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▼2010/01/14 00:00〜2010/01/15 00:00▼
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1.FACTBOX - Countries aid agencies seeking to help Haiti 14 Jan Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:Red,Cross,child,World,body,American RV=346.9
2.Haiti's children most vulnerable after massive quake - aid agencies AlertNet
キーワード:Red,Cross,child,body,save RV=305.3
3.World scrambles to help quake-hit Haiti AFP
キーワード:Red,Cross,World,American,save RV=288.3
4.UNICEF rushing supplies to quake-stricken Haiti UNICEF
キーワード:Red,Cross,child,World RV=283.8
5.HAITI: Tracing the missing and the dead IRIN
キーワード:Red,Cross,child,save RV=272.5
▼2010/01/15 00:00〜2010/01/16 00:00▼
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1.Estonia Allocates Additional Aid for Victims of Haiti Earthquake Govt. Estonia
キーワード:Red,Cross,technology,child,UNICEF RV=335.6
2.DEC: Emergency aid arriving in Haiti DEC
キーワード:Red,Cross,body,Vision RV=292.8
3.Desperate Haitians clamor for aid days after quake Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:Red,Cross,body,child RV=289.3
4.FACTBOX-Companies offer aid to Haiti after earthquake 15 Jan Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:Red,Cross,child,UNICEF RV=280.7
5.Aid begins to arrive in Haiti for earthquake survivors in dire need UNICEF
キーワード:Red,Cross,child,UNICEF RV=280.7
▼2010/01/16 00:00〜2010/01/17 00:00▼
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1.Estonia Aids Victims of Earthquake in Haiti Govt. Estonia
キーワード:Red,Cross,technology,UNICEF RV=298.5
2.Haiti earthquake - RELIEF EFFORTS BY THE REGION CARICOM
キーワード:Red,Cross,Adra,body RV=290.2
3.John Holmes Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator updates correspondents on the situation in Haiti UN DPI
キーワード:Red,Cross,UNICEF,body RV=272.9
4.ODPEM to Coordinate Local Haiti Relief Assistance Govt. Jamaica
キーワード:Red,Cross,Adra RV=258.7
5.DEC: Haiti Earthquake Appeal reaches £12m overnight DEC
キーワード:Red,Cross,Vision RV=245.6
▼2010/01/17 00:00〜2010/01/18 00:00▼
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1.DEC: Haiti Appeal total rises to £15m DEC
キーワード:Red,Cross,Vision,DEC RV=269.9
2.DEC: More aid being distributed in Port au Prince DEC
キーワード:Red,Cross,Vision,DEC RV=269.9
3.More help for Haiti on the way: Lee JoongAng
キーワード:Red,Cross,Vision RV=221.4
4.UAE to operate air bridge to Haiti WAM
キーワード:Red,Cross RV=168.8
5.WFP EMERGENCY OPERATION 200110 - HAITI FOOD ASSISTANCE TO EARTHQUAKE AFFECTED POPULATIONS IN HAITI WFP
キーワード:Red,Cross RV=168.8
▼2010/01/18 00:00〜2010/01/19 00:00▼
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1.Haiti - DEC: Appeal total hits £23million water and medical aid increasing DEC
キーワード:Red,Cross,DEC,Vision RV=304.7
2.Haiti earthquake health Q&As PAHO
キーワード:Red,Cross,Vision,UNICEF RV=285.9
3.Port-au-Prince Haiti 17 January 2010 - Secretary-General''s press conference in Port-au-Prince OSSG
キーワード:Red,Cross,UNICEF,Council RV=269.2
4.Plans underway to establish settlement for some of Haiti's displaced IOM
キーワード:Red,Cross,CRS RV=261.6
5.Relief supplies arrive to help Haiti earthquake survivors BRC
キーワード:Red,Cross,DEC RV=253.1
▼2010/01/19 00:00〜2010/01/20 00:00▼
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1.DEC: Appeal total hits £25million DEC
キーワード:Red,Cross,DEC,Vision RV=291.8
2.Government of Canda Increases Humanitarian Assistance for Haitians Affected by Devastating Earthquake Govt. Canada
キーワード:Red,Cross,Vision RV=225.8
3.Haiti: Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General 18 January 2010 UN DPI
キーワード:Red,Cross,Council RV=207.6
4.Haiti: Germany's emergency aid Govt. Germany
キーワード:Red,Cross,Council RV=207.6
5.Government approves €600000 in emergency funding to the UN to respond to Haitian disaster Govt. Ireland
キーワード:Red,Cross,Irish RV=202.4
▼2010/01/20 00:00〜2010/01/21 00:00▼
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1.DEC member agencies call for halt to any new adoptions of children separated from their families after Haiti earthquake: Aid effort must focus on tracing and reunification of families DEC
キーワード:Red,DEC,Vision,Cross RV=277.2
2.DEC: Appeal total hits £31.5million DEC
キーワード:Red,DEC,Vision,Cross RV=277.2
3.Government aid consignment and Rapid Response Corps members arrive in Haiti Govt. Ireland
キーワード:Red,Cross,Irish RV=199.6
4.Irish Red Cross deploys experts to Haiti Irish RC
キーワード:Red,Cross,Irish RV=199.6
5.Africans pledge support to devestated Haiti AlertNet
キーワード:Red,Cross,question RV=198.6
▼2010/01/21 00:00〜2010/01/22 00:00▼
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1.DEC Haiti Appeal: Donations hit £38m DEC
キーワード:DEC,Red,Vision,Cross RV=246.5
2.Call for halt to new child adoptions in Haiti SC
キーワード:DEC,Red,Vision,Cross RV=246.5
3.British Red Cross hygiene team heads to Haiti BRC
キーワード:DEC,Red,Cross RV=189.6
4.More aid loaded at Oxfam warehouse for Haiti Earthquake: Aid loaded and transported to Stansted Airport for flight donated by British Airways on Friday Oxfam
キーワード:DEC,Red,Cross RV=189.6
5.ADRA Feeds Thousands in Haiti ADRA
キーワード:Adra,Council RV=172.6
▼2010/01/21 00:00〜2010/01/22 00:00▼
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1.Secretary-General's press encounter with President Bill Clinton UN Special Envoy for Haiti [revised unofficial transcript] OSSG
キーワード:question,Vision,Irish,UNICEF,Council RV=269.1
2.Current Situation of Cooperation from Japan to Haiti Govt. Japan
キーワード:question,Red,UNICEF RV=164.4
3.UNFPA helps mothers deliver safely in Haiti UN Radio
キーワード:Irish,Red,UNICEF RV=154.6
4.DEC Haiti Appeal: Daily increases in donations received ensures aid is being delivered directly to people in Haiti DEC
キーワード:DEC,Vision RV=145.7
5.WITNESS: Haiti: do journalists help in disasters? Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:question,Red RV=117.3
▼2010/01/23 00:00〜2010/01/24 00:00▼
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1.As Haitian Rescues Dwindle Relief Efforts Focus on Medical Treatment and Meeting Basic Needs PAHO
キーワード:UNICEF,Andrus,Medical RV=131.4
2.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #10 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:CRS,Medical RV=111.4
3.Statement of SOS Children's Villages concerning international adoption in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake SOS
キーワード:SOS RV=105.4
4.SOS Children's Villages' relief programmes in Haiti to reach up to 40000 people SOS
キーワード:SOS RV=105.4
5.Sudden encounters impromptu conversations lead to plans to save lives Mercy Corps
キーワード:Corps,Medical RV=85.9
▼2010/01/24 00:00〜2010/01/25 00:00▼
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1.EU foreign ministers must agree halt to any new adoptions into Europe of Haiti earthquake children SC
キーワード:DEC,Vision RV=142.6
2.Haiti Response: ADRA Ramps Up Medical Assistance ADRA
キーワード:Adra RV=134.4
3.Emergency Response in Haiti ARC
キーワード:question,technology RV=106.7
4.Save the Children Partners with AmeriCares to Treat More than 85000 Haitians SC
キーワード:AmeriCares RV=78.6
5.Haiti: Aid groups getting out supplies but challenges remain at distribution sites World Vision
キーワード:Vision RV=60.0
▼2010/01/25 00:00〜2010/01/26 00:00▼
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1.DEC Haiti Appeal reaches £46 million DEC
キーワード:DEC,Vision RV=152.7
2.Teleconference Briefing by Tim Callaghan Team Leader USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team and Kate Conrad Emergency Communications Director Save the Children USAID
キーワード:question,Callaghan RV=141.6
3.Stay with us for long haul Haiti asks donors Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:question,debt RV=128.0
4.Irish Aid announces second consignment of emergency aid for Haiti Irish Aid
キーワード:Irish,Corps RV=116.5
5.Aid distribution in Haiti can be hit-and-miss Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:CRS RV=70.5
▼2010/01/26 00:00〜2010/01/27 00:00▼
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1.DEC Haiti Appeal tops £50m DEC
キーワード:DEC,Vision,technology RV=207.4
2.WASH Cluster Haiti Update 25 January WASH Cluster
キーワード:CRS,Vision,UNICEF RV=195.8
3.WASH Cluster Haiti Update 24 January WASH Cluster
キーワード:CRS,Vision,UNICEF RV=195.8
4.WASH Cluster Haiti Update 23 January WASH Cluster
キーワード:CRS,Vision,UNICEF RV=195.8
5.Bloodied' Haiti and donors look at recovery plans Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:question,debt,troop RV=176.8
▼2010/01/27 00:00〜2010/01/28 00:00▼
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1.WASH Cluster Haiti Update 26 January WASH Cluster
キーワード:CRS,Vision,settlement RV=195.9
2.Haiti: Tensions Ongoing Among Survivors Desperate for Aid ADRA
キーワード:Adra RV=161.7
3.Eagles Deliver Water to Thirsty Haitians ADRA
キーワード:Adra RV=161.7
4.UNICEF and partners provide safe water for Haitian children and families UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement RV=111.1
5.HelpAge working to reach most vulnerable Haitians HelpAge
キーワード:DEC RV=93.4
▼2010/01/28 00:00〜2010/01/29 00:00▼
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1.Further Haiti fundraising will help rebuild shattered lives DEC
キーワード:DEC,Vision RV=164.9
2.Thousands of pregnant women in Haiti face dangerous delivery after earthquake DEC
キーワード:DEC,Vision RV=164.9
3.Haiti Earthquake: Supplies and shelter at Terraine D'Acra ARC
キーワード:question,settlement RV=124.3
4.HEALTH CLUSTER IN HAITI: HAITI EARTHQUAKE BULLETIN N°9 28 January 2010 PAHO
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement RV=112.1
5.Officials Consider Role in Haiti Beyond Immediate Relief Govt. USA
キーワード:question RV=74.7
▼2010/01/29 00:00〜2010/01/30 00:00▼
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1.WASH Cluster Haiti Update 27 January WASH Cluster
キーワード:CRS,Vision,UNICEF,settlement,cluster RV=309.6
2.Work on Organized Settlement Progresses as Distribution of Non-Food Items Gathers Momentum in Haiti IOM
キーワード:CRS,settlement,cluster RV=185.7
3.Haiti: Day 16 ADRA Clinic Cares for 1000 People a Day ADRA
キーワード:Adra RV=169.8
4.Help Haiti with Love! Tzu Chi’s relief efforts in Haiti Tzu Chi
キーワード:Tzu,Chi RV=167.6
5.DODD LUGAR INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO SPEED HAITIAN RECOVERY Govt. USA
キーワード:debt,Corps RV=105.5
▼2010/01/30 00:00〜2010/01/31 00:00▼
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1.WASH Cluster Haiti Update 29 January WASH Cluster
キーワード:CRS,Vision,UNICEF,settlement,cluster,Cluster RV=360.7
2.Save the Children to Distribute Food Rations to 200000 Children and Families in Haiti in Partnership with World Food Program SC
キーワード:Adra,Vision RV=232.1
3.Transcript of a Conference call on the IMF Executive Board’s approval of US$114 Million in Emergency Aid to Haiti IMF
キーワード:question,debt RV=139.6
4.Listen to January 28 2010 Audio Briefing: U.S. NGOs Share Details of Progress and Challenges in Haiti InterAction
キーワード:question RV=76.9
5.Helping Haiti's orphaned and separated children find their families UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF RV=63.0
▼2010/01/31 00:00〜2010/02/01 00:00▼
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1.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #18 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:Adra,Vision,Children,CARE,displace RV=327.0
2.HEALTH CLUSTER IN HAITI: HAITI EARTHQUAKE BULLETIN N°12 31 January 2010 PAHO
キーワード:settlement,Children RV=94.7
3.Haitian women lose out in post-quake survival of the strongest"""" AlertNet
キーワード:woman,young RV=71.1
4.Haiti: World Vision - Vulnerable must be first in line at launch of city-wide food distributions World Vision
キーワード:Vision RV=63.8
5.Thailand advance team on route to Haiti Govt. Thailand
キーワード:Thai RV=47.9
▼2010/02/01 00:00〜2010/02/02 00:00▼
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1.Earthquake in Haiti: WFP External Situation Report 30-31 January 2010 WFP
キーワード:Adra,CRS,Vision,cluster RV=363.5
2.Haiti earthquake: DEC agencies to give cash to survivors DEC
キーワード:DEC RV=98.1
3.Haiti: UN experts' body calls for active role of women as key resource in country's recovery CEDAW
キーワード:cluster,woman RV=92.4
4.Haiti cash-for-work project expands; more than 30000 now employed UNDP
キーワード:UNICEF RV=61.9
5.HEALTH CLUSTER IN HAITI: HAITI EARTHQUAKE BULLETIN N°13 1 February 2010 PAHO
キーワード:settlement RV=56.0
▼2010/02/02 00:00〜2010/02/03 00:00▼
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1.Earthquake in Haiti: WFP External Situation Report 1 February 2010 WFP
キーワード:Adra,CRS,Vision,cluster,woman RV=423.5
2.[ALERT]Haiti: ADRA Joins UN in Largest Food Distribution Effort Since Disaster ADRA
キーワード:Adra,woman RV=228.6
3.Irish donations help almost 100000 Haitian survivors Trócaire
キーワード:Irish,woman RV=114.0
4.Haiti: UN experts’ body calls for active role of women as key resource in country’s recovery UN HCHR
キーワード:cluster,woman RV=96.0
5.Tuesday 2 February- Life saving immunization campaign for Measles Tetanus and Diphteria for children under age 7 in Haiti UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF RV=66.7
▼2010/02/03 00:00〜2010/02/04 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: The Way Food Moves ADRA
キーワード:Adra,troop RV=253.0
2.[ALERT] The Numbers Behind ADRA's Response in Haiti ADRA
キーワード:Adra RV=210.9
3.Emergency Operations Center Situation Report #18 Haiti Earthquake PAHO
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,cluster RV=177.6
4.Parents 'reclaim' children in Haiti abduction-adoption row AFP
キーワード:SOS,woman RV=166.5
5.Haiti earthquake: no effort must be spared in reuniting children with their families ICRC
キーワード:UNICEF,cluster RV=119.8
▼2010/02/04 00:00〜2010/02/05 00:00▼
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1.Direct Relief Commits $1.2 Million in Cash for Disability Programs in Haiti Direct Relief
キーワード:Direct,cluster,Medical RV=145.3
2.UN Expert calls for urgent cancellation of Haiti's remaining multilateral debt UNHRC
キーワード:debt,Council RV=111.4
3.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #17 OCHA
キーワード:settlement,Cluster RV=109.9
4.CARE is working to prevent sexual violence in the aftermath of the Haiti quake CARE
キーワード:woman,cluster RV=106.6
5.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #22 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:settlement,Wash RV=105.2
▼2010/02/05 00:00〜2010/02/06 00:00▼
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1.Haiti Earthquake 2010: Situation Report 1600 hrs 03 February 2010 DFID
キーワード:settlement,cluster,Cluster,Wash RV=217.4
2.HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ON HAITI UN DPI
キーワード:question,settlement,cluster RV=193.8
3.L'UNICEF lance un appel de fonds de 12 milliard de dollars au titre de l'aide d'urgence UNICEF
キーワード:question,UNICEF RV=155.8
4.Press Conference on ‘Cash-for-Work’ Programme in Haiti UN DPI
キーワード:question,woman RV=133.0
5.Earthquake in Haiti: WFP External Situation Report 3 February 2010 WFP
キーワード:Vision,cluster RV=119.3
▼2010/02/06 00:00〜2010/02/07 00:00▼
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1.Speakers Highlight National Steps Taken to Promote ‘Social Integration’ in Face of Economic Crisis as Social Development Commission Concludes General Debate ECOSOC
キーワード:woman,Council,February,Medical RV=167.2
2.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #18 OCHA
キーワード:settlement,February RV=100.8
3.LOGISTICS CLUSTER CONSOLIDATED SITUATION REPORT – HAITI AND SANTO DOMINGO Date: 4/2/2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,February RV=93.4
4.Education and culture at the heart of UNESCO’s action in Haiti UNESCO
キーワード:Council,February RV=80.4
5.Bill Clinton in Haiti Emphasizes Urgent Need for Sanitation and Health Care NY Times
キーワード:February,article RV=76.1
▼2010/02/07 00:00〜2010/02/08 00:00▼
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1.HAITI EARTHQUAKE: CDEMA SIT REP #12 Friday February 5 2010 CDEMA
キーワード:settlement,February,unaccompanied,displace,reopen,Prime,rural RV=227.5
2.Emergency vaccination campaign starts in Port-au-Prince IFRC
キーワード:UNICEF,February,displace RV=143.7
3.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #25 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:February RV=41.4
4.Habitat for Humanity sends the first 500 emergency shelter kits to Haiti Habitat
キーワード:student RV=24.8
5.(MAP) USG Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake (as of 06 Feb 2010) USAID
キーワード:Feb RV=22.5
▼2010/02/08 00:00〜2010/02/09 00:00▼
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1.Health Action in Crises - Highlights No. 287 25 Jan – 07 Feb 2010 WHO
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,Cluster,February RV=236.8
2.Survey shows few Haitians willing to move far to camps outside the city Oxfam
キーワード:settlement,woman,February,decision RV=192.7
3.Haiti protesters denounce aid corruption hoarding Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:woman,rice,Feb RV=119.7
4.(MAP) Haiti Earthquake Response - Road Conditions and Distances Map (as of 5 Feb 2010) Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Feb RV=86.9
5.(MAP) Haiti Earthquake Response - Emergency Distribution Points and Landing Zones (as of 4 Feb 2010) Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Feb RV=86.9
▼2010/02/09 00:00〜2010/02/10 00:00▼
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1.Briefing Paper – Unsolicited Donations Haiti Logistics Cluster
キーワード:UNICEF,Cluster,cluster RV=194.4
2.HAITI: Funding gap for nutrition IRIN
キーワード:UNICEF,woman,February RV=181.9
3.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #19 OCHA
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,February RV=167.8
4.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 operations update no. 5 IFRC
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,February RV=167.8
5.HAITI A BESOIN DE SERVICES METEOROLOGIQUES AVANT L'ARRIVEE DES PLUIES ET DES OURAGANS WMO
キーワード:question,des RV=144.8
▼2010/02/10 00:00〜2010/02/11 00:00▼
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1.Special Report: Update on the Health Response to the Earthquake in Haiti - 9 February 2010 PAHO
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,Cluster,cluster,woman,February,Wash,breastfeed RV=463.6
2.Cooking Fuel and the Humanitarian Response in Haiti WCRWC
キーワード:settlement,technology,cluster,woman RV=239.1
3.UNICEF and partners deliver essential supplies to Haiti’s most vulnerable children UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,February RV=202.4
4.Earthquake in Haiti External Situation Report 8 February 2010 WFP
キーワード:Vision,February RV=111.8
5.Haitian City of Gonaives Struggles to Help Port-au-Prince Residents VOA
キーワード:February RV=49.7
▼2010/02/11 00:00〜2010/02/12 00:00▼
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1.LOGISTICS CLUSTER CONSOLIDATED SITUATION REPORT – HAITI AND SANTO DOMINGO Date: 10/2/2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:UNICEF,Cluster,cluster,Direct,February RV=314.9
2.Haiti: ACT Sitrep - February 10 2010 ACT
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,cluster,February,LWR RV=305.3
3.Haiti earthquake: displaced people urgently need shelter and sanitation ICRC
キーワード:February,woman RV=102.8
4.Poor coordination biggest problem for relief work - report AlertNet
キーワード:cluster,Feb RV=101.0
5.Race to the rainy season in Haiti: CARE calls for mass tarp distribution and sanitation campaign CARE
キーワード:blood,Feb RV=84.8
▼2010/02/12 00:00〜2010/02/13 00:00▼
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1.CHF Haiti Update: Notes from the field – February 11 2010 CHF
キーワード:question,settlement,Cluster,Callaghan,cluster,February,Wash RV=440.9
2.Haiti one month on: rethinking the model CESR
キーワード:question,debt,des,February,woman RV=324.0
3.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #20 OCHA
キーワード:Cluster,February RV=120.5
4.Earthquake in Haiti External Situation Report 9 February 2010 WFP
キーワード:February,woman RV=105.9
5.Humanitarian aid to Haiti: how much is too much? - Perspectives Feb 2010 DI
キーワード:question RV=78.6
▼2010/02/13 00:00〜2010/02/14 00:00▼
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1.What We're Doing in Haiti Mercy Corps
キーワード:UNICEF,February,Corps RV=194.3
2.CHF Haiti Update Notes from the field – February 12 2010 CHF
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,February RV=193.7
3.American Red Cross Issues One-Month Progress Report for Haiti Earthquake Am. RC
キーワード:settlement,February RV=128.7
4.Haiti: one month on DFID
キーワード:DEC RV=94.0
5.Haiti Earthquake One month later: Prayer and Perseverence CRS
キーワード:CRS RV=85.5
▼2010/02/14 00:00〜2010/02/15 00:00▼
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1.Haiti Earthquake 2010: Situation Report 1600 hrs 10 February 2010 DFID
キーワード:settlement,cluster,February,Wash,season,rice,rain RV=352.9
2.Tarps toilets are top concerns one month after Haiti's quake AlertNet
キーワード:settlement,woman,Feb,season,rice,rain RV=275.3
3.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #32 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:cluster,February RV=120.1
4.Rain-drenched camps are sign of worse to come for Haitians AlertNet
キーワード:question,rain RV=113.8
5.(MAP) USG Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake (as of 13 Feb 2010) USAID
キーワード:Feb RV=45.0
▼2010/02/15 00:00〜2010/02/16 00:00▼
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1.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #33 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:CRS,settlement,February,Wash RV=267.4
2.On-the-Record Briefing: enneth H. Merten Ambassador to Haiti US DOS
キーワード:question,season,rice,rain RV=206.7
3.Web-based information tool for food security for Haiti FAO
キーワード:February,season,rice RV=136.3
4.Education Was Also Leveled by Quake in Haiti NY Times
キーワード:February,article RV=100.8
5.UNDP boss on rebuilding Haiti ABC
キーワード:February RV=59.1
▼2010/02/16 00:00〜2010/02/17 00:00▼
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1.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #34 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,Cluster,February,Wash RV=331.5
2.Deadly school collapse adds to Haiti's misery AFP
キーワード:February,woman,rain RV=148.6
3.E-mail Message to ICVA Members from ERC - Haiti Earthquake Response ICVA
キーワード:cluster,Cluster RV=132.0
4.PM announces Canada to build Haitian Government Administrative Base Govt. Canada
キーワード:technology,February RV=121.1
5.IOM Partners Offer Mental Health Psychosocial Help to Haiti's Earthquake Survivors IOM
キーワード:settlement,woman RV=119.6
▼2010/02/17 00:00〜2010/02/18 00:00▼
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1.Emergency Operations Center Situation Report #20 - Haiti Earthquake PAHO
キーワード:settlement,cluster,Cluster,February RV=275.1
2.CHF Haiti Update Notes from the Field - February 16 2010 CHF
キーワード:settlement,cluster,February,Feb RV=259.2
3.Haiti: Australians Provide Health Sanitation Education ADRA
キーワード:Adra RV=216.3
4.Haiti: Earthquake Health Response - 17 February 2010 WHO
キーワード:settlement,cluster,Cluster RV=212.7
5.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #35 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:cluster,February,Corps RV=186.6
▼2010/02/18 00:00〜2010/02/19 00:00▼
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1.Tzu Chi Foundation Distributes Relief Goods to Over 15000 Quake Survivors in Haiti Starts Relief Work Program Provides Medical Care Buddhist Tzu Chi
キーワード:Tzu,Chi,February,woman RV=339.2
2.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #36 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:UNICEF,February,Wash RV=196.3
3.Haiti Earthquake 2010: Situation Report 1600 hrs 15 February 2010 DFID
キーワード:settlement,cluster RV=144.1
4.Sarkozy visits Haiti unveils major aid package Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:debt,Feb RV=124.4
5.Secretary-General in Message to IFAD Governing Council Hails Agency’s Focus on Centrality of Country-led Investment in Agriculture Rural Development UN SG
キーワード:February,woman RV=111.1
▼2010/02/19 00:00〜2010/02/20 00:00▼
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1.IOM Appeals for Funds Seeks Solutions for Haiti's Congested Camps IOM
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,cluster RV=219.8
2.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #22 OCHA
キーワード:settlement,cluster,February RV=215.5
3.Haiti: ‘Baby tents’ offer Haitian mothers a safe place to breastfeed UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,February RV=147.8
4.IFRC says more land must be made available for Haitians who lost homes in 12 January earthquake IFRC
キーワード:settlement,cluster RV=147.7
5.Meeting Haiti's changing health needs WHO
キーワード:settlement,February RV=143.9
▼2010/02/20 00:00〜2010/02/21 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Diseases Threaten IDP Camps Sanitation Critical ADRA
キーワード:Adra,cluster RV=305.6
2.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #38 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:settlement,February,Vision RV=202.3
3.HAITI Earthquake Response - Bulletin 1 19-02-10 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:question,Cluster RV=164.3
4.Emergency Operations Center Situation Report #21 - Haiti Earthquake PAHO
キーワード:Cluster,February RV=142.7
5.Govt to ship 2nd lot of rice to Haiti Govt. Thailand
キーワード:February,Thai RV=126.5
▼2010/02/21 00:00〜2010/02/22 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: Disasters fuel migration diaspora fuels economy IRIN
キーワード:February,les,article,remittance,Guard,pour RV=244.6
2.Haiti president pleads for shelter for quake's homeless AFP
キーワード:rain,season,woman,latrine RV=185.0
▼2010/02/22 00:00〜2010/02/23 00:00▼
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1.SOS Children's Villages emergency aid efforts up to speed in Haiti SOS
キーワード:SOS,UNICEF,cluster,February,Vision RV=416.5
2.Haiti Earthquake 2010: Situation Report 1600 hrs 17 February 2010 DFID
キーワード:Cluster,cluster,February,Wash RV=271.5
3.Haiti Earthquake 2010: Situation Report 1500 hrs 19 February 2010 DFID
キーワード:Cluster,February,Wash RV=200.2
4.Five weeks on and work continues in Haiti Trócaire
キーワード:settlement,season RV=127.5
5.Haiti death toll could reach 300000 Preval says Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:Feb,season RV=107.2
▼2010/02/23 00:00〜2010/02/24 00:00▼
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1.Young people enlisted to help meet sanitary needs in quake-stricken Haiti UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,February,season,rainy RV=329.5
2.Registration Surge Aims To Identify Displaced Decongest Haiti Camps IOM
キーワード:settlement,cluster,rain,season,rainy RV=303.1
3.Haiti response shifts gear as rainy season looms Trócaire
キーワード:settlement,rain,season,rainy RV=231.9
4.Shakira World Bank Launch US$300 Million Early Childhood Initiative World Bank
キーワード:UNICEF,February RV=152.6
5.Peacekeeping Chief Tells of Secretary-General’s ‘Ambitious Agenda’ for Post-Conflict Rebuilding as Special Committee Opens Session UN GA
キーワード:technology,woman,Council RV=150.5
▼2010/02/24 00:00〜2010/02/25 00:00▼
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1.Tzu Chi Foundation Haiti Relief Operation Tzu Chi
キーワード:Tzu,Chi,February,rain,season RV=427.3
2.Japan commits $2 million to boost immunization in Haiti bringing post-quake total for UNICEF to $8.5 million UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,February,woman RV=199.6
3.Haiti: HelpAge to oversee running of municipal nursing home HelpAge
キーワード:rain,season,rainy RV=155.1
4.HAITI: Price Update for Port-au-Prince and Jacmel February 23 2010 FEWS NET
キーワード:February,rain RV=125.8
5.Haiti: Semi-temporary shelters built to last HI
キーワード:season,rainy RV=99.0
▼2010/02/25 00:00〜2010/02/26 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 Operations update no. 7 IFRC
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,February,technology,rain RV=349.6
2.Emergency Operations Center Situation Report #22 - Haiti Earthquake PAHO
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,February,technology RV=301.3
3.Providing water and sanitation for earthquake survivors beyond Haiti’s capital UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,February,rain RV=294.2
4.Haiti: senior UN official stresses need for realistic goals before rainy season starts UN News
キーワード:cluster,February,rain RV=198.1
5.A further €1 million in funding to support the international response to the earthquake in Haiti Irish Aid
キーワード:Irish,Vision RV=123.9
▼2010/02/26 00:00〜2010/02/27 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Solar Lamps Bring Added Stability to Displaced ADRA
キーワード:Adra,rain,season,rainy,woman RV=442.5
2.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #24 OCHA
キーワード:settlement,February,season RV=205.7
3.World Environment Ministers Signal Resolve to Realize Sustainable Development UNEP
キーワード:February,woman RV=114.5
4.Helping Haiti rebuild its aids response - 2010 UNAIDS
キーワード:February,woman RV=114.5
5.Haiti aid effort marred by slow U.N. response Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:Feb,Corps RV=108.9
▼2010/02/27 00:00〜2010/02/28 00:00▼
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1.FEWS Haiti Food Security Update February 2010 FEWS NET
キーワード:settlement,season,rainy,rice,remittance RV=252.8
2.CARICOM OUTREACH TO ISOLATED HAITI COMMUNITY CARICOM
キーワード:woman,rice,neighbourhood RV=113.9
3.OAS Reaffirms its Commitment to Women in Haiti OAS
キーワード:woman,Council,DB RV=111.3
4.Supplies On The Way For Haiti Govt. Barbados
キーワード:February RV=70.4
▼2010/02/28 00:00〜2010/03/01 00:00▼
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1.Haiti Seeks More Support for Women’s Health Needs PAHO
キーワード:Cluster,Feb,woman,sexual RV=211.9
2.Much more needs to be done to help Haiti’s children says UNICEF Deputy Executive Director UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,February RV=156.6
3.Relief aid sent to homeless families in Haiti WAM
キーワード:SOS RV=135.8
4.Grave' flooding in quake-hit Haiti kills 11: officials AFP
キーワード:rain,season RV=115.0
5.HAITI Earthquake Response Bulletin 2 25-02-10 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Guard RV=104.9
▼2010/03/01 00:00〜2010/03/02 00:00▼
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1.(MAP) Urban Settlements Need and Nutrition Service Delivery Responce - Port au Prince Haiti (as of Haiti Nutrition Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Feb,Assistance,Shelter,Persons RV=191.2
2.HEALTH CLUSTER IN HAITI: HAITI EARTHQUAKE BULLETIN N° 24 1 March 2010 PAHO
キーワード:Cluster,revise,Flash,planning RV=137.0
3.13 dead in Haiti flooding: officials AFP
キーワード:rain,evacuation RV=72.5
▼2010/03/02 00:00〜2010/03/03 00:00▼
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1.Readout of President Clinton’s call with UN Cluster Heads UN Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti
キーワード:UNICEF,cluster,season,rainy,woman,latrine,UNDP RV=384.2
2.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #25 OCHA
キーワード:settlement,February,season,rainy RV=256.3
3.World Vision warns Haiti's rural communities risk chronic food water shortage as burden to care for displaced grows World Vision
キーワード:Vision RV=56.4
▼2010/03/03 00:00〜2010/03/04 00:00▼
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1.IFRC ‘decongests’ Haiti camp IFRC
キーワード:settlement,February,rain,season,rainy RV=323.4
2.HAITI: After the quake the deluge IRIN
キーワード:February,rain,season,rainy RV=243.1
3.ADRA Post Trauma Program Helps Young Haitian Survivors Deal with Disaster ADRA
キーワード:Adra RV=239.3
4.UNICEF HAITI EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE : 1 MARCH 2010 UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,February,rain RV=221.1
5.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #41 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:February,Vision,Corps RV=178.8
▼2010/03/04 00:00〜2010/03/05 00:00▼
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1.Tzu Chi Foundation Expands Relief Effort in Haiti Buddhist Tzu Chi
キーワード:Tzu,Chi,February RV=336.4
2.100000th Red Cross-assisted vaccination in Haiti IFRC
キーワード:UNICEF,February,latrine,Canadian RV=231.6
3.More Than $3.4 Million in Aid Sent to Haiti This Week Direct Relief
キーワード:Direct,season,rainy RV=171.3
4.Haiti wants more information on foreign aid Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:March RV=33.1
▼2010/03/05 00:00〜2010/03/06 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #26 OCHA
キーワード:cluster,February,rice,March RV=218.8
2.Haiti: United Nations Expert body establishes group to advise on the Situation of the Disabled UN HCHR
キーワード:February,March,decision RV=139.8
3.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #42 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:settlement,March RV=115.5
4.The plight of restavec"" children in Haiti after the earthquake"" UN Radio
キーワード:adoption,sexual,mother RV=106.0
5.Food agency gearing up for spring planting in Haiti UN Radio
キーワード:season RV=59.7
▼2010/03/06 00:00〜2010/03/07 00:00▼
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1.Taking the Long View for Haiti CRS
キーワード:CRS,rain,season,rainy,decision,orphanage RV=324.7
2.Aid group shocked over lack of shelter for Haitians Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:rain,season,rainy,March RV=210.7
3.CARICOM RESPONSE TO THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE March 5 2010 CDEMA
