'nai B'rith has provided disaster assitance for manmade and natural disasters since 1865.
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Baptist World Aid is working in Haiti with its member bodies and international medical teams. Haitian Baptists are in country, know the situations, have a local network of churches and are responding. Longer term relief and rehabilitation plans are being formulated to be able to continue to assist Haiti. BWA member bodies from North America are working to coordinate response efforts with shipments, response teams of volunteers and medical supplies.
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BBF is working with partner organization Food for the Poor to send requested medical relief supplies to those in need in Haiti. BBF has a 40 year history of work in Haiti and sent requested pharmaceuticals, surgical instruments and other supplies as recently as 30 December 2009.
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Tzu Chi has volunteers and community networks on the ground in Port au Prince since 1998. For the current earthquake crisis, the organization is launching an immediate emergency response targeting most affected areas of Port au Prince and displaced population in the neighboring areas, focused on food, clothing and health assistance to the community members with unmet needs. Tzu Chi is also assessing the greatest needs including long term recovery phases for housing settlement and school education. For latest update, please check our website: www.us.tzuchi.org.
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CARE has more than 100 staff members in Haiti and is deploying additional emergency personnel. Contributions will support immediate emergency operations including getting desperately needed food and water to the Haitian people as well as longer term rehabilitation and recovery efforts. As of January 24, CARE has reached a total of 30,798 individuals through its distribution of food, water purification packets, jerry cans, hygiene kits, mattresses, and blankets and is providing access to water through installation of water bladders and water tankers. CARE is planning to reach a total of 60,000 beneficiaries during the next three months through its Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Shelter, and Non Food Items programs.
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Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and its Caritas partners have stepped up relief efforts in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, delivering food and water to hundreds of thousands and providing medical care to thousands more. To date, CRS has provided food to more than 264,000 people. A CRS team also worked to get St. Francois de Sales Hospital in Port-au-Prince up and running within days of the disaster. Volunteer medical teams are now performing up to 200 critical operations per week. As camps are becoming more organized and with the rainy season looming, CRS is also stepping up efforts to build temporary shelter and stem the outbreak of disease that results from a lack of clean water and poor hygiene.
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CHF is clearing rubble from major roads and retrieving government records from major Haitian government ministries, through a partnership with Caterpillar and through cash-for-work teams working throughout Port-au-Prince. CHF has over 400 Haitian workers in Petit Goave cleaning the city, and will be continuing this work in both cities in the weeks ahead. CHF has started its pilot transitional shelter project in advance of a large program offering temporary homes to thousands of Haitians. CHF continues our infrastructure rehabilitation and job creation programs in Cap Haitien, Gonaives & St.Marc as part of our existing USAID funded KATA program, work that is increasingly essential as internally displaced populations move to outlying regions.
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ChildFund International, with more than 70 years of experience helping children in crisis, is partnering with CBM, an organization that has been working in Haiti for 30 years meeting the needs of people with disabilities. ChildFund is especially concerned with child protection and keeping children at the center of recovery efforts and rebuilding, particularly with universal access. ChildFund is sending staff to Haiti to assist CBM and local partners to establish Child Centered Spaces for disabled and injured children. Funds will be directed to child-focused activities that will continue for the long-term.
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CBM has been in Haiti over 30 years and works with 12 local partners, 5 in Port Au Prince. CBM will continue to be in Haiti in the years to come. Mobilized emergency team in support of partners; two are hospitals. Direct support to injured persons, persons with disabilities; cooperating with partners, government and NGOs. CBM is partnering with ChildFund to ensure children with disabilities particularly vulnerable in crisis situations, are supported. Major efforts will come in recovery and transition to development as we focus on ensuring that people with disabilities have access to services and are included in development.
