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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]
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 ...
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.
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."
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund was a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded on January 16, 2010, by former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, to aid the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The organization was formed in response to the request of President Barack Obama for the former Presidents to assist in the Haitian rescue ...