キーワード:settlement,February RV=149.8
4.USAID FrontLines - February 2010 USAID
キーワード:Feb RV=54.5
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1.Women hold key to Haiti’s recovery Concern
キーワード:rain,season,rainy,woman,March RV=264.1
2.Shelter Cluster passes halfway mark in race to assist Haiti’s entire quake-affected population IFRC
キーワード:cluster,season,rainy,March RV=223.8
3.International Women's Day: an Outlook on Haiti UN HCHR
キーワード:settlement,woman,March RV=167.8
4.With Haitian Schools in Ruins Children in Limbo NY Times
キーワード:question,article,March RV=165.8
5.New York Headquarters Ceremony to Honour Memory of 101 United Nations Personnel Killed In Haiti Earthquake 9 March UN DPI
キーワード:Council,March RV=78.5
▼2010/03/09 00:00〜2010/03/10 00:00▼
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1.Earthquake in Haiti External Situation Report 06 March 2010 WFP
キーワード:settlement,rain,season,rainy,woman RV=312.8
2.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #27 OCHA
キーワード:settlement,rain,season,rainy RV=262.1
3.HAITI - Registration of Haiti's Displaced Gathers Momentum IOM
キーワード:CRS,settlement,rain RV=235.8
4.HAITI: Women at risk in the camps IRIN
キーワード:February,Corps,woman,les RV=220.4
5.Next Steps for Haiti: Rebuilding the Lives of Haiti's Internally Displaced Persons Brookings-Bern
キーワード:question,settlement,woman RV=220.3
▼2010/03/10 00:00〜2010/03/11 00:00▼
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1.Press Conference on Situation in Haiti - 09 March 2010 UN DPI
キーワード:settlement,cluster,season,woman,March,Council,rice,adoption RV=427.4
2.Amidst the rubble Haiti celebrates International Women’s Day UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,woman,March,sexual RV=221.3
3.Children central to recovery and development after the earthquake in Haiti UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,March RV=212.8
4.Budget Committee Takes Up Proposal for Emergency Preparedness and Support Unit Hears Update from Controller on Addressing High-Priority Security Threats UN GA
キーワード:March,Council RV=84.3
5.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #43 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:March RV=42.7
▼2010/03/11 00:00〜2010/03/12 00:00▼
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1.Thousands of pregnant women homeless and at risk on Mother's Day as rainy season threatens Haiti SC
キーワード:settlement,season,rainy,woman RV=246.9
2.Obama Haitian President Discuss Earthquake Relief Efforts VOA
キーワード:debt,season,rainy,woman RV=231.9
3.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 Operations update no. 8 IFRC
キーワード:Cluster,cluster,February RV=213.6
4.HAITI: US remittances keep the homeland afloat IRIN
キーワード:February,woman,les,article RV=213.1
5.Haiti/Earthquake: rights of the displaced must be part of recovery - UN expert panel UN HCHR
キーワード:season,rainy,woman RV=165.0
▼2010/03/12 00:00〜2010/03/13 00:00▼
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1.Haitian sensation' relief crew take the lead in quake-hit Delmas IFRC
キーワード:des,cluster,rain,season,rainy RV=353.4
2.Webcast: John Holmes Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator briefs reporters on his recent trip to the Middle East UN DPI
キーワード:question,settlement,season,Vision,rainy RV=347.3
3.Ban to visit Haiti on Sunday as post-quake relief efforts reach two-month mark UN News
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,season,rainy RV=292.7
4.Race to give shelter to Haiti's homeless reaches halfway BRC
キーワード:cluster,rain,season,rainy RV=260.2
5.UN struggles to get funds for Haiti quake recovery Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:February,season,rainy RV=185.8
▼2010/03/13 00:00〜2010/03/14 00:00▼
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1.Featured Podcasts - Technology brings aid to school children in disaster areas UNICEF
キーワード:technology,February,March,teacher,social,What,target,text,university,Chile RV=321.0
▼2010/03/14 00:00〜2010/03/15 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Two Months Later Strong Support Continues Direct Relief
キーワード:Direct,wholesale,provider,pallet,crew,interactive,map RV=97.3
▼2010/03/15 00:00〜2010/03/16 00:00▼
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1.Haiti Health Cluster Bulletin #26 PAHO
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,cluster,March RV=279.5
2.Visiting Haiti Ban pledges that world will remain at its side UN News
キーワード:season,rainy,March,teacher RV=201.8
3.Diouf kicks-off spring planting season in Haiti FAO
キーワード:season,March,mother,young RV=181.1
4.Antigua & Barbuda Red Cross Society raises funds for Haiti IFRC
キーワード:rain RV=66.9
5.CHF Haiti Update – Week of March 7 CHF
キーワード:March RV=46.8
▼2010/03/16 00:00〜2010/03/17 00:00▼
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1.Flood risk for more than 200000 homeless Haitians AFP
キーワード:question,rain,season,rainy RV=275.9
2.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #29 OCHA
キーワード:settlement,cluster,season,March RV=273.6
3.HAITI: IOM's Cash for Work Programme Helps Haitian Families IOM
キーワード:rain,season,February RV=199.2
4.Emergency Operations Center Situation Report #23 - Haiti Earthquake PAHO
キーワード:Cluster,cluster RV=149.5
5.Diouf calls for G-8 funds for Haiti: Quake-hit nation candidate for some of $20 billion promised for agriculture FAO
キーワード:question,March RV=135.9
▼2010/03/17 00:00〜2010/03/18 00:00▼
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1.SECRETARY-GENERAL’S JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH HAITIAN PRESIDENT RENE PREVAL Haiti - MINUSTAH
キーワード:des,question,cluster,rain,season RV=395.0
2.Getting Haiti's children back to school proves major challenge AlertNet
キーワード:question,UNICEF,settlement RV=262.7
3.Haiti: ADRA Immunization and HIV Prevention Efforts Ongoing Among Displaced Populations ADRA
キーワード:Adra RV=255.6
4.Field Diary: Tent schools provide a refuge for quake-affected Haitian children UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,Cluster RV=249.1
5.Press Conference by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations Headquarters 16 March 2010 UN SG
キーワード:question,settlement,rain RV=245.5
▼2010/03/18 00:00〜2010/03/19 00:00▼
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1.MCC’s Haiti response continues with medical teams engineers and food aid MCC
キーワード:MCC,March,Feb,woman,rice RV=271.1
2.Haiti: bringing water and restoring dignity to the elderly ICRC
キーワード:woman,latrine,mother RV=124.1
3.Six-month deployment of HAP team to Haiti HAP
キーワード:Vision,March RV=107.1
4.Donors plan to put up $3.8 bln for Haiti rebuilding Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:March,Feb RV=105.5
5.US Cuban officials discuss Haiti quake assistance Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:March,Feb RV=105.5
▼2010/03/19 00:00〜2010/03/20 00:00▼
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1.UNICEF HAITI EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE : 17th MARCH 2010 UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,season,rainy,March,woman RV=310.8
2.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #30 OCHA
キーワード:settlement,cluster,February,March RV=278.2
3.Haiti: US$65 Million Grant to Restore Key State Functions and Infrastructure World Bank
キーワード:debt,season,rainy,March RV=244.5
4.HAITI- IOM Health Team Helps Earthquake Survivors Return Home from Hospitals IOM
キーワード:settlement,woman RV=132.6
5.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 Operations update no. 9 IFRC
キーワード:Cluster,March RV=130.5
▼2010/03/20 00:00〜2010/03/21 00:00▼
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1.Tzu Chi Foundation Sets Up Relief Operation at the National Soccer Stadium to Help the Haiti Quake Survivors Buddhist Tzu Chi
キーワード:Tzu,Chi,March,woman,mother,baby,young RV=514.9
2.UNDP Associate Administrator Grynspan Visits Haiti to Monitor Progress UNDP
キーワード:rain,woman,UNDP,adoption RV=186.6
▼2010/03/21 00:00〜2010/03/22 00:00▼
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1.HAITI Earthquake Response Bulletin 3 04-03-10 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:settlement,season,rainy,import,spontaneous,department,resume,export,outlying,storage RV=319.0
▼2010/03/22 00:00〜2010/03/23 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: Children struggle in make-shift orphanage IRIN
キーワード:cluster,March,les,article,teacher RV=270.4
2.EU Council conclusions on position for International Conference on Haiti EU
キーワード:season,March,rainy,Council RV=220.5
3.Finland to provide at least 10 million euros for Haitian reconstruction Govt. Finland
キーワード:debt,March RV=124.6
4.Build well to save lives in disasters experts urge Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:February,March RV=118.0
5.In Haiti Mental Health System Is in Collapse NY Times
キーワード:March,article RV=105.3
▼2010/03/23 00:00〜2010/03/24 00:00▼
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1.In the ongoing humanitarian response in Haiti 'dignity' is no mere watchword CWS
キーワード:question,season,March,rainy,woman RV=314.5
2.YMCA continues Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Haiti YMCA
キーワード:UNICEF,February,YMCA,woman RV=245.8
3.CARE International announces key recommendations for Haiti’s recovery reconstruction and development needs CARE
キーワード:debt,March,woman RV=176.3
4.Improved US terms for Haiti textile imports sought Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:rain,March RV=127.6
5.IDB approves historic expansion of capital financial package for Haiti I-A DB
キーワード:debt RV=73.1
▼2010/03/24 00:00〜2010/03/25 00:00▼
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1.HAITI WEEKLY CONSOLIDATED LOGISTICS CLUSTER SITREP HAITI EARTHQUAKE DATE: 19/MARCH/2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:UNICEF,Cluster,season,March,rainy RV=344.1
2.Emergency Shelter Reaches Nearly 1 Million Haitians Am. RC
キーワード:cluster,rain,season,March,rainy RV=328.8
3.Former US President Bill Clinton praises crisis response by UN and UNICEF in Haiti UNICEF
キーワード:settlement,UNICEF,March RV=232.5
4.Earthquakes and prison breaks: UKaid in Haiti DFID
キーワード:season,March,rainy RV=182.7
5.Haitian architect sees lessons in deadly earthquake UN Radio
キーワード:question,rain RV=159.9
▼2010/03/25 00:00〜2010/03/26 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 Operations update no. 10 IFRC
キーワード:Cluster,rain,season,March,rainy,latrine,transitional,Shelter,Swiss,target RV=463.9
▼2010/03/26 00:00〜2010/03/27 00:00▼
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1.Emergency Operations Center Situation Report #24 - Haiti Earthquake PAHO
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,season,March,rainy RV=349.6
2.Press Conference by Under-Secretaries-General for Peacekeeping Field Support UN DPI
キーワード:question,rain,season,March,article RV=340.7
3.HAITI: IOM Continues Registration Exercises and New Site Planning Activities to Decongest Priority Sites Ahead of the Rainy Season IOM
キーワード:settlement,rain,March RV=222.1
4.UNICEF HAITI EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE : 24th MARCH 2010 UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,Cluster,March RV=221.6
5.Commissioner Georgieva stresses the humanitarian dimension of the Haiti crisis in a conference with Bill Clinton ahead of New York's Haiti Donors Summit EC
キーワード:rain,season,March RV=201.4
▼2010/03/27 00:00〜2010/03/28 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #47 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:March,Clinton,Assistance,Goh,sheeting,consignment,Bush,roll,benefit,George RV=211.3
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1.American Red Cross Announces Spending Plan for Relief and Recovery in Haiti Am. RC
キーワード:rain,season,March,rainy,blood RV=305.6
2.Haiti ACT Sitrep No. 11/2010 ACT
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,season,March RV=292.3
3.PREVIEW-Haiti donors face huge task to 'build back better' Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:rain,season,March,woman RV=247.9
4.2010 Earthquake in Haiti - Summary end of March 2010 SDC
キーワード:season,rainy RV=124.7
5.Helping Haiti's children return to school Plan
キーワード:March,teacher RV=104.2
▼2010/03/30 00:00〜2010/03/31 00:00▼
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1.A Haiti fit for its children and young people UNICEF
キーワード:SOS,UNICEF,March,February,Vision RV=405.8
2.Press Conference on International Donors’ Conference for Haiti UN DPI
キーワード:rain,season,March,rainy,February RV=321.9
3.New York donor conference: As needs remain Haiti must be given capacity to ensure access to medical care for its population MSF
キーワード:rain,season,March,rainy RV=264.0
4.HAITI: IOM Launches Environmental Health Strategy for Haiti's Earthquake-Displaced IOM
キーワード:rain,season,rainy,Wash RV=253.6
5.Slovenian government allocates humanitarian aid to Haiti Govt. Rep. Slovenia
キーワード:UNICEF,March,February RV=207.7
▼2010/03/31 00:00〜2010/04/01 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: STABILISATION AND RECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE QUAKE - Latin America/Caribbean Report Nツー32 ICG
キーワード:settlement,rain,cluster,season,March RV=371.3
2.Minister of State for Overseas Development Peter Power pledges €13 million to Haiti’s recovery Govt. Ireland
キーワード:debt,rain,season,Irish,March RV=356.7
3.International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Pledges More Than $300 Million to Haiti’s Long-Term Recovery IFRC
キーワード:settlement,rain,cluster,March RV=302.4
4.Haiti can get annual 8 pct GDP rise next 5 yrs-IMF Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:question,debt,March RV=235.4
5.Few Haitians relocated to safety as rains storms loom AlertNet
キーワード:settlement,rain,season RV=234.0
▼2010/04/01 00:00〜2010/04/02 00:00▼
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1.Press Conference on Japan’s Participation in Haiti Donors’ Conference UN DPI
キーワード:question,debt,season,rainy RV=301.1
2.Press Conference by European Union on Donors’ Conference for Haiti UN DPI
キーワード:question,season,rainy RV=214.9
3.UN reconstruction conference in New York: Switzerland to support Haiti with 90 million Swiss francs Govt. Switzerland
キーワード:debt,March,DB RV=196.5
4.Finland to provide 12.7 million euros for Haitian reconstruction Govt. Finland
キーワード:debt,March,DB RV=196.5
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1.Haiti's rainy reason could mean suffering is in the forecast Washington Post
キーワード:rain,season,rainy,article,April RV=275.1
2.The EU will contribute 1.235 billion euros to the reconstruction of Haiti in the next two years EU
キーワード:conference,European,business,Union,social RV=167.5
▼2010/04/06 00:00〜2010/04/07 00:00▼
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1.Three-Month Haiti Quake Anniversary Nears CRS
キーワード:CRS,settlement,season,rainy RV=297.5
2.Arc2Earth supports MapAction in Haiti MapAction
キーワード:Cluster,cluster,season,rainy RV=271.6
3.After the earthquake protecting Haitian women and girls from violence UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,March RV=233.0
4.A nationwide call to return to school brings hope to children in Haiti UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,technology RV=148.4
5.REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 3 Issue 151 OCHA
キーワード:rain RV=76.1
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1.ADRA Completes Registration of Displaced Haitians at Temporary Camp ADRA
キーワード:Adra,settlement,season,March RV=482.3
2.ADRA Delivers More than 10 Million Liters of Water in Haiti Since Quake ADRA
キーワード:Adra,season,March RV=396.7
3.SOS School reopens in Haiti SOS
キーワード:SOS,UNICEF RV=239.0
4.Haiti ACT Sitrep No. 12/2010 ACT
キーワード:settlement,cluster,March RV=219.9
5.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 Operations update no. 12 IFRC
キーワード:Cluster,season,March RV=203.8
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1.(MAP) Haiti: Emergency Shelter - Who What Where (as of 29 Mar 2010) Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=74.7
2.(MAP) Haiti: Transitional Shelter - Who What Where (as of 5 Mar 2010) Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=74.7
3.27000 Haiti families helped after earthquake Tearfund
キーワード:transitional,baby RV=71.7
▼2010/04/09 00:00〜2010/04/10 00:00▼
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1.Regular press briefing by the Information Service in Geneva 9 April 2010: Haiti Niger UN DPI
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,season,rainy RV=302.0
2.Haiti: Red Cross Red Crescent prepares for rainy season as earthquake relief operation continues IFRC
キーワード:settlement,rain,season,rainy RV=291.5
3.Three months after the quake: Standing with Haitians to seize the future CARE
キーワード:settlement,rain,season,rainy RV=291.5
4.HAITI - IOM Assists in Relocation of Displaced from Petionville Golf Club to Corail Cesselesse Site IOM
キーワード:settlement,season,rainy,Vision RV=267.5
5.Thousands more ShelterBoxes to be sent to Haiti three months after devastating earthquake ShelterBox
キーワード:rain,season,March RV=206.4
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1.Haiti: UN prepares to help relocate 7500 quake survivors at risk from floods UN News
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,sexual,woman,Children,Club RV=308.7
2.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #49 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:settlement,March,Rights,April,average RV=235.7
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1.Haiti – the enormous tasks ahead IFRC
キーワード:settlement,rain,season,rainy RV=294.0
2.Haiti: Resettlement of quake victims must ensure human dignity CARE
キーワード:rain,season,rainy,Vision RV=260.7
3.Habitat for Humanity the American Red Cross CARE and other partners help provide more than 13000 additional emergency shelter kits for Haiti Habitat
キーワード:Cluster,season,rainy,February RV=253.9
4.Dispatches Nツー 277- 31 mars 2010 JRS
キーワード:des,les RV=222.7
5.American Red Cross Issues Three-Month Progress Report for Haiti Earthquake Am. RC
キーワード:settlement,season,rainy RV=215.8
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #33 OCHA
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,cluster,season,rainy,March RV=440.5
2.Children of Haiti: Three Months After the Earthquake UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,season,rainy,Wash RV=274.0
3.After January's quake humanitarian action in Haiti averts worse crisis for children but much remains to be done UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,season,rainy RV=222.3
4.Haiti: Bracing For The Hurricane Season WFP
キーワード:rain,Cluster,season RV=220.7
5.Haiti Quake: Direct Relief's Long-Term Commitment to Recovery Direct Relief
キーワード:season,Direct,rainy RV=195.0
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 Operations update no. 13 IFRC
キーワード:settlement,rain,Cluster,transitional,decision RV=325.7
2.AmeriCares Delivers New X-Ray Machine to Haiti AmeriCares
キーワード:AmeriCares,technology RV=186.9
3.LIVELIHOODS AND THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE IN HAITI WRC
キーワード:disability,sexual,woman RV=134.5
▼2010/04/15 00:00〜2010/04/16 00:00▼
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1.UNICEF HAITI EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE : 14 APRIL 2010 UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,season,rainy RV=307.2
2.HAITI : LA MENACE DES ALLUVIONS Dテ唄ACCORDS SUR LA RECONSTRUCTION MISNA
キーワード:des,les RV=224.9
3.HAITI WEEKLY CONSOLIDATED LOGISTICS CLUSTER SITREP HAITI EARTHQUAKE DATE: 28/MARCH/2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,March RV=134.2
4.Haiti able to hold poll by year-end - Bill Clinton Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:season,rainy RV=127.4
5.US Congress passes Haiti debt relief bill AFP
キーワード:debt RV=86.2
▼2010/04/16 00:00〜2010/04/17 00:00▼
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1.Military Engineers Help Haiti Build Better Future Govt. USA
キーワード:settlement,season,rainy,March,February RV=323.4
2.Haiti relief: Refugees move to higher drier ground as rainy season begins csmonitor
キーワード:settlement,season,rainy,article RV=265.1
3.Press Conference by Deputy Secretary-General on Haiti Trip UN DPI
キーワード:question,rain,season RV=236.8
4.HAITI - Voluntary Relocation of Quake Displaced Gathers Momentum IOM
キーワード:rain,season,rainy RV=210.1
5.Haiti approves key post-quake reconstruction body Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:rain,season,March RV=208.6
▼2010/04/17 00:00〜2010/04/18 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #34 OCHA
キーワード:settlement,cluster,April,Shelter,mention,Club,relocation,Education,reopen,target RV=366.6
2.Haiti: Transitional Shelter - Who What Where (as of 12 Apr 2010) Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Shelter RV=26.4
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1.HAITI-US: Washington aid policy may be shifting IRIN
キーワード:les,March,article,conference,pour,April,Clinton,agricultural RV=380.9
2.Health Workers in Haiti Fear Spike in Infectious Disease VOA
キーワード:season,rainy RV=127.7
▼2010/04/20 00:00〜2010/04/21 00:00▼
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1.Haiti ACT Sitrep No. 13/2010 ACT
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,cluster,season,rainy,March,April RV=482.6
2.FOOD ASSISTANCE OUTLOOK BRIEF April 12 2010 FEWS NET
キーワード:rain,season,March,April RV=253.4
3.Rainy season threatens earthquake-battered Haiti LA Times
キーワード:rain,season,rainy RV=212.8
4.Haiti: Maternity and newborn health are top priorities for Red Cross field hospital IFRC
キーワード:rain,blood,April RV=173.4
5.Haiti: WFP Helps Quake Homeless Put Down Roots WFP
キーワード:debt RV=86.4
▼2010/04/21 00:00〜2010/04/22 00:00▼
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1.UMCOR Hotline 20 Apr 2010: Chile Haiti Zimbabwe China DR Congo UMCOR
キーワード:February,April,pour,malaria,campaign,Chile RV=204.4
2.(MAP) Haiti: Transitional Shelter - Who What Where (as of 19 Apr 2010) Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter RV=102.6
3.(MAP) Haiti: Emergency Shelter Gap - 19 April 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter RV=102.6
4.Haiti: Assistant Secretary Shapiro Visits Haiti to Highlight U.S. Support for Peacekeeping US DOS
キーワード:April,troop,Union RV=100.3
5.(MAP) Haiti: Overview of Deliveries (as of 19 Apr 2010) Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=74.8
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1.Haiti 100 days after the quake DEC
キーワード:DEC,season,rainy,Vision,latrine,decision RV=337.7
2.Haiti relief: Anger confusion as authorities relocate homeless csmonitor
キーワード:season,rainy,April RV=173.5
3.Haiti work continues MapAction
キーワード:season,rainy,April RV=173.5
4.First visit of Commissioner Piebalgs to Haiti: launch of the first EU-funded projects for reconstruction EU
キーワード:March,April,Council RV=142.6
5.Returning Trees Jobs to Haiti's Eroded Hills VOA
キーワード:rain RV=83.6
▼2010/04/23 00:00〜2010/04/24 00:00▼
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1.IFAD Executive Board approves debt relief for Haiti IFAD
キーワード:debt,April,investment RV=176.1
2.EXECUTIVE BRIEF: Impacts of food aid rice distribution in Haiti on the rice market and production April 2010 FEWS NET
キーワード:March,February,rice RV=146.3
3.UNICEF HAITI EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE: 22nd April 2010 UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,April RV=137.3
4.HAITI- Vital Canal Clearance Operations Progress Ahead of Rainy Season IOM
キーワード:season,rainy RV=128.8
5.Habitat for Humanity and IDB fund support housing reconstruction in Haiti I-A DB
キーワード:DB RV=49.2
▼2010/04/24 00:00〜2010/04/25 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #51 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,Cluster,Wash,April,latrine RV=396.1
2.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 Operations update no. 14 IFRC
キーワード:Cluster,season,rainy,Wash,April,transitional RV=346.9
3.Back to basics: The quest for food security in Haiti CWS
キーワード:teacher RV=46.7
4.Haiti Receives More Relief from Counterpart International Counterpart
キーワード:April RV=46.3
▼2010/04/25 00:00〜2010/04/26 00:00▼
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1.Haiti Humanitarian Bulletin Issue # 1 OCHA
キーワード:cluster,April,investment,Petit,Shelter,relocation,reopen,primary,Grand,Key RV=297.3
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1.G8 Leaders Should Focus On Maternal And Child Nutrition WFP
キーワード:UNICEF,technology,article,investment RV=248.1
2.HAITI: Building Transitional Shelters from the Ruins of Port-au-Prince IOM
キーワード:season,rainy,transitional RV=171.8
3.Nutrition information in crisis situations - Report number XXI UN SCN
キーワード:UNICEF,breastfeed RV=135.8
4.(MAP) Haiti: Transitional Shelter - Who What Where (26th April 2010) Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=75.8
5.Dominican Republic: IOM Assists Haitian Migrants Displaced by the 12 January Earthquake IOM
キーワード:sexual RV=47.1
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1.Japan increases support for post-quake Haitian healthcare WHO
キーワード:Cluster,season,rainy,April,February RV=297.1
2.HAIT/POST QUAKE: AID FROM CUBA AND DISINFORMATION MISNA
キーワード:March,article,conference RV=150.0
3.Ambassador Rice's Remarks on U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti US DOS
キーワード:March,April,Council RV=145.6
4.Despair Deepens on Devastated Haitian Street NY Times
キーワード:question,April RV=133.8
5.Haiti Chile Clergy Education Receive Grants From Bishops’ Subcommittee On Latin America USCCB
キーワード:March RV=57.6
▼2010/04/29 00:00〜2010/04/30 00:00▼
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1.Food Aid Hurts Haiti's Farmers VOA
キーワード:question,season,March RV=210.9
2.GIEWS Country Brief: Haiti 07-April-2010 FAO
キーワード:rain,season,March RV=207.6
3.IDB makes $30 million grant to Haiti for housing I-A DB
キーワード:settlement,DB RV=145.6
4.HAITI CAN RETURN TO 'PATH OF STABILITY' IN TWO YEARS GIVEN NECESSARY SUPPORT IN WEATHERING RISKS OF NEXT 18 MONTHS SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD UN SC
キーワード:season,rainy RV=127.4
5.Sixty thousand Haitian children to receive life-saving vaccination as part of Vaccination Week of the Americas UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF RV=94.0
▼2010/04/30 00:00〜2010/05/01 00:00▼
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1.HAITI - Community Stabilization Projects Create a Further 13393 Jobs Clear the Way for 50 Schools to Reopen Strengthen Drainage and Irrigation Infrastructure IOM
キーワード:settlement,season,March,agricultural RV=255.2
2.UNICEF HAITI EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE: 30th April 2010 UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement RV=181.3
3.USAID/OFDA South Asia Newsletter - April 2010 USAID
キーワード:March,Vision,April RV=158.2
4.Haiti: $125000 in Community Grant Funds Announced Today Direct Relief
キーワード:Direct,teacher RV=117.0
5.Haiti : Lessons for the policy-makers AlterPresse
キーワード:April,agricultural RV=93.8
▼2010/05/01 00:00〜2010/05/02 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #52 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,April,latrine,relocation,spontaneous RV=330.3
2.IOM IN RESPONSE TO HAITI EARTHQUAKE UPDATE # 8 – 27 APRIL 2010 IOM
キーワード:cluster,April,relocation,adoption,Petit,Diaspora RV=241.6
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▼2010/05/03 00:00〜2010/05/04 00:00▼
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1.Latin American NGO builds temporary housing in Haiti with MIF support I-A DB
キーワード:DB,young,job,social,grant,Chile,beneficiary RV=220.1
2.(MAP) USG Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake (as of 30 Apr 2010) USAID
キーワード:Shelter,Education,Protection RV=77.3
▼2010/05/04 00:00〜2010/05/05 00:00▼
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1.Haiti Earthquake Response: Concept of Operations - Revision 26 April 2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:UNICEF,rain,Cluster,cluster,March RV=378.9
2.Haiti 100 days after the earthquake Trテウcaire
キーワード:CRS,Irish RV=150.9
3.Haiti ACT Sitrep No. 14/2010 ACT
キーワード:Vision,April RV=102.6
4.Haiti: GOAL Statement - 2nd May 2010 GOAL
キーワード:Irish RV=62.9
5.Haiti stage 2: CWS helping expand rural food co-ops reunite child domestic workers with their families CWS
キーワード:disability RV=51.0
▼2010/05/05 00:00〜2010/05/06 00:00▼
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1.Haiti's latest hardship: Relentless rain CNN
キーワード:rain,mother,Mars,canal,encampment,Champs,threaten,drop,replace,displace RV=218.2
▼2010/05/06 00:00〜2010/05/07 00:00▼
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1.The urgency of housing in Haiti: Government destroys refugee camps national hurricane center predicts busy season (Part II) Other Worlds
キーワード:settlement,les,cluster,season,rainy,March,April,article,transitional RV=560.0
2.Minister Cannon Announces Increased Support for Haitian Justice and Security Govt. Canada
キーワード:March RV=55.6
3.Q&A: The growing importance of non-Western donors AlertNet
キーワード:investment RV=42.8
▼2010/05/07 00:00〜2010/05/08 00:00▼
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1.Aid groups urge Haiti reconstruction body to adopt light touch AlertNet
キーワード:question,April,pour,Clinton RV=209.8
2.HAITI- Initial Phase of Priority Relocations Completed IOM
キーワード:rain,cluster,Council RV=193.1
3.Young People Seek Funds to Provide Drinking Water for Haiti PAHO
キーワード:March,por RV=90.6
4.World Bank Special Envoy Hopes to Make Haiti a Model for Reconstruction World Bank
キーワード:April,decision RV=89.7
▼2010/05/08 00:00〜2010/05/09 00:00▼
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1.The International Donors’ Conference and Support for Haiti’s Future USIP
キーワード:March,investment,OAS,Plan,budget,Bank RV=224.4
2.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #53 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:April,strategy,Education,revise RV=145.1
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▼2010/05/10 00:00〜2010/05/11 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Humanitarian Bulletin Issue # 2 OCHA
キーワード:Cluster,April,relocation RV=161.5
2.Gangs become father mother to Haiti's forlorn orphans AFP
キーワード:mother,social,troop,radio,Soleil RV=137.6
3.(MAP) USG Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake (as of 07 May 2010) USAID
キーワード:Education,Shelter RV=60.3
▼2010/05/11 00:00〜2010/05/12 00:00▼
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1.Haitian police break up violent protest at palace Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:March,election,Feb,Clinton RV=178.7
2.CHF-Haiti Update - May 10 2010: CHF looks back at 3 months of earthquake response work in Petit-Goave CHF
キーワード:March,April,February RV=149.7
3.HOTLINE - week of May 10 2010: Haiti Pakistan CWS
キーワード:teacher,student,Petit RV=116.0
4.In Haiti international relief targets rats and bugs csmonitor
キーワード:refugee RV=35.7
▼2010/05/12 00:00〜2010/05/13 00:00▼
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1.EU Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions on the EU report on human rights MDGs and more EU
キーワード:settlement,Council,decision,European,policy RV=239.0
2.Norway increases aid to Haiti Govt. Norway
キーワード:investment,refugee,budget RV=113.4
3.UMCOR Hotline 11 Mar 2010: Haiti Indonesia Chile Kenya UMCOR
キーワード:April,Plan RV=85.0
▼2010/05/13 00:00〜2010/05/14 00:00▼
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1.Questions and Answers on European Civil Protection Mechanism ECHO
キーワード:Council,European,policy,budget,Union,Protection,initiative RV=231.4
2.Central Emergency Response Fund and Country Based Pooled funds Member States Briefing OCHA
キーワード:grant,funding,Cerf RV=68.4
▼2010/05/14 00:00〜2010/05/15 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 Operations update no. 16 IFRC
キーワード:rain,Cluster,April,transitional,Swiss RV=294.0
2.A little girl needs your help to build homes in Haiti FFP
キーワード:season,April,latrine,mother RV=198.9
3.Social mobilizers throughout Haiti spread the word about vaccines UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,mother,vaccination RV=168.2
4.Haitian quake survivors to benefit from more UN food-for-work projects UN News
キーワード:rain,season RV=145.2
▼2010/05/15 00:00〜2010/05/16 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #54 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:settlement,cluster,transitional,strategy,social,Goh,Project RV=309.5
2.Haiti Earthquake: Three Months Later Direct Relief
キーワード:Direct,April,strategy,grant RV=194.5
▼2010/05/16 00:00〜2010/05/17 00:00▼
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1.Haiti gives IDB mandate to promote major education reform I-A DB
キーワード:DB,March,teacher,investment,Feb,conference,Education,adoption,Bank,social RV=410.4
▼2010/05/17 00:00〜2010/05/18 00:00▼
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1.UNICEF HAITI EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE: 14th May 2010 UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,rain,cluster,season,election RV=352.5
2.US Delegation Finds Inadequate Response and Victim-Blaming" Approach to Rapes in Haitian Displacement Camps" Madre
キーワード:des,sexual RV=192.0
3.Heifer Haiti – Update on earthquake recovery and rehabilitation Heifer International
キーワード:Cluster,March RV=128.9
4.WORLD SUMMIT FOR THE FUTURE OF HAITI Govt. Dominican Rep.
