NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 January 2010 – More than two weeks after a powerful earthquake struck Haiti, UNICEF’s emergency relief effort is reaching hundreds of thousands of survivors. As of last night, 13 planes had brought health, nutrition, and water-and-sanitation supplies to Haiti and the neighbouring Dominican Republic.
Aid was slow at first because the destruction took an enormous toll on Haiti’s already poorly served communities, resulting in a double disaster for the country.
“When the earthquake…
