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In Haiti, Grace exacerbated effects from an earthquake three days prior to the passage of the storm. Streets were flooded and power outages were reported in Jamaica. In Mexico, the storm caused landslides and destroyed buildings. In total, Grace killed 16 people: 4 in Haiti and 12 in Mexico.
Mission of Hope is a faith-based, nonprofit humanitarian organization founded in 1998 by Brad and Vanessa Johnson, headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas. [1] [2] The organization is primarily focused on improving the quality of life in underserved communities, particularly in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by providing education, medical care, nutrition, orphan care, and disaster relief programs.
The Security Council authorised an increase of 3,500 troops and police of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti in Resolution 1908. [12] The World Bank provided extra funding of $100 million to support recovery and reconstruction in Haiti. [13] UNICEF made an emergency appeal for assistance to aid the victims. [14]
The Dominican Republic was the first country in the world to provide aid to Haiti, and the Dominican Government approved a special budget to Haiti Aids of US$6.4 million to focus on health programs (US$1.7 million), food programs (US$1.4 million), the army (US$1.5 million), and others.
A contingent of Czech humanitarian workers will depart to Haiti (via the Dominican Republic) in the upcoming weeks to assist in reconstruction. [142] Denmark: The Ministry for Development Cooperation has pledged to donate around US$2M (kr10 million) to the UN's mission in Haiti. [143] This pledge was increased by another US$8M (kr40 million). [144]
The timeline of rescue efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake of 12 January 2010 involves the sequence of events in the days following a highly destructive 7.0 Mw earthquake with an epicenter 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince.
Dixon died at age 60 as a result of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. [3] About five minutes before the quake, a car dropped off Dixon at the Hôtel Montana in Port-au-Prince, along with Rev. Clinton Rabb, head of the United Methodist office of mission volunteers, and Rev. Jim Gulley, a UMCOR consultant and former missionary.
Bank of America announced a $1 million commitment to aid victims in Haiti. The commitment included a $500,000 grant to the American Red Cross for the Haitian Relief and Development Fund. [61] Bristol-Myers Squibb donated antibiotics and a total of US$200,000 to The Catholic Medical Mission Board, The American Red Cross, and Partners in Health ...