NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 January 2010 – A powerful aftershock struck Haiti early this morning, adding to the stress of children and families affected by the 12 January earthquake there but apparently causing little further damage. Relief operations are ongoing. The disaster, now in its second week, has had a two-fold impact beyond[Read More…]
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UN Environmental Agency Aids Recovery Effort in Haiti
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 January 2010 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is assessing the structure of buildings and working to avoid potential environmental emergencies in Haiti where the immediate focus is on medical assistance, clear water and sanitation, emergency shelter, and food for the nearly 3 million people affected. “OCHA[Read More…]
Haiti: Treatment Continues By Doctors Without Borders Through Powerful Aftershock
HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2010. On Wednesday morning, as Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Haiti continued to work through long queues of patients waiting for treatment and surgery, the country was shaken anew by a powerful aftershock. In Choscal hospital, where MSF has been running two operating theaters, patients[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing on the U.S. Government Response to the Haiti Earthquake, January 20, 2010
HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2010 – 2:14 P.M. EST Press Briefing Via Conference MR. STONEKING: Thank you. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, or good afternoon. Thanks for your patience again. As you can see, communications continues to be a little bit of a challenge. It’s just part of what we’re working with[Read More…]
State Department Update on Developments in Hati, January 20, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2010. Participants: Secretary of State Clinton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Overseas Citizens Services Michele Bond, Counselor for Human Services Policy Sharon Parrott, Acting Deputy Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Service Lauren Kielsmeier SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone, and Michele and Sharon, Lauren. I’m joined[Read More…]
CARE Distributes Food, Water and Supplies to Haiti’s Hardest Hit
PORT-AU-PRINCE–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2010. CARE continued delivering aid to Haiti’s hardest hit earthquake survivors Wednesday, despite security challenges, broken infrastructure, logistical roadblocks and a severe aftershock that rocked Port-au-Prince in the early morning hours. Over the last several days, CARE has brought clean water and water purification powder to some 14,000[Read More…]
UN Enlarges Crucial Communications Centre for Earthquake Relief in Haiti
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 January 2010 – With access to information vital for making crucial decisions on how best to get help to some 3 million victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rushing to enlarge the emergency communications network it has set up in a[Read More…]
In Haiti, UN Radio Station Resumes Broadcasts With French Support
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 January 2010 – One week after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, the United Nations radio station in Port-au-Prince, MINUSTAH FM, is back on air with material and technical assistance from Radio France and Télédiffusion de France. A six-person emergency team from France arrived in Haiti shortly after[Read More…]
UN ‘Strains Every Nerve’ to Aid Haiti’s Quake Victims, But Long Way to Go
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 January 2010 – The United Nations is “straining every nerve” to ramp up its aid to the countless victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, from medical care, food and water supplies to security and logistics, but there is still a very long way to go, the world body’s humanitarian[Read More…]
UN Agency Reaches Out to Haitians to Jump-Start Post-Quake Recovery
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–20 January 2010 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has employed almost 400 Haitians to give the local economy a boost and swiftly deliver urgently-needed humanitarian aid following the catastrophic earthquake which struck the Caribbean country last week. By week’s end, the cash-for-work programme will be expanded to[Read More…]