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CRWRC relief managers joined staff in Port au Prince on Jan. 16 and set up logistics in Santo Domingo. CRWRC is distributing water, food and medical aid. Initial aid includes water purification units and rice, corn meal, and beans. First surgical aid, with MTI, arrived Jan 14; an orthopedic team arrived Jan. 18. CRWRC set up response in Leogane, working with Haitian partner, PWOFOD, to coordinate relief. CRWRC anticipates involvement in Leogane after the emergency phase, both in intermediate recovery and long-term rehabilitation. Present in Haiti for 30 years, CRWRC has worked in ongoing development programs with PWOFOD in leadership development, literacy, and micro-loans, and will work to rebuild development programming in the future.
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Church World Service is providing immediate and long-term recovery assistance. CWS pre-positioned emergency supplies began to be distributed to survivors in Port-au-Prince within 24 hours of the quake. CWS, its Haitian partners and the CWS-supported ACT Alliance are working together to provide emergency kits, blankets, food, water, tents and psychosocial assistance. On behalf of the ACT Alliance, CWS and its Dominican partners are coordinating the transport of continuing material aid shipments through the Dominican Republic into Haiti. In addition to meeting needs in the capital and other heavily affected communities, CWS is focusing on the needs of at-risk children and people with disabilities--and soon, long-term food sustainability.
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Concern Worldwide has been working in Haiti for 16 years with over 100 staff. Our immediate emergency relief response includes daily distributions of food, water, and medical supplies; providing urgently needed tents and other shelter materials to displaced families; providing emergency health services in 10 outpatient centers to screen and treat children for severe malnutrition, and give supplementary food and counseling to mothers and pregnant women. We are also building temporary latrines; establishing education programs and offering psychosocial support for children living in temporary camps; and setting up cash-for-work programs to provide urgently needed income and stability to women and other vulnerable earthquake survivors.
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Counterpart International is coordinating an immediate lift of pharmaceuticals valued at over $500,000, including anesthetics, antibiotics, and other essential medications. Counterpart is also currently preparing shipments of hygiene supplies, first aid kits, basic supplies for infants, and food stocks. As these supplies arrive, Counterpart will work with on the ground partners to distribute these items and begin the process of long term recovery.
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The organization announced it will commit up to $1 million in aid for the response and is coordinating with its other in-country partners and colleague organizations. Emergency aid is being offered to all our partners in Haiti to support their response to the quake. Two shipping containers of medical material aid were scheduled to arrive yesterday in Port-au-Prince.
The 40-foot and 20-foot containers, containing over $420,000 of essential medicines, supplies, and nutritionals, were destined for St. Damien Children’s Hospital. The hospital is one of three local facilities in Haiti with which Direct Relief has partnered in its Emergency Pre-Positioning Program.
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Episcopal Relief & Development has reached out to its Haitian partners in an effort to determine the extent of the damage and coordinate a swift response. The agency has disbursed emergency relief funds to the Diocese of Haiti to help them meet immediate needs such as providing food, shelter and water, and stands ready to support their ongoing recovery as they rebuild their ministries. Updates will be available at www.er-d.org as more information becomes available.
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FH is concentrating its work in Siloe, Bellevue la Montagne, Kenscoff and Aux Cadets, (with a total population of around 100,000) working closely with international and local NGOs, including MEI and Baptist Haiti Mission. In addition to the previous GIK listed, FH has also purchased 600 water filtration systems for distribution. FH is in the process of coordinating food aid and NFI distribution to target areas, as well as medical supplies to hospitals and clinics. Program setup and implementation for trauma recovery (including protection and psycho-social care), cash-for-work and hygiene education are being developed. FH also has a 16 member medical team on the ground providing assistance to local hospitals.