キーワード:March,investment RV=97.5
▼2010/05/18 00:00〜2010/05/19 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: IOM Launches New Haiti-wide Push to Improve Life in Displacement Camps IOM
キーワード:rain,Cluster,cluster,season,rainy,February RV=388.1
2.Diphtheria cases in Haitian camp prompt UN-backed emergency vaccination UN News
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,February RV=218.0
3.Haiti: Statement of OAS Secretary General on the Death of a PADF Employee OAS
キーワード:question,OAS RV=121.9
▼2010/05/19 00:00〜2010/05/20 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: NGO wins award but still so much to do"" PlusNews
キーワード:les,season,rainy,article,Council RV=291.6
2.Post-Earthquake Violence Against Women in Haiti: Failure to Prevent Protect and Punish Madre
キーワード:UNICEF,April,sexual,Council RV=240.6
3.UN redoubles efforts to house Haiti's homeless AFP
キーワード:season,rainy,transitional RV=166.8
4.USAID/OTI Haiti Quarterly Report January - March 2010 USAID
キーワード:season,rainy RV=119.7
5.Humanitarian Funding Review: Remarks by John Holmes UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator OCHA
キーワード:cluster RV=69.6
▼2010/05/20 00:00〜2010/05/21 00:00▼
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1.Creating Jobs Essential to Haiti’s Long-term Recovery Says IFC CEO Thunell Intl. FC
キーワード:April,investment,February,IFC,business,Bank,job RV=266.9
2.Haiti’s camp from hell IFRC
キーワード:rain,job RV=111.2
3.(MAP) Haiti: Logistics Corridors and Warehouse Assets (as of 17 May 2010) Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=75.8
4.Haiti ACT Sitrep No. 15/2010 ACT
キーワード:revise RV=29.1
▼2010/05/21 00:00〜2010/05/22 00:00▼
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1.IFAD launches US$2.5 million project to improve food security in the Haitian countryside IFAD
キーワード:debt,April,agricultural,February RV=226.4
2.USAID FrontLines - April 2010 USAID
キーワード:April,March,teacher RV=155.4
3.Direct Relief International Teams Up with Music for Relief to Fund Small Haitian Nonprofits Direct Relief
キーワード:Direct RV=85.9
4.In Haiti quake response east meets west IFRC
キーワード:settlement RV=84.5
5.Haiti: Testimony of Andrew S. Natsios Professor Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Govt. USA
キーワード:March RV=52.5
▼2010/05/22 00:00〜2010/05/23 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 Operations update no. 17 IFRC
キーワード:Cluster,article,transitional,Swiss,budget,Finnish RV=276.4
2.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #55 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:UNICEF,Cluster,strategy RV=199.9
3.INTERVIEW-Safer shelter needed to avert Haiti disease outbreaks AlertNet
キーワード:season,rape RV=107.2
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▼2010/05/24 00:00〜2010/05/25 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: training brings concrete contribution to reconstruction UNESCO
キーワード:March,student,young,job,Camp,trade,participant RV=220.6
2.REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 3 Issue 157 OCHA
キーワード:season,rainy RV=117.7
3.Haiti: Humanitarian Bulletin Issue # 3 24 May 2010 OCHA
キーワード:strategy RV=33.1
▼2010/05/25 00:00〜2010/05/26 00:00▼
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1.Best Practices: Human Trafficking in Disaster Zones US DOS
キーワード:debt,question,settlement,mother RV=300.2
2.Haiti Red Cross joins international organizations in hygiene drive as rains intensify IFRC
キーワード:UNICEF,season,rainy,mother RV=252.3
3.USAID/OFDA SHELTER AND SETTLEMENTS SECTOR ACTIVITIES IN HAITI USAID
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,transitional RV=209.5
4.Convoy of Hope receives timely grant from the Kellogg Foundation for work in Haiti COH
キーワード:technology RV=60.7
5.Haiti: Feeding Children Fends Off Malnutrition In Slums WFP
キーワード:mother RV=43.7
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1.USAID’s Approach to Shelter in Post-Earthquake Haiti: Providing Security Dignity and Work USAID
キーワード:settlement,spontaneous,housing,survey RV=150.7
2.Direct Relief International Grants $160000 to Healing Hands for Haiti Direct Relief
キーワード:Direct,grant,room RV=137.7
3.UN and Haiti to investigate prison riot deaths in the wake of earthquake UN News
キーワード:question,Police,Les RV=132.5
▼2010/05/27 00:00〜2010/05/28 00:00▼
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1.THINKING ABOUT OURSELVES AND OUR FUTURE": RURAL HAITIAN WOMEN ORGANIZE" Other Worlds
キーワード:March,election,sexual RV=147.7
2.LOGISTICS CLUSTER SITUATION REPORT HAITI EARTHQUAKE DATE: 26 May 2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,season RV=136.7
3.Haiti Earthquake Update: May 26 World Concern
キーワード:season,rainy RV=117.1
4.Dominican Republic visa programme helps Haitian quake victims UNHCR
キーワード:article,disability RV=99.9
5.My City is Getting Ready Is yours? UNISDR launches 2010-11 World Disaster Reduction Campaign ISDR
キーワード:UNICEF RV=90.5
▼2010/05/28 00:00〜2010/05/29 00:00▼
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1.SOS Children's Villages builds innovative shelters to house children in Haiti SOS
キーワード:SOS,season,rainy RV=268.4
2.World Bank Grants Help Haitian Children Get Back to School Following Earthquake World Bank
キーワード:debt,April,March RV=194.8
3.Human Rights Council to hold fourteenth session from 31 May to 28 June 2010 UNHRC
キーワード:debt,Council RV=142.4
4.Camp Committees in Haiti: Un-Accountability Mechanisms? HAP
キーワード:question,disability RV=136.4
5.INTERVIEW-UK aid alliance seeks to speed up disaster response cut competition AlertNet
キーワード:March,Vision RV=100.7
▼2010/05/29 00:00〜2010/05/30 00:00▼
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1.HAITI SITUATION UPDATE: May 12 2010 HI
キーワード:April,March,transitional,mention,rehabilitation,amputee,expand,produce,physical,recently RV=270.7
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1.UNICEF HAITI EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE : 28th MAY 2010 UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,rain,season,election RV=362.3
2.ETHIOPIA-MOZAMBIQUE: Asia most at risk" from natural disasters" IRIN
キーワード:les,April,article,pour,business RV=242.8
▼2010/06/01 00:00〜2010/06/02 00:00▼
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1.Human Rights Council opens fourteenth regular session UN HCHR
キーワード:Council,disability,sexual,Rights,European,policy RV=269.1
2.HAITI: IOM and CCCM Cluster Pass 530000 Registration Mark Initiate Mitigation and Emergency Response Mechanisms IOM
キーワード:cluster,season,Wash RV=177.1
3.City leaders join UN Making Cities Resilient campaign ISDR
キーワード:UNICEF,Council RV=141.9
4.Southcom Completes Haiti Disaster Response Govt. USA
キーワード:season RV=59.1
▼2010/06/02 00:00〜2010/06/03 00:00▼
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1.Immense challenge' to rebuild Haiti president tells donors AFP
キーワード:debt,March,corruption,conference RV=216.4
2.Survey shows Haiti camps vulnerable to major hurricane damage Oxfam
キーワード:settlement,season,committee RV=181.2
3.Haiti Fish Project To Provide Jobs Combat Hunger And Fight Malaria OBI
キーワード:Obi,baby,import RV=127.9
▼2010/06/03 00:00〜2010/06/04 00:00▼
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1.Haiti must move faster to protect quake-displaced from storms - aid agencies AlertNet
キーワード:rain,season,transitional,Vision RV=238.9
2.Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for June UN DPI
キーワード:question,Council,election RV=193.2
3.Declaration: World Summit on the Future of Haiti: Solidarity beyond the Crisis Govt. Dominican Rep.
キーワード:settlement,election,March RV=182.4
4.Video: Educating Haiti I-A DB
キーワード:DB RV=61.3
▼2010/06/04 00:00〜2010/06/05 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: We are again exposed to catastrophe"""" IRIN
キーワード:rain,les,cluster,season,rainy RV=338.9
2.Security Council Authorizes Deployment of Further 680 Police in Haiti Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1927 (2010) UN SC
キーワード:Council,season,rainy,April RV=225.2
3.Haiti ACT Sitrep No. 16/2010 ACT
キーワード:settlement,cluster RV=150.6
4.Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas Issue No.113 May 2010 PAHO
キーワード:Cluster,April RV=127.5
5.Haitians On The Margins Make Home On A Highway NPR
キーワード:settlement RV=82.7
▼2010/06/05 00:00〜2010/06/06 00:00▼
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1.Haiti - Earthquake Fact Sheet #57 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:Cluster,April,transitional,decision,Clinton,June,Goh,Shelter RV=337.6
2.Haiti: Humanitarian Bulletin Issue # 4 04 Jun 2010 OCHA
キーワード:rain,season,Clinton,June RV=204.3
▼2010/06/06 00:00〜2010/06/07 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 Operations update no. 18 IFRC
キーワード:rain,settlement,Cluster,cluster,April,transitional,Swiss,budget,Petit,cent RV=549.5
▼2010/06/07 00:00〜2010/06/08 00:00▼
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1.INTERVIEW: Marrying satellite images with Google maps to help speed up humanitarian response AlertNet
キーワード:question,June,job,flooding,village,produce,demand,datum,input,evacuation RV=261.0
▼2010/06/08 00:00〜2010/06/09 00:00▼
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1.Human Rights Council concludes Interactive dialogue on Right to Health Human Rights and Extreme Poverty and Violence against Women UNHRC
キーワード:question,Council,sexual,Rights,policy,June,Chile RV=337.1
2.USAID/OFDA Shelter and Settlements Sector Update - June 2010 USAID
キーワード:settlement,Chile RV=114.2
3.USAID/OFDA Water Sanitation and Hygiene Sector Update - June 2010 USAID
キーワード:Wash,latrine RV=91.8
▼2010/06/09 00:00〜2010/06/10 00:00▼
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1.Remarks by Dr. Rajiv Shah Administrator USAID at the WFP Executive Board USAID
キーワード:technology,investment,agricultural,FAO,European,policy,rice,strategy RV=340.3
2.Haiti: Food Assistance Rebuilds Lives WFP
キーワード:mother RV=42.4
3.ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND MARKET SYSTEMS SECTOR UPDATE – JUNE 2010 USAID
キーワード:remittance RV=36.2
▼2010/06/10 00:00〜2010/06/11 00:00▼
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1.HAITI Food Security Outlook No 24 - May to September 2010 FEWS NET
キーワード:season,June,business,job,social,economic RV=195.2
2.(MAP) Haiti: Emergency Shelter Gap - 26 April 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter RV=102.2
3.Schedule elections U.S. Congress urges Haiti president Miami Herald
キーワード:election,mandate RV=77.4
▼2010/06/11 00:00〜2010/06/12 00:00▼
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1.Haiti 5 months on: after the earthquake the rains... the cyclones to come... the emergency continues Solidaritテゥs
キーワード:season,rainy,April,March RV=211.1
2.$98.91 million for disaster relief outside Hong Kong in 2009-10 Govt. Hong Kong
キーワード:Council,Vision,March RV=155.8
3.Haiti: Global Health Cluster making gains in responding to health needs in disasters and crises but challenges persist WHO
キーワード:Cluster,cluster RV=144.5
4.Press Conference by United Nations Police Adviser UN DPI
キーワード:sexual,March RV=97.3
5.African-American Baptists donate $500000 to Habitat for Humanity for housing in Haiti Habitat
キーワード:rain RV=82.4
▼2010/06/12 00:00〜2010/06/13 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #58 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:settlement,transitional,relocation,June,grant,Goh RV=273.1
2.Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas Issue No.113 May 2010 PAHO
キーワード:April,February,Chile,reduction RV=148.1
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1.Saving Stacey: the miracle baby at the Red Cross hospital in Haiti IFRC
キーワード:UNICEF,rain,settlement,April,disability RV=353.1
2.GLOBAL: Message your way out of a crisis IRIN
キーワード:les,election,article RV=182.3
3.Haiti Quake Inspires Leap of Faith CRS
キーワード:CRS,teacher RV=135.8
▼2010/06/15 00:00〜2010/06/16 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Homes For Quake Homeless Come From Sky WFP
キーワード:Cluster,season,mother,job,old,village,permanent,Ngo,Chilean,easily RV=299.9
▼2010/06/16 00:00〜2010/06/17 00:00▼
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1.INTERVIEW-Bill Clinton back to Haiti amid hurricane fears Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:rain,season,June,Clinton,commission,tarpaulin,Poor,storm RV=273.1
2.The Challenge of Rebuilding Better After a Disaster World Bank
キーワード:policy,decision RV=73.8
▼2010/06/17 00:00〜2010/06/18 00:00▼
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1.Human Rights Council discusses human rights situation in Haiti UNHRC
キーワード:des,Council,election,rape,Rights,corruption RV=397.2
2.OAS Assistant Secretary General Reiterates Commitment to Haiti during Meeting with Congresswoman Yvette Clarke OAS
キーワード:election,OAS,Rights RV=151.4
3.Corporate Delegation to Haiti Seeks Opportunities to Engage in Long-term Reconstruction CHF
キーワード:transitional,investment RV=103.8
4.Trafficking in Persons Report 2010: HAITI (Special Case) US DOS
キーワード:sexual RV=50.2
▼2010/06/18 00:00〜2010/06/19 00:00▼
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1.DISASTER AID OR AID DISASTER? HAITIANS’ THOUGHTS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE Other Worlds
キーワード:season,rainy,March,corruption RV=195.2
2.Terre des hommes child relief: Emergency assistance for children and their communities in Haiti Tdh
キーワード:rain,mother RV=125.5
3.(MAP) Haiti: Transitional Shelter - Implementation and Coordination (15 June 2010) Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=76.2
4.HAITI - Community Mobilizers Trained in Cutting-Edge Geo-Location Mapping Related to IOM Accountability and Transparency Project IOM
キーワード:mother RV=43.4
▼2010/06/19 00:00〜2010/06/20 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: UN peacekeepers help to arrest 30 criminals on the run since quake UN News
キーワード:Council,June,Police,neighbourhood,internally,prison,Marie RV=206.6
2.Haiti: Humanitarian Bulletin Issue # 5 19 Jun 2010 OCHA
キーワード:Task,host,displacement RV=62.5
▼2010/06/21 00:00〜2010/06/22 00:00▼
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1.Norway and Australia Join the Haiti Reconstruction Fund World Bank
キーワード:DB,investment,March,June,Plan,budget,grant,conference,Clinton,UNDP RV=409.0
▼2010/06/22 00:00〜2010/06/23 00:00▼
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1.In post-earthquake Haiti children's voices are integrated into reconstruction effort UNICEF
キーワード:SOS,UNICEF,April,Vision,June,latrine,Plan RV=454.7
2.IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund backs emergency liquidity program for Haitian microfinance institutions I-A DB
キーワード:DB,investment,remittance RV=155.6
3.Water for Haiti I-A DB
キーワード:DB RV=67.5
▼2010/06/23 00:00〜2010/06/24 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 Operations update no. 19 IFRC
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,Cluster,transitional,March,June,latrine,Swiss,budget,rural RV=532.3
2.(MAP) Haiti: Transitional Shelter - Who What Where (20 June 2010) Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=77.0
3.(MAP) Haiti: Overview of Host Family Assessment Locations (as of 16 Jun 2010) Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=77.0
4.(MAP) Haiti Nutrition Partners (as of 8 Apr 2010) Haiti Nutrition Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=77.0
5.JICA Establishes Field Office in Haiti to Help Reconstruction JICA
キーワード:June RV=42.7
▼2010/06/24 00:00〜2010/06/25 00:00▼
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1.HAITI AT A CROSSROADS Govt. USA
キーワード:settlement,investment,June,committee,policy,decision,relocation RV=329.2
2.Cash for work' helps protect Haitians from floods Plan
キーワード:rain,season,rainy,June,committee RV=273.6
▼2010/06/25 00:00〜2010/06/26 00:00▼
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1.Haitians still wait for recovery DCA
キーワード:rain,settlement,season,rainy RV=272.7
2.Economic and Social Council in Special Event Considers Ways to Optimize Coordination Coherence of Actions Supporting Beleaguered Haiti ECOSOC
キーワード:Council,season,rainy RV=168.6
3.USAID/OFDA Fiscal Year 2010 Haiti Protection Programs and Strategy USAID
キーワード:settlement,cluster RV=148.8
4.HAITI - IOM Non-Food Items (NFI) Distribution Programme Reaches Hidden Pockets" of Need" IOM
キーワード:settlement RV=82.0
▼2010/06/26 00:00〜2010/06/27 00:00▼
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1.Education is the only thing that cannot be taken from us" Global launch of a major inter-agency tool focuses on making education a reality for over 75 million children and youth affected by crisis" INEE
キーワード:UNICEF,teacher,June,mother,Education,UNHCR,Bank,practice,accountability,social RV=397.2
▼2010/06/29 00:00〜2010/06/30 00:00▼
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1.Haiti ACT Sitrep No. 17/2010 ACT
キーワード:Cluster,season,June,committee,Clinton,Shelter RV=281.4
2.Haiti: 5 months after ACTED
キーワード:question,cluster,transitional,reduction RV=233.7
3.(MAP) Haiti: Transitional Shelter - Who What Where (28 June 2010) Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter RV=107.2
▼2010/06/30 00:00〜2010/07/01 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: when the sky is the only roof JRS
キーワード:season,rainy,sexual,June RV=202.9
2.Polls in quake-hit Haiti set for November AFP
キーワード:election,April,March RV=157.6
3.Haiti Earthquake Response Facts and Figures 28 June 2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,season RV=132.1
4.The Challenge Of Feeding Hungry People In Hostile Environments WFP
キーワード:question,mother RV=128.8
▼2010/07/01 00:00〜2010/07/02 00:00▼
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1.HAITI Earthquake Response Operation Overview - 30 June 2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:settlement,season,rainy,import,spontaneous,export,resume,department,pose,outlying RV=331.6
▼2010/07/02 00:00〜2010/07/03 00:00▼
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1.Still homeless from Haiti earthquake thousands fight forced evictions csmonitor
キーワード:article,refugee,market,sell,property,majority,July,nonprofit,recognize,officially RV=202.8
▼2010/07/03 00:00〜2010/07/04 00:00▼
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1.Analysis: Finding space for crowd-sourcing in humanitarian response IRIN
キーワード:les,technology,election,article,student,pour,conference,lesson RV=385.9
2.(MAP) Shelter in Haiti (as of 25 Jun 2010) Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter RV=108.1
▼2010/07/06 00:00〜2010/07/07 00:00▼
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1.Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP): Mid-Year Review of the Humanitarian Appeal 2010 OCHA
キーワード:rain,Cluster,cluster,season,March,Plan RV=363.4
2.Ban lauds Caribbean region's commitment to Haiti recovery UN News
キーワード:election,investment,decision RV=151.4
3.Haiti: The Role of the Media in the Reconstruction IOM
キーワード:settlement RV=81.4
4.(MAP) Haiti: Emergency Shelter & NFI Coverage - 05 July 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=78.5
5.(MAP) Haiti: Transitional Shelter - Who What Where (05 July 2010) Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=78.5
▼2010/07/07 00:00〜2010/07/08 00:00▼
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1.Key tools to improve education in emergencies UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,teacher,decision RV=172.2
2.Save the Children says thank you Australia for helping 682000 children and families in Haiti But more at risk as hurricane season approaches SC
キーワード:season,rainy,teacher RV=154.3
3.USAID FrontLines - June 2010 USAID
キーワード:Council,agricultural,Plan RV=143.7
4.REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 3 Issue 164 OCHA
キーワード:rain RV=82.9
5.(MAP) Haiti: NFI Coverage - 05 July 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=78.4
▼2010/07/08 00:00〜2010/07/09 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: Voluntary Relocation: the case of Corail Cesselesse and Tabarre Issa IOM
キーワード:question,rain,settlement,Cluster,cluster,transitional,season,rainy,April RV=612.4
2.Haiti: Preparing for the hurricane season IFRC
キーワード:rain,settlement,transitional,season RV=276.2
3.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal n° MDRHT008 Operations Update n° 20 IFRC
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,transitional RV=218.1
4.Red Cross builds transitional shelters in Haitian capital IFRC
キーワード:rain,transitional RV=140.7
5.BROADEN FOCUS TO CAUSES OF CONFLICT SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES SECURITY COUNCIL IN DEBATE ON CIVILIAN PROTECTION UN SC
キーワード:Council,transitional RV=117.6
▼2010/07/09 00:00〜2010/07/10 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: IOM Monitoring Provides a Vital Overview of Situation in Camps IOM
キーワード:rain,settlement,season,rainy RV=270.5
2.Haiti Relief Six Months after the Quake UMCOR
キーワード:rain,cluster,season RV=203.6
3.Emergency Response After The Haiti earthquake: Choices Obstacles Activities and Finance MSF
キーワード:question,season,rainy RV=190.0
4.Six months after the earthquake in Haiti: Successful assistance for a new beginning promises must be kept DWHH - GAA
キーワード:settlement,investment RV=133.8
5.Six months on from earthquake Haiti reconstruction plans flawed ActionAid
キーワード:transitional,season RV=111.2
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1.We Remain Committed to the People of Haiti IOM
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,cluster,transitional,article RV=339.5
2.Haiti earthquake 6 months on: ShelterBox tents key to survival as transitional shelter is slow to appear ShelterBox
キーワード:rain,transitional,season RV=198.3
3.Progress on quake recovery patchy in Haiti - aid groups AlertNet
キーワード:rain,transitional,season RV=198.3
4.Urgent need seen for lasting solutions for Haiti’s 1.5 million displaced UNHCR
キーワード:settlement,Cluster RV=159.4
5.HAITI SIX MONTHS ON; TURNING RELIEF INTO RECOVERY CARE
キーワード:transitional,season RV=113.0
▼2010/07/13 00:00〜2010/07/14 00:00▼
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1.Educating Haiti's children, six months on UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,Cluster RV=166.2
2.Haiti Earthquake: 6 Months Later CRS
キーワード:CRS,transitional RV=163.4
3.Haiti: Six Months Later CIDA
キーワード:UNICEF,transitional RV=153.7
4.Six months on: Older Haitians still need support HelpAge
キーワード:settlement,DEC RV=149.4
5.Haiti six-months later: The generosity of Haitians an inspiration for DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE DP
キーワード:des RV=148.1
▼2010/07/14 00:00〜2010/07/15 00:00▼
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1.Less Than 2 Per cent of Promised Reconstruction Aid for Quake-Devastated Haiti Delivered, Haitian Government Envoy Tells Economic and Social Council ECOSOC
キーワード:question,cluster,Council RV=209.0
2.Haiti Earthquake: A Six-Month Update Direct Relief
キーワード:Direct,investment,disability RV=197.2
3.Earthquake in Haiti - 6 Months On Irish Aid
キーワード:Irish,disability,season RV=159.6
4.Listening to Haiti – Six Months Later Internews
キーワード:question,sexual RV=136.2
5.InterAction Community Publishes Accountability Report for Efforts in Haiti InterAction
キーワード:transitional RV=66.2
▼2010/07/15 00:00〜2010/07/16 00:00▼
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1.(MAP) Haiti: Carrefour T-Shelter Coordination and Implementation - 12 Jul 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Shelter,complex,Jul RV=46.1
▼2010/07/16 00:00〜2010/07/17 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: shelters built in race against hurricane season BRC
キーワード:rain,transitional,cluster RV=216.8
2.Economic and Social Council Adopts Text on Strengthening Humanitarian Assistance Recognizes Clear Link between Emergency Response Rehabilitation Development ECOSOC
キーワード:technology,Council,sexual RV=174.0
3.Agriculture Short-Changed in Haiti's Post-Quake Recovery VOA
キーワード:investment,agricultural RV=102.0
4.(MAP) Haiti: T-Shelter Assessments conducted in Port-au-Prince - 14 Jul 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=77.3
5.U.S. Chamber BCLC InterAction FedEx Launch Initiative to Map Recovery Projects in Haiti InterAction
キーワード:technology RV=64.0
▼2010/07/19 00:00〜2010/07/20 00:00▼
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1.Relief operation in Haiti still well under way Govt. Netherlands
キーワード:season,March,conference,consultation,removal,Norway,Envoy,district,Brazil,recently RV=238.1
▼2010/07/20 00:00〜2010/07/21 00:00▼
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1.ANALYSIS: NGOs' to-do list for incoming UN relief coordinator IRIN
キーワード:question,les,cluster,Council,article,investment,June,policy RV=479.7
2.HAITI - Preparing for the Hurricane Season IOM
キーワード:rain,transitional RV=151.8
▼2010/07/21 00:00〜2010/07/22 00:00▼
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1.Six-month report: Progress in Haiti Habitat
キーワード:transitional,rainy,season,business RV=195.8
2.Haiti Six Months On Brookings-Bern
キーワード:question,article RV=142.0
3.Haiti Red Cross takes to the airwaves IFRC
キーワード:question,season RV=133.9
4.MCC and MEDA collaborate to help Haiti’s homeless MCC
キーワード:MCC,grant RV=118.9
5.Haitians with AIDS hit by broken promises of aid AFP
キーワード:Council,Clinton RV=93.2
▼2010/07/22 00:00〜2010/07/23 00:00▼
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1.Preparations Under Way for Storm Season in Haiti Govt. USA
キーワード:rain,technology,April,agricultural RV=250.6
2.FOOD ASSISTANCE OUTLOOK BRIEF July 13 2010 FEWS NET
キーワード:debt,rain,April RV=236.4
3.IMF Executive Board Cancels Haiti's Debt and Approves New Three-Year Program to Support Reconstruction and Economic Growth IMF
キーワード:debt,investment,agricultural RV=206.2
4.Haiti will rehabilitate and expand water and sanitation in Port-au-Prince with grants from Spain and the IDB I-A DB
キーワード:DB,investment,April RV=178.8
5.IDB Microsoft and Infusion to help Haiti launch e-government platform I-A DB
キーワード:DB,technology RV=140.1
▼2010/07/23 00:00〜2010/07/24 00:00▼
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1.ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL FOCUSES ON SOCIAL ISSUES HUMAN RIGHTS ECOSOC
キーワード:question,Council,Rights,policy,decision RV=271.6
2.HAITI- Evacuation of Vulnerable Families from Malarial Swamp Begins - IOM
キーワード:transitional,committee,relocation RV=152.1
3.UN Police in Haiti arrest fugitives suspected of rapes inside camps for displaced UN News
キーワード:sexual,rape RV=99.2
▼2010/07/24 00:00〜2010/07/25 00:00▼
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1.Haiti Humanitarian Appeal Mid-Year Review June 2010 OCHA
キーワード:settlement,cluster,Plan,strategy,Shelter,spontaneous RV=273.2
2.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #64 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:transitional,July,Goh,progress RV=161.2
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▼2010/07/26 00:00〜2010/07/27 00:00▼
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1.UNICEF Haiti Situation Report: 23 July 2010 UNICEF
キーワード:rain,UNICEF,Cluster,Wash RV=292.2
2.UNICEF Haiti Situation Report: 23 July 2010 UNICEF
キーワード:rain,UNICEF,Cluster,Wash RV=292.2
3.Global Jobs Pact Advisory Group on Haiti Gender Mainstreaming Among Issues As Economic and Social Council Adopts 18 Texts to Conclude 2010 Session ECOSOC
キーワード:question,election,Council,policy RV=256.2
4.Q+A- Haiti's reconstruction process AlertNet
キーワード:election,investment,June,policy RV=208.8
▼2010/07/27 00:00〜2010/07/28 00:00▼
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1.GLOBAL: Insights into the ever more complex aid system (Sudan DRC Liberia Lebanon Haiti Somalia OPT Ethiopia Zimbabwe IRIN
キーワード:UNICEF,les,cluster,article RV=278.1
2.Haiti Education Ministry communicates at the grassroots UNESCO
キーワード:question,teacher,decision,student,Education RV=249.0
3.Haiti earthquake: six months later UNDP
キーワード:season RV=45.2
4.UNESCO connects Haitian and French children through books UNESCO
キーワード:student RV=37.5
▼2010/07/28 00:00〜2010/07/29 00:00▼
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1.IFAD ramps up lending to Dominican Republic and Haiti IFAD
キーワード:debt,agricultural,April,grant,rural RV=279.9
2.Human rights are key in relief efforts UN HCHR
キーワード:Council,Rights,refugee RV=144.4
3.More Haitian children to be vaccinated in UN-backed campaign UN News
キーワード:UNICEF RV=83.9
4.(MAP) Haiti: Transitional Shelter - Planned and Built (19 July 2010) - Leogane Gressier Grand Goave Petit Goave Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=76.5
▼2010/07/29 00:00〜2010/07/30 00:00▼
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1.The long road to recovery in Haiti: Some close-ups CWS
キーワード:teacher,April,Methodist,rural,July,Alliance,farmer RV=277.5
2.Statement of Susan G. Reichle Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator Bureau for Democracy Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance USAID
キーワード:policy,decision,campaign RV=114.6
3.Life Partners Commit to Feed Thousands of Families in Gaza and Haiti During Ramadan LIFE
キーワード:rural,campaign RV=71.2
▼2010/07/30 00:00〜2010/07/31 00:00▼
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1.At a Glance: Women in Haiti UNIFEM
キーワード:sexual,agricultural,decision,latrine,July,uman,Petit,farmer RV=315.7
2.Haiti: Homes Safe for 100000 Families Finds Assessment World Bank
キーワード:June,July,Petit,strategy RV=149.8
▼2010/07/31 00:00〜2010/08/01 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #65 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:settlement,July,Goh,malaria,flooding,removal,commodity,resettlement,employ,remove RV=293.8
▼2010/08/01 00:00〜2010/08/02 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: Piloting a new and improved flying toilet"" IRIN
キーワード:settlement,les,article,latrine,July,pour RV=314.5
2.Haiti: Humanitarian Bulletin Issue # 8 30 July 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cluster,season,July,campaign,Camp RV=211.6
▼2010/08/02 00:00〜2010/08/03 00:00▼
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1.Latin Caribbean: Appeal No. MAA49002 Annual Report IFRC
キーワード:investment,season,committee,Swiss,budget,decision,strategy,Alliance,reduction,cent RV=392.8
▼2010/08/03 00:00〜2010/08/04 00:00▼
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1.In Haiti’s Quake-Affected Communities International Medical Corps Promotes the Importance of Breast Milk for Infant Health – Part of World Breastfeeding Week IMC
キーワード:UNICEF,investment,Corps,breastfeed,mother,baby RV=314.6
2.Haiti: Saving the Roads World Bank
キーワード:rain,season,grant RV=168.0
3.Haiti Earthquake Response Facts and Figures 31 July 2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,season RV=119.8
