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Haiti ReportProgress Report

2Haiti ReportProgress Report

Devastation: January 12, 2010A series of earthquakes struck the island nation of Haiti, killing an estimated 217,000

people and leaving an estimated 1.2 million people instantly homeless.


Once the first quake ended, the American Red Cross began working the clock to

provide emergency relief and assistance to survivors by supplying meals, blankets,

tents and emergency medical care.

The American Red Cross: There From Day

One


The Red Cross: A Trusted Presence in HaitiThe American Red Cross has had an ongoing presence in Haiti since 2004, supporting

local disaster preparedness, HIV education, malaria prevention and measles

immunization initiatives.


Relief Workers Are On The GroundMore than 100 people are representing the American Red Cross in Haiti:

• More than 50 disaster specialists are providing relief distribution and

telecommunications support.

• 14 employees, who were permanently based in Haiti prior to the earthquake, are helping

to guide the response.

• More than 50 Creole-speaking interpreters and 5 Service to Armed Forces staff are

stationed offshore supporting a military hospital ship, the USNS Comfort.• More than 3,000 local Haitian Red Cross Society volunteers are a critical part of

the response.


From All Over the WorldOur international relief operation has involved 600 Red Cross and Red Crescent

workers from almost

40 nations—more emergency response teams than any other disaster in Red Cross

history.


Our Efforts in Haiti to Date


Two Months Later• The Red Cross has reached more than 1.9 million people with food, water, relief

supplies, medical services, sanitation and shelter

• Red Cross distributions of food and relief supplies are reaching approximately

12,500 people each day.


Logistics: Making Relief Happen• The Red Cross has logistics hubs in both Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo, with the

Red Cross

relief supplies pipeline being coordinated by the Red Cross Pan American Disaster

Response Unit (PADRU) in Panama.

• A total of 97 Red Cross flights have landed in Dominican Republic or Haiti to date.


Food & Supplies are Being Collected &

Distributed• Relief supplies for 130,000 people, including blankets, kitchen sets, hygiene kits,

tarps, water

containers and mosquito nets.

• More than 2.4 million individuals have received a 2-week rice ration as of February

15.

• 3 million pre-packaged meals to the United Nations World Food Programme.

• Funding to help feed an additional 1 million people for a month.

• More than 1 million water-purification sachets.

• Funded $600,000 worth of food for the mobile health clinics.


Clean Water & Sanitation Needs The Red Cross is an important part of providing basic needs:

• Distributed over 25 million liters of water in 110 different settlements—now

producing 1.25 million

liters of water per day for approximately 320,000 people.

• The WASH cluster, including the Red Cross, is now providing daily water for an

estimated 850,000 people at 300 sites in the Port-au-Prince, Léogâne and Jacmel.

• Built more than 450 latrines in 12 settlements, working to provide one latrine per

50 people by April.


Addressing The Need For HealthcareThe earthquake destroyed many of the hospitals and healthcare facilities in Port-

au-Prince.

Red Cross teams from around the world have partnered to:

• Establish two field hospitals & four mobile healthcare clinics serving

approximately 1,600 patients/day.

• Support a government-led immunization campaign that will initially help protect

and educate

more than 250,000 children in phase one; nearly 800,000 in total through phase 2.

• Protect more than 250,000 children and adults from measles, diphtheria,

pertussis and tetanus

• Provide nearly 900 units of blood for earthquake survivors.


Tackling The Problem Of ShelterMore than 1.3 million people in Haiti are in need of shelter. The Red Cross is:

• Distributing over 87,000 tarpaulins along with over 17,000 family size tents; reaching

about 24 percent

(or approximately 302,000 people) of those in need of shelter support.

• Providing families with solutions that will encourage them to rebuild safely near

their pre-disaster homes.

• Supporting the needs of host families who are housing displaced people.

• Providing both tarps and tents to people in post-quake settlements.


Ensuring Clear & Calm Communications• Operated a family tracing center, allowing survivors to register and make

contact with loved ones; received 4,500 ‘safe and well’ messages on its website,

and has facilitated 3,200 calls between people in Haiti and relatives living abroad

and 22,500 names of missing relatives published.

• Acting as the sole agency carrying out active tracing for unaccompanied minors –

with nearly 40 unaccompanied children provided with services.

• Sent 15 million free text messages with key health information through an

agreement made with a

local mobile phone service and The Haitian National Red Cross Society information

line.


Forging Ahead with Recovery• Working with the Ministry of Education to start the distribution of over 150

school tents and

teaching and learning materials in areas of resettlement targeting 10,000 pre-and

primary school

aged children. Additional identification of teachers and accelerated teacher

training will accompany

the distribution of the supplies.

• As of February 9, almost 67,000 people have been employed through a cash-for-

work program,

which is benefiting more than 333,000 people. The main activities include the

removal of debris

and cleaning drainage canals around Port-au-Prince.

• Working with Fonkoze, a microfinance institution in Haiti to provide support to

families hosting displacing persons and to female heads of household to help

them restore their incomes.


We Spend Donations WiselyThe American Red Cross is committed to using every dollar wisely. An average of 91

cents of every dollar received is invested directly into humanitarian services and

programs. To date we have spent or allocated more than $106.4M to meet the most

urgent needs of earthquake survivors in Haiti.


Support Has Been ExtraordinaryThe American Red Cross has received approximately $323 million (as of February 25,

2010) for

the Haiti relief and recovery efforts.

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