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ACTED has a long term presence in Haiti, with a Capital office in Port au Prince and four field offices, a team of 6 international staff and 100 national staff implementing emergency and developpement activities throughout the country. For the current earthquake crisis, the organization is launching a primary emergency response targeting most affected areas of Port au Prince and neighbouring areas, focused on Water and sanitation, Food assistance, Emergency shelter, Health and Protection of most vulnerable community members, women and children. The Agency has already secured a donation of 1,000 shelter kits from Shelterbox, which will be distributed in the soonest delays. Please don't hesitate to go to our website: www.acted.org
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Despite massive logistical challenges since the earthquake struck, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has delivered 2.6 million rations, the equivalent of nearly 8 million meals, to nearly 400,000 people. WFP aims to reach 100,000 people each day as the operation scales up. The agency has targeted orphanages and hospitals in recent days in order to reach the most vulnerable as a matter of priority. Security remains a major concern, particularly in and around Port au Prince and a lack of security escorts can significantly hinder food relief efforts. This is one of the most complex operations WFP has ever launched. Haiti’s entire supply chain infrastructure has been devastated, and WFP’s operation has been launched from scratch.
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Giving Children Hope has air freighted 47,000 pounds of disaster relief to Haiti in partnership with Virgin America. Efforts have also included sending $1 million worth of pharmaceuticals to help with infection and disease. GCHope sent two teams that have hand-delivered over 1,000 pounds of aid. These teams helped with distribution and administer aid to a refugee camp and several orphanages in the country. GCHope partnered with World Emergency relief by providing them medical supplies and food for their Haiti relief efforts. Future efforts include sending more pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, and containers of rice and beans.
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Global Links is working with national and international health authorities to identify short-term and long-term needs for medical materials in response to the disaster. Global Links is collaborating with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and other partners to develop a long-term recovery and medical assistance program that will be set in motion after more immediate needs for water, food, shelter, and sanitation have been met. Global Links has a 19 year relationship with PAHO/WHO and have been collaborating with them in disaster recovery efforts in Cuba since October of 2008, and in ongoing aid in Haiti and throughout the hemisphere.
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Habitat for Humanity has set a goal of providing housing solutions to 50,000 earthquake-affected families in Haiti—about a quarter of a million people—over the next five years. In the initial stage, the organization is providing emergency shelter kits to 10,000 households. An aggressive building program is planned to include transitional shelter and construction of small core houses. Habitat will implement its recovery project through Habitat Resource Centers that provide technical assistance and support to restoration of the construction sector as well as direct housing production. Habitat has worked in Haiti for 26 years.
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Three weeks after the earthquake hit Haiti, Handicap International’s growing team continues to provide emergency aid to those affected, particularly amputees, of whom there are now more than 2,000, according to our estimates. We are also preparing a long-term response, including the production and fitting of temporary artificial limbs and later, permanent prostheses. We are still distributing humanitarian aid with the 45 World Food Program trucks we manage and another 10 trucks from the Dominican Republic. The World Health Organization has appointed Handicap International and CBM (Christian Blind Mission) to lead a sub-group on disability that will coordinate assistance for Haitians suffering from traumatic injuries leading to disability.
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Hands On Disaster Response (HODR) has launched Project Leogane, to assist the devastated community of Leogane, Haiti, which estimates indicate has been 90% destroyed by the earthquake. Over the next six months HODR will coordinate volunteers to provide ‘hands on’ response and recovery assistance to affected residents, in collaboration with the community and local government. HODR is one of the few organizations that coordinates spontaneous volunteers following natural disasters, providing a platform for interested individuals, groups and companies to plug into the recovery efforts. HODR is accepting donations to support these efforts. For more information and to get involved, please visit www.HODR.org.
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Heart to Heart International is sending medical aid and medical volunteers in support of local relief efforts surrounding the major earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010.
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Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights has sent a team of staff and volunteers to Haiti to establish long-term services for survivors of last week’s devastating earthquake. Our initial assessment will allow critical time for mobilizing resources that will be desperately needed once emergency rescue efforts wane.
With our expertise in community-based health care, mental health, and trauma recovery, Heartland Alliance plans to provide long-term mental health services to first-responder relief workers (local and international); to Haitian communities experiencing severe destruction; to Haitian children with severe trauma; and to internally displaced populations experiencing trauma.