4.U.S. Coast Guard intercepts 323 migrants from Haiti Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:season RV=43.8
▼2010/08/04 00:00〜2010/08/05 00:00▼
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1.HAITI MONTHLY LOGISTICS CLUSTER SITREP: HAITI EARTHQUAKE DATE: 31 JULY 2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,decision,July,objective,exercise,expand,Ngo,Joint,DPC,test RV=267.4
▼2010/08/05 00:00〜2010/08/06 00:00▼
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1.No big outbreaks of disease in Haiti surveys find Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cluster,decision,Plan,malaria,CDC,illness,improvement,acute,outbreak,surveillance RV=270.2
▼2010/08/06 00:00〜2010/08/07 00:00▼
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1.World Bank Helps Haiti Close its Budget Gap World Bank
キーワード:debt,investment,June,corruption,budget,grant,IFC,Plan,rural RV=454.3
2.Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) Appeal No. MAA00010 Mid-Year report IFRC
キーワード:June,budget,grant,Swiss RV=179.0
3.Rotary begins plan of action in Haiti Rotary
キーワード:June RV=48.6
▼2010/08/07 00:00〜2010/08/08 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal nツー MDRHT008 Six Months Progress report IFRC
キーワード:Cluster,settlement,transitional,Wash,rainy,Swiss,budget,season,July RV=484.7
2.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #66 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:Cluster,transitional,July,Goh RV=214.3
▼2010/08/09 00:00〜2010/08/10 00:00▼
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1.Shelter and Settlements Mid-Year report (MAA00019) IFRC
キーワード:settlement,cluster,reduction,Chile,Shelter,initiative,inter,side,quality,society RV=338.9
▼2010/08/10 00:00〜2010/08/11 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: 2010 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Haiti IMF
キーワード:debt,June,policy,IMF,July RV=270.6
2.Disaster services Appeal No. MAA00040 - Mid-Year report 2010 IFRC
キーワード:June,decision,Chile RV=122.2
3.(MAP) Haiti: Transitional Shelter Planning - Petit Goave 05 August 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter RV=110.0
4.Bush to visit Haiti Tuesday AFP
キーワード:Clinton RV=31.8
▼2010/08/11 00:00〜2010/08/12 00:00▼
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1.COMMISSION DECISION of amending Commission Decision C(2010)1280 of 4th March 2010 on the financing of humanitarian actions in the Caribbean from the general budget of the European Union (ECHO/-CR/BUD/2010/02000) ECHO
キーワード:Council,article,June,budget,decision,reduction RV=287.0
2.New USAID-Funded Haiti Apparel Center to Provide Training to Thousands of Haitians in the Garment Industry USAID
キーワード:investment,June,corruption,student RV=188.0
3.Reconstruction Grant Supports Urgent Needs of Haitians World Bank
キーワード:grant RV=43.2
▼2010/08/12 00:00〜2010/08/13 00:00▼
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1.Red Cross prepares for peak hurricane season in Haiti BRC
キーワード:rain,transitional,season,mother,baby,cent,agriculture RV=338.5
2.UPDATE - Haiti Earthquake - Concept of operations Revision 09 August 2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,June RV=127.1
3.Caribbean disaster insurance scheme inspires South Pacific countries AlertNet
キーワード:June,farmer RV=83.9
▼2010/08/13 00:00〜2010/08/14 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: Deadly Inferno in Camp Prompts Reinforced Fire Risk Reduction Strategy for IDPs IOM
キーワード:UNICEF,committee,mother,baby,Camp,reduction,campaign,strategy RV=342.1
2.Haiti: Home safe home? Transitional shelters and hurricanes in St Marc IFRC
キーワード:transitional RV=69.3
3.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #67 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:transitional RV=69.3
4.MERCY CORPS RECEIVES $12.5 MILLION GRANT FROM USAID TO HELP FEED HAITIANS IN THE IMPOVERISHED CENTRAL PLATEAU AND LOWER ARTIBONITE Mercy Corps
キーワード:Corps RV=54.3
▼2010/08/14 00:00〜2010/08/15 00:00▼
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1.U.S. Embassy Announces Groundbreaking Effort to Provide Emergency Food Assistance to Earthquake Victims in Haiti USAID
キーワード:investment,Corps,agricultural,grant,mother,rural,farmer,March,production,agriculture RV=415.8
▼2010/08/15 00:00〜2010/08/16 00:00▼
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1.Haitian women live in fear of rape in post-quake camps AlertNet
キーワード:sexual,rape,June,girl,initiative,tarp,abuse,social,February,reason RV=326.4
▼2010/08/16 00:00〜2010/08/17 00:00▼
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1.HAITI EARTHQUAKE: CWS EXPANDED APPEAL: 08-16-10 CWS
キーワード:settlement,disability,agricultural,April,budget,rural,seed,farmer,Alliance,business RV=443.6
▼2010/08/17 00:00〜2010/08/18 00:00▼
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1.World Bank to Disburse US$55 Million to Help Haiti Meet Urgent Financing for Reconstruction World Bank
キーワード:debt,investment,June,grant,budget,IFC RV=344.2
2.UNDP continues coordination in Haiti will support elections UNDP
キーワード:election,decision RV=103.8
3.New Horizons: U.S. Military’s Humanitarian Efforts in Haiti Govt. USA
キーワード:June,latrine RV=88.6
4.REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & the Caribbean - Year 3 - Issue 170 August 2010 OCHA
キーワード:rain RV=83.2
▼2010/08/18 00:00〜2010/08/19 00:00▼
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1.The Coca-Cola Company's Haiti Hope Project Momentum Continues With Investment From United States Government USAID
キーワード:DB,investment,agricultural,April,grant,policy RV=319.3
2.Haiti: Humanitarian Bulletin Issue # 9 17 August 2010 OCHA
キーワード:transitional,investment,June,April,season,Plan RV=304.3
3.Haiti commission earmarks $1.6 bln for recovery Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:agricultural,season RV=92.7
▼2010/08/19 00:00〜2010/08/20 00:00▼
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1.GLOBAL: Aiding aid workers IRIN
キーワード:les,article,sexual RV=185.7
2.Next wave of Haiti reconstruction projects approved UNDP
キーワード:UNICEF,agricultural,April RV=181.2
3.HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS GO GREEN UNEP
キーワード:settlement,cluster RV=139.8
4.Interim Haiti Recovery Commission Approves United States Proposal to Repair Priority Energy Substations USAID
キーワード:investment,agricultural RV=111.4
5.Pakistan flood relief efforts continue on World Humanitarian Day UNDP
キーワード:cluster,grant RV=110.5
▼2010/08/20 00:00〜2010/08/21 00:00▼
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1.IDB backs major education reform in Haiti I-A DB
キーワード:debt,DB,teacher,grant,budget,student RV=365.5
2.Fourth Round of Community Grants Awarded to Small Haitian Nonprofits Direct Relief
キーワード:Direct,disability,grant,mother RV=237.4
3.Diverse Group of Public and Private Actors Sign a Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Development of Industrial Park in Haiti I-A DB
キーワード:DB,investment RV=140.2
▼2010/08/21 00:00〜2010/08/22 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: UN stresses need for respect and calm as final candidate list is unveiled UN News
キーワード:election,commission,rule,electoral,respect,promote,transparent,candidate,November,publish RV=199.4
▼2010/08/23 00:00〜2010/08/24 00:00▼
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1.GIEWS Country Brief: Haiti 17-August-2010 FAO
キーワード:rain,June,rainy,season,July,seed RV=292.8
2.CERF QUARTERLY UPDATE 2nd Quarter 2010 OCHA
キーワード:UNICEF,June,July RV=168.0
3.Haiti Earthquake Response Facts and Figures 19 August 2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,season,decision RV=153.6
4.Haiti: tents tarpaulins and texts IFRC
キーワード:rain,student RV=122.7
▼2010/08/24 00:00〜2010/08/25 00:00▼
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1.OPERATION USA UNVEILS HAITI SCHOOL DESIGN DONATED BY GENSLER OpUSA
キーワード:technology,cluster,Council,student,Education,business,climate,practice,initiative,construction RV=408.0
▼2010/08/25 00:00〜2010/08/26 00:00▼
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1.Environmental Factors Inform Plans to Resettle Displaced Haitians US DOS
キーワード:settlement,transitional,season,July,rural,job,pour,environmental RV=347.0
2.Hurricane season: Red Cross begins massive SMS campaign in Port-au-Prince IFRC
キーワード:rainy,season,campaign RV=116.5
▼2010/08/26 00:00〜2010/08/27 00:00▼
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1.UNICEF Haiti Monthly Situation Report: 25 August 2010 UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,election,Council,decision,season,July RV=325.3
2.Education and Conflict in Haiti USIP
キーワード:investment,teacher,policy,student RV=193.4
▼2010/08/27 00:00〜2010/08/28 00:00▼
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1.INDONESIA/HAITI: Lessons for earthquake recovery IRIN
キーワード:les,technology,article,corruption,strategy,economy,pour,Bank,Commission,progress RV=425.0
▼2010/08/28 00:00〜2010/08/29 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: SMS-ing preparedness IRIN
キーワード:question,rain,les,article,student,season,campaign,vaccination,March,pour RV=508.4
▼2010/08/29 00:00〜2010/08/30 00:00▼
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1.(MAP) Haiti: T-Shelter Assessment conducted Petit Goave / Grand Goave - 16 Aug 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter,Assistance RV=117.6
2.(MAP) Haiti: Transitional Shelter Planning - Grand Goave 24 Aug 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter,Assistance RV=117.6
3.(MAP) Haiti: Tabarre T-Shelter Coordination and Implementation - 20 Jul 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter,Jul RV=116.8
4.(MAP) Haiti: Delmas T-Shelter Coordination and Implementation - 09 Aug 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter RV=109.7
5.(MAP) Haiti: Transitional Shelter Planning - Petit Goave 24 August 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter RV=109.7
▼2010/08/31 00:00〜2010/09/01 00:00▼
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1.EU CSDP newsletter ISSUE 10 SUMMER 2010 EU
キーワード:debt,budget,policy,committee,decision,July RV=309.8
2.HAITI- IOM Launches Major Hurricane Season Awareness Campaign by Radio and SMS IOM
キーワード:technology,investment,rainy RV=170.4
3.Haiti Earthquake: Breaking New Ground in the Humanitarian Information Landscape US DOS
キーワード:technology,decision RV=105.6
4.JRS DISPATCHES No. 285 31 August 2010 JRS
キーワード:teacher RV=50.8
▼2010/09/01 00:00〜2010/09/02 00:00▼
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1.HAITI Food Security Outlook July through December 2010 FEWS NET
キーワード:rain,election,June,season,import,job,business,August RV=372.0
2.Global Update - Food Security Monitoring January - June 2010 Issue no. 3 WFP
キーワード:June,strategy,Sudan RV=115.2
▼2010/09/02 00:00〜2010/09/03 00:00▼
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1.Physicians and Medical Students Provide Care for Haitians with Medical Teams International MTI
キーワード:Wash,student,Medical,Group,Church,Grand,School,Orthodox,fight,primary RV=199.5
▼2010/09/03 00:00〜2010/09/04 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: ADRA Shelters A Place to Feel Safe ADRA
キーワード:Adra,teacher,mother,job RV=372.1
2.Haiti Earthquake Response Facts and Figures 01 September 2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,decision,season,Goh RV=186.5
3.WHO: Weekly epidemiological record No. 36 2010 85 349–356 WHO
キーワード:article,lesson RV=90.6
▼2010/09/04 00:00〜2010/09/05 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #70 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:transitional,season,Goh,August,Bank,construction,funding,removal,housing,internally RV=324.8
▼2010/09/06 00:00〜2010/09/07 00:00▼
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1.GLOBAL: UK provides a model for private funding of emergencies IRIN
キーワード:UNICEF,les,DEC,article,Vision,seed,campaign,pour RV=434.5
2.(MAP) Earthquake-Affected Areas and Population Movement in Haiti and USG Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake (as of 03 Sep 2010) USAID
キーワード:Education,Shelter RV=71.4
▼2010/09/07 00:00〜2010/09/08 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Cash - a priority for earthquake survivors IFRC
キーワード:debt,grant,business,market,household,British,income,sell,pay,planned RV=318.1
▼2010/09/08 00:00〜2010/09/09 00:00▼
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1.Fish from Mississippi To Help In Haiti Quake Relief OBI
キーワード:Obi,malaria,Project,hunger,initiative RV=191.0
2.First aid for all: training and education essential to saving lives IFRC
キーワード:policy,Petit,cent,progress,preparedness RV=164.8
▼2010/09/09 00:00〜2010/09/10 00:00▼
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1.Monthly Tdh highlights in Haiti Emergency assistance for children and their communities in Haiti Tdh
キーワード:transitional,Wash,mother,latrine,Petit,August,pregnant RV=293.4
2.NTS Alert September 2010 (Issue 1) DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR): REDUCING HUMAN VULNERABILITIES TO NATURAL DISASTERS NTUniv.
キーワード:reduction,August RV=68.7
3.Caribbean Appeal No. MAA49001 Mid-Year Report IFRC
キーワード:June RV=50.0
4.Monthly Tdh highlights in Haiti Emergency assistance for children and their communities in Haiti - August 2010 Tdh
キーワード:Swiss RV=44.5
▼2010/09/10 00:00〜2010/09/11 00:00▼
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1.Burning Issues for Haiti's Recovery BI
キーワード:settlement,Council,Rights,August,uman,strategy,tarp,conference,housing,governance RV=371.0
▼2010/09/11 00:00〜2010/09/12 00:00▼
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1.United Nations Mission in Haiti Should Be Maintained at Current Strength at Least until after November Elections New Government's Formation Security Council Told UN SC
キーワード:election,Council,cluster,sexual,April,UNDP RV=370.5
2.Hurricane Igor gets stronger storm Julia follows AFP
キーワード:rain RV=82.9
3.Haiti hotel planned biggest of its kind since quake Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:investment RV=59.6
4.Complan based supplementary feeding for 252 children in Haiti WER
キーワード:mother RV=40.8
5.(MAP) Earthquake-Affected Areas and Population Movement in Haiti and USG Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake (as of 12 Sep 2010) USAID
キーワード:Education RV=37.8
▼2010/09/14 00:00〜2010/09/15 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: UN launches new campaign against rape and gender-based violence UN News
キーワード:election,transitional,Council,sexual,rape RV=341.9
2.Press Conference by Outgoing General Assembly President UN DPI
キーワード:question,settlement,Council,budget RV=268.4
3.HAITI- American Red Cross and IOM Support Communities Hosting Displaced Haitians IOM
キーワード:agricultural RV=50.8
4.Just 2 percent of quake debris in Haiti cleared HSG
キーワード:grant RV=45.9
▼2010/09/15 00:00〜2010/09/16 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: Quake sheds light on needs of pre-quake disabled IRIN
キーワード:UNICEF,les,article,disability RV=269.8
2.Americas Conference: Cox Hailed Regional Progress; Urgest Swift Action on Hait World Bank
キーワード:debt,investment,June,grant RV=257.9
3.Closing Sixty-Fourth Session General Assembly President Urges Concrete Actions to Ensure Body’s Objectives Are Met Decisions Respected Authority Reinforced UN GA
キーワード:Council RV=65.9
4.Haiti: Humanitarian Bulletin Issue # 10 14 September 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cluster RV=62.3
▼2010/09/16 00:00〜2010/09/17 00:00▼
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1.INTERVIEW-Haiti recovery like rebuilding from war"-World Bank" Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:election,question,investment,decision,job,economy,business,Bank RV=406.5
2.Pakistan Kyrgyzstan Burkina Faso Sri Lanka: Newsletter ACTED #65 Septembre 2010 ACTED
キーワード:rain,August,business RV=147.9
▼2010/09/17 00:00〜2010/09/18 00:00▼
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1.SOUTH KOREA: New Funding to Support IOM Earthquake Response in Haiti IOM
キーワード:debt,settlement,transitional,June,relocation,season RV=366.4
2.Helping the Hosts in Haiti Am. RC
キーワード:Corps,grant,Rights,blood RV=184.1
▼2010/09/18 00:00〜2010/09/19 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #72 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 USAID
キーワード:Cluster,transitional,cluster,Goh,season,Shelter,flooding,construction,DPC,removal RV=415.0
▼2010/09/19 00:00〜2010/09/20 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: A shelter to recover ACTED
キーワード:rain,settlement,transitional,decision,July,Shelter RV=334.7
2.Hurricane season remains an imminent threat for Haiti and its vulnerable populations IASC
キーワード:rain,Cluster,transitional,Shelter,season,cent RV=329.1
3.(MAP) Haiti: Zone Map - Leogane Urban Area - 1 Sep 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter RV=110.1
4.(MAP) Haiti: Zone Map - Grand Goave Urban Area - 31 Aug 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter RV=110.1
5.(MAP) Haiti: Zone Map - Petit Goave Urban Area - 06 Sept 2010 Haiti Shelter Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,Shelter RV=110.1
▼2010/09/21 00:00〜2010/09/22 00:00▼
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1.IFC the Government of Haiti and the US State Department Announce Partnership to Support Industrial Park in Haiti To Create 10000 New Jobs Intl. FC
キーワード:debt,DB,transitional,investment,IFC,budget RV=408.9
2.The Humanitarian and the Military: different mandates and potential synergies Brussels Defence ECHO
キーワード:question,policy RV=127.6
3.Clinton philanthropy meeting eyes Haiti Pakistan Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:investment,agricultural RV=113.0
4.Special Declaration on Haiti issued by the Third Cuba-CARICOM Ministerial Meeting 17 September 2010 Havana Cuba CARICOM
キーワード:agricultural,grant RV=97.3
5.Unrealistic to expect immediate quake recovery in Haiti: US AFP
キーワード:investment RV=61.8
▼2010/09/22 00:00〜2010/09/23 00:00▼
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1.FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO HAITI - 21 September 2010 FAO
キーワード:agricultural,June,rainy,import,seed,reduction,production,season,harvest,trade RV=373.2
▼2010/09/23 00:00〜2010/09/24 00:00▼
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1.Confident that Despite Uneven Progress Setbacks Millennium Development Goals Can Still Be Achieved by 2015 Leaders Adopt ‘Action Agenda’ on Way Forward UN GA
キーワード:Council,investment,policy,climate,reduction,progress,job,growth RV=345.4
2.Bill and Melinda Gates Fund Assessment of Haitian Aid Tulane University
キーワード:grant,decision RV=84.6
▼2010/09/24 00:00〜2010/09/25 00:00▼
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1.The United States in UN Peacekeeping: Strengthening UN Peacekeeping and Conflict Prevention Efforts US DOS
キーワード:election,Council,sexual,rape RV=280.1
2.Hygiene Kits Provide Comfort for Thousands of Displaced Families in Haiti: $1.1 million in product donated to supply the kits with needed items Direct Relief
キーワード:Direct,rain RV=178.6
3.Working for change in Haiti Govt. Israel
キーワード:technology,agricultural,teacher RV=170.5
4.Opening General Debate Secretary-General Says ‘Great Goals Are Within Reach’ Urges Members States to Stand United ‘Against Forces that Would Divide Us’ UN GA
キーワード:election,Council RV=165.0
5.CHF Opens New Steel Shelter Production Facility to Bring Transitional Housing to Petit-Goave Haiti CHF
キーワード:transitional RV=69.1
▼2010/09/25 00:00〜2010/09/26 00:00▼
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1.Haiti Storm Flash Report #1 24 September 2010 OCHA
キーワード:rain,UNICEF,cluster,Wash RV=264.0
2.With United Nations Credibility Leadership Role in Jeopardy World Leaders Warn Only ‘Radical Overhaul’ Can Bring Organization Fully into Twenty-First Century UN GA
キーワード:Council,policy,decision,climate,progress,African RV=255.6
▼2010/09/26 00:00〜2010/09/27 00:00▼
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1.World Leaders Appeal for International Solidarity Applied through Legitimacy of United Nations as General Assembly Continues Annual High-Level Debate UN GA
キーワード:debt,election,Council,climate RV=308.0
2.Haiti: Heavy rain and wind Information bulletin nツー 1 IFRC
キーワード:rain,Cluster,Shelter RV=190.7
3.IT Crisis Experts Come Together To Improve Disaster Response World Bank
キーワード:technology,Camp RV=107.6
4.Haiti: Storm Situation Report #1 25 September 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cluster,Shelter RV=96.7
▼2010/09/27 00:00〜2010/09/28 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: After the Storm Shelter for the Homeless IOM
キーワード:rain,transitional,Camp,July,Shelter,season,DPC,actor,radio,construction RV=406.5
▼2010/09/28 00:00〜2010/09/29 00:00▼
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1.Senior Government Officials from Nations on the Front Lines of Climate Change Urge Comprehensive Action to Help with Mitigation Adaptation Measures UN GA
キーワード:agricultural,climate,Plan RV=135.3
2.Haiti: Storm Situation Report #4 27 September 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cluster,Wash RV=109.2
3.The Displaced of Haiti: Long-Term Challenges and Needed Solutions USCCB
キーワード:policy RV=44.4
▼2010/09/29 00:00〜2010/09/30 00:00▼
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1.Haiti quake homeless at risk shelter crisis drags Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:election,transitional,investment RV=231.9
2.Ministers Urge Serious Steps to End Long-Standing Conflicts Support for Peace Processes as General Assembly’s Annual Debate Continues UN GA
キーワード:question,settlement,Council RV=220.7
3.Immediate action provides relief after powerful storm sweeps through Haiti UNICEF
キーワード:rain,UNICEF RV=156.8
4.CHF-constructed Shelters Still Standing After Powerful Storm CHF
キーワード:rain,transitional RV=151.7
5.Tropical Storm Exposes Haiti’s Vulnerable Tent Cities IMC
キーワード:rain,Corps RV=147.3
▼2010/09/30 00:00〜2010/10/01 00:00▼
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1.Press Conference on High-Level Events during First Week of General Assembly's Sixty-Fifth Session UN DPI
キーワード:election,technology,investment,climate,policy RV=325.9
2.INTERVIEW-Haiti must use election to lever out of aid trap-UN Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:election,investment,corruption RV=213.5
3.INCREASED DISASTER PLANNING KEY IN HAITI FOLLOWING STORM OCHA
キーワード:cluster,Wash RV=110.3
4.Haiti Earthquake Response Facts and Figures 29 September 2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster RV=73.9
5.Storm rips through tent villages in Haiti Plan
キーワード:committee RV=39.5
▼2010/10/01 00:00〜2010/10/02 00:00▼
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1.INTERVIEW-Post-quake Haiti needs 'more better' funding -PM Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:debt,question,investment,budget RV=295.4
2.HAITI Food Security Outlook Update August 2010 FEWS NET
キーワード:rain,storm,import,August,farmer RV=227.4
3.Haiti Appeal: Crisis and post-crisis response to Earthquake – HTI101 Revision 1 ACT Alliance
キーワード:settlement RV=68.6
▼2010/10/02 00:00〜2010/10/03 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #1 Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 USAID
キーワード:rain,transitional,storm,Goh,DPC RV=259.9
2.Q+A: Crisis mappers look at Haiti lessons and beyond AlertNet
キーワード:technology,student,decision,Chile,Diaspora RV=217.6
▼2010/10/03 00:00〜2010/10/04 00:00▼
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1.50000 Children Fed Daily COH
キーワード:technology,student,growth,feeding,ope,expand,Kenya,Philippine,push,meal RV=259.0
▼2010/10/04 00:00〜2010/10/05 00:00▼
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1.Haiti looks to credit boost for post-quake rebound Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:debt,election,DB RV=287.4
2.The Coming Conflicts of Climate Change CFR
キーワード:question,Council RV=151.2
3.Situation Update: Nine Months after the Earthquake in Haiti PAHO
キーワード:UNICEF,Cluster RV=147.4
4.Haitian Children get a Fresh Start at School SC
キーワード:des RV=146.0
5.Haiti taps Prince Charles charity for city makover Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:debt RV=103.9
▼2010/10/05 00:00〜2010/10/06 00:00▼
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1.International Medical Corps Co-sponsors Disaster Response Medical Training IMC
キーワード:Direct,Corps,student RV=205.2
2.Haiti food aid hurting local farmers - report Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:agricultural,policy,grant,growth RV=178.1
3.Canada to support elections in Haiti CIDA
キーワード:election,Council RV=171.3
4.Health Leaders Urge Action to Make Hospitals Safe in Disasters PAHO
キーワード:Council,investment RV=133.1
▼2010/10/06 00:00〜2010/10/07 00:00▼
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1.IDB makes $20 million grant to Haiti for partial credit guarantee program I-A DB
キーワード:DB,investment,grant,loan,job,agriculture RV=296.6
2.Haiti earthquake operation - Summary of the plan of action IFRC
キーワード:transitional,budget,Swiss RV=158.3
3.Haiti Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Program Summary USAID
キーワード:transitional,Goh RV=105.2
▼2010/10/07 00:00〜2010/10/08 00:00▼
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1.Crime Politics and Violence in Post- Earthquake Haiti USIP
キーワード:election,investment,policy,July RV=253.1
2.UN projects for Haiti on gender-based violence and education win approval UN News
キーワード:UNICEF,April,Clinton,campaign RV=190.2
3.Bill Clinton visits tent city in Haiti offers support AFP
キーワード:rain,Clinton RV=118.0
4.U.S. Deputy Ambassador visits CHF post-quake projects in Petit-Goave Haiti CHF
キーワード:July,progress RV=72.0
▼2010/10/08 00:00〜2010/10/09 00:00▼
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1.Interim Haiti Recovery Commission Approves 18 New Projects at Third Board Meeting UN Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti
キーワード:DB,UNICEF,investment,April,grant RV=310.9
2.HAITI: Over 160 Additional Transitional Shelter Units For Displaced Handed Over by IOM IOM
キーワード:rain,transitional,settlement,April RV=261.9
3.Stabilising' fragile states: implications for humanitarian action ODI
キーワード:article,policy RV=103.2
▼2010/10/09 00:00〜2010/10/10 00:00▼
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1.CIDA Launches a Call for Proposals for Projects in Haiti CIDA
キーワード:question,investment,Plan,August,Commission RV=259.2
2.Clinton urged to push for free and fair Haiti elections AFP
キーワード:election,Council,decision,Clinton RV=248.8
3.INTERNATIONAL ACTION JOINS RUBBLE CLEARANCE EFFORTS TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH Intl. Action
キーワード:investment,budget RV=113.0
▼2010/10/11 00:00〜2010/10/12 00:00▼
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1.UN Urges Increased Protection for Haitian Refugees VOA
キーワード:question,sexual,refugee,girl,domestic,gang RV=255.0
2.(MAP) EARTHQUAKE-AFFECTED AREAS AND POPULATION MOVEMENT IN HAITI (as of 22 Feb 2010) and FY 2010 USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI FOR THE EARTHQUAKE (as of 08 Oct 2010) USAID
キーワード:Education,Shelter,Protection,fiscal RV=110.9
▼2010/10/12 00:00〜2010/10/13 00:00▼
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1.NGO Statement on General Debate 61st Session of the UNHCR Executive Committee 4-8 October 2010 ICVA
キーワード:cluster,grant,committee,Sudan RV=188.8
2.UK conference marks International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction Govt. UK
キーワード:Council,climate,policy RV=163.8
3.HAITI: SENEGAL TAKES STUDENTS PORT-AU-PRINCE ATTENDS PROMISED FUNDS MISNA
キーワード:election,student RV=150.3
4.ActionAid joins international community in marking International Day for Disaster Reduction ActionAid
キーワード:investment RV=68.2
▼2010/10/13 00:00〜2010/10/14 00:00▼
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1.INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION OCTOBER 13 2010 CDEMA
キーワード:investment,settlement,climate,agricultural,reduction,relocation RV=326.0
2.International Day for Disaster Reduction 2010 IFRC
キーワード:investment,climate,policy,reduction,Sudan RV=254.1
3.How ecosystems protect communities against natural hazards UNEP
キーワード:UNICEF,policy,reduction RV=165.6
4.Crisis Management Landscape Evolving Fourth Committee Hears as It Probes Diverse Benefits of Outer Space Research on Natural Disaster Mitigation Development UN GA
キーワード:technology,climate RV=131.5
5.Protecting hospitals and health centres before disasters saves lives WHO
キーワード:investment,reduction RV=112.0
▼2010/10/14 00:00〜2010/10/15 00:00▼
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1.Building hope for adolescent girls in post-earthquake Haiti UNICEF
キーワード:AmeriCares,UNICEF,Council,sexual,rape,girl RV=418.0
2.Government of Canada helps Caribbean Countries Reduce Impact of Natural Disasters CIDA
キーワード:investment,reduction,practice,preparedness RV=175.1
▼2010/10/15 00:00〜2010/10/16 00:00▼
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1.Security Council Renewing Haiti Mission Mandate in Resolution 1944 (2010) Looks to Review of Situation after Pending Elections New Government UN SC
キーワード:election,Council,sexual,rape,policy,reduction RV=398.9
2.Global Earthquake Alerts to Include Economic Loss and Casualty Information USGS
キーワード:question,settlement RV=148.7
3.Hot meals draw pupils back to Haiti's quake hit schools AFP
キーワード:agricultural,teacher RV=104.6
4.UN hunger report urges aid revamp for countries in protracted crises AlertNet
キーワード:agricultural RV=53.3
▼2010/10/16 00:00〜2010/10/17 00:00▼
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1.World Food Day: Hunger and Malnutrition Top Health Risks ADRA
キーワード:Adra,UNICEF,agricultural,April,FAO RV=466.6
2.Third Committee Speakers Describe Wide Range of Ways — from Reintegration of Child Soldiers to Rural Schools-on-Wheels — Countries Promote Child Rights UN GA
キーワード:UNICEF,investment,disability,girl,speaker RV=279.3
3.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #3 Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 USAID
キーワード:transitional RV=69.2
▼2010/10/18 00:00〜2010/10/19 00:00▼
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1.Power to the committee? A tool for agencies working with camp committees in Haiti HAP
キーワード:cluster,article,committee,corruption,Camp,decision RV=293.7
2.Collaboration and innovation – developing a joint complaint and response mechanism in Haiti HAP
キーワード:sexual,committee,corruption,Vision,July RV=237.0
3.JRS DISPATCHES No. 288 18 October 2010 JRS
キーワード:refugee RV=35.9
▼2010/10/19 00:00〜2010/10/20 00:00▼
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1.CHF Continues Reforestation and Erosion Control Efforts in the Rural Mountains of Haiti CHF
キーワード:rainy,rural,economy,October,flooding,soil,season RV=209.3
2.Dominican Republic: New Chances for Change Ref. Intl.
