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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 ...
American Jewish World Service - Created a Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund. [86] American Red Cross - Initial contribution of US$1,000,000, which was increased to US$10,000,000 million on January 14, 2010. [87] AmeriCares - Sent US$3,000,000 worth of medical aid. [88] The American Methodist Church through UMCOR donated over US$1,000,000, and ...
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 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 ...
The UN is the largest foreign source of relief aid to Haiti from the 2010 Haiti earthquake, although in December 2011, the Haitian President Michel Martelly said that "The cooperation with Venezuela is the most important in Haiti right now in terms of impact, direct impact."
Haitian residents and their advocates say humanitarian aid should focus on supporting the work Haitians are already doing locally.
Humanitarian response by for-profit organisations to the 2010 Haiti earthquake; Humanitarian response by national governments to the 2010 Haiti earthquake; Humanitarian response by non-governmental organizations to the 2010 Haiti earthquake; Timeline of relief efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Episcopal Relief and Development partnered with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti to offer immediate aid to those affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake. In the initial years following the quake, the agency provided emergency relief in the form of food, medicine, and assistance in finding shelter for those who lost their homes.