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Heifer International is working with its in-country team in Haiti to assess conditions on the ground and to plan and prepare a program of rehabilitative work with current partner project families as well as implementation of Heifer’s core livestock, agricultural core sustainability programming to help rebuild, long term, peoples lives and livelihoods. Heifer has worked in Haiti for more than 10 years and currently works with more than 16,000 families in Haiti, providing gifts of livestock, seeds, trees and training, to help them become self-reliant.
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HelpAge USA has launched a Haiti Emergency Response Fund to assist the 800,000 older people who are the most at-risk during a disaster of this magnitude. At this point, operations are focused primarily on search and rescue, followed by the provision of food, water, shelter, and medical attention. Older people in Haiti face specific challenges in this situation, including those arising from a lack of mobility, special medical concerns, and marginalization and exclusion from resources. HelpAge International is the only relief organization focusing specifically on the needs and contributions of older people in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti.
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Holt International has a child care center 40 miles north of Port-au-Prince as well as a family preservation program for more than 100 families. Holt staff in Haiti are assessing the needs of children and families in our programs and expecting to provide additional support to additional families who have been affected by the tragedy in Haiti. Funds are needed for additional supplies and resources to maintain the child care center and the anticipated influx of children and families.
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While the immediate and critical needs of the people of Haiti are met following the catastrophic earthquake, Humane Society International has offered to send veterinary experts to vaccinate, treat injuries and rescue animals affected by the disaster.
Animals are an intrinsic part of the lives of millions of Haitians – both those animals on whom they depend for livelihood and those who provide comfort and emotional support. Dead and displaced animals will pose a threat to the people of Haiti and could threaten the long-term survival of its agricultural community. Addressing this need is a critical component of the disaster response.
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iMMAP has received initial funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support CDC and United Nations response and coordination activities in Haiti. iMMAP has deployed a team of disaster response experts at the request of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and CDC. Additional funding support is needed to enable iMMAP to continue its current activities in Haiti, as well as to enable the organization to follow on with support for Persons with Disabilities (PWD).
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International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team is in Haiti, focusing on providing lifesaving medical care and relief to survivors of this devastating earthquake. The response draws on 25 years of experience in emergency settings, including last September’s earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, and the massive 2005 earthquake in Pakistan.
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IOCC has mobilized its disaster response team and is coordinating with our Orthodox and ecumenical partners to monitor and respond to the emerging needs in Haiti. “This earthquake has brought more suffering to a nation that was already one of the hemisphere’s most impoverished,” said IOCC Executive Director & CEO Constantine M. Triantafilou. “IOCC will be working with our fellow ACT Alliance members who are already in place to provide emergency relief to those affected by the earthquake.”
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IRD has mobilized an emergency response team to Haiti in response to the earthquake in Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas. IRD will focus on the provision of emergency commodities, such as water, sanitation kits, hygiene kits, and shelter materials.
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On Saturday, Jan 16th, International Relief Teams (IRT) deployed its initial emergency medical team, consisting of 4 ER physicians and 1 ER nurse, which arrived in the Dominican Republic on Sunday. On Monday, Jan 18th, the team will travel via ground transport to the border town of Jimani, where they plan to assess the medical situation at the border, and then on to Port-au-Prince tomorrow. In addition to deploying future medical teams, IRT is making arrangements with suppliers to provide substantial material aid to earthquake victims.
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The International Rescue Committee has deployed a team of veteran first responders to deliver urgent assistance in Haiti. The IRC has started working with partners to set up healing, recreational, interim education and family tracing programs for children and provide them with food and water. We'll also repair, re-equip and re-supply health clinics run by local partners and restore clean water and sanitation at the centers. We are initiating programs to protect women and girls from sexual violence and respond to needs of survivors. A "cash for work" program is also being launched aimed at clearing rubble, making repairs and giving Haitians money to buy needed items.