キーワード:policy,legal,agreement RV=91.6
▼2010/10/20 00:00〜2010/10/21 00:00▼
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1.Field Exchange No. 39 (September 2010) ENN
キーワード:UNICEF,Cluster,investment,cluster,article RV=339.5
2.Addressing violence against women through prevention mitigation and response IFRC
キーワード:election,sexual,climate,policy,girl RV=322.1
▼2010/10/21 00:00〜2010/10/22 00:00▼
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1.FUNDING: Unravelling the conundrum of US aid to Haiti IRIN
キーワード:les,article,committee,policy,budget,campaign,August,July,Clinton RV=422.5
2.OBI RESPONDING TO POTENTIAL CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN HAITI OBI
キーワード:Obi RV=93.3
▼2010/10/22 00:00〜2010/10/23 00:00▼
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1.Press briefing by PAHO Deputy Director Jon Andrus on the cholera outbreak in Haiti PAHO
キーワード:question,UNICEF,cluster,settlement RV=284.9
2.Haiti Earthquake Response Update - Facts and Figures 21 October 2010 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:Cluster,decision,Goh,DPC RV=181.4
3.Haiti: Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Catherine Bragg - Remarks to the press at the noon briefing Friday 22 October 2010 New York OCHA
キーワード:question,rain RV=161.7
4.PAHO Responds to Cholera Outbreak in Haiti PAHO
キーワード:Cluster RV=71.5
5.USAID Provides Training to Masons in Haiti USAID
キーワード:student RV=43.5
▼2010/10/23 00:00〜2010/10/24 00:00▼
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1.Why learning lessons in Haiti shouldn't take this long... AlertNet
キーワード:question,cluster,article RV=208.2
2.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #4 Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 USAID
キーワード:Cluster,transitional,Wash RV=188.2
3.Press Conference by Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator on Humanitarian Efforts in Haiti UN DPI
キーワード:question,rape RV=143.4
4.INTERNATIONAL ACTION INTERVENES IN HAITI’S CHOLERA OUTBREAK Intl. Action
キーワード:technology RV=75.8
5.International Medical Corps Deploys Medical Team and Supplies in Response to Cholera Outbreak in Central Haiti; Fears Outbreak Could Spread to Camps IMC
キーワード:Corps RV=72.4
▼2010/10/24 00:00〜2010/10/25 00:00▼
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1.Haiti cholera toll tops 200 five cases in capital Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:election,cholera,radio,job,outbreak,prison,prevention,conference,Poor,legislative RV=336.5
▼2010/10/25 00:00〜2010/10/26 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: ACT Sitrep No. 18/2010 ACT Alliance
キーワード:cholera,cluster,committee,Wash,Camp RV=274.0
2.SPECIAL REPORT-Is aid doing Haiti more harm than good? Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:question,investment,cholera RV=218.8
3.OAS and Haiti Government Announce $1.5 Million Contribution from Private Sector to Cadastre Project OAS
キーワード:investment,OAS,June RV=161.5
4.IRC cholera prevention campaign in full gear in Haitian capital IRC
キーワード:cholera,settlement RV=130.4
5.Prevention essential in stopping cholera in Haiti Caritas
キーワード:cholera RV=67.0
▼2010/10/26 00:00〜2010/10/27 00:00▼
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1.Press briefing on the cholera outbreak in Haiti by Dr. Jon Andrus 25 October 2010 PAHO
キーワード:cholera,question,Cluster RV=254.3
2.Progress in Haiti UMCOR
キーワード:cholera,question,transitional RV=251.4
3.Haiti: Cholera outbreak; Information Bulletin nツー 2 IFRC
キーワード:cholera,Cluster,cluster RV=235.2
4.Haiti cholera outbreak 'stabilizing' – but could affect election csmonitor
キーワード:election,cholera RV=211.1
5.Confronting gender-based violence and changing perceptions in Haiti after the quake UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,sexual,rape RV=207.6
▼2010/10/27 00:00〜2010/10/28 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: THE STAKES OF THE POST-QUAKE ELECTIONS; Latin America/Caribbean Report Nツー35 ICG
キーワード:cholera,election,Council RV=300.5
2.Haiti seen mired in crisis throughout 2011 - ex-UN aid chief AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,question,sexual RV=274.2
3.MERCY CORPS WORKS TO CONTAIN SPREAD OF CHOLERA IN HAITI Mercy Corps
キーワード:cholera,Corps RV=200.5
4.Haiti: WB Grants US$30 Million for Housing Reconstruction World Bank
キーワード:debt,transitional RV=170.4
5.EXPERT VIEWS: How should the aid world do big disasters better? AlertNet
キーワード:question,cluster RV=150.3
▼2010/10/28 00:00〜2010/10/29 00:00▼
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1.Together we can make a difference: Europe's Partnerships in Service to Humanity Annual Conference of European Commission's humanitarian partners ECHO
キーワード:debt,Corps,UNICEF,Council,climate,agricultural RV=433.4
2.Haiti’s Elections and Reconstruction Efforts under Review as OAS Assistant Secretary General Convenes High-Level Meeting OAS
キーワード:cholera,election,question,Council RV=402.3
3.Haiti: Path to Haiti polls clouded as cholera spreads Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,investment,Council RV=385.0
4.World Concern Prepares Field Staff to Help Prevent Spread of Cholera in Haiti World Concern
キーワード:cholera,question RV=217.5
5.Haiti: Cholera Situation Report #6 28 October 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,UNICEF RV=208.5
▼2010/10/29 00:00〜2010/10/30 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Cholera Situation Report #7 28 October 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,cluster,outbreak,Wash,October RV=377.6
2.Aid groups ramp up efforts to contain Haiti cholera outbreak InterAction
キーワード:cholera,Corps,article,outbreak RV=355.6
3.Red Cross Works to Prevent Spread of Cholera in Haiti Am. RC
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,October,Rights RV=304.2
4.Red Cross Ships Cots to Haiti in Response to Cholera Outbreak Am. RC
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,October,Rights RV=304.2
5.Cholera threatens thousands of new mums and babies in Haiti camps SC
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,breastfeed,campaign RV=294.3
▼2010/10/30 00:00〜2010/10/31 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Cholera Situation Report #8 29 October 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,UNICEF,cluster,October,Wash RV=410.9
2.HAITI: CONCERN RESPONDS TO CHOLERA OUTBREAK Concern Worldwide
キーワード:cholera,rain,outbreak,October,campaign RV=394.2
3.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #5 Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 USAID
キーワード:cholera,transitional,outbreak,October RV=344.7
4.World Vision prepares for potential severe weather admidst ongoing cholera quake response work World Vision
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,October,Vision RV=320.7
▼2010/10/31 00:00〜2010/11/01 00:00▼
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▼2010/11/01 00:00〜2010/11/02 00:00▼
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1.Rushing Aid to Cholera Victims in Haiti AmeriCares
キーワード:cholera,AmeriCares,outbreak,blood,rural RV=423.6
2.Tropical Storm Tomas downgraded but heads for Haiti Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,rain,October,storm RV=341.4
3.Haiti: Hurricane Tomas Preparations • Cholera Situation Report #10 31 October 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,cluster,outbreak,DPC RV=333.1
▼2010/11/02 00:00〜2010/11/03 00:00▼
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1.HAITI- Contingency Planning On-Going as Hurricane Tomas Approaches IOM
キーワード:cholera,rain,Camp,storm,relocation RV=387.5
2.Red Cross prepares as Hurricane Tomas approaches Haiti IFRC
キーワード:cholera,rain,outbreak,storm RV=364.5
3.As Hurricane Tomas heads towards Haiti PADF seeks public support PADF
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,storm RV=287.6
4.Laboratory Test Results of Cholera Outbreak Strain in Haiti Announced CDC
キーワード:cholera,outbreak RV=245.2
5.Haiti: Hurricane Tomas • Cholera Situation Report #11 1 November 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,DPC RV=222.3
▼2010/11/03 00:00〜2010/11/04 00:00▼
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1.British Red Cross on high alert as Haiti braces itself for Hurricane Tomas BRC
キーワード:cholera,rain,outbreak,storm,epidemic,Tomas,wind RV=478.2
2.Haiti: Hurricane Tomas • Cholera Situation Report #12 2 November 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,cluster,Camp,preparedness,Tomas RV=374.6
▼2010/11/04 00:00〜2010/11/05 00:00▼
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1.Haiti evacuation effort stalls as storm closes in Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,rain,storm,committee,Tomas RV=563.1
2.HAITI: Unarmed in the fight against cholera IRIN
キーワード:cholera,UNICEF,les,outbreak,article,Tomas RV=541.4
3.Tomas regains tropical storm strength heads for Haiti AFP
キーワード:cholera,rain,storm,Tomas RV=395.3
4.HAITI: EMERGENCY SUPPLIES URGENTLY NEEDED AS HAITI PREPARES FOR TROPICAL STORM TOMAS OCHA
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,storm,Tomas RV=384.3
5.Haiti: Cholera: A ticking bomb NCA
キーワード:cholera RV=219.6
▼2010/11/05 00:00〜2010/11/06 00:00▼
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1.Tomas regains hurricane force soaks Haiti camps Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,rain,Tomas,storm RV=579.6
2.CARE helps Haitians prepare for tropical storm Tomas CARE
キーワード:cholera,rain,Tomas,outbreak,storm RV=528.6
3.HAITI- Relocations Continue as Tropical Storm Powers Ashore; IOM Appeals for Cholera Response IOM
キーワード:cholera,rain,Tomas,outbreak,storm RV=528.6
4.OPERATION USA MOBILIZES TO SEND EMERGENCY AID AS TROPICAL STORM TOMAS APPROACHES HAITI OpUSA
キーワード:cholera,rain,Tomas,outbreak,storm RV=528.6
5.Tomas threatens half a million in Haiti ACT Alliance
キーワード:cholera,rain,Tomas,storm,Cluster RV=526.5
▼2010/11/06 00:00〜2010/11/07 00:00▼
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1.U.S. Assistance to Haiti Related to Hurricane Tomas and Cholera Outbreak US DOS
キーワード:cholera,election,question,Tomas,storm,outbreak,reduction RV=729.1
2.Hurricane Tomas Increases Risk of Cholera CRWRC
キーワード:cholera,rain,Tomas,storm,outbreak,Wash,committee RV=653.8
3.Prepared for Hurricane Tomas in Haiti COH
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,storm,outbreak RV=472.4
4.A Simple Solution To Help Combat Cholera In Haiti HOPE
キーワード:cholera,outbreak RV=323.0
▼2010/11/07 00:00〜2010/11/08 00:00▼
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1.Haiti dodges storm disaster cholera toll rises Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,Tomas,rain,storm,outbreak,epidemic RV=747.5
2.Haiti: Hurricane Tomas Update COE-DMHA
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,rain,storm,epidemic,June,radio RV=634.5
3.Storm-battered Haiti cleans up Tomas wreckage AFP
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,rain,storm,epidemic,refugee RV=589.6
▼2010/11/08 00:00〜2010/11/09 00:00▼
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1.Storm cholera tolls rise but Haiti vote still on Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,Tomas,question,storm,rain,outbreak RV=821.9
2.Haiti/Jacmel: After the Storm Medair
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,storm,rain,outbreak,Cluster,transitional RV=741.0
3.Hurricane Tomas Brings More Suffering to Haiti AmeriCares
キーワード:cholera,AmeriCares,Tomas,storm,rain,outbreak RV=732.5
4.IRC assesses storm damage in Port-au-Prince camps IRC
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,storm,rain,outbreak RV=608.3
5.As Hurricane Tomas Hits Haiti Local Media Serve as Critical Information Lifeline Internews
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,storm,outbreak RV=526.1
▼2010/11/09 00:00〜2010/11/10 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Hurricane Tomas Update - Monday November 8 2010 COE-DMHA
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,storm,rain,Cluster,epidemic RV=698.9
2.In Haiti Fearing the Water IMC
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,Corps,storm,outbreak RV=671.0
3.Haiti: Hurricane Tomas and cholera outbreak CARE
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,storm,rain,outbreak RV=660.1
4.Help for Tomas Survivors Govt. Cayman Islands
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,storm,outbreak RV=576.0
5.Haiti cholera outbreak: prevention information saves lives IFRC
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,outbreak RV=490.0
▼2010/11/10 00:00〜2010/11/11 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Hurricane Tomas Update - Monday November 9 2010 COE-DMHA
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,storm,rain,outbreak,UNICEF,Cluster,epidemic,June,flooding RV=949.8
▼2010/11/11 00:00〜2010/11/12 00:00▼
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1.Confirmed cholera cases in Port-au-Prince further endanger the lives of children says Save the Children SC
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,outbreak,flooding,prevention,oral,spread,environment,diarrhea,illness RV=731.6
▼2010/11/12 00:00〜2010/11/13 00:00▼
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1.Cholera rips through Haiti Tearfund
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,storm,epidemic,flooding RV=642.8
2.Haiti: Tropical Storm Tomas Information bulletin no. 1 IFRC
キーワード:Tomas,storm,rain RV=322.5
3.Haiti: ACT Sitrep No. 19 /2010 ACT Alliance
キーワード:Tomas,agricultural,DPC RV=242.1
4.Disasters: Preparedness and Mitigation in the Americas Issue No.114 Oct 2010 PAHO
キーワード:outbreak,October RV=129.9
▼2010/11/13 00:00〜2010/11/14 00:00▼
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1.When Disaster Strikes: Women's Particular Vulnerabilities and Amazing Strengths Brookings-Bern
キーワード:storm,Council,climate,June,Rights,Pakistan,research,hazard,Project,uman RV=448.1
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1.AmeriCares Team Quickly Responds to Alarming Spread of Cholera in Haiti AmeriCares
キーワード:cholera,AmeriCares,outbreak,November,preparedness,rural RV=632.6
2.Haiti: handicapped children learn to enjoy life again ICRC
キーワード:storm,girl,mother RV=163.4
3.Haiti: thousands of disabled Haitians to benefit from rebuilt clinic ICRC
キーワード:technology RV=73.6
4.Haiti-Strengthening Agriculture Public Services II World Bank
キーワード:rural RV=30.6
▼2010/11/16 00:00〜2010/11/17 00:00▼
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1.PAHO Briefs NGO Partners on Cholera Outbreak in Haiti PAHO
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,Corps,outbreak,UNICEF RV=732.8
2.CHF Haiti Ramps Up Cholera Response CHF
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,transitional RV=543.7
3.Spoilers" trying to sabotage Haiti elections - UN" Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak RV=532.7
4.Pakistan floods: measuring the misery of survivors BRC
キーワード:cholera,question,outbreak RV=497.1
5.Bishops Praise Generosity of U.S. Catholics Detail Breadth of Church’s Response to Tragedy in Haiti USCCB
キーワード:debt,CRS,transitional RV=248.8
▼2010/11/17 00:00〜2010/11/18 00:00▼
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1.HAITI: Combating TB in Port-au-Prince's tent cities PlusNews
キーワード:Tomas,question,les,article,October,November RV=465.2
2.Haiti • Cholera Situation Report #18 - 16 November 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,Wash RV=382.3
3.Red Cross Helps Support Haitians Disabled in January Quake Am. RC
キーワード:blood,Rights,November RV=125.4
▼2010/11/18 00:00〜2010/11/19 00:00▼
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1.Cholera Inter-Sector Response Strategy for Haiti Nov. 2010 - Dec. 2011 InterAction
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,cluster,settlement,Wash,October RV=642.5
2.Unrest in Haiti as cholera crisis continues BRC
キーワード:cholera,epidemic RV=392.6
▼2010/11/19 00:00〜2010/11/20 00:00▼
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1.The Joint Mission OAS/CARICOM in Haiti provides an update after more than three months of activity OAS
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,election,epidemic,Council,November,campaign RV=840.3
2.Haiti cholera response funding called inadequate"""" Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,epidemic,campaign,Nov RV=710.8
3.Haiti: cholera hits La Piste camp IFRC
キーワード:cholera,girl RV=395.9
▼2010/11/20 00:00〜2010/11/21 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Cholera Situation Report #19 - 19 November 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,cluster,epidemic RV=477.5
2.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #6 Fiscal Year (FY)2011 USAID
キーワード:transitional,Cluster,October,November,Goh RV=262.9
3.ACTED Newsletter nツー66 October 2010 ACTED
キーワード:Pakistan,Sudan RV=78.5
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1.CARE: Addressing Haiti's vulnerability beyond the current epidemic CARE
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,investment,epidemic,November,campaign,prevention,electoral RV=872.0
2.Postponing Haiti polls could threaten stability-EU Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,epidemic,Nov,electoral RV=725.9
3.Mired in Crises Haiti Struggles to Focus on Election NY Times
キーワード:cholera,November RV=404.7
4.(MAP) ONGOING USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI FOR THE EARTHQUAKE (as of 19 Nov 2010) USAID
キーワード:Nov RV=43.8
▼2010/11/23 00:00〜2010/11/24 00:00▼
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1.Experts See Scant Progress in Reducing Violence against Women in the Americas PAHO
キーワード:question,sexual,November,girl,campaign,Chile,CDC,participant,study,discussion RV=434.5
▼2010/11/24 00:00〜2010/11/25 00:00▼
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1.Briefing by U.S. Ambassador Merten on Haiti US DOS
キーワード:cholera,election,Tomas,question,outbreak,epidemic,article RV=986.9
2.Cholera-hit Haiti needs nurses doctors - U.N. Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,epidemic RV=679.1
3.Haiti/Cholera: US$10 Million World Bank Emergency Grant to Step Up Access to Health Services--Program is part of World Bank US$479 million reconstruction support World Bank
キーワード:cholera,debt,outbreak,epidemic RV=621.1
4.HAITI CHOLERA COULD AFFECT 400000 WITHOUT STRONGER RESPONSE WARNS EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR OCHA
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,epidemic RV=521.7
5.Pro bono lawyers help Haiti quake survivors get loans AlertNet
キーワード:Corps,investment RV=164.9
▼2010/11/25 00:00〜2010/11/26 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: CAFOD bolsters support for fight against cholera CAFOD
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,outbreak,CRS,reduction,campaign,prevention RV=826.1
2.Haiti: Transitional shelters in Leogane for the victims of the earthquake ACTED
キーワード:election,transitional,progress RV=259.3
▼2010/11/26 00:00〜2010/11/27 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: 10000 People in Safer Shelter and Counting Medair
キーワード:cholera,election,Tomas,storm,outbreak,rain,transitional,epidemic RV=1090.3
2.Where do I vote? Much confusion clouds Haiti polls Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,question,epidemic RV=708.3
3.Haiti polls are opportunity for cholera prevention UNDP
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,Council RV=692.6
4.(MAP) Haiti : Situation du Cholera Cluster CCCM - Carte operationnelle - Presence des partenaires et Activites - 18 novembre 2010 OCHA
キーワード:epidemic RV=66.7
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1.Haiti on edge credibility doubts taint elections Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,epidemic,Council,electoral,Nov,candidate,campaign,radio RV=1001.7
2.Haiti elections rocked by fraud charges protests Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,epidemic,Council,electoral,Nov,candidate,campaign,radio RV=1001.7
▼2010/11/30 00:00〜2010/12/01 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Statement by the OAS-CARICOM Joint Electoral Observation Mission on the Presidential and Legislative Elections of 28 November 2010 OAS
キーワード:cholera,election,epidemic,article,Council,electoral,candidate RV=876.5
2.Haiti: Ban warns electoral unrest could impede efforts to fight cholera epidemic UN News
キーワード:cholera,election,UNICEF,epidemic,candidate RV=767.9
3.American Red Cross Commits Additional $2 Million to Combat Cholera in Haiti Am. RC
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,epidemic RV=542.3
4.Preliminary estimates for 2010 from Swiss Re sigma show that natural catastrophes and man-made disasters caused economic losses of USD 222 billion and cost insurers USD 36 billion Swiss Re
キーワード:storm RV=87.5
▼2010/12/01 00:00〜2010/12/02 00:00▼
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1.Haiti's Post-Quake Poll Impasse IDS
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,Council,electoral,candidate,OAS,November,vote RV=978.1
2.Haiti: Cholera Situation Report #22 - 30 November 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,election,cluster RV=639.4
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1.MIGRATION Winter 2010 - Pakistan Floods: After the Deluge & The Future of Migration? IOM
キーワード:question,investment,policy,invest,environmental,economy,trafficking,legal,rule,business RV=388.1
▼2010/12/03 00:00〜2010/12/04 00:00▼
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1.Haiti simmers amid vote limbo anti-cholera attacks AFP
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,epidemic,candidate,October RV=856.9
2.Schools shut in Britain reopen in Haiti IR
キーワード:cholera,UNICEF,transitional RV=526.5
3.NOK 1 billion to UNICEF Govt. Norway
キーワード:UNICEF,investment RV=133.8
4.Clearing a path for People Living with Disabilities in Haiti IOM
キーワード:disability RV=53.4
▼2010/12/04 00:00〜2010/12/05 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Cholera Situation Report #23 - 3 December 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,cluster,Wash RV=592.2
2.Haiti: Launching of the renovation project for a Port-au-Prince school PU
キーワード:cholera,prevention,April RV=468.3
3.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #7 Fiscal Year (FY)2011 USAID
キーワード:transitional,Cluster,November,Goh RV=216.0
▼2010/12/06 00:00〜2010/12/07 00:00▼
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1.UPDATE 2-Haiti anti-vote protesters march clash with police Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,epidemic,candidate,electoral,Nov,OAS,vote RV=936.0
2.Haiti: volunteers clear canals and fight cholera BRC
キーワード:cholera,rain,prevention RV=517.5
▼2010/12/07 00:00〜2010/12/08 00:00▼
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1.Nutrition in a time of cholera: A challenge for Haitian mothers and babies UNICEF
キーワード:cholera,UNICEF,October,baby,breastfeed,practice,growth RV=683.9
2.December 2010 Monthly Tdh highlights in Haiti: Emergency assistance for children & communities affected by the earthquake Tdh Child Relief
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,epidemic,prevention RV=598.2
▼2010/12/08 00:00〜2010/12/09 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: A multisectorial approach to meet the needs of the populations affected by cholera ACTED
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,outbreak,rain,epidemic,UNICEF RV=870.9
2.Protests erupt as Haiti election goes to run-off Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,question,epidemic,candidate RV=847.7
3.Haiti: Society's forgotten ones" get respite from hardship" ACT Alliance
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,epidemic RV=633.1
4.Haiti: Cholera Situation Report #24 - 7 December 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,election RV=608.5
5.Haiti – Cholera Fact Sheet #7 Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 USAID
キーワード:cholera,Corps,outbreak RV=590.8
▼2010/12/10 00:00〜2010/12/11 00:00▼
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1.Significant Drop in Numbers of Internally Displaced in Camps in Haiti IOM
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,transitional,October,November,settlement,reduction RV=831.8
2.Haiti One-Year after the Quake: New Homes in old Neighborhoods CRS
キーワード:cholera,CRS,outbreak,transitional,November,prevention RV=747.9
▼2010/12/11 00:00〜2010/12/12 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Security Council calls on all sides to end post-electoral violence UN News
キーワード:cholera,election,epidemic,candidate,electoral,Council,October,November,party,legislative RV=1062.2
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1.Estonia Helps Haiti Manage Cholera Epidemic Govt. Estonia
キーワード:cholera,epidemic,UNICEF,October,spread,beginning,vast,resettle,availability,resolve RV=685.7
▼2010/12/14 00:00〜2010/12/15 00:00▼
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1.Haiti’s Children One Year Later SC
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,outbreak,epidemic RV=730.6
2.Haiti: HUMANITARIAN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (HIP) ECHO
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,epidemic,electoral RV=710.4
3.Haiti: Red Cross ambulances ensure safe access to treatment IFRC
キーワード:cholera,outbreak RV=498.2
4.US warns Haiti could risk aid freeze AFP
キーワード:election,question,candidate,electoral RV=445.1
5.Haiti's Disaster after the Disaster: The IDP Camps and Cholera Tufts Univ.
