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Haiti – Two Years After the Earthquake
January 12, 2010: The United Nations reports The earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January 2010 affected almost 3.5 million people, including the entire population of 2.8 million people living in Port-au-Prince. The Government of Haiti estimates that the earthquake killed 222,570 and injured another 300,572 people. Displacement peaked at close to 2.3 million people, including 302,000 children. At least 188,383 houses were badly damaged and 105,000 were destroyed by the earthquake. Sixty per cent of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Disasters, Original writing, Reporting
United States military continues Haiti aid mission
Task Force Kout Men moved into northern Haiti in mid June. Over 500 members of the United States military, the National Guard, Reserves and the regulars, will be working in and around the city of Gonaives. The base camp is in the village of Mandrin. The task force is headed by the Louisiana National Guard who chose the Creole name, which means “Helping Hands”. The exercise is titled “New Horizons – Haiti 2010″ and the men … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Humanitarian Assistance, Military, Original writing, Reporting
Just a roof over their heads
It has been six months since the impoverished nation of Haiti was devastated by an earthquake. While nearly two thirds of this island nation suffered little or no effects from the quake, the economic, political and population center of the nation was nearly leveled. The effects of the loss of life and the loss of infrastructure are still being felt today. On January 12, 2010 Haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake. 230,000 people were killed … Read entire article »
Haiti is still a disaster area, even without Anderson Cooper
On January 12, 2010 Haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake. 230,000 people were killed an nearly 200,000 more injured. Over 1.2 million Haitians were displaced from their homes. 160 days have passed, over five months. Here are some of the current facts and figures from the governments and agencies continuing to assist the stricken nation. Since February, the U.S. Government has helped vaccinate more than 1 million people against diseases such as polio, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping … Read entire article »
ND Guard finishes Haiti mission
Soldiers working in Haiti returned home yesterday after spending more than three weeks there on a humanitarian mission. The Soldiers, who serve with the 191st Military Police Company, left May 19 to take part in the U.S. Southern Command’s New Horizons mission. “The North Dakota National Guard does an outstanding job of serving our state and nation, and these Soldiers have proven that the Guard’s dedication and preparedness extends far beyond the borders of North Dakota,†… Read entire article »
Louisiana National Guard to lead assistance exercise in Haiti
The Louisiana National Guard is scheduled to lead a New Horizons humanitarian assistance exercise in Haiti beginning June 1, U.S. Southern Command officials announced, April 25. “We are proud to have our National Guard step forward to be a part of this important recovery effort,” said Gov. Bobby Jindal. “Louisiana received so much support from across the country and around the world after hurricanes Katrina and Rita; we stand ready to lend that same assistance to other parts of the world in their times of need. “These brave men and women know firsthand the type of hard work and perseverance it takes to recover from a disaster, and I know that they will serve the people of Haiti well.” The exercise in Haiti will provide critically needed medical and engineering services to the … Read entire article »
Army landing craft aid Columbian Navy in Haiti
It’s almost as if the multi-national team of Haitians, Colombians and Americans, who began working less than one week ago to offload humanitarian cargo inbound from Colombia, have been working together for years. The complex effort of transferring cargo from the anchored Colombian Armada Navy ship, Cartagena Indias, to two alternating U.S. Army landing craft utility vessels, the Matamoras and the Hobkirk, near a small port at Killick, Haiti seemed like a routine effort to the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Disasters, Military, Our Allies
Haitian homeless still homeless
And it grinds on. AlertNet / Reuters Around a quarter of a million Haitians living in precarious tent camps could face a “catastrophe” unless they are moved quickly to safer areas ahead of the approaching rainy and hurricane seasons, the United Nations has warned. More than two months after the Jan. 12 earthquake that wrecked Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince and surrounding cities, rain and storms threaten to turn some of the city’s squalid tent camps into toxic rivers of … Read entire article »
Things are baaaaad in Haiti
Previous in series Table of contents for Haiti quake 2010Massive earthquake strikes HaitiEarthquake in Haiti – aftershocks continueHaiti earthquake aidHaiti quake damages pile upHorror in Haiti – the morning after the quakeU.S. quickly responds to Haiti quakeInfrastructure hurdles to Haiti quake reliefU.S. Coast Guard on location in Haiti right nowStrong aftershocks continue in HaitiPR Guard standing by – Gitmo damaged by Haiti quakeParas and Marines on alert for Haiti moveEarthquake in Haiti update for … Read entire article »
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