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Islamic Relief USA has launched a $1 million appeal for the victims of the quake, and is coordinating a massive shipment of much-needed aid to the island nation.
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At this time, JRS is distributing food and non food emergency assistance to 16,000 people at eight locations in Port-au-Prince, and to displaced Haitians at three locations on the Haiti-Dominican border. It is also presently supporting two international surgical teams, providing emergency services to quake survivors. In the United States JRS/USA is collecting cash donations for the relief effort in Haiti, and undertaking advocacy to improve the US and international response to the crisis.
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Life for Relief and Development started mobilizing to send aid to Haiti immediately after the earthquake occurred. Life plans to provide food, water, temporary shelter, hygiene kits and medical aid to aid victims in the earthquake affected areas of Haiti.
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LWR has raised over $7 million for relief and development efforts after the earthquake and has been working with partners on the ground to provide food, water, sanitation and shelter both in the capital of Port-au-Prince and in rural communities affected by mass migration. In addition to significant financial support, LWR has shipped and committed over $2.2 million worth of material resources including health kits, quilts, layettes, school kits, tarps and tents. LWR is also implementing a long term response with a focus on agricultural rehabilitation and rural livelihoods. For a 6-month update on our work please see http://lwr.org/news/news.asp?LWRnewsDate=7/12/2010#
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For over 30 years, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) has been working in Haiti to help it improve the health of the Haitian people. MSH has three projects in Haiti: the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS); the Leadership, Management and Sustainability (LMS) program; and, the Santé pour le Développement et la Stabilité d'Haïti project (SDSH). The SCMS dedicated staff in Haiti provided immediate care to victims and are distributing kits of medicines and other medical supplies from existing stock in the project warehouse to 16 hospitals and 14 clinical sites in Port-au-Prince.
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MAP International has 40+ years of experience providing essential medicine and medical supplies to Haiti. Over $2 million-worth is already on its way to Haiti, as is MAP’s Director of International Medical Resources. Through its extensive network of partnerships on the ground and relationships with major pharmaceutical companies, MAP plans to ship five sea containers with 20 pallets of supplies over the next two weeks and another 10 over the next six months. MAP seeks donations in the form of cash and medical GIK.
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Merlin is responding to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti — the worst quake in Haiti’s history. Merlin’s emergency response team is on the ground and working with Haitians and other international agencies to meet the most urgent needs: water, sanitation, shelter, disease prevention and restoration of basic health services. The main elements of Merlin’s Haiti emergency response are: distribution of aid materials and equipment, support to local health staff, and training community members to help protect public health. Merlin is calling on the public to provide support in our relief efforts.
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Medical Teams International has sent more than 60 volunteer medical professionals to work in the areas of Leogane, Carrefour & Port-au-Prince in Haiti. To date, our volunteer teams have treated more than 10,000 people & conducted more than 50 mobile medical clinics. We have airlifted and shipped in medicines and supplies valued at $3.5 million. In the coming months, Medical Teams International will work to prevent and treat disease in the temporary shelter camps ensuring that people receiving medical care from our teams also have access to clean water, sanitation, shelter and proper nutrition. Contributions are accepted online at www.medicalteams.org or through 800.959.HEAL (4325).
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Mercy Corps has begun Cash-for-Work programs in neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. The program will employ upwards of 7,000 quake survivors to clear rubble, clean wells and more to help improve the city’s damaged infrastructure. They will receive a daily wage which will help jump-start the economy while engaging Haitians in their own recovery. Mercy Corps is addressing water and sanitation issues as well as distributing shelter materials to displaced families in makeshift camps and will distribute food to those camps in the coming days. The agency also began the Comfort for Kids program to help Haitian children overcome the emotional trauma of the earthquake.