キーワード:question,rain,rape RV=238.8
▼2010/12/15 00:00〜2010/12/16 00:00▼
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1.Central Emergency Response Fund 2010 Fact Sheet OCHA
キーワード:Pakistan,Sudan,Cerf,loan,grant,Assembly RV=221.0
2.Haiti after the earthquake: Civil society perspectives on Haitian reconstruction and Dominican-Haitian bilateral relations Progressio
キーワード:policy,reform,progress,Commission RV=143.2
▼2010/12/16 00:00〜2010/12/17 00:00▼
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1.Bill Clinton due in Haiti amid threat of new unrest AFP
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,candidate,DB RV=868.7
2.Haiti: SitRep No. 20/2010 14 December 2010 ACT Alliance
キーワード:cholera,election RV=625.4
3.SURGE IN DEMAND FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN HIGH-RISK ENVIRONMENTS INFORMS GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON STRENGTHENING UN DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE UN GA
キーワード:cholera,Tomas RV=568.8
4.Cutting Haiti aid would be a mistake - Bill Clinton Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:election,question,candidate RV=386.3
5.CLIMATE CHANGE: Disaster insurance the Caribbean way IRIN
キーワード:Tomas,les,storm RV=327.3
▼2010/12/17 00:00〜2010/12/18 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: life after the earthquake IFRC
キーワード:blood,speaker,session,job,class,old,wood,daughter,tarpaulin,Spanish RV=236.4
▼2010/12/18 00:00〜2010/12/19 00:00▼
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1.2010 - Haiti's fateful year UN Radio
キーワード:cholera,election,Tomas,outbreak RV=874.8
2.STRENGTH OF COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATED DURING YEAR OF GREAT DIFFICULTY"" - SIR EDWIN"" CARICOM
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,question,storm,October RV=808.5
3.PAHO will pursue cholera vaccination in Haiti Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,October RV=557.6
4.Caricom-Australia chide empty promises to Haiti AFP
キーワード:cholera RV=415.1
5.Looking back Ban calls 2010 ‘a big year for the United Nations’ UN News
キーワード:election,technology,electoral,vote RV=415.0
▼2010/12/19 00:00〜2010/12/20 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Cholera Situation Report #27 - 17 Decembre 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,epidemic,Wash,actor,cent,December,nationwide,announcement RV=955.3
▼2010/12/20 00:00〜2010/12/21 00:00▼
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1.British public favours orphanages in emergencies poll finds - but aid agency warns of misguided kindness"" SC
キーワード:November,baby,poll,research,commission RV=210.2
2.DFID’s Expenditure on Humanitarian Assistance 2009/10 DFID
キーワード:budget,Sudan,Commission RV=114.8
3.Misguided Kindness: Making the right decisions for children in emergencies SC
キーワード:girl,lesson RV=78.2
▼2010/12/21 00:00〜2010/12/22 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Nine-month Progress Report Emergency appeal nツー MDRHT008 Operations Update no. 23 IFRC
キーワード:transitional,cluster,Cluster,October,November,Wash,Swiss RV=395.1
2.HAITI: TWO EMH SCHOOLS TO BE REBUILT UMCOR
キーワード:Methodist,student,grant RV=125.7
▼2010/12/22 00:00〜2010/12/23 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Cholera Situation Report #27 - 21 December 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,cent RV=533.3
2.Haiti: Rebuilding houses and more NZ Red Cross
キーワード:transitional,disability,student,June,progress,spread,latrine RV=299.8
▼2010/12/23 00:00〜2010/12/24 00:00▼
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1.IDB announces record disbursements of $176 million for Haiti in 2010 I-A DB
キーワード:cholera,debt,DB,investment,climate RV=724.1
2.ECHO Operational Strategy 2011 ECHO
キーワード:Corps,storm,transitional,article,Council,climate RV=427.7
▼2010/12/24 00:00〜2010/12/25 00:00▼
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1.Dramatic" 2010 for United Nations: the year in review" UN Radio
キーワード:cholera,election,question,outbreak,Council,vote,climate,reduction,Pakistan,girl RV=1123.3
▼2010/12/25 00:00〜2010/12/26 00:00▼
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1.45 people lynched amid Haiti cholera fears: officials AFP
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,epidemic,October,November,campaign,practice,spread,awareness,AFP RV=860.2
▼2010/12/26 00:00〜2010/12/27 00:00▼
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1.UK gives ツ」40m to UN disaster fund BBC
キーワード:review,two,third,shortfall,Mitchell,story,Ashdown,Lord RV=48.3
▼2010/12/27 00:00〜2010/12/28 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Cholera Situation Report #29 - 24 December 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,November,campaign RV=606.2
2.Haiti: Pierre Redens Fritz: I wanted to help inform camp residents how to prepare for hurricanes IFRC
キーワード:Tomas,November,settlement,teacher,committee,reduction,speaker RV=444.5
▼2010/12/28 00:00〜2010/12/29 00:00▼
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1.One year after Haiti earthquake Habitat’s recovery program has benefited nearly 24000 families through emergency transitional and permanent housing solutions Habitat
キーワード:cholera,election,Tomas,outbreak,transitional RV=957.5
2.Red Cross Supports Pan American Health Organization with $1.5 Million in Medicine and Supplies for Cholera Response Am. RC
キーワード:cholera,epidemic,UNICEF RV=569.8
3.UMCOR Hotline 28 Dec 2010: Haiti Zimbabwe DRC Chile Philippines Mozambique UMCOR
キーワード:cholera,rain,October RV=560.8
4.Haitians on the pitch for recovery UNDP
キーワード:storm RV=84.9
▼2010/12/29 00:00〜2010/12/30 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: I want to help those who can't help themselves"" IFRC
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,prevention,awareness,wash,fluid RV=631.8
2.Building Hope in Haiti: One Year Later Habitat
キーワード:student,progress,tree,class RV=126.9
▼2010/12/30 00:00〜2010/12/31 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – Cholera Fact Sheet #12 Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 USAID
キーワード:cholera,CRS,outbreak,November,Wash,practice,rural RV=781.8
2.Haiti: Cholera Situation Report #30 - 28 December 2010 OCHA
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,Cluster,prevention,latrine RV=644.9
▼2010/12/31 00:00〜2011/01/01 00:00▼
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1.Multiple emergencies and a new focus on reaching the most vulnerable children UNICEF
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,UNICEF,October,flooding,Pakistan,girl,June,Chile,April RV=879.4
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1.A Year After Haiti Earthquake International Medical Corps Expands Relief Operations to Serve Survivors As Well As Those Affected By Cholera Outbreak IMC
キーワード:cholera,Corps,outbreak,reduction,practice RV=703.3
2.Multiple emergencies and a new focus on reaching the most vulnerable children UNICEF
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,Pakistan RV=559.1
3.Natural disasters 'killed 295000 in 2010' AFP
キーワード:climate,Pakistan,Swiss RV=142.6
4.American Eagle Outfitters and Concern partner to get Haiti's children back into school Concern Worldwide
キーワード:teacher,campaign RV=91.9
▼2011/01/04 00:00〜2011/01/05 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Antoine Cassagnol: the water guardian IFRC
キーワード:cholera,epidemic,Wash,committee,prevention RV=652.4
2.Building for the future: homes and security in Haiti ActionAid
キーワード:cholera,epidemic,transitional,policy RV=619.7
3.Internews Press Center to Support International Media One Year after Haiti Earthquake Internews
キーワード:cholera,question,epidemic RV=601.1
4.Haiti One Year On: Keeping women safe and healthy IRC
キーワード:sexual,girl RV=107.1
▼2011/01/05 00:00〜2011/01/06 00:00▼
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1.Building a future for Haiti's children - The Earthquake One Year On SOS
キーワード:cholera,election,SOS,Tomas,outbreak,UNICEF,investment,cluster RV=1251.6
2.Haiti – Cholera Fact Sheet #13 Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 USAID
キーワード:cholera,Corps RV=534.8
3.Haiti earthquake: one-year report - A mother in Haiti recalls the moments that changed her family's life UNICEF
キーワード:cholera RV=430.2
4.Haiti earthquake: one-year report - Parents and teachers help children in Haiti cope with quake effects UNICEF
キーワード:question,UNICEF RV=163.9
5.Major Environmental Recovery Programme Marks New Year in Haiti UNEP
キーワード:investment RV=61.9
▼2011/01/06 00:00〜2011/01/07 00:00▼
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1.From relief to recovery: Supporting good governance in post-earthquake Haiti Oxfam
キーワード:cholera,epidemic,transitional,October RV=635.4
2.Haiti: IFRC reports on progress made in first year of multi-year response IFRC
キーワード:cholera,transitional,Cluster,November RV=613.4
3.Haiti One Year On: Addressing the urgent need for clean water and sanitation IRC
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,settlement RV=569.3
4.Haiti One Year On: Delivering health care IRC
キーワード:cholera,outbreak RV=520.7
5.A Year After the Earthquake Haitians Remain Vulnerable IOCC
キーワード:cholera RV=432.5
▼2011/01/07 00:00〜2011/01/08 00:00▼
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1.Children in Haiti: One Year After — The long road from relief to recovery UNICEF
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,epidemic,UNICEF,investment RV=738.2
2.Haiti Earthquake: One year on ActionAid
キーワード:cholera,election,epidemic RV=732.2
3.Haiti one year on: more needs to be done SC
キーワード:cholera,question,outbreak,epidemic RV=697.5
4.Twelve months of emergency relief and reconstruction in Haiti - Malteser International: Improving the population’s health status by strengthening their self-help capacities Malteser
キーワード:cholera,outbreak RV=524.6
5.Twelve months of emergency relief and reconstruction in Haiti: Improving the population's health status by strengthening their self-help capacities Malteser
キーワード:cholera RV=436.3
▼2011/01/08 00:00〜2011/01/09 00:00▼
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1.World Bank Flash: Supporting Haiti to Build a Better Future World Bank
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,storm,candidate RV=909.3
2.Briefing on the One-Year Anniversary of the Earthquake in Haiti US DOS
キーワード:cholera,question,outbreak,transitional RV=692.2
3.We are eating dust"" -- Haitians put pen to paper"" AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,epidemic RV=606.0
4.UN defends Haiti quake relief efforts AFP
キーワード:cholera,epidemic,UNICEF RV=589.9
5.UN: Rebuilding Earthquake-Shattered Haiti Will Take Years VOA
キーワード:cholera,outbreak RV=527.1
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1.FAO in HAITI one year on FAO
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,outbreak,storm RV=778.6
2.Nearly 400000 children still living in danger in Haiti’s complex emergency one year after earthquake SC
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,outbreak RV=694.8
3.Quake amputees embody resilience in broken Haiti Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election RV=667.2
4.HAITI ONE YEAR ON: Europe's action in Haiti EU
キーワード:cholera,Tomas RV=605.7
5.Fast Fact on U.S. Government's Work in Haiti: Funding - 8 January 2011 US DOS
キーワード:cholera,debt RV=541.3
▼2011/01/11 00:00〜2011/01/12 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Revival of journalism lags behind media reconstruction RSF
キーワード:cholera,election,des,storm,epidemic RV=1005.0
2.OAS experts challenge Haiti election result-report Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,election,candidate,epidemic RV=844.4
3.One Year after the Earthquake Haiti’s Recovery Proceeds Slowly UNFPA
キーワード:cholera,election,epidemic,rain RV=837.0
4.Health Concerns in Haiti US DOS
キーワード:cholera,question,outbreak,epidemic RV=729.3
5.Welthungerhilfe President Dieckmann after Haiti Reise: Haitians must be acvtively involved DWHH - GAA
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,outbreak RV=707.0
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1.Haiti: one year on ACT Alliance
キーワード:cholera,election,Tomas,outbreak,epidemic RV=1041.4
2.Cholera Haiti and MINUSTAH: What Implications for Peacekeeping? IPI
キーワード:cholera,election,question,outbreak,epidemic RV=981.3
3.Haiti's Year of Living Miserably CFR
キーワード:cholera,election,question,outbreak,epidemic RV=981.3
4.Situation in Haiti one year after the earthquake - EU Statement by HR Ashton and Commissioners Piebalgs and Georgieva EU
キーワード:cholera,election,Tomas,epidemic RV=952.6
5.How to Rebuild Haiti after the Quake CFR
キーワード:cholera,election,debt,outbreak RV=886.7
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1.Minister Power renews Ireland’s commitment to the people of Haiti Govt. Ireland
キーワード:cholera,Corps,outbreak RV=664.9
2.Haiti one year on: helping people get back to work BRC
キーワード:cholera,debt RV=562.5
3.Haiti one year on: a long journey to a healthy recovery BRC
キーワード:cholera,outbreak RV=554.3
4.USAID/OFDA HAITI ONE-YEAR HEALTH OVERVIEW - JANUARY 12 2011 USAID
キーワード:cholera,outbreak RV=554.3
5.‘In Memory of Fallen Comrades’ in Haiti Earthquake Secretary-General Says ‘Let Us Pledge to Realize Their Dream of a Better Haiti’ UN SG
キーワード:cholera,epidemic RV=552.4
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1.Haitian youths use hip-hop to inspire earthquake recovery UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,student,trace,classroom,educational,young,environment,construct,vision,construction RV=298.1
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1.Haiti’s recovery multi-year effort UN humanitarian chief tells ECOSOC UN News
キーワード:cholera,election,epidemic,investment,October RV=907.7
2.Haiti one year after the earthquake - reuniting children and families IRC
キーワード:cholera,outbreak RV=554.2
3.Haiti Earthquake Facts and Figures World Concern
キーワード:cholera,transitional RV=536.6
4.Haiti – Cholera Fact Sheet #15 Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 USAID
キーワード:cholera RV=467.5
5.From fighting poverty to building safer world UN chief outlines priorities for 2011 UN News
キーワード:technology,vote,climate RV=193.5
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1.REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN HAITI 2010: SITUATION CHALLENGES AND OUTLOOK UN
キーワード:cholera,election,epidemic,electoral,transitional,sexual RV=1002.0
2.Aid for Haiti: situation update one year after the earthquake (11 January 2011) Govt. France
キーワード:cholera,debt,epidemic,vote RV=715.0
3.Five African-American Baptist conventions increase donation to Habitat for Humanity to $1 million to help with Haiti earthquake relief Habitat
キーワード:cholera,transitional,investment RV=602.0
4.Haiti: home-building relies on political processes ACT Alliance
キーワード:election,electoral,October RV=367.0
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1.Haiti: tempo of recovery worrying ACT Alliance
キーワード:conflict,debate,removal,participation,young,governance,psychosocial,achieve,construction RV=214.8
2.REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean Year 4 - Volume 191 - 17 January 2011 OCHA
キーワード:rain RV=70.7
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1.Haiti Earthquake 1-year commemoration Can. RC
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,outbreak,storm,rain,November,June RV=963.5
2.Belgium: A record contribution to the World Food Programme Govt. Belgium
キーワード:Sudan,Pakistan,conflict RV=113.0
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1.Shasha's story: UNICEF revisits a Haitian girl in a camp for the displaced UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,mother,December,wash,aware,dream,Life,rainy,Thomas,dance RV=265.6
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1.Haiti: fragility of the state and political crisis worries EU Parliament EU
キーワード:cholera,election,epidemic,electoral,November,legislative,actor,decision,European RV=1035.1
2.U.S. resumes deportations to quake-ravaged Haiti Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:cholera,article RV=528.9
▼2011/01/22 00:00〜2011/01/23 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – Cholera Fact Sheet #16 Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 USAID
キーワード:cholera,cluster,prevention,oral,practice,decision,symptom,survey,department,decline RV=759.0
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1.International Action: A True Partner to the People of Haiti Intl. Action
キーワード:cholera,progress,campaign RV=549.6
2.Killer year caps deadly decade – reducing disaster impact is “critical” says top UN disaster official ISDR
キーワード:rain,climate,October,reduction,Pakistan,June RV=314.1
3.Cost of natural disasters $109 billion in 2010-U.N. Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:article RV=60.0
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1.Haiti earthquake: one year on WHO
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,October RV=614.0
2.DISASTERS: Better understanding of disaster impact on lives needed IRIN
キーワード:les,storm,rain,article,climate,agricultural RV=408.7
3.IOM Steps Up Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking on Hispaniola IOM
キーワード:UNICEF RV=70.7
▼2011/01/26 00:00〜2011/01/27 00:00▼
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1.CAMP COORDINATION AND CAMP MANAGEMENT IN HAITI IOM
キーワード:Cluster,Camp,policy,contingency,continued,housing,displacement,planning,recognize,munity RV=261.2
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1.Haiti 2011 Update : A Year of Hardships Growth and Hope Food for the Hungry
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,transitional,teacher,prevention,practice,mother RV=796.0
2.Haiti quake survivors battle constant threat of eviction AlertNet
キーワード:rain,Camp RV=119.6
3.Haiti Crisis Report DARA
キーワード:cluster RV=52.9
4.British Red Cross – Mass Sanitation Module - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response: Post Deployment Learning Evaluation BRC
キーワード:practice RV=37.9
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1.GLOBAL: Five countries to watch in 2011 PlusNews
キーワード:epidemic,les,sexual,article,prevention,policy,budget,progress RV=476.0
2.Manifest Haiti: U.S. Food Aid and Monsanto GRI
キーワード:article,seed,Rights RV=155.8
3.The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Human Rights in Haiti NYU
キーワード:Rights RV=41.2
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1.Haiti and the Dominican Republic: Cholera Outbreak - Response and Preparedness; Operations update no. 3 (MDR49007) IFRC
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,epidemic,October,November,prevention,Swiss,reduction RV=901.7
2.Haiti: Earthquake Prgogress Report (MDRHT008) Operations Update no. 24 IFRC
キーワード:cholera,transitional,November,Cluster,Swiss,reduction RV=742.8
▼2011/01/31 00:00〜2011/02/01 00:00▼
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1.Earthquake in Haiti—One Year Later PAHO
キーワード:cholera,outbreak,epidemic,UNICEF,Cluster,settlement RV=805.9
2.Security After the Quake? Addressing Violence and Rape in Haiti USIP
キーワード:sexual,rape RV=138.9
3.Reaching the cocobai": Reconstruction and persons with disabilities in Haiti" FOCAL
キーワード:disability,policy RV=111.7
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1.In assisting Haiti quake survivors start at the beginning: A birth certificate UNHCR
キーワード:sexual,UNICEF,settlement,UNHCR,refugee,trafficking RV=283.3
2.Haiti earthquake: One-year report - Christian's story: A boy picks up the pieces and remains optimistic in post-quake Haiti UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,mother,study,Les,adolescent RV=185.4
▼2011/02/02 00:00〜2011/02/03 00:00▼
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1.Haiti quagmire due to governance: Red Cross AlertNet
キーワード:article,progress,munity,governance,spending,trust,criticism,blame,billion,slow RV=223.4
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1.Haiti awaits vote results Aristide backers protest Reuters - AlertNet
キーワード:election,candidate,article,protest,unrest,Allyn,Feb,council,off,trust RV=534.6
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1.Haiti: One year on the mobilization goes on... ACTED
キーワード:cholera,epidemic,October RV=617.8
2.ADRA Relocates Displaced Haitians Living on Dangerous Road Median ADRA
キーワード:Adra,transitional RV=339.3
3.A Big Day for Haitian Children UMCOR
キーワード:Methodist,UNICEF,transitional,cluster,Cluster RV=317.9
4.UNICEF and partners work to protect vulnerable children at Haiti's border UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,rape RV=139.2
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1.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #10 Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 USAID
キーワード:transitional,November,construct,grantee,decrease,yellow,habitability,displacement,housing,household RV=272.6
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1.IACHR urges United Sates to suspend deportations to Haiti IACHR
キーワード:cholera,OAS,Rights,December,Commission RV=660.9
2.HOTLINE - week of February 7 2011: Brazil Haiti CWS
キーワード:rain,disability,reduction,munity,mother RV=259.8
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1.Deportations to Haiti Should Be Halted Say USCCB Migration Committee Chair and Chairman of Catholic Relief Services USCCB
キーワード:cholera,election,CRS,outbreak,November RV=951.1
2.Letter to Congress: Humanitarian Funding in 2011-12 Budgets Ref. Intl.
キーワード:storm,investment,poll RV=189.2
3.Charities Challenged on Disaster Comms Plan
キーワード:question,Council RV=158.9
▼2011/02/09 00:00〜2011/02/10 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – MPP report of activities December 2010 PDA
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,epidemic,October,November,agricultural,seed RV=950.9
2.Haiti Earthquake Response Statistics PDA
キーワード:cholera,Tomas,outbreak,transitional,seed,prevention RV=896.9
▼2011/02/10 00:00〜2011/02/11 00:00▼
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1.US Wary of Aristide's Return to Haiti VOA
キーワード:election,candidate,vote,November,corruption,grant,campaign,African,rule,Manigat RV=658.5
▼2011/02/11 00:00〜2011/02/12 00:00▼
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1.Not Enough Housing Solutions to End Haiti's Displacement Crisis IOM Warns IOM
キーワード:cholera,storm,cluster,Camp,munity,July,neighbourhood RV=759.7
2.Strenght in Numbers: A Review of NGO Coordination in the Field - Case Study: Haiti 2010 ICVA
キーワード:investment,invest,accountability RV=129.1
▼2011/02/12 00:00〜2011/02/13 00:00▼
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1.IOM Suggestion Box Gives Haitians Outlet for Frustration VOA
キーワード:munity,Soleil,teach,employment,voice,old,job,promise,test,Doyle RV=233.4
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1.Joint Humanitarian Impact Evaluation: report on consultations - Report for the Inter-Agency Working Group on Joint Humanitarian Impact Evaluation OCHA
キーワード:question,November,munity,Sudan,actor,exercise,consultation,discussion RV=342.9
2.Evaluation of OCHA Response to the Haiti Earthquake OCHA
キーワード:policy,munity,August RV=130.9
▼2011/02/15 00:00〜2011/02/16 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: UNDP Associate Administrator visits Leogane debris management project UNDP
キーワード:munity,progress,UNDP,mandate,environmental,cent,neighbourhood,ownership,removal,Finnish RV=327.3
▼2011/02/16 00:00〜2011/02/17 00:00▼
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1.Review of the Emergency Response Fund Scheme (ERFS) Irish Aid
キーワード:Irish,practice,participant,review,innovative,scheme,recommendation,pilot,finding,outline RV=255.7
▼2011/02/17 00:00〜2011/02/18 00:00▼
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1.Continuing 2011 Organizational Session Economic and Social Council Hears Report of Chairman of Its Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti ECOSOC
キーワード:cholera,election,Tomas,question,candidate,epidemic,outbreak,electoral,OAS RV=1398.8
2.Haiti: Resettlement Plan Excludes Almost 200000 Families IPS
キーワード:question,rain RV=171.8
▼2011/02/18 00:00〜2011/02/19 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: Humanitarian Bulletin 01- 17 February 2011 OCHA
キーワード:relocation,neighbourhood,rural,eviction,threat,insecurity,predict,disposal,proper,overview RV=183.7
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1.World Vision calls on U.S. Senate to restore budget for global disaster responses and development World Vision
キーワード:munity,budget,policy,reduction,Pakistan,voter,Vision RV=307.9
2.Under-Secretary-General Tells of Aim to Build on 2010 Efforts in Bolstering United Nations Peacekeeping Capabilities UN GA
キーワード:December,mandate,conflict RV=109.6
▼2011/02/24 00:00〜2011/02/25 00:00▼
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1.Natural hazards unnatural disasters: Understanding disasters in the context of development IDS
キーワード:debt,article,climate,investment,munity,growth,conflict,invest RV=446.0
2.Humanitarian Exchange Magazine No. 49 - Feature: Humanitarianism in Afghanistan and Pakistan ODI - HPN
キーワード:article,Pakistan,conflict RV=144.9
3.Survey: Haiti's news media 1 year after the earthquake - Rebuilding the Haitian media RSF
キーワード:radio RV=39.2
▼2011/02/25 00:00〜2011/02/26 00:00▼
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1.Haiti: UN human rights expert urges presidential candidates to fight impunity UN News
キーワード:election,candidate RV=332.0
2.The State of the World's Children: Adolescence - An Age of Opportunity UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,sexual,climate,investment,munity RV=320.4
3.Humanitarian Aid on the move - Newsletter No.7 February 2011 Groupe URD
キーワード:question,article,Cluster RV=217.9
▼2011/02/26 00:00〜2011/02/27 00:00▼
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1.Providing Expert Consultation in Haiti HOPE
キーワード:cholera,technology,October,munity,import,Project,European,rural,spread,symptom RV=834.9
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1.Haiti: Food Security Outlook January through June 2011 FEWS NET
キーワード:cholera,election,outbreak,climate,investment,agricultural,November,farmer RV=1078.2
2.Climate change just one worry in struggling Haiti AlertNet
キーワード:article,climate RV=128.9
3.ACTED Newsletter nツー69 February 2011 ACTED
キーワード:munity RV=57.1
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1.Minister Oda announces Canada's continued support for Haiti CIDA
キーワード:MCC,disability,munity,agricultural,student,girl,farmer,Vision,Commission,study RV=513.1
▼2011/03/03 00:00〜2011/03/04 00:00▼
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1.Situation Report Haiti Operation February 2011 Logistics Cluster
キーワード:election,candidate,epidemic,rain,munity,November,Cluster,flooding,mandate,relocation RV=766.8
▼2011/03/05 00:00〜2011/03/06 00:00▼
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1.Haiti – Earthquake Fact Sheet #11 Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 USAID
キーワード:CRS,transitional,munity,Cluster,progress,preparedness,grantee,eviction,Mark,construction RV=425.9
▼2011/03/07 00:00〜2011/03/08 00:00▼
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1.Pregnancies Don't Wait for Emergencies to End IPS
キーワード:outbreak,sexual,rape,munity,girl RV=338.3
2.UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children 2011: Building Resilience UNICEF
キーワード:UNICEF,sexual,munity,girl,policy RV=304.6
3.Urban disasters-lessons from Haiti: Study of member agencies' responses to the earthquake in Port au Prince Haiti January 2010 DEC
キーワード:question,munity,DEC RV=219.9
4.After the Haitian earthquake: saving priceless murals artifacts and other treasures csmonitor
キーワード:article RV=64.9
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1.Rebeca Grynspan: Remarks on the situation in Haiti UNDP
キーワード:cholera,election,candidate,debt,epidemic,outbreak,electoral,munity,investment RV=1292.9
2.What is in Haiti’s Future? USIP
キーワード:cholera,election,epidemic RV=801.2
3.Lessons from Haiti and Beyond: Report from the 2010 International Conference on Crisis Mapping USIP
キーワード:technology,munity RV=144.6
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1.IDB expects to provide more than $500 million to help Latin America and Caribbean prepare for natural disasters I-A DB
キーワード:DB,loan,flooding,Chile,vaccine,preparedness,financing,weather,economy,innovative RV=367.5
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1.FACTBOX - Countries aid agencies seeking to help Haiti 14 Jan,Reuters - AlertNet
RV=346.9 2010/01/14 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,child,World,body,American
Jan 14 (Reuters) - The death toll from Haiti's earthquake could be between 45000 and 50000 with a further three million people injured or homeless a senior Haitian Red Cross official said on Thursday.Following are some of the efforts by foreign governments and aid agencies to help:UNITED STATES - President Barack Obama said he had dispatched U.S. troops and ships to Haiti to assist in earthquake rescue and recovery efforts. He said the U.S. would spend $100 million for immediate relief efforts from the earthquake.UNITED NATIONS - U.N. is immediately releasing $10 million from its central emergency response fund and mobilising an emergency response team to help coordinate aid efforts.-- U.N. World Food Program head Josette Sheeran said the agency already was flying in additional food that would provide more than 500000 emergency meals. WFP expects to launch a $100 million food distribution operation for 12 months to be part of an interagency flash appeal. -- The children's agency UNICEF is dispatching two planes and a ship laden with tents as well as food and other supplies designed for women and children.EUROPEAN UNION - The EU's executive European Commission approved 3 million euros ($4.37 million) of fast-track funding for the international effort a spokeswoman said.* COUNTRIES:BELGIUM - Belgium has sent a military aircraft carrying a medical team of 20 a search-and-rescue team of 33 and a water purification system.BRITAIN - Britain said it would donate $10 million for relief in Haiti. Britain has sent 64 specialist search-and-rescue firefighters along with two search dogs and 10 tonnes of search and rescue equipment.CANADA - The government announced it initially would make up to C$5 million ($4.8 million) available to help provide emergency shelter medical services food relief items water and sanitation services. A 20-person reconnaissance team will see what aid is needed and two rescue helicopters could be sent.CZECH REPUBLIC - Donates 5 million Czech crowns ($277300) to help replenish Haiti's water resources.FINLAND - Said it would allot 1.25 mln euros to help victims.FRANCE - Aid group Doctors without Borders (MSF) has said it is sending an inflatable hospital to Haiti. It has two operating theatres and capacity for 100 beds. MSF also is flying in doctors and nurses from the U.S. and a second plane from France on Jan. 15.-- Three French state aircraft carrying 40 tonnes of equipment doctors and security staff have already landed in Haiti. A fourth will leave from Guadeloupe with 5 tonnes of equipment and 80 emergency service personnel and a fifth plane will leave France later.GERMANY - Germany pledged 1.5 million euros ($2.18 million).ICELAND - An Icelandic search-and-rescue team consisting of 35 volunteers has begun trying to pull people out from under rubble in Port au Prince. The team has brought 10 tonnes of tools and equipment three tonnes of water tents advanced communication equipment and water purifying capability. Base operations are being set up as well as assisting in reception and as a coordination centre for other teams arriving.IRAN - Iran's Red Crescent plans to send about 30 tonnes of aids including food tents and medicine to Haiti on Jan. 14.IRELAND - Ireland has pledged 2 million euros in additional emergency funding to Haiti be channelled through the U.N. and Irish aid agencies. Dublin also is sending a team of experts to to assist in the emergency effort. Irish Aid will deploy specialists from its Rapid Reaction Corps.ISRAEL - The Israeli military has chartered two planes to fly a field hospital and some 220 people to the disaster zone. ITALY - Italy said it had earmarked 500000 euros to the U.N. World Food Progamme and another 500000 euros to an emergency fund being set up by the International Red Cross.NETHERLANDS - Said it would send an urban search-and-rescue team to Haiti consisting of 60 people as well as sniffer dogs to help find people under the rubble. It said the team is part of a coordinationed international rescue action led by the U.N.SLOVENIA - Slovenia is donating 50000 euros ($72710) as an aid contribution to Haiti.SWEDEN - Contributed 24 million Swedish crowns ($3.42 million) to Haiti disaster relief through a dedicated U.N. fund that existed before the quake. A small logistics team also has been dispatched as part of wider U.N. relief efforts.INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK - The Inter-American Development Bank said it would provide $200000 in immediate aid. The World Bank planned to send a team to help assess damage and plan a recovery.* AID AGENCIES:-- Many aid agencies were scrambling to provide help. Efforts included:-- ICRC sending 3000 body bags in delayed cargo plane which they hope will depart on Jan. 14 from Geneva.-- Around 600 injured people are being treated at MSF hospitals the aid group said on Wednesday.-- Telecoms Sans Frontieres a humanitarian group that helps set up communications during disasters deployed an emergency team from Managua to provide vital support in emergency telecommunications. They are carrying satellite mobile and fixed telecommunications tools.(Reporting by Reuters bureaux Compiled by Alan Elsner Frances Kerry and David Cutler London Editorial Reference Unit; Editing by Michael Roddy)For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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2.Haiti's children most vulnerable after massive quake - aid agencies,AlertNet
RV=305.3 2010/01/14 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,child,body,save
Written by : Katherine BaldwinLONDON (AlertNet) - Children in Haiti hit by a massive earthquake risk long-term physical and psychological trauma unless they are treated quickly as their bodies and minds are less resilient than those of adults aid agencies warned on Thursday.Up to two million children could be affected by the earthquake Save the Children said. Children under the age of 18 make up nearly half of Haiti's 10-million population according to the U.N. children's fund UNICEF.Many schools collapsed in the tremor which struck close to the heavily populated capital of Port-au-Prince at 5 p.m. (2200 GMT) on Tuesday when children would have been in schools.Some 4 million people live in and around the capital many in shanty towns where flimsy structures are crammed together on unstable ground.Many children have lost their parents and homes and are forced to sleep among dead bodies in the open air aid workers and journalists said."Children are petrified and in danger. Many will have been orphaned or be badly injured themselves and in urgent need of medical help. Thousands more will have lost all contact with their families and friends and are now struggling to survive alone in the rubble" Gareth Owen Save the Children's director of emergencies said in a statement."They are sleeping on their own trying to cope with the trauma of seeing dead bodies and will have no idea where to go for help" he added.Based on experience in other disaster zones - particularly the 2005 South Asia earthquake - the Haitian disaster could have repercussions for children far into the future said P.V. Unnikrishnan Plan International's disaster response coordinator."Evidence shows that if children are left unattended this earthquake could lead not just to death and destruction but also to disability and trauma" Unnikrishnan told AlertNet before leaving for the Dominican Republic and Haiti where he hoped to arrive on Friday."Unlike other disasters earthquakes often lead to more fractures of lower limbs hips and spines. Children who suffer fractures and lose mobility even temporarily tend to be more prone to psycho-social problems" he added.Unnikrishnan said children were by far the worst hit in the South Asia earthquake and Haiti would likely be the same.CHILDREN DIGGING FOR BODIESReporters on the ground in Haiti said they heard children's shrieks and sobs and video images showed children looking at dead bodies that lay strewn in roads and by collapsed buildings even if their parents tried to shield their eyes."Children mimic adults in these sorts of crises. They see grown-ups scrabbling through the debris looking for bodies and will try to follow suit. Aside from the damage this is doing to their mental health it's putting their safety in danger as buildings will be very unstable and may still collapse" said Owen of Save the Children.Charities are also concerned for the safety of children after the earthquake destroyed the capital's main prison freeing the inmates.Save the Children's emergency response teams on the ground are preparing safe areas for children where they will be protected have space to play and get psychological help. Other aid organisations are sending in specialists in reuniting families in emergencies and trauma experts.But with the aid effort hampered by logistical problems many children could be left without assistance for days. Women and the elderly are also highly vulnerable aid agencies say.The Haitian Red Cross said it believed 45000 to 50000 people had died and 3 million more were hurt or left homeless by Tuesday's quake.For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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3.World scrambles to help quake-hit Haiti,AFP
RV=288.3 2010/01/14 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,World,American,save
WASHINGTON — Rescuers sniffer dogs equipment and supplies headed to Haiti by air and sea Thursday in a global response to a horror earthquake feared to have killed more than 100000 people.US President Barack Obama spearheading international efforts ordered a sweeping military and civilian operation as governments and aid groups unlocked funds and appeals were launched on an array of Internet sites.Much of the capital of the destitute Caribbean nation was reduced to rubble by Tuesday's 7.0-magnitude quake but the airport was operational allowing international relief by air as well as sea."I have directed my administration to respond with a swift coordinated and aggressive effort to save lives" Obama said as US civilian and military experts began landing in Haiti and US aircraft searched for survivors."The people of Haiti will have the full support of the United States in the urgent effort to rescue those trapped beneath the rubble and to deliver the humanitarian relief food water and medicine that Haitians will need.""The priority is to find survivors" Elisabeth Byrs a spokeswoman for the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said as the UN mobilised search and rescue teams."We are working against the clock" she said."We don't have a clear assessment right now of what the situation on the ground is" he said.The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier was en route and set to arrive Thursday while destroyers and more Coast Guard ships were on the wayThe World Bank said it would provide an extra 100 million dollars in aid to Haiti which has long suffered unrest crime political tumult and natural disasters."This is a shocking event and it is crucial that the international community supports the Haitian people at this critical time" said Robert Zoellick president of the 186-nation development lender.The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said it was gearing up to help a "maximum of three million people" based on numbers on the ground and was drawing on emergency stocks in Haiti.The Red Cross launched a 10-million-dollar appeal for donations and the World Food Programme said it could quickly provide 15000 tonnes of food.The World Health Organization deployed specialists to help handle mass casualties and corpses warning of the danger of communicable diseases such as diarrhea.Latin American nations many with experience of earthquakes and with UN peacekeepers in Haiti scrambled to help.Cuba which felt the quake sent 30 doctors to add to its medical staff already in Haiti. Brazil said it was sending 10 million dollars in immediate aid while Peru Venezuela Mexico Colombia Guatamala and Chile also promised help.Canada readied two warships helicopters and planes with supplies as well as a large relief and rescue force.From the Asia-Pacific Australia pledged nine million dollars. Taiwan whose ambassador to Haiti was hurt in the quake South Korea and New Zealand also offered aid.In Europe the European Commission released three million euros in emergency assistance while Britain France Germany Italy the Netherlands and Spain all volunteered help. A plane carrying search and rescue teams left from Moscow and Russia pledged to send a field hospital.Aid organizations impromptu groups and individuals used the Internet and Twitter to make rally donations bolstering their messages with harrowing footage from Haiti's ruins.Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa whose country was at the center of the 2004 Asian tsunami which killed more than 220000 people appealed for the world to help Haiti at a meeting of Asian ministers."As a country that has been itself devastated by similar situations we are absolutely saddened... We call on the international community including ourself to do what it can to assist them" he said.Japan pledged to help Haiti but said it was still studying how much financial and technical assistance to give a government spokesman said.Copyright ゥ 2010 AFP. All rights reserved.ゥAFP: The information provided in this product is for personal use only. None of it may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without the express permission of Agence France-Presse.
