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Haiti’s Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aimé has indicated that the Haitian government plans to re-house some 400,000 survivors of the January 12 earthquake in tent cities on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. This is one of the measures being considered to ease the burden on the estimated 1.5 million homeless people. Initially, camps for 100,000 will be established in 10 settlements near the suburb of Croix Des Bouquets. It is estimated that around 500,000 people are currently living outdoors in 447 improvised camps in Port-au-Prince.
Communication and Coordination
Inter-American System/International Support
USEFUL
CONTACT INFORMATION
Information on missing
relatives, friends and colleagues may be found at the following sites:
ICRC:
http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/WFL_HTI.NSF/Bottin?OpenView&StartKey=a
CNN:
www.cnn.com/haitimissing
OAS
SUPPORT AND RESPONSE TO HAITI (as of 01/21/10)
Member States & Secretariat | Financial support in US$ | Humanitarian assistance |
Total | Total contribution to date $170 million in financial and humanitarian assistance. |
208
tons
of supplies and humanitarian assistance search & rescue and medical experts |
OAS Secretariat | $100,000.00 (additional million announced) | Establishment of the Situation Room to provide up to the minute information; regular coordination meetings with the other inter-American institutions |
Antigua & Barbuda | $38,000 (EC 100,000) | Defense force; Search & Rescue unit on standby |
Argentina | Military helicopters/airplanes; the Argentine Air Force Field Hospital providing medical assistance, medical personnel and medical supplies, water, water purification equipment | |
Bahamas | 2 Immigration Officers, 50 Defense Force Officers, 8 police officers and a Red Cross team to receive Haitian refugees | |
Barbados | Needs assessment team | |
Belize | 1 container of food and clothing; 31 Belizean to participate in CARICOM CDEMA deployment to Haiti | |
Bolivia | 50 tons of rice; 200 bags of blood and 600 bags of plasma, | |
Brazil |
$15 million in
humanitarian assistance $130,000 to World Food Program $100,000 to Haitian UN Population Fund $250,000 to the FAO for Haiti |
7 military planes carrying: 60 specialists in disaster response; rescue dogs, 60.2 tons of food, 18.5 tons of medications, 14.3 tons of water, 32.5 tons of shelter and other items including an emergency portable hospital. Flights carrying personnel, food items, medications and mobile hospital, rescue teams, disaster relief specialists, 28 tons of water and food, 30 tons of supplies, firemen and rescue dogs, 1 military ship, water treatment equipment |
Canada | $135 million (including $50 million in matching funds for public donations) | Warships, planes, helicopters; reconnaissance team with Mil guards, consular staff, and relief supplies |
Chile | 15 tons of medical aid; medical personnel/rescue team; sending 2 planes of assistance | |
Colombia | Medicine, mobile military hospital, health personnel, 20 search experts, (1) airplane, 35 firemen, water, clothing | |
Costa Rica | 61 person rescue team, doctors, security personnel, medicine, food supplies | |
Dominica | Bottled water & dried goods; and police support | |
Dominican Republic | Support to diplomats and international agencies based in Haiti; sending humanitarian aid contingent; and set up “border logistic zone” to facilitate transit of aid; hospitals available; 39 trucks of food dispatched; 110 cooks, 8 mobile clinics, 35 doctors, and telecom technicians. | |
El Salvador | 4 members of the El Salvadorian Red Cross and one rescue dogs; 37 tons of food and water and 17 tons of cream soups. | |
Ecuador | 1 C130 plane from Air Force with: 6 tons of supplies, 4 experts in risk management, 6 police officers and 4 military officers, 11 volunteers from Red Cross, 13 rescuers, and A second airplane expected within 2 weeks. | |
Grenada | $100,000 | Rescue and relief workers |
Guatemala | 4 officers, 24 search and rescue experts | |
Guyana | $1 million | Established a Coordinating Committee for reconstruction efforts in Haiti |
Jamaica | Coordinating Centre for CARICOM donations, emergency personnel, medical facilities; 10 members of the Jamaica Fire Brigade have been dispatched to Haiti; 159 members of the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF) currently stationed in Port-au-Prince; the JDF medical team has established a clinic; a team of 21 medical personnel; two JDF Coast Guard vessels have been used to transport troops and medical and relief supplies, Air Jamaica has provided flights to transport troops and medical personnel to Haiti; government has offered the Norman Manley Airport as a holding area for aircraft while they await clearance for landing at the Port-au-Prince airport | |
Mexico | $8 million | 10 aircraft; 2 ships (one of which is a hospital ship); 208 experts in search and rescue, structural damage assessments, 1500 tons of humanitarian supplies, including water food and medical supplies, telecommunication equipment, search and rescue equipment, ambulance and a crane. |
Nicaragua | 2 AN-26 aircraft with a second shipment of food and medicine (9000lbs of medicine, 6000lbs of rice, beans, oil and soy milk for children and 8 Nicaraguan medical doctors to reinforce and rotate with the team already in Port-au-Prince; humanitarian team including experts on damage assessment, medical assistance, and civil defense | |
Panama | One airplane with: material supplies; rescuers, nurses, experts in infrastructure, rescue team with dogs; 2500 bags of 13.5 kg each of food. Another plane with donated supplies. 8 vans of material to set up 20 centers of operation or temporary government offices. | |
Paraguay | Rescue team, trauma surgeons, medical experts, blankets, 56,000 kilos of food | |
Peru | 5 tons of medicine and medical material, 58 tons of food, 15 tons of emergency supplies, 28 firefighters, 18 doctors and 2 rescue dogs | |
St. Kitts & Nevis | Established a Solidarity Fund for Haiti | |
St. Lucia | $500,000 | Sending assessment team |
St. Vincent & Grenadines | Shipment of food and bottled water (public and private sector cooperation). Other shipments will be sent soon. | |
Suriname | $1 million in aid | |
Trinidad & Tobago | $1 million | |
United States | $100 million | 3,500 soldiers, 2,200 marines; Aircraft carrier with approximately 4000 sailors and 3 additional ships including hospital ship (USNS Comfort) |
Uruguay | Uruguayans attached to MINUSTAH assisting in rescue efforts | |
Venezuela | 26 tons of medicines, food, water and medical equipment, 75 rescue personnel, 30 volunteer medical personnel, fuel |