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OBI is providing emergency food, water and medical relief to thousands in Haiti. Teams are working with IsraAID to provide emergency medical care at relief camps; installing water treatment plants and delivering critical medical supplies and equipment to aid Dr. Paul Farmer’s Partners in Health, hospitals and relief camps; started daily feeding programs for children; coordinated with the US Navy to ship more than 290 tons of OBI relief supplies such as bottled water and baby food; providing logistical support and transportation of supplies with Mission Aviation Fellowship; and deployed an OB El Salvador medical team to help treat Haiti victims evacuated to hospitals along the Haiti/Dominican Republic border.
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As of March 9, Operation USA has sent 8 planeloads of emergency supplies to partner agencies. These shipments ($4.3M) have included electric generators, portable lights, medications, shelter materials and water resources equipment. Commitments have been made to rebuild schools in Jacmel (1) and Port-au-Prince (2), to provide livelihood grants to re-launch economic activity and employ teenagers. The recovery phase will focus on aid to clinics, hospitals and schools as well as water and sanitation.
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Oxfam is delivering water and providing sanitation facilities to earthquake survivors living in camps in Port-au-Prince; we are undertaking water treatment and delivery in other hard-hit towns, as well. We are preparing and distributing emergency shelter materials (plastic sheeting and rope), with the immediate goal of supplying them to 4,000 families (20,000 people). Our family kits, which contain soap, toothbrushes and paste, and other personal items, are now being distributed to 10,000 people. Oxfam is also carrying out cash-for-work programs that provide income in exchange for work on community projects like building latrines and preparing aid materials for distribution. We are currently reaching 90,000 people with aid.
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Pan American Development Foundation has been in Haiti for nearly 30 years. An affiliate of the Organization of American States, PADF will be providing immediate emergency relief, and support, through the provision of food, water, tools, basic necessities. PADF is collaborating with several organizations on the ground, local and international partners and is an integral part of the InterAmerican response for Haiti. PADF will be coordinating its regional offices of PAP and Santo Domingo in this effort. Donations are accepted at www.panamericanrelief.org
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Through our partner network of Healing Hands for Haiti and St Vincent’s School for Handicapped Children, cash donations will provide training and education services for healthcare providers of Haiti’s disabled as well as long term assistance and rehabilitation for amputees and disabled. Physicians for Peace has been in Haiti since 2005 working with prosthetists, orthotists and physical therapists, teaching the skills they need to serve their disabled patients. PFP’s commitment is to continue these critical services through the recovery and reconstruction—and well into Haiti’s future, helping them to once again become self-sustaining. PFP is also accepting donations of new and used prosthetics, wheelchairs, crutches, and canes.
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Plan International has been working in Haiti for over 36 years, with 163 staff currently on the ground. Since the disaster struck, thousands of tents, family kits, and vast amounts of food and water supplies have been delivered. Plan is implementing major water and sanitation projects, as well as cash-for-work programs to provide locals with income while they participate in the renewal of their own communities. Plan Haiti was recently asked by the Ministry of Education to help develop a program focused on psychosocial support for parents, teachers and students affected by the crisis. Plan International has committed $28 million to the response, of which nearly $1 million was received from American donors through Plan USA.
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Floresta-Plant With Purpose has worked in Haiti since 1997 in reforestation and rural economic development. Our Haitian staff of 40 is actively working to provide relief in 41 communities impacted by the earthquake. Our team is rebuilding roads to isolated communities and providing urgently needed vehicles and expertise to care for injured and displaced persons. We are currently consulting with community leaders in Leogane, Grand Goave and Petit Goave to coordinate relief efforts. We are urgently seeking funds to bring relief and speed recovery in rural areas that have received little or no assistance.
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Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is coordinating its efforts with our ecumenical and international partners in the relief work in Haiti. Funds are being used to help with basic humanitarian relief efforts. Priorities have focused on search and rescue, medical attention for those injured by the earthquake, along with food distribution for the survivors. Funds are also being used to provide water and sanitation engineers, and equipment to construct water purification systems. Resources for building latrines are also being provided, as the sanitation situation is critical.