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4.UNICEF rushing supplies to quake-stricken Haiti,UNICEF
RV=283.8 2010/01/14 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,child,World
NEW YORK 13 January 2010 – UNICEF is rushing life-saving supplies into the hardest-hit communities in Haiti.UNICEF's response coordinated with other UN agencies and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent is aimed at the children and women who are the most vulnerable in times of crisis. Children under 18 make up nearly 50 per cent of the 10 million population of Haiti.In the town of Jacmel this evening 2500 kitchen kits and 5000 1 litre bags of water will be distributed to enable the local population to prepare the food supplies by the World Food Programme.A cargo plane will land this evening containing $500000 of supplies to assist 10000 people including oral rehydration salts to combat deadly diarrhea episodes water purifications tablets tarpaulins and tents to provide temporary housing.Another chartered cargo plane is expected to land tomorrow with more tarpaulins blankets emergency health kits jerry cans and some other supplies.UNICEF has released a total of $3.4 million toward the relief efforts from several emergency sources. The agency says that more funding basic medical and health supplies family kits/shelter and water hygiene and sanitation supplies are urgently needed.About UNICEF UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive from early childhood through adolescence. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries UNICEF supports child health and nutrition good water and sanitation quality basic education for all boys and girls and the protection of children from violence exploitation and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals businesses foundations and governments.For more information please contact:Christopher de Bono UNICEF Media New York Tel + 1 212 303 7984 E-mail: cdebono@unicef.orgPatrick McCormick UNICEF Media New York Tel + 1 212-326-7426 E-mail: pmccormick@unicef.org
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5.HAITI: Tracing the missing and the dead,IRIN
RV=272.5 2010/01/14 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,child,save
DAKAR 14 January 2010 (IRIN) - Some 2000 people have registered the names of missing relatives on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) family links website set up on 13 January to help families trace loved ones after Haiti's catastrophic earthquake that left tens of thousands dead and many more missing. LINK http://www.icrc.org/web/doc/siterfl0.nsf/htmlall/familylinks-haiti-engPeople in Haiti and abroad can register on the site the names of relatives they are trying to contact and responses will be posted as they come in. Local hospitals schools and other institutions can also post names of people found alive injured or dead said ICRC spokesperson Anna Schaff.Individuals have also set up websites to trace missing relatives and friends. http://koneksyon.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=59&page=2Two ICRC tracing specialists were due to arrive in Haiti on 14 January to evaluate the situation and set up tracing systems. "We will go where the people are be they in camps nearby fields schools or other locations" Schaff told IRIN.The biggest concern is to identify and register children who have been separated from their families or orphaned Matt Wingate emergency coordinator with Save the Children said."Family tracing is the number-one protection priority for now. The clock starts ticking from day one . We don't yet know the number of lives lost but many of them will be parents . and many other children will be separated. The vulnerability of children in the immediate aftermath of this crisis is at an unprecedented scale for Haiti."The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is setting up its emergency operation while a Save the Children child protection team is en route to Haiti with family tracing kits which include cameras computers communications equipment and identification badges and bracelets."Thousands [of children] will have lost all contact with their families . and are now struggling to survive in the rubble" Save the Children said in a 14 January communiqu・ "They are sleeping on their own trying to cope with the trauma ... and will have no idea where to go for help."Child protection agencies including Save the Children and UNICEF will coordinate with the government ICRC and other agencies to register children trace and verify families and find appropriate foster care or alternative solutions where needed Wingate said.The death toll from the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit the capital Port-au-Prince on 12 January has been estimated at between 45000 and 50000 by the Haitian Red Cross news agencies reported.aj/np/oa[END]A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org Une s駘ection d'articles d'IRIN sont publi駸 sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.orgThis article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.Cet article ne refl鑼e pas n馗essairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.
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1.Estonia Allocates Additional Aid for Victims of Haiti Earthquake,Govt. Estonia
RV=335.6 2010/01/15 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,technology,child,UNICEF
Nr 14-EThe Foreign Ministry is donating an additional 1.5 million kroons through the International Red Cross to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Currently Estonia's aid to Haiti totals 3.5 million kroons (223 690 EUR) of which 2.5 million is financial aid through the Red Cross and 1 million is to send experts to the crisis region to help. The money to alleviate the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti is being allocated from the Foreign Ministry's funds for development and humanitarian aid.Foreing Minister Urmas Paet stated that the situation in Haiti is becoming increasingly more complicated and therefore it is important that help reaches those who need it as soon as possible. "Estonia is sending an IT expert and a three-member logistics team with supplies to Haiti to help support the activities of international organisations on site" stated Foreign Minister Paet. The Estonian experts will travel to the crisis region along with experts from the Nordic countries within the framework of International Humanitarian Partnership.On Thursday 14 January the Foreign Ministry decided to allocate one million kroons to alleviate the situation in Haiti. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that Haiti's need for aid is great which is why the Foreign Ministry decided to contribute an addition 1.5 million kroons in aid through the Red Cross.Gert Teder a member of the Estonian Rescue Service was among the European Union evaluation team that travelled to Haiti on Wednesday 13 January. The purpose of the team sent within the framework of the civil protection mechanism is to evaluate the needs of those who have been injured and co-ordinate the arriving aid. The European Union evaluation team sent to Haiti includes representatives from six nations.The entire international community has rushed to the aid of Haiti which is suffering in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake. International organisations have launched extensive aid operations in Haiti. The victims of the earthquake are lacking in medical supplies food and drinking water and thousands are without shelter. Access to the disaster zone is also difficult. Haiti needs medical equipment search and rescue technology and means of communication.High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union Catherine Ashton has called upon all the European Union development ministers to meet in Brussels on Monday 18 January to discuss matters related to the humanitarian disaster in Haiti and opportunities to alleviate the situation.It is also possible to make voluntary donations to help alleviate the situation in Haiti. The following organisations have announced the launch of aid operations: the International Red Cross the World Food Programme (WFP) UNICEF the World Health Organisation (WHO) the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and many other international organisation and non-profits. UNICEF is focusing first and foremost on helping children in Haiti the IOM is working to offer temporary shelter to thousands of Port-au-Prince residents who have lost their homes and the Red Cross and WHO and attempting to provide first aid to the injured. They are all in need of funds for procuring medicine drinking water tents or other necessary supplies. In Estonia donations are being collected by the Estonian Red Cross and the Estonian National Committee for UNICEF.Donations can be made to:Estonian Red Cross: SWEDBANK 1180001436 and SEB 10220039608010 subject "Haiti maav舐in"Estonian National Committee for UNICEF: SEB 10052039502009 subject "Haiti"IOM: http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jspIFRC: http://donate.ifrc.org/UNICEF: http://www.supportunicef.org/site/pp.asp?c=9fLEJSOALpE&b=1023561WFP: https://donate.wfp.org/supporter/donatenow.do?n=gbss&dfdbid=1044253SPOKESPERSONエS OFFICE+372 637 7654+372 521 3085pressitalitus@mfa.ee
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2.DEC: Emergency aid arriving in Haiti,DEC
RV=292.8 2010/01/15 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,body,Vision
Emergency aid is beginning to get through to earthquake-ravaged Haiti said the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) today with more to come tomorrow and the next few days.Tools to help with search and rescue blankets hygiene kits and tarpaulins to shelter people are among the emergency items already delivered by DEC member agencies. Water sanitation health and shelter equipment will also be flown in from the UK tomorrow. A 300-bed field hospital is due for delivery later today along with 3000 body bags and chlorine for water treatment.DEC member agency teams were responding to the crisis within hours of the earthquake which has claimed tens of thousands of lives and devastated swathes of the capital of Port-au-Prince. Assessments on the ground to identify urgent needs and co-ordinate responses are taking place with preparations for more aid to be delivered to the poorest country in the western hemisphere ongoing.DEC Chief Executive Brendan Gormley said:"Aid workers on the ground have worked in tremendously difficult conditions with sporadic communications and goods bottle-necking in the capital's battered airport. However aid is arriving at the airport and from across the border with the Dominican Republic - and we can expect more and more to arrive over the next few days."The humanitarian response required is enormous with the true scale of the horror still unknown. The UK public can help us meet this desperate need by donating to our appeal so that we can ensure life-saving aid continues to reach where it is needed."The DEC launched its Haiti appeal two days ago after the earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale struck the country. Many DEC members already had a presence in Haiti before the earthquake so have the experience local knowledge and links with local partners and community groups to ensure that emergency assistance can be delivered despite the scale of the catastrophe.Examples of what donations will go to include:」25 will supply a kit of household essentials.」50 buys a food pack to feed a family for a fortnight.」100 provides temporary shelter for two families.To make a donation to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal visit www.dec.org.uk or call 0370 60 60 900 donate over the counter at any post office or high street bank or send a cheque made payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.Anyone wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of 'Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC' on Facebook.Notes to editors:キ To make a postal donation make cheques payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' and mail to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.キ Donations can be made at any high street bank or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.キ The DEC consists of: Action Aid British Red Cross CAFOD CARE International UK Christian Aid Concern Worldwide Help the Aged Islamic Relief Merlin Oxfam Save the Children Tearfund World Vision.キ The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies or some of them must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.Please donate to the DEC Haiti Earthquake online at www.dec.org.ukOver 2.2 million people live in the most affected areas where thousands are feared dead many more injured many buried under rubble; the DEC urgently needs your support to help the many people affected.The DEC launches and co-ordinates national fundraising appeals for public donations on behalf of its member agencies.
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3.Desperate Haitians clamor for aid days after quake,Reuters - AlertNet
RV=289.3 2010/01/15 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,body,child
* Traumatized survivors begging for food and water* International aid getting through slowly* Frustrated survivors block roads with corpses* Troops doctors planes full of food head for Haiti(Adds details Cuba to let U.S quake relief flights through airspace)By Catherine Bremer and Andrew CawthornePORT-AU-PRINCE Jan 15 (Reuters) - Thousands of people left hurt or homeless in Haiti's earthquake spent a third night lying on sidewalks and clamored for help on Friday as their despair turned to anger and aftershocks rippled through the wrecked city.Governments across the world are pouring relief supplies and medical teams into the quake-hit Caribbean state -- already the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. But huge logistical hurdles and the sheer scale of the destruction mean aid is still not reaching hundreds of thousands of hurt and homeless people in the devastated coastal capital Port-au-Prince."These people have lost everything They have nothing. They have been waiting for two days now. No one is helping us. Please bring us water or people will die soon" said Renelde Lamarque who has opened his home yard to about 500 quake victims in the devastated Fort National neighborhood.Raggedly dressed survivors held out their arms to a reporter begging for food and water.Tens of thousands are feared dead from Tuesday's quake and dangerous aftershocks still ripple every few hours through the city dislodging debris and increasing the anguish of people already traumatized by death and injury on a massive scale.A big aftershock jolted buildings at about 5 a.m (1000 GMT) on Friday causing fresh alarm.Relief workers said some aid was trickling through to people but in haphazard fashion and they said coordination was desperately needed. "Some aid is slowly getting through but not to many people" said Margaret Aguirre a senior official with International Medical Corps.But as the risk of starvation and disease increased in shattered streets strewn with rubble garbage and rotting bodies most Haitians said they had still received nothing."I haven't eaten since the day before yesterday we've lost our house we've nothing to eat nobody has come we've seen nobody not even a minister or a senator" said Bertilie Francis 43 who was with her three children."We are here by the Grace of God nobody else" she said.In one part of Port-au-Prince on Thursday desperate Haitians blocked streets with corpses in a protest to demand quicker relief efforts witnesses said.Aguirre said aid agencies were discussing setting up a central refugee camp to try to group a multitude of victims' settlements springing up all over Port-au Prince."The key is the coordination. So many relief workers are just out of the picture. We want to avoid people just running round doing their own thing" she said.PRAYERS GROANS AND WAILSIn a sign that international relief efforts cut across ideological differences communist-led Cuba agreed to let the U.S. military use restricted Cuban air space for medical evacuation flights carrying Haitian earthquake victims sharply reducing the flight time to Miami a U.S. official said.United Nations disaster experts said at least 10 percent of housing in the Haitian capital was destroyed making about 300000 homeless but in some areas 50 percent of buildings were destroyed or badly damaged.U.N. aid agencies were to launch an emergency appeal for approximately $550 million on Friday to help survivors.The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti which has lost at least 36 of its personnel in the quake was trying to provide some basic coordination from an office near the airport.In the capital overnight an eerie chorus of hymns prayers groans and wails of mourning mixed with the barking of terrified dogs echoed over the hilly neighborhoods.Bodies lay all around the hilly city and people covered their noses with cloth to block the stench of death. Corpses were piled on pickup trucks and delivered to the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince where hospital director Guy LaRoche estimated the bodies piled outside the morgue numbered 1500.Three days after disaster struck masses of people clamored for food and water as well as help in digging out relatives still missing under the rubble.Angry survivors built the roadblocks with corpses as aid committed from 30 countries began arriving in Port-au-Prince in dozens of planes that clogged the city's small airport.Shaul Schwarz a photographer for TIME magazine said he saw at least two downtown roadblocks formed with bodies of earthquake victims and rocks. "They are starting to block the roads with bodies. It's getting ugly out there. People are fed up with getting no help" he told Reuters.The presidential palace the parliament the cathedral and many government buildings collapsed. The main prison also fell allowing dangerous criminals to escape.AIRPORT BOTTLENECKU.S. forces were trying to step up operations at the airport in order to get more supplies into the country.The Haitian Red Cross said it believed 45000 to 50000 people had died and 3 million more -- one third of Haiti's population -- were hurt or left homeless by the major 7.0 magnitude quake that hit its impoverished capital on Tuesday."We have already buried 7000 in a mass grave" President Rene Preval said.The Haitian Red Cross said it had run out of body bags.Doctors in Haiti were ill-equipped to treat the injured. Relief workers warned that many more people will die if the injured many with broken bones and serious loss of blood do not get first aid in the next day or so.Planes full of supplies and search and rescue equipment began to arrive at Port-au-Prince airport on Thursday faster than ground crews could unload them jamming the limited ramp space and forcing arriving aircraft to circle for up to two hours before landing.U.S. President Barack Obama pledged an initial $100 million for Haiti quake relief and enlisted former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to help raise more vowing to the Haitian people: "You will not be forsaken." The United States was sending 3500 soldiers 300 medical personnel several ships and 2200 Marines to Haiti.The U.S. Navy said its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson will arrive on Friday to serve as a "floating airport" for relief operations by its 19 helicopters.Nations around the world pitched in to send rescue teams with search dogs and heavy equipment helicopters tents water purification units food doctors and telecoms teams. But aid distribution was hampered because roads were blocked by rubble and smashed cars and normal communications were cut off. (Additional reporting by Tom Brown Kena Betancur and Carlos Barria in Port-au-Prince Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva and Steve Holland in Washington; writing by Anthony Boadle and Pascal Fletcher; editing by Vicki Allen and Eric Beech) For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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4.FACTBOX-Companies offer aid to Haiti after earthquake 15 Jan,Reuters - AlertNet
RV=280.7 2010/01/15 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,child,UNICEF
Source: Reuters- Yum Brands Inc <YUM.N> said it is directing $500000 from its World Hunger Relief global effort to provide food for the earthquake victims.- Morgan Stanley will contribute $1 million to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund to support relief efforts in Haiti.- Investment bank Jefferies Group Inc said it will donate all net commission revenue globally and volunteered salaries for the day on Jan. 15 plus $1 million for relief efforts.The bank said the contribution will be split evenly between The American Red Cross UNICEF Save the Children and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).- Google Inc <GOOG.O> is donating $1 million to organizations engaged in disaster response in Haiti and has published a link on its home page directing users to a page with information on how to make donations.- U.S. health insurer Aetna Inc said The Aetna Foundation has initiated a dollar-for-dollar match for employee disaster relief donations for relief efforts.Aetnas Community Relations group has activated its 47 Aetna Volunteer Councils to engage with relief agencies to respond to this disaster by collecting goods and funds.- Nestle Waters North America will donate $1 million in bottled water products to support disaster relief efforts.- Digicel Group a mobile phone operator in Haiti is donating $5 million in cash toward relief efforts.- Eli Lilly & Co <LLY.N> will provide $250000 in direct cash contributions and said it will also match contributions of its U.S. employees up to a total of $250000.- Verizon Wireless said its customers have pledged more than $1 million by texting HAITI to 90999. It said all mobile texters in the United States have contributed more than $4 million to the Red Cross relief for Haiti campaign.- AT&T Inc said The AT&T Foundation is providing a $50000 donation to Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF) to support their relief work on disasters in Haiti.Wireless customers of AT&T can donate $10 by texting HAITI to 90999.- Deutsche Post DHL the express mail and logistics services group said it has sent in the first logistics team for on-the-ground logistics support to the relief effort in Haiti.- Rogers Communications will contribute $250000 in funds and goods to Partners In Health: Haiti and other relief organizations. It said Rogers Wireless and Fido customers can donate C$5 by texting HELP to 1291.- CIBC and FirstCaribbean International Bank will donate C$100000 to the Haiti earthquake relief efforts.- Goldman Sachs & Co is contributing $1 million to the relief efforts in Haiti through American Red Cross for the Haitian Relief and Development Fund CARE and other organizations.- Target Corp will donate $500000 to the American Red Cross to assist with disaster recovery in Haiti.- Procter & Gamble Co said it will provide at least 2 million packets of PUR Purifier of Water through our Children's Safe Drinking Water partners. It said Duracell has already provided $200000 worth of batteries and flashlights for donation.- National Bank of Canada will contribute up to C$250000 to the Canadian Red Cross. National Bank MasterCard cardholders can exchange reward points free of charge for a cash donation to the Canadian Red Cross by calling 514-847-8280 or 1-800-341-8083.- The New York Yankees will donate $500000 in support of rescue and relief efforts.- FedEx Corp is working with international relief groups including the Red Cross to fly supplies to Haiti.- United Parcel Service Inc which participates in a World Food Program that helps coordinate delivery of aid to disaster zones said it expects to have its volunteers in the program called up soon. It will also provide $1 million in aid half in cash and half in services.- 3M Co which makes bandages and other products used in skin and wound care is working with relief agencies to see what medical products it can provide. 3M said it would likely also make a monetary contribution.For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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5.Aid begins to arrive in Haiti for earthquake survivors in dire need,UNICEF
RV=280.7 2010/01/15 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,child,UNICEF
By Tim LedwithNEW YORK USA 14 January 2010 – UNICEF is part of a massive international relief effort now under way to assist up to 3.5 million people affected by Tuesday's 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti. VIDEO: Watch nowAUDIO: Listen nowBut while essential supplies from UNICEF its UN partners and other humanitarian agencies have started arriving in quake-shattered communities the survivors' dire needs severely outpace available resources on the ground. Meanwhile aid agencies themselves have suffered significant losses of staff and facilities. For the first time today UNICEF was able to contact all of its staff members in the country. "They are safe and sound" said UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes Louis-Georges Arsenault. "But it's very very dreadful for them because they are all sleeping on the floor. They have very little capacity to operate." Relief effort launchedOverall casualty estimates in Haiti are high as search and rescue teams comb the rubble for survivors. And the number of deaths is likely to increase without more medical aid food safe water sanitation supplies and shelter materials. UNICEF has released a total of $3.4 million in emergency funding for Haitian quake relief while the United Nations as a whole has released $10 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund. Even more funding will be needed for relief and recovery in the coming days and weeks however. In a commentary posted today by CNN International UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow addressed the funding issue. She urged her fellow citizens to give generously in support of the quake response with a focus on children who comprise nearly half of Haiti's population of 10 million. "In any disaster children are the most vulnerable" wrote Ms. Farrow who visited Haiti for UNICEF during the devastating 2008 hurricane season there. "We have the power to ensure that this particularly merciless act of nature does not steal any more than it already has from children whose lives were so precarious to begin with."First shipment of aidAid delivery poses yet another challenge with roads electric power sources communications systems and other infrastructure destroyed in many areas.Last night a cargo plane provided by the Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies landed in Santo Domingo the capital of the Dominican Republic with UNICEF supplies bound for Haitian quake victims. On board were water-purification tablets tarpaulins and tents for temporary housing and oral rehydration salts to combat the effects of diarrhoea caused by contaminated water. The supplies were to be trucked over the border into Haiti today.Land sea and airAnother chartered plane from UNICEF's regional supply hub in Panama was scheduled to land this afternoon in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince where the airport is damaged but has been open for humanitarian flights. According to media reports though the airport was temporarily closed this afternoon due to congestion and limited runway space. At this writing it is unclear whether the UNICEF flight will be able to land there.A ship carrying emergency supplies from Panama has arrived in the capital in spite of serious quake damage to the seaport. Additional aid shipments by land sea and air are expected to continue for the foreseeable future. "We have been approached by other partners such as UPS and British Airways" said the Emergency Coordinator at UNICEF's Supply Division Jean-C馘ric Mees. "They will offer us some free space on commercial cargo planes from Europe to Panama or to Miami. From there either through our logistics partners or by our own means we will send them to Port-au-Prince or Santo Domingo."'The devastation is staggering'At a meeting of the UNICEF Executive Board in New York yesterday Haiti's UN Ambassador Hon. L駮 M駻or鑚 formerly a Board Vice-President spoke about the unfolding tragedy in his homeland – and efforts to respond."UNICEF teams are working assiduously in the country" he said "not only in the capital but also in other cities because in addition to Port-au-Prince the major towns in the interior have also suffered."Ambassador M駻or鑚 went on to express his hope that "the situation will be stabilized fairly soon" and his appreciation that UN agencies and other international partners are ready and willing "to assist Haiti in its hour of need."
