Haiti and Chile Earthquakes

Aid Begins to Arrive in Haiti for Earthquake Survivors in Dire Need

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 January 2010 – UNICEF is part of a massive international relief effort now under way to assist up to 3.5 million people affected by Tuesday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti.

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But while essential supplies from UNICEF, its UN partners and other humanitarian agencies have started arriving in quake-shattered communities, the survivors’ dire needs severely outpace available resources on the ground.

Meanwhile, aid agencies themselves have suffered significant losses of staff and facilities. For the first time…

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