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PROJECT C.U.R.E. is working together with the U.S. Military Southern Command, American Airlines, Catholic Relief Services, Partners in Health, and several other humanitarian organizations onsite in Haiti to deliver desperately needed medical relief to quake survivors in Haiti. Since Jan. 15, the organization has delivered or will deliver six loads (approximately 800 boxes of supplies each) to Haiti. The value of materials delivered currently exceeds $1 million.
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In its first month of response, Project Concern International (PCI) provided immediate assistance to more than 60,000 survivors of the January 12th earthquake. In partnership with AmeriCares and others, PCI helped distribute US $6 million of medicines and emergency supplies to local health facilities, and delivered life-saving food, water, and non-food items to some of the hardest hit neighborhoods. PCI is continuing to work in close collaboration with partner organizations and the governments of the U.S. and Haiti to improve the lives of more than 215,000 people through integrated interventions in protection, economic recovery, water and sanitation, health, and shelter. Please support our efforts at www.projectconcern.org.
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Relief International (RI) is currently carrying out a rapid damage and needs assessment in response to the Haiti earthquake. In the coming days, RI will provide immediate emergency response in the form of food and non-food items, and sector specific responses in health, education, and temporary shelter. Longer term assistance plans such as livelihoods, cash for work, and local capacity development for disaster risk reduction are simultaneously being developed.
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The Salvation Army has mobilized two emergency response team which includes doctors and nurses. A container with food and water for to serve 1,000,000 people will arrive in Haiti this week. Arrangements are being made for of 1,000.00 temporary shelters (tents) to be ship to Haiti. Medical supplies are being shipped in; along with doctors and nurses on the team members are trained and will provide emotional and spiritual counseling to family victims. New teams will be deployed on a weekly bases. The Salvation Army will continue to their relief efforts and will focus on providing water, food, shelter, and medical supplies and personnel as long as necessary to meet the needs of people suffering as a result of this disaster.
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Save the Children has identified these areas of immediate priority: addressing shelter, health, water, sanitation, and child protection needs and, as conditions allow, the restoration of education for children.
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Since the devastating earthquake in Port-au-Prince, the Solidarity Center has acted quickly to send support to its Haitian partners through a union-to-union effort that provides short-term emergency aid and builds toward long-term reconstruction and strengthening of Haiti’s labor movement. Donations to the Solidarity Center’s Earthquake Relief for Haitian Workers Fund have enabled us to purchase and transport regular truckloads of food, water, first aid supplies, medicine, and other critical items. The Solidarity Center has joined with Dominican unions to respond to specific requests of Haitian unions as they make progress in relocating members, better assessing needs, and move toward just reconstruction.
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Stop Hunger Now will be coordinating relief efforts to our partners in Haiti by organizing shipments of meals and financial support. We are in contact with our long time partners at Haiti Outreach Ministries and will continue to support their feeding programs and re-building efforts.
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UUSC sent an assessment mission to Haiti February 5 to meet with survivors and grassroots organizations and develop a mid- and long-term strategy for helping rebuild lives. With the help of a colleague fluent in Creole with years of experience working in Haiti, the mission will determine how we can best enable grassroots groups to work with marginalized populations neglected by traditional relief and recovery operations. As the situation evolves, survivors with significant unmet needs include orphaned children, women merchants and street vendors, newly displaced Haitians fanning out to the countryside, and amputees who will need to develop longer-term rehabilitation. Visit http://www.uusc.org/content/haitian_grassroots_organizations.
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Following the Jan 12 earthquake, UMCOR re-established its operations in Haiti and instituted a five-year plan to support the rebuilding of Haiti, which includes three phases: Emergency, Recovery and Rehabilitation. The Emergency phase addresses immediate needs—food, clean water and sanitation, temporary shelter, and emotional and spiritual support. During Recovery, UMCOR will build housing, schools, clinics; restore agriculture, and create income generating opportunities. During Rehabilitation, assistance for physical reconstruction, economic development, and rebuilding of health, education, and other systems will be offered. In collaboration with the Methodist Church in Haiti and other partners, volunteer projects are also in development.
