January 2010
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Crisis Mappers Net - THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF... →
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El trabajo de Cáritas en Haití
comentar | reenviar | imprimir—> imprimir REDACCIÓN CÁCERES - 25-01-10 Imagen de ayuda que proporciona Cáritas en Haití ...
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Social Media Revolutionises Disaster Response for...
By Kate Ausburn On Tuesday January 12th, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The earthquake has destroyed the nations capital of Port-au-Prince including the Parliament building, the United Nations national headquarters, the hospital, the prison and many homes and businesses. Tens of thousands are dead and millions displaced in an event that United Nations...
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Oxfam launch action calling on IMF to Drop the...
Help Haiti today and tomorrow: Cancel the debt Our biggest concern right now is dealing with the immediate aftermathof the humanitarian disaster caused by the devastating earthquake. But in our concern to help those suffering, let’s not forget the long term. Take the action now The world’s attention is focused on Haiti. Leaders are pledging to stand shoulder...
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Haiti Quake Updates - Updates from aid workers and... →
I’m keeping track of lots of amazing content coming from Haiti, here.
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Oxfam America Blog » Blog Archive » In Haiti,...
Oxfam’s Coco McCabe is one of several Boston-based colleagues on her way to Haiti to help with the relief effort, where they will join over 200 Oxfam staff already on the ground. Here’s her latest update, dated January 18. I suspect tonight might be my last night of sleeping soundly. Aftershocks are continuing to rattle the nerves of people in Port-au-Prince. “Be careful,” said Yves...
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Helen Hawking: My Story From the Earthquake
January 12 It had been an average day in the office, conference calls, report writing, fighting off the mosquitoes that plague us here in Haiti. My clock showed just 10 minutes until it was time to leave for the day, when without any warning the ground made slight movements, which rapidly became violent. The earth shook harder than I have ever felt before, I ran to...
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Haiti Relief Effort Update - Oxfam Australia
via youtube.com
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BBC News - UK charities prepare to deliver Haiti...
UK aid efforts are underway to help earthquake hit Haiti, where the death toll is thought to be over 100,000. Hygiene is the key challenge facing Oxfam’s aid workers, and its Bicester warehouse is piled high with equipment to establish sanitation and a clean water supply. The items including water testing kits, buckets and disposable latrines are essential for saving lives in the...
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Red Cross Blogs - Getting aid to Haiti quake...
Getting aid to Haiti quake survivors By Pete Garratt January 15, 2010 at 4:22 pm Forgive me for not blogging earlier but it’s been hard to get a moment to gather my thoughts since Tuesday night, when my phone went as I was just on my way to bed. I received a text alerting me to the Haiti quake – which was 7.0 on the Richter scale. From my knowledge of the country I knew that...
Avaaz - HELP HAITI: DROP THE DEBT
HELP HAITI: DROP THE DEBT As Haiti begins to receive desperately needed funds to cope with the earthquake, it still owes hundreds of millions of dollars in debt — a legacy of loans from global financial institutions and donor nations to unelected governments of years past. If these debts aren’t cancelled, Haiti will be sending tens of millions to the Inter-American...
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VIDEO: Oxfam Australia's Haiti Earthquake Appeal
via youtube.com
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American Red Cross Releases $10 Million to Help...
Priority needs are food, water, shelter, medical help WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With estimates that as many as three million people may be affected by the catastrophic earthquake which hit Haiti Tuesday, the American Red Cross is releasing an additional $9 million for earthquake relief, bringing its total commitment so far...
AUDIO: Louis Belanger of Oxfam Headed to Haiti
Louis’s Phlog - 3Rd. Download now or listen on posterous ipadio_15967_Louis_s_phlog_-_3rd_phonecast.mp3 (302 KB) Louis will provide regular updates. He is heading to Santo Domingo, DR from New York and then into Haiti on Wednesday.
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U.S. sending disaster response teams to Haiti |...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agency for International Development is sending disaster response teams to Haiti to help the impoverished nation after it was hit by a major earthquake on Tuesday. via reuters.com
Haiti's White House - Palais Nationale...in...
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Oxfam team in place for Haiti earthquake response...
PORT-AU-PRINCE—Following a major earthquake near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, international aid agency Oxfam announced that its teams are ready to respond. Oxfam’s emergency team based in the capital will be responding with public health, water and sanitation services to prevent the spread of waterborne disease. “The first step in an emergency will be getting clean water to...
Oxfam Launches Haiti Earthquake Emergency Appeal |...
Oxfam New Zealand has launched an emergency appeal following the Haiti earthquake today and welcomes donations from the public. Oxfam is preparing to respond with humanitarian assistance following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti. Oxfam has an emergency response team for Latin America based in Haiti’s capital Port au Prince ready to respond. Statement from Jane Cocking, humanitarian...
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Oxfam prepared to respond to Haiti Earthquake
Aid group Oxfam said it had emergency response teams in the region poised to respond. “At this stage it is too early to tell the severity of the earthquake in Haiti, but the early signs are not good with communications down across the country,” said Jane Cocking, the charity’s humanitarian director. “Oxfam has its emergency response team for Latin America based in Haiti...
U.N. Adopts Bland Home for Gutting of Quarters -... →
I love this little note. It is so standard that the UN’s intense contract procedures always stall progress.
The move has not been entirely free of hiccups. Journalists covering the organization were moved on Dec. 20, only to find that none of their telephone lines, computer connections or video feeds moved with them the few hundred yards to the Dag Hammarskjold Library. Unable to work, many...