CHILE–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2010.  According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck Chile at approximately 8:52 AM (CST). The quake was reported to have hit 49 miles SSW of Copiapo, 141 miles NNE of Coquimbo, 255 miles WNW of La Rioja, and 381 miles N of Santiago.[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2010 — Three quarters of the 1.3 million homeless Haitians in the quake zone have received emergency shelter materials since the January 12 earthquake, with shelter materials being distributed at a rate of 120,000 people a week. The so-called shelter cluster, which consists of humanitarian organizations working on[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–24 March 2010 – Intellectuals, artists, international experts, social scientists and members of the Haitian diaspora are meeting today at the Paris headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to develop ideas for how to rebuild Haitian society in the wake of January’s catastrophic earthquake.[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2010.  Since the creation of the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund in January, the Fund has raised over $14 million from more than 100,000 individuals for relief, recovery, and reconstruction assistance, and in the month after the disaster has allocated $3 million to a dozen 501(c)3’s on the[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 March 2010 – A senior United Nations official has lauded the progress achieved by the men and women of Haiti involved in the cash-for-work programme, which was identified as one of the priority activities in the early recovery agenda following the 12 January earthquake. The programme, coordinated by[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2010.  In advance of a crucial donors’ conference on Haiti, 300 organizations today joined together and submitted a two-page letter of principles to participating states.  MADRE, an international women’s human rights organization, participated in this effort to ensure that human rights principles are embedded in the international[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2010 – The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$65 million project to support the recovery of Haiti’s critical infrastructure as well as the reestablishment of basic State functions following the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010. This is part of a US$100 million[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010.  The American Nurses Foundation (ANF), the charitable and philanthropic arm of American Nurses Association (ANA), is pleased to join the international nursing community to help rebuild the nursing infrastructure in Haiti through the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The massive earthquake in Haiti has affected countless[Read More…]

SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Chile–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2010.  The international humanitarian organization CARE continues to assist in the relief efforts in Chile that killed 507 people in the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck on February 27, 2010. The quake was followed by a 2.3-meter tsunami that crashed into Chile’s coast, causing further[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 March 2010 – The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has helped kick off Haiti’s spring planting season, distributing seeds, fertilizer and tools to farmers in a village near the epicentre of January’s devastating earthquake. “Agriculture is the lifeblood of this country,” FAO Director-General[Read More…]