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Vonage offered free 10-minute telephone calls from the US to Haiti through a toll-free number. [106] The Walt Disney Company donated US$100,000. [113] Walgreens donated over $1 million from voluntary donations from customers at Walgreens pharmacies. [114] Wal-Mart donated US$600,000 and allowed donations at its cash registers. [115]
Haitian residents and their advocates say humanitarian aid should focus on supporting the work Haitians are already doing ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail.
A third aircraft was dispatched on 24 January 2010. The airplane made a stop on Paraguay to pick up aid donated by that country. [95] Bolivia: The Government of Bolivia announced it would contribute food and blood donations to the relief efforts. [96] Brazil: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva offered to send US$15 million in aid. [97]
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.
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The hope is that by taking a long-term policy framework for the United States’ approach to assistance in Haiti, rather than short, erratic disbursements, the U.S. and Haiti will see better results.
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 ...
The additional aid comes after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at talks in Jamaica on Monday pledged $33 million in humanitarian aid for Haiti, which Power said comes on top of the $146 ...