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Help Haiti! Haiti has still not recovered from the Earthquake. Many people live in tent cities, which will not protect them against hurricane force winds or torrential rains. To donate visit websites of the Red Cross, United Nations, Clinton Foundation, and many others as listed on MSNBC. Thanks, Gert
Operational Challenges Reliefweb.int has an interesting map showing the humanitarian operational challenges. It looks indeed not easy to get the relief to the right places. So although it seems like 'ages' for aid to arrive, I am sure people are doing their best to get stuff moving. There are some more interesting articles regarding the quake on the Reliefweb.int website. -Gert
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- Haiti Post-earthquake update
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- By lucienscd at aol.com
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:56:28 -0400
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Greetings from Hot, Humid Haiti!
Attached is an update, sorry it's taken so long to hear from all of us!
Blessings,
Debbie
Attachment:
June 16 HIM Update.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
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- And more rain
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- By Martin Bush <mb.haiti at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 19:50:04 -0500
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St Marc flooded out yesterday. No real damage as far as I could see -- just rocks and mud slides into the main road through the to north on the way to Gonaive. Just a local storm. In Montrouis 25 km to the south we had sunshine with just the rumble of thunder to the north to signal action out of sight. This evening in Petionville heavy rains pounded the house for 30 minutes. Not long but that's enough to pour a ton of water through the tents on Place St Pierre and Place Boyer. As far as I can see no-one has moved out. Once you get set up -- even in a flimsy tent that may fly away in a storm at any minute, few of the familiies want to move to an area where there is weaker family support and an uncertain future. It means everything to have the extended family close at hand. Once you lose that you lose everything. The government wants tent people to move to areas that supposedly are safer and provide more support. But Haitians know what to expect when the Government makes promises.
More heavy rain is on the way.
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- Incoming
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- By Martin Bush <mb.haiti at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 18:49:16 -0500
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After mostly a sunny and calm day, a heavy blanket of dark purple low cloud has rolled across the cul-de-sac plains from the south east. The satellite images show the incoming menace. Haiti is vulnerable as never before. A million people in the tent cities are protected from light rainfall - but heavy rain and winds will rip open the tents and tear down the tangle of strings that tries to keep the covering tarps in place. Everything now looks ominous for Haiti. A million people shivering in tents (yes it's cold at night when it rains), and a hurricane season that threatens massive storms.
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- Haiti Relief Update May 24 th
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- By lucienscd at aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 12:16:48 -0400
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Please find today's update attached. More info is coming soon on the rebuilding of schools in Port au Prince.
Blessings,
Debbie
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May 23.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
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