Haiti ReportProgress Report
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Devastation: January 12, 2010A series of earthquakes struck the island nation of Haiti, killing an estimated 217,000
people and leaving an estimated 1.2 million people instantly homeless.
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Once the first quake ended, the American Red Cross began working the clock to
provide emergency relief and assistance to survivors by supplying meals, blankets,
tents and emergency medical care.
The American Red Cross: There From Day
One
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The Red Cross: A Trusted Presence in HaitiThe American Red Cross has had an ongoing presence in Haiti since 2004, supporting
local disaster preparedness, HIV education, malaria prevention and measles
immunization initiatives.
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Relief Workers Are On The GroundMore than 100 people are representing the American Red Cross in Haiti:
• More than 50 disaster specialists are providing relief distribution and
telecommunications support.
• 14 employees, who were permanently based in Haiti prior to the earthquake, are helping
to guide the response.
• More than 50 Creole-speaking interpreters and 5 Service to Armed Forces staff are
stationed offshore supporting a military hospital ship, the USNS Comfort.• More than 3,000 local Haitian Red Cross Society volunteers are a critical part of
the response.
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From All Over the WorldOur international relief operation has involved 600 Red Cross and Red Crescent
workers from almost
40 nations—more emergency response teams than any other disaster in Red Cross
history.
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Our Efforts in Haiti to Date
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Two Months Later• The Red Cross has reached more than 1.9 million people with food, water, relief
supplies, medical services, sanitation and shelter
• Red Cross distributions of food and relief supplies are reaching approximately
12,500 people each day.
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Logistics: Making Relief Happen• The Red Cross has logistics hubs in both Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo, with the
Red Cross
relief supplies pipeline being coordinated by the Red Cross Pan American Disaster
Response Unit (PADRU) in Panama.
• A total of 97 Red Cross flights have landed in Dominican Republic or Haiti to date.
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Food & Supplies are Being Collected &
Distributed• Relief supplies for 130,000 people, including blankets, kitchen sets, hygiene kits,
tarps, water
containers and mosquito nets.
• More than 2.4 million individuals have received a 2-week rice ration as of February
15.
• 3 million pre-packaged meals to the United Nations World Food Programme.
• Funding to help feed an additional 1 million people for a month.
• More than 1 million water-purification sachets.
• Funded $600,000 worth of food for the mobile health clinics.
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Clean Water & Sanitation Needs The Red Cross is an important part of providing basic needs:
• Distributed over 25 million liters of water in 110 different settlements—now
producing 1.25 million
liters of water per day for approximately 320,000 people.
• The WASH cluster, including the Red Cross, is now providing daily water for an
estimated 850,000 people at 300 sites in the Port-au-Prince, Léogâne and Jacmel.
• Built more than 450 latrines in 12 settlements, working to provide one latrine per
50 people by April.
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Addressing The Need For HealthcareThe earthquake destroyed many of the hospitals and healthcare facilities in Port-
au-Prince.
Red Cross teams from around the world have partnered to:
• Establish two field hospitals & four mobile healthcare clinics serving
approximately 1,600 patients/day.
• Support a government-led immunization campaign that will initially help protect
and educate
more than 250,000 children in phase one; nearly 800,000 in total through phase 2.
• Protect more than 250,000 children and adults from measles, diphtheria,
pertussis and tetanus
• Provide nearly 900 units of blood for earthquake survivors.
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Tackling The Problem Of ShelterMore than 1.3 million people in Haiti are in need of shelter. The Red Cross is:
• Distributing over 87,000 tarpaulins along with over 17,000 family size tents; reaching
about 24 percent
(or approximately 302,000 people) of those in need of shelter support.
• Providing families with solutions that will encourage them to rebuild safely near
their pre-disaster homes.
• Supporting the needs of host families who are housing displaced people.
• Providing both tarps and tents to people in post-quake settlements.
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Ensuring Clear & Calm Communications• Operated a family tracing center, allowing survivors to register and make
contact with loved ones; received 4,500 ‘safe and well’ messages on its website,
and has facilitated 3,200 calls between people in Haiti and relatives living abroad
and 22,500 names of missing relatives published.
• Acting as the sole agency carrying out active tracing for unaccompanied minors –
with nearly 40 unaccompanied children provided with services.
• Sent 15 million free text messages with key health information through an
agreement made with a
local mobile phone service and The Haitian National Red Cross Society information
line.
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Forging Ahead with Recovery• Working with the Ministry of Education to start the distribution of over 150
school tents and
teaching and learning materials in areas of resettlement targeting 10,000 pre-and
primary school
aged children. Additional identification of teachers and accelerated teacher
training will accompany
the distribution of the supplies.
• As of February 9, almost 67,000 people have been employed through a cash-for-
work program,
which is benefiting more than 333,000 people. The main activities include the
removal of debris
and cleaning drainage canals around Port-au-Prince.
• Working with Fonkoze, a microfinance institution in Haiti to provide support to
families hosting displacing persons and to female heads of household to help
them restore their incomes.
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We Spend Donations WiselyThe American Red Cross is committed to using every dollar wisely. An average of 91
cents of every dollar received is invested directly into humanitarian services and
programs. To date we have spent or allocated more than $106.4M to meet the most
urgent needs of earthquake survivors in Haiti.
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Support Has Been ExtraordinaryThe American Red Cross has received approximately $323 million (as of February 25,
2010) for
the Haiti relief and recovery efforts.