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1.Estonia Aids Victims of Earthquake in Haiti,Govt. Estonia
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キーワード:Red,Cross,technology,UNICEF
Nr 12-EEstonia is donating one million kroons through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to help alleviate the effects of the earthquake in Haiti. In co-operation with the Interior Ministry and the Estonian Rescue Service the Foreign Ministry will also send an IT expert and likely a logistics team with supplies to help support the activities of international organisations on site. The Estonian experts will travel to the crisis region along with experts from the Nordic countries within the framework of International Humanitarian Partnership.Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that the international organisations that have representatives at the scene have launched extensive aid operations. "Victims of the earthquake are lacking in medical supplies food and drinking water and thousands are without shelter. Access to the disaster zone is also difficult. Haiti needs medical equipment search and rescue technology and means of communications" said Paet. "With the help of their observers international organisations will be able to best assess the situation and the nature of the aid needed. This is why the Foreign Ministry is sending its financial aid through the Red Cross" Paet said explaining Estonia's choice for providing aid.The International Red Cross has sent out its first appeal for help to the extent of 10 million dollars. The aid will we directed towards helping the 20 000 families (100 000 people) affected by the earthquake for the next nine months. The Red Cross also hopes to get the first field hospital working which would be capable of helping at least 50 people at once.Gert Teder a member of the Estonian Rescue Service was among the European Union evaluation team that travelled to Haiti yesterday. The purpose of the team sent within the framework of the civil protection mechanism is to evaluate the needs of those who have been injured and co-ordinate the arriving aid. The European Union evaluation team sent to Haiti includes representatives from six nations.The entire international community has rushed to the aid of Haiti which is suffering in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake. The best opportunity for Estonia and any Estonian citizens to help alleviate the situation is through co-operation with others. In addition to countries and international organisations the following organisations have announced the launch of aid operations: the International Red Cross the World Food Programme (WFP) UNICEF the World Health Organisation (WHO) the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and many other international organisation and non-profits. UNICEF is focusing first and foremost on helping children in Haiti the IOM is working to offer temporary shelter to thousands of Port-au-Prince residents who have lost their homes and the Red Cross and WHO and attempting to provide first aid to the injured. They are all in need of funds for procuring medicine drinking water tents or other necessary supplies. In Estonia donations are being collected by the Estonian Red Cross and the Estonian National Committee for UNICEF.Estonian Red Cross: SWEDBANK 1180001436 and SEB 10220039608010 subject "Haiti maav舐in"Estonian National Committee for UNICEF: SEB 10052039502009 subject "Haiti"IOM: http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jspIFRC: http://donate.ifrc.org/UNICEF: http://www.supportunicef.org/site/pp.asp?c=9fLEJSOALpE&b=1023561WFP: https://donate.wfp.org/supporter/donatenow.do?n=gbss&dfdbid=1044253SPOKESPERSONエS OFFICE+372 637 7654+372 521 3085pressitalitus@mfa.ee
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2.Haiti earthquake - RELIEF EFFORTS BY THE REGION,CARICOM
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Caribbean countries react to devastation in HaitiPORT OF SPAIN Trinidad CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries were on Wednesday reacting to the trail of death and destruction caused by the powerful earthquake that rocked Haiti on Tuesday.Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana both announced one million US dollars each in immediate relief to Port au Prince while St. Lucia said it would provide assistance under the wider CARICOM initiative.Jamaica has said that it will "respond immediately in whatever way it can".http://www.cananews.net/news/127/ARTICLE/45475/2010-01-13.htmlCDB provides financial aid to earthquake hit HaitiBRIDGETOWN Barbados CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) said Wednesday it would provide nearly one million US dollars in immediate relief to Haiti following the widespread devastation caused by the powerful earthquake that hit the country on Tuesday.CDB the region's premier development financial institution said that it would provide US$200000 for portable water food medicines and temporary shelter while US$500000 would go towards the restoration of critical facilities and services."In collaboration with our international development partners the Caribbean Development Bank will also address the medium and long-term rehabilitation needs of Haiti" the CDB said expressing sadness at the destruction caused by the quake that registered 7.3 on the Richter Scale.http://www.cananews.net/news/127/ARTICLE/45472/2010-01-13.htmlGov't pledges US$1M in Haiti reliefGEORGETOWN Guyana Stabroek News - Guyana has pledged US$1 million in assistance to Haiti following the major earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation on Tuesday.President Bharrat Jagdeo made the announcement in a statement yesterday and later met with political parties religious organisations and non-governmental organizations to coordinate a national response to aid in recovery efforts. Minister of Human Services Priya Manickchand has been named chair of the multi-stakeholder committee."I am deeply shocked and saddened at the extent of the destruction caused by the catastrophic earthquake which devastated our sister nation of Haiti yesterday. The haunting images of bodies injured persons and ruined buildings struck a chord of compassion throughout our nation for the people of Haiti" said Jagdeo.Persons desirous of contributing can do so at the National Committee for Guyana's Assistance to Haiti by calling telephone number (592) 226 4080.http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/stories/01/14/gov%e2%80%99t-pledges-us1m-in-haiti-relief/Jamaica joins Haiti relief effortsKINGSTON Jamaica Observer - JAMAICA has joined scores of countries sending relief supplies to Haiti to help millions of people displaced by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake which struck the impoverished nation on Tuesday leaving thousands dead or injured in its wake.Between last night and this morning a team of 150 Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers were set to leave for Haiti to bring supplies as well as to help in the reconstruction efforts.The supplies include generators collapsible water containers mattresses water purification tablets and general purpose tents. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/help-for-Haiti----p-4-5----Thur--Jan-14--2009---Lead_7325219Dominica -Government agrees to six month waiver for illegal HaitiansROSEAU Dominica CMC – Haitian nationals currently living in Dominica under illegal circumstances need not worry about the threat of deportation for the next six months.The Government of Dominica announced Thursday it would automatically extend the stay of all Haitians already on island by an additional six months until the situation in Haiti stabilises.Dominica is now home to hundreds of Haitian immigrants who work a variety of odd jobs as handymen tailors barbers and farm hands. http://www.cananews.net/news/127/ARTICLE/45493/2010-01-14.htmlAir Jamaica airlift from Haiti beginsKINGSTON Jamaica Observer - THE first Air Jamaica flight to airlift nationals from Haiti left Norman Manley International Airport this morning.The first flight was scheduled to return from Port-au-Prince at 5:30 am and the second at midday. However chaos on the ground has forced delays Minister of Information Daryl Vaz told Nationwide radio this morning.All customs and immigration regulations have been suspended to allow Jamaicans in Haiti to take the flights home. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Air-Jamaica-airlift-from-Haiti-beginsCARICOM to announce Haiti aidKINGSTON Jamaica Observer - THE Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is expected to announce today the region's response to Tuesday's devastating earthquake in Haiti.High-level members of CARICOM including CARICOMChairman Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit General Secretary Edwin Carrington and Prime Minister of Barbados David Thompson met at Jamaica House in Kingston last night."The meeting will be to discuss Caricom's response" Information Minister Daryl Vaz told the Observer last night.Jamaica has been chosen as the regional hub for the relief effort in the impoverished nation which is located to the north-east of Jamaica.Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Dr Kenneth Baugh said Jamaica will also be the refuelling point for aircraft taking relief supplies and personnel to Haiti.He said the country will waive navigational and landing fees for such aircraft operators of which will cover their refuelling costs. Adequate warehouse facilities for the sorting and temporary storage of relief items are being provided at both international airports.Charity organisations play their part :* Jamaica Red Cross is to send a contingent of trained and qualified people to support the relief efforts.* Food For The Poor Jamaica is also offering logistical and technical support.Financial institutions join in relief efforts* First Caribbean International Bank has joined its parent company CIBC in donating a combined CA$100000 to the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Donations to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund can be made at any FirstCaribbean branch across the Caribbean.* Royal Bank of Canada parent company of RBTT Financial Group yesterday announced a CA$100000 donation to the Red Cross to support relief and humanitarian efforts in Haiti.* All Scotiabank branches and locations are acting as collection points for non-perishable food items clothing and bottled water. All Jamaicans are being invited to drop off donations at any of their 40 locations across the island.* Accounts have been opened at Scotiabank and the National Commercial bank to accept donations on behalf of the Red Cross and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management respectively.* NEM Insurance Company has committed to donating three container loads of 'Wata' to Haiti.Doctors on callDr Winston De La Haye president of the Medical Association of Jamaica says the association is awaiting word from the Ministry of Health and the Jamaica Defence Force to determine how best to help in the provision of medical assistance to the thousands of injured.http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Caricom-s-Haiti-meeting--Fri--Jan-15--2010_7329085MAJ offers help with emergency radio broadcast systemKINGSTON Jamaica Observer - THE Media Association Jamaica Limited (MAJ) yesterday offered to help Haiti in establishing an emergency radio broadcasting system in the earthquake-wrecked capital Port-au-Prince.The MAJ in a press release yesterday said it advised the minister with responsibility for information Daryl Vaz to make an offer to Haitian authorities for the assistance with the emergency radio broadcasting system."Several of the radio members of the association have agreed to combine efforts to put together a small studio and FM transmitter system to re-establish some type of radio information system in Haiti" the MAJ said.The association said the minister had agreed that on the trip by Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday afternoon the offer would be made and a response provided to the MAJ. The MAJ members also said they would provide the technical support at short notice to get the project going.http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/maj-offer--jan-15--2009_7329009Health personnel leave for HaitiKINGSTON Jamaica Gleaner - A team of medical and health personnel from the Health Ministry is expected to leave the island today for Haiti.The health minister Ruddy Spencer said the 20-member team comprises doctors nurses emergency medical technicians and public health inspectors.A group of volunteer doctors from the Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association (JMDA) along with private partners will also be going to Haiti today.JMDA president Dr Shane Alexis said the group was moved by the devastation.The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) has also opened up its offices in Mandeville Port Maria Montego Bay and Kingston as relief collection centers.JTA president Michael Stewart said all donations must reach the offices by January 29.He said the JTA will also be seeking to raise money for the Haitian survivors.http://go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=16041'Culture' in big Haiti fund drivePORT OF Spain Trinidad Express - The local cultural fraternity is coming to the aid of the people of Haiti offering proceeds from various Carnival events to assist the earthquake-hit country.Leading the way is the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation which on Wednesday opened its flagship calypso tent Kaiso House at the Strand entertainment complex. TUCO president Eric 'Pink Panther' Taylor announced that all proceeds from that night's show will go towards a fund for Haiti.The Caribbean Prestige Foundation producers of the International Soca Monarch competition has pledged $2 from each ticket purchased for the finals of this year's Soca Monarch finals towards Haiti. The Southex events planning company which holds the Chutney Soca Monarch Competition donated $20000 to the Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund.Woodford Caf・at MovieTowne in Port of Spain has already organised a benefit event to raise funds. This takes place on Wednesday January 20 and will feature patrons participating in the weekly Karaoke Night which this time around will include participation by several soca reggae and alternative artistes.The $40 cover charge will go into the Voices for Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund. Special bins will also be place at Woodford Caf・for people to drop off canned food clothing and other items that will be given to the Red Cross for distribution in Haiti.Pan Trinbago issued a statement expressing regret over the catastrophe and pledged to play a part in 'bringing some measure of relief to the people of Haiti in their hour of need'. The release also stated that Pan Trinbago will be working with its member bands to determine the role the organisation will play.http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161582463Manning: Fast ferry option to transport suppliesPORT OF Spain Trinidad Express - A plan to use one of the nation's inter-island fast ferries to transport relief supplies to Haiti is now being considered by Cabinet.Prime Minister Patrick Manning made the disclosure yesterday as he said this country does not have any military naval assets to transport relief supplies in any large quantities to Haiti which suffered a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday killing thousands according to the Red Cross.'What we do have are fast ferries that operate between Trinidad and Tobago that have tremendous capacity and one of the options available to us is to divert one of those boats temporarily and very temporarily to take stuff to Haiti as part of the relief effort' Manning said.He did so during yesterday's post-Cabinet news conference at the Diplomatic Centre St Ann's where he said the Government is trying to determine exactly how to best send the US$1 million ($6.3 million) this country has pledged towards relief efforts in the fellow Caribbean Community (CARICOM) state.'All of those things are by no means clear...It may well be that the (US)$1 million that we are contributing at this time should go to the International Red Cross as part of the help we don't know but all of that will work out' Manning said.He said he is yet to make contact with Haiti's President Rene Preval but announced a CARICOM mission that includes Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding and a team from the Regional Security System based in Barbados was on its way to Haiti to assess the situation on the ground. When they return from that country 'we will formulate a position that CARICOM will take' including the deployment of any regional troops.'If the Government of Trinidad and Tobago is called upon to send troops to Haiti then I don't see we have a choice to do just that' Manning said.Manning said the CARICOM mission's report will also determine whether this country would increases its $6.3 million pledge towards the Haiti relief effort as he expressed this nation's sympathies towards the Haitian people. Manning said Cabinet hopes to have 'an indication' today on how best to ensure that the collection of food clothing and money from the public for those now suffering in Haiti is properly organised.http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161582475T&T rushes to send helpPORT OF Spain Trinidad Express - OCM stations to broadcast 4-hr radiothon HELP is on the way for quake-stricken Haiti.This was the assurance given by several local businesses and non-governmental organisations who have been working around the clock searching for a way to get food and other basic necessities to the island since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit on Tuesday.Among them are Scotiabank First Citizens One Caribbean Media Blue Waters the Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental Organisations (Fitun) Royal Bank of Canada (parent company of RBTT Financial Group) Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Trinidad Chapter Congress of the People and the Downtown Owners and Merchants Association (Doma).Doma president Gregory Aboud said yesterday the group intended to team up with the largest international relief and development organisation in the United States Food for the Poor to get supplies to Haiti.Located in Miami Food for the Poor is an inter-denominational Christian agency that feeds millions of hungry poor in 17 countries within the Caribbean and Latin America. Their website www.foodforthepoor.org stated they also provided emergency relief assistance clean water medicines educational materials homes support for orphans and the aged skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance with more than 96 per cent of all donations going directly to programmes that help the poor.'They have been doing this for a long while and we thought that they were the better choice because we want to ensure that what we send reaches the people' Aboud said. Teaming up with the YMCA Aboud said they are using YMCA's facilities on Benbow Road Port of Spain as a depository 'to receive the donations'.With the most urgent needs identified by the Red Cross being intensified search-and-rescue efforts field hospitals emergency health services water purification emergency shelter logistics and telecommunications the Royal Bank of Canada has requested that where appropriate its donation to the Red Cross be directed to ensuring survivors have access to clean drinking water.Blue Waters chairman Dominic Hadeed told the Express during a telephone interview that his company was organising to send several containers of water to Haiti and that shipment would go out as soon as the ports have been declared passable.'We are also going to be working with Food for the Poor and will be looking at other ways to get more products into the country' he said.Meanwhile the One Caribbean Media (OCM) network radio stations are hosting a four-hour-long 'radiothon' on Saturday from 8 a.m. called 'Help Haiti Now' to collect money. OCM is the parent company of the Express newspapers and TV6.The OCM network stations are heard in Grenada St Lucia Barbados Antigua St Kitts Montserrat and Trinidad and Tobago. All the OCM Network studios in the Caribbean will be connected on Saturday morning for this historic event.'Big George' Wayne LeBlanc will be at the Hott 93 studios in Trinidad along with Warren P also of Hott 93 JGP of GEM Radio and Patrice of GEM Radio.The Hott 93 announcers are currently mobilising artistes and other popular personalities to come to the studios on Saturday to be part of the effort.http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161582477Chefette donates $20 000BRIDGETOWN Barbados Nation News - CHEFETTE RESTAURANTS the largest restaurant chain in Barbados has quickly responded to pleas for humanitarian assistance for the people of Haiti.Following Tuesday's devastating earthquake Chefette yesterday donated $20 000 to the Haiti Relief Fund at a presentation ceremony at Starcom Network River Road St Michael.Chefette's managing director Ryan Haloute said their prayers were with all those suffering families in Haiti.He praised Starcom Network's chief executive officer Vic Fernandes for initiating the Haiti Relief Fund. Haloute encouraged other corporate entities to assist as much as possible by pledging their financial support during the radiothon entitled Help Haiti Now! which will be aired tomorrow on all Starcom Network stations from 8 a.m. until noon. (PR)http://www.nationnews.com/news/local/haitian-donation-copy-for-webRelief on the wayBRIDGETOWN Barbados Nation News - ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO for Barbados to unleash its support to earthquake-ravaged Haitians.Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner told the Press at Government Headquarters yesterday evening that starting today volunteers would be stationed at Kensington Oval Fontabelle St Michael operating hotlines and setting up a computer database to track donated goods.She was appointed by Prime Minister David Thompson to spearhead The Barbados National Coordinated Effort to help people in Haiti that was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale on Tuesday."A cadre of volunteers worked for Cricket World Cup. That system is still in place. The facility at Kensington Oval is already wired for multiple phone lines and computers."We need them because I have had a myriad of calls here [Government Headquarters] and it is physically impossible for this office to manage the process" she said.Two bank accounts have also been set up by Government one at Barbados National Bank (BNB) and another at FirstCaribbean International Bank for money donations."Money goes into those accounts which is the Government Treasury Account and then we wait for the needs assessment [from Haiti] and channel it through agencies like the United Nations which have humanitarian workers in Haiti who know where that money is to be spent" Sandiford-Garner stated.The senator who is Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office said the Super Centre and Popular Discount supermarket chains had been earmarked as collection points for the donation of goods."I'm sure that others would come on board as we want a good geographical distribution of supermarkets. We are advising Barbadians to carry a list of what they take because we want transparency to be evident."We have also finalised 8 000 square feet [of space] in Barbarees Hill [St Michael] at the R.L. Seale warehouse and a BIDC [Barbados Investment & Development Corporation] warehouse in St Philip that can facilitate the storage of the items."We have the Barbados Defence Force [BDF] and the [Royal Barbados] Police Force to assist us with security and the BDF would be assisting with transporting goods from the collection points to the storage points" she added.Also the University of the West Indies Cave Hill has pledged the services of 120 student volunteers and already has 30 barrels donated by Laparkan located around the campus for collection of goods as well.http://www.nationnews.com/news/local/Haiti-Relief-Effort-on-go-FRONT-PAGE-OTHERRBC launches Haiti fundNASSUA Bahamas Guardian - Corporate Bahamas is moving quickly on the heals of the Haiti disaster with RBC yesterday announcing a $100000 donation to the Red Cross to support relief and humanitarian efforts in Haiti.As of yesterday the commercial bank has made its entire network of branches in The Bahamas the Caribbean and Canada available to receive donations on behalf of the International Red Cross. The donations say executives can be made while customers conduct their regular financial transactions."The Bahamas has very close ties with Haiti and as our neighbors we must support them. I appeal to the public to exercise the generosity that Bahamians are known for and help our brothers and sisters in Haiti" said Nathaniel Beneby Vice President and Country Head RBC Bahamas.The most urgent needs identified by the Red Cross are for search and rescue efforts field hospitals emergency health services water purification emergency shelter logistics and telecommunications. RBC has requested that where appropriate its donation to the Red Cross be directed to ensuring survivors have access to clean drinking water."The International Red Cross is on the ground in Haiti and responding to the needs of the Haitian people as quickly as possible" said Caroline Turnquest Director General of the Bahamas Red Cross. "Support of this effort will require massive resources so we urge you to give with the assurance that the strength and reach of the International Red Cross will make a difference in Haiti immediately during this difficult time."The public is now being invited to visit any RBC Bahamas branch and donate to the Red Cross Haitian Relief Fund via account #2893865 or to the Embassy of Haiti Haitian Relief Fund at account #2892958.http://www.thenassauguardian.com/bixex/304876905267462.phpHaitian migrants releasedNASSUA Bahamas Guardian - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham announced last night that as a result of the earthquake that leveled Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday all the illegal Haitian migrants at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre will be released and given some sort of temporary residency status.Ingraham also said that the Department of Immigration would not be seeking to apprehend any illegal Haitian nationals for the time being.There are currently 115 Haitian nationals being held at the Detention Centre according to immigration officials who also confirmed last night that 40 Haitian nationals have been released since Wednesday."The Department of Immigration will release from the Detention Centre those Haitians who are currently there and give them some temporary status until such time as things have changed" said Ingraham at a news conference at Free National Movement (FNM) headquarters last night."Clearly if people come into The Bahamas and they are apprehended by the Defence Force we would have to take a different course of action. But the Department of Immigration will not be seeking to apprehend Haitians at the moment to send back."As previously reported all repatriation exercises involving illegal Haitian immigrants have also been indefinitely postponed.Immigration officials announced on Wednesday that they were bracing for a possible influx of Haitian immigrants. However last night the prime minister said he was not yet concerned that any mass influx would occur."The part of Haiti that has been devastated by the earthquake is not the part of Haiti that most (and) nearly all Haitians come from to The Bahamas" the prime minister said."The Haitians come from the northern part of Haiti. Most Haitians who come to The Bahamas have never been to Port-au-Prince in their lives. And so I do not have any fear at the moment and concern at the moment for any significant migration of Haitians to The Bahamas because that's not the area that was affected by the earthquake."Ingraham also announced that unlike some of his regional counterparts he would not be traveling to the impoverished nation."I considered it today (Thursday) actually" he said. "I gave long and hard consideration to it. I couldn't figure out what I could possibly do in Haiti other than get in the way of people. There is no means to move around. It is difficult to get a flight in and to land. It is difficult to find accommodation etc. What we could do for Haiti can be done from The Bahamas."Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson and Dominican Prime Minister Nicholas Liverpool are traveling to Haiti for a one-day trip today.While he most likely will not visit Haiti at this time the prime minister said the government has established a common account at all the country's commercial banks into which donations to the relief effort in Haiti can be made."We will cause that money to be sent either to the Haitian government and/or to international organizations that are able to provide assistance to Haiti at this time and The Bahamas government will make a significant financial contribution to Haiti once I would have consulted further with my CARICOM colleagues once they return from Haiti tomorrow."Ingraham added: "It is not appropriate for us to be collecting goods to send to Haiti because there is no means by which we can get [them] there. The port is in terrible shape. The airport is difficult to navigate. The ground transportation is terrible. The extent to which we in the region can provide assistance in terms of medical support doctors nurses public health pay for medicine food water whatever it is we are clearly prepared to do so."Red Cross officials in Haiti yesterday told the Associated Press that they estimate the death toll as a result of Tuesday's earthquake could range from 45000 to 50000 with as many as three million others injured or left homeless.http://www.thenassauguardian.com/national_local/304876904381852.phpCayman Islands - Some of the agencies assisting in the Haiti relief effortCayman Red Cross916–1742rxadmin@candw.ky925–0681949–6785 ext. 22.hbalgobin@gmail.comAccepting monetary donations for the relief efforts. Persons wishing to donate funds can go directly to the Red Cross or make a deposit at Butterfield Bank under the Cayman Islands Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Appeal (02–201–035054–04).National Building Society of Cayman945–2014Staff members have set up donation boxes at teller counters for customers to make contributions. The funds collected will be deposited to the Cayman Red Cross account at Butterfield Bank. NBSC 71 Eastern AvenueThe Cayman Council of the United Church of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands947–1963cicucjci@candw.kyYves and Carmen Fontaine326–6340Arranging a container to locate on lot next to Buttonwood Club on Shedden Road.St. Ignatius Church and School949–6797Jeremy.rice@st–ignatius.comCollecting funds. All parishioners parents students and staff are being asked to contribute between 14–24 January.Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort949–0088Collecting can goods clothes and anything that can be of help to the Haiti people. 389 Seven Mile Beach Fernando Soler or Stephanie Amante Stephanie.amante@marriotthotels.comWesleyan Holiness Church West Bay949–3394949–1121926–0594johnbettycase@hotmail.comsamaritanoutreach@hotmail.comAccepting monetary donations. Persons wishing to donate funds can drop it in the container at church or deliver it to the school office.Taste of CaymanAll those attending this Saturday's event starting at 5pm at Camana Bay can donate at the entrance to the festival where Red Cross booths will be set up.DigicelAll Digicel mobile customers can text the letters 'HELP' to 5151 to donate a dollar to the telecom company's earthquake relief effort. Digicel has already donated some $5 million to the relief project in Haiti.LIMEAll LIME mobile customers can text the word 'Haiti' to 437 (HELP) to donate $2 to the telecom company's earthquake relief effort. LIME employees have launched an employee donation initiative across the 13 islands in which the company operates to collect cash clothing canned non–perishable food and personal hygiene items to send to Haiti. LIME will match the donations dollar for dollar.Sunset HouseSunset House will not be charging for shore diving tanks this coming weekend. (JAN 16 – 17 2010). Instead of payment for tanks Sunset will be asking for a minimum donation of CI$5.00 to go to the Red Cross.Dolphin Cove and the YUDPOn Sunday 17 January Dolphin Cove will be donating all revenue made for the day to assist with the YUDP and its Haitian Relief Funds. Special Discounted rates are available for residents and as a special thank you for supporting this initiative Dolphin Cove will be giving away free CD Photo Packages to every family individual or buddy group taking part.Cayman Outreach916–1563The group is arranging a container to be located in the parking lot of Cayman Shoe Shop on Eastern Avenue. They are seeking building material clothes shoes tinned food dry food medicine; no garbage. Donation times 8.30am until 5.30pm Monday through SaturdayADRAAdventist Disaster and Relief Agency along with the Cayman Islands Conference of Seventh–day Adventists will be taking up a special offering in each of the Adventist churches for the next two weeks and dispatching those funds off to Haiti immediately.The Director of ADRA Cayman is Mr. Benny Moore and he can be reached on 916–2936. The numbers for the conference headquarters are 949–2647 949–8167 and for President Clarke his cell number is 916–5510.St Lucians called on to HELP HAITI!The following list of bank accounts in aid of Haiti after the Quake was released by the National Emergency Management Organization1. Bank of Saint Lucia Decentralized Disaster Preparedness Account Account # 9010298402. First National Bank Disaster Relief Fund Account # 60021533. RBTT Caribbean Limited Account # 70763004. First Caribbean International Bank - National Emergency Fund Account # 02-18044605. Royal Bank of Canada Disaster Emergency Account # 10020056. Bank of Nova Scotia Bank Account # 32816The Wave Radio alongside sister stations throughout the OCM network have also embarked on a drive to assist Haiti through a radiothon this coming Saturday January 16th. Starting today til Friday evening updates of this situation in Haiti will be heard every two hours on the OCM Network Station so as to keep listeners informed of Haiti's plight. FOR MORE INFO STAY TUNED TO THE WAVE 94.5/ 93.7 FDigicel St Lucia is also asking customers to text 'HELP' TO 5151 to donate $1 to the cause.Bermuda - Efforts to help Haiti after Tuesday's earthquake* Dine at Bermuda Bistro at the Beach on January 21 for all-you-can-eat ribs and curry chicken for $19.95. Half the proceeds will be donated to Haitian relief.* Digicel customers can text "HELP" to 5151 where $1 will go directly towards the Haitian Earthquake Relief Fund.* Donate money directly to the Bermuda Red Cross via two bank accounts: Bank of Bermuda - 010-187417-011 or Bank of Butterfield - 20-006-060-663859-200 or by mail at Bermuda Red Cross Haitian Earthquake Appeal Fund Charleswood 9 Berry Hill Road Paget DV03* Donate money through radio station Hott 107.5 where the funds will go directly to Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti Foundation and Architecture for Humanity. They accept cash and cheques.* Donate clothes/household supplies/money to Phillip Rego's charity Feed My Lambs Ministry. You can donate at their Bank of Bermuda account 010-305498-012 or by mail at Phillip Rego c/o Feed My Lambs Ministry PO Box HM 3184 Hamilton HMNX Bermudahttp://www.bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=44235&TM=54926.63
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3.John Holmes Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator updates correspondents on the situation in Haiti,UN DPI
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キーワード:Red,Cross,UNICEF,body
Watch the WebcastDaily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-GeneralThe following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Martin Nesirky Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.Good afternoon everybody. As you know we have John Holmes here the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. And I'll turn right over to you John. We have about half an hour.Briefing by Under-Secretary-General John HolmesThank you very much Martin and good afternoon everybody. Let me just make a few points to start with. And I apologize if they're in slightly random order but it's not easy to find time to make it more structured.First of all I think you're aware from various briefings already we'll be launching a flash this afternoon at 4. I'll be doing that. We were hoping to have [Special Envoy to Haiti] President [Bill] Clinton there as well but he's not in fact available. He's on a plane at the time. The flash appeal will be for around $560 million which I think is slightly higher than the figure you had already. The full breakdown of what that appeal represents will be available this afternoon but let me just say give you a rough sort of idea: almost half of that as usual in these situations will be for food emergency food aid. And then there'll be amounts of between $20 and $50 million for health water and sanitation nutrition emergency shelter early recovery and agriculture ‑‑ the latter two of course being linked; they're very much at the recovery end of it. There will be some other elements too ‑‑ for example emergency education. But those will be the main areas that we'll be asking for money for. The basis of the appeal will be that some 3 million people are believed to have been badly affected by the earthquake and we'll be looking for relief to keep them going for six months. That's of course in the first place.As I think I said yesterday this is very much a first rough effort at this. We know that it doesn't represent very good detailed information from the ground but we'll be revising it in three or four weeks to reflect that and probably to include a bit more on the early recovery side when we've got a better idea for example of how that should be done.We still don't have any reliable figures for dead or injured although of course we recognize that those numbers are likely to be extremely high. Our best estimate at the moment from satellite pictures is that at least 30 per cent of the buildings in Port-au-Prince have been affected by the earthquake. There are some areas of the city for example Cit・Soleil which are relatively less affected ‑‑ either because of their geographical location or because of the nature of the structures there ‑‑ less vulnerable to earthquakes. But of course the effects of the earthquake were extremely severe in some areas. There were some areas where 50 per cent or more of the buildings have been damaged.The scale of the international response so far is extremely encouraging. I think as I said yesterday we have counted so far about $360 million in pledges. Some of that might be going to the flash appeal others will be going bilaterally in different ways or directly to non-governmental organizations and others which is fine. That figure is not all for emergency aid; for example some of it will be for reconstruction and longer-term efforts. For example there was $100 million each from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) which are likely to be more related to longer-term reconstruction than emergency aid but just to give you some idea of the response. And of course there are many companies and individuals who are responding extremely generously to this relief effort.On the search-and-rescue side that effort is going on with all possible speed. Some people are still being recovered alive relatively fewer as you would expect but that is still happening. There are some 27 search-and-rescue teams either there already ‑‑ I think 17 are there and another 10 are on their way ‑‑ and we're trying to get the message out now that we don't need any more search-and-rescue teams beyond those that are on their way already.Obviously every humanitarian agency there is ‑‑ both United Nations agencies non-governmental organizations the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement ‑‑ are busting a gut if I can put it that way to get people there in larger numbers people to help and to get supplies in as well as of course all the bilateral efforts which are going on from individual countries led of course by the huge United States effort. Planes from the World Food Programme (WFP) UNICEF the International Red Cross the International Federation of the Red Cross ‑‑ which is a separate thing ‑‑ have already landed and M馘ecins Sans Fronti鑽es have already landed. Others are on their way. Of course there are all the bilateral aid planes which have been landing too. I won't go into all the details of those. I don't have a full list here but many of those I think you're aware of.As you're also aware there has been an issue ‑‑ there is an issue ‑‑ about the capacity of the airport. There was a particular problem about congestion yesterday afternoon when planes had to circle. But again everybody's working desperately to resolve these problems. The airport was working through the night. Planes were landing with increasing frequency. So the capacity I think of the airport to deal with flights is rising. It's certainly handling more flights than it was before the earthquake despite the damage to the control tower.The port is still out of action but we believe the road from the Dominican Republic is now open and useable and is indeed being used to some extent.Some other bits of information: you may have seen stories that the World Food Programme warehouses were looted in Port-au-Prince. They were not looted. In fact that's not a correct story. We believe they are intact. There are some issues about access to them not least because of some doubt about the structure of them which is making people a little bit nervous about going inside. But they have not been looted as we were assured by the World Food Programme this morning.Food: there are these stocks of food on the ground. Food is arriving in increasing quantities. Water is arriving and water purification equipment is arriving from UNICEF Oxfam CARE and others as well as from the United Nations agencies. I was told this morning that 13 truckloads of bottled water are on their way from the Dominican Republic for example. That's obviously again not going to be enough but supplies are beginning to arrