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The response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake included national governments, charitable and for-profit organizations from around the world which began coordinating humanitarian aid designed to help the Haitian people. Some countries arranged to send relief and rescue workers and humanitarian supplies directly to the earthquake damage zones, while ...
At the request of President Obama, two former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have agreed to help, forming the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, a charity organization to aid the victims of the Haiti earthquake. [36] Elements of the US Military were deployed to Haiti as part of Operation Unified Response. [37]
The Red Crescent planned to send further humanitarian aid teams in the light of the initial team's report. [55] The Humanitarian Aid Foundation said that their aid was sent to Haiti from the United States by two cargo planes. The 33 tons of aid includes blankets, clothes, foodstuff, medical equipment, and infant food.
The recent earthquake in Haiti has revived anger over aid response to the country’s 2010 disaster. ... Workers unload humanitarian aid from a U.S. helicopter at Les Cayes airport in Haiti, Aug ...
Humanitarian aid is flowing into Haiti following Saturday’s deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake. However, the Caribbean nation’s political unrest, as well as an approaching tropical storm, is ...
Haitian residents and their advocates say humanitarian aid should focus on supporting the work Haitians are already doing locally.
Aid organizations were urged by the Brazilian military to add security details. The destruction of the U.N. base by the earthquake added to problems keeping order; the U.N. Stabilization Force was in Haiti before the earthquake to assist with emergency relief efforts, necessary because the country has a significant gang presence. [46]
The organization was founded by actor Sean Penn in the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. J/P stood for Jenkins-Penn, a reference to Sanela Diana Jenkins, whose foundation supported initial relief efforts with Penn. [3] Before starting the organization, Penn had never visited Haiti and did not speak French or Creole. When asked for his comment ...