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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 ...
"Even countries with their own troubles rushed to Haiti's aid: Afghanistan provided $200,000." [2] [314] Bangladesh: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered the health ministry to send a medical team to Haiti. [315] The 30 member medical team of 20 doctors and 10 health technicians left for Haiti on 18 January 2010. [316]
They also brought supplies to Haiti by cargo plane, and had around 60 staff present. In support of their work, they received a £1 million donation from HSBC, [10] and Swedish businessman Roger Hakelius donated US$14 million to support and educate approximately 400 orphan children in Haiti over a 25-year period. [11]
At noon on January 14, the Huffington Post blasted credit card companies for taking a cut on Haiti donations because people charged these donations to their credit cards. To avoid further ...
If you want to take advantage of the opportunity to claim Haiti relief donations on your 2009 return, time is running out to make a donation. Qualifying contributions must be made after January 22 ...
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."
In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, J/P HRO employed nearly 350 people, 95 percent of whom were Haitian, to provide health, education and community development, and housing and economic opportunities. [11] As of 2020, CORE employs a team of over 100 people in Haiti working to rebuild communities. [11]
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 ...