Haiti Earthquake: One of the Toughest Weeks Ever for Oxfam Staff

by Gary Kopycinski on January 19, 2010

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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 and international staff, the logistical challenges combined with a destroyed office and warehouse and the loss of communications have made this the one of the…