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Donations to the United Way Worldwide Disaster Fund will go toward long-term recovery and rebuilding in Haiti, as well as to meet the needs of Haitians affected by the disaster who have relocated to the U.S. and throughout the Caribbean. United Way is working with Haitian community networks to determine the most pressing long-term recovery needs. United Way will focus on education, income and health, helping reestablish the educational and health infrastructure of Haitian communities, and to work to improve the income-earning potential of Haitian families.
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Help Protect the Human Rights of Earthquake Survivors in Haiti. The next few weeks will be critical to Haitian survivors—especially women, children, and the elderly. We must ensure fairness and equality in the distribution of relief and prevent the weak and frail from becoming victimized. That’s why the US Committee for Refugees & Immigrants (USCRI) is partnering with Haitian-run organizations to ensure that help reaches even the most vulnerable survivors. USCRI is promoting human rights monitoring in camps. We need you to be an advocate for those who have lost everything.
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UNICEF recognizes that this crisis in Haiti is a children's emergency -- half of the people in Haiti are children. UNICEF’s role in emergencies is to focus on protecting and assisting children. UNICEF 's emergency relief efforts in Haiti are saving children's lives by making sure life-saving supplies reach children in need. In addition, UNICEF is the UN's designated lead agency for coordinating relief efforts in water and sanitation, child protection, education, and nutrition.
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World Concern lifts people out of poverty, beginning with disaster response and ending when families can live sustainable lives. With a 31-year history in Haiti and a strong background in disaster recovery, the 100+ World Concern staff members already on the ground are ready to help. To donate to its relief effort, go to WorldConcern.org or call 1-866-530-5433. You can also mail checks to 19303 Fremont Ave. North, Seattle, WA 98133. Please specify that the check is for "Haiti Disaster Response." Money will go toward water supplies, shelter, blankets, distribution of food and long-term needs, such as job training, education, loans and home construction, among other projects.
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World Hope International has launched an emergency response program that mobilizes its strong capacity on the ground in the most severely impacted areas of Haiti. Ten different communities have been identified as sites for distribution of food, water, other supplies and basic medical care. In the coming months, with the help of our volunteers and 60 staff on the ground, we will begin to plan the reconstruction of destroyed facilities such as schools, clinics, churches and an orphanage in Leogané. We also plan to launch “Day Camps” for children whose schools were destroyed, and to assist in the cleanup of affected areas.
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World Neighbors has been working in Haiti since 1995 to eliminate hunger, poverty and disease using people-centered approaches that address the inter-connected problems of declining food production, malnutrition, ill health and environmental degradation in underserved areas of Haiti. The organization currently works in eight program areas, north of Port-au-Prince.
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World Relief staff and partners are currently working with King's Hospital, a 300 bed hospital in Port-au-Prince, to provide surgeries and medical care to the critically injured. Food items and emergency supplies are distributed through the hospital and local churches, and hot meals are provided to up to 15,000 victims per day. Upcoming activities include drilling wells and improving sanitation. World Relief has worked in Haiti for 15 years providing basic healthcare, combating AIDS, protecting orphans and at-risk children and improving financial security for vulnerable households.
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World Vision is supplying families in Port-au-Prince with rations of water, food, and other emergency items including hygiene kits, tarps, blankets and water containers. It has set up mobile clinics and is providing urgently needed medical supplies to hospitals. Children are a main focus of Word Vision’s response in any disaster, with Child-Friendly Spaces where they can rest, play and begin to have psychological trauma addressed in a safe environment. An operations center on the border at Jimani is working to help support the influx of displaced Haitians now in that area. World Vision will continue to respond to longer-term impacts in rural areas and communities across Haiti, where the agency has worked for over 30 years.
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