Port-au-Prince–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2010.  President Clinton, United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, traveled to Haiti yesterday to deliver food, water, and supplies, and meet with Haitian officials in the aftermath of last week’s earthquake. At the airport in Port-au-Prince, President Clinton helped unload supplies, which included: 32 Generators 96 gas cans[Read More…]

Albert Lea, MN–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2010 Responding to the Haiti earthquake has been one of the toughest challenges ever, international aid agency Oxfam said today, one week since the quake struck, killing at least 80,000 people. Although aid is beginning to get through, the impact of the earthquake on Oxfam’s Haitian[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 January 2010 – The Security Council today backed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call to increase the overall force levels of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti to support the immediate recovery, reconstruction and stability efforts following last week’s devastating earthquake. Following his visit on Sunday to the capital,[Read More…]

Port-au-Princ, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2010. By Jeanne Cabeza and Michelle Chouinard I thought I was going to die when the earth shook. I was at Pacot, the Doctors Without Borders physical rehabilitation center in Port-au-Prince. Five minutes after the quake, people were banging on our door in need of help. There[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2010. Members of the 183rd Fighter Wing in Springfield have been activated to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti in the first such mobilization of Illinois National Guard forces. Five members of the Springfield-based unit are en route today to U.S. Air Forces Southern Command at Davis-Monthan Air[Read More…]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–18 Jan 2010 – The International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Response Team is on the ground in Haiti, joining other rescue workers delivering aid to hundreds of thousands of Haitians in desperate need of food, clean water and shelter. On Sunday, the team visited 13 sites in the battered city[Read More…]

Port-au-Prince, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2010.  Benoit Leduc, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) operations manager for Haiti, and Loris de Filippi, MSF operational coordinator in Port-au-Prince, participated in a teleconference with press regarding MSF’s response to the January 12, 2010, earthquake. Avril Benoit: Welcome to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2010.  On January 12, a massive earthquake struck the nation of Haiti, causing catastrophic damage inside and around the capital city of Port-au-Prince. President Obama has promised the people of Haiti that “you will not be forsaken, you will not be forgotten.” The United States Government has[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2010. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Overseas Citizens Services Michele T. Bond and Deputy Assistant Secretary For Visa Services David Donahue Via Teleconference OPERATOR: Welcome and thank you all for standing by. All participants will remain in a listen-only mode until the question-and-answer session. If you would like[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The FBI and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) have established a telephone hotline to report suspected Haitian earthquake relief fraud. The number is (866) 720-5721. The phone line is staffed by a live operator 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also e-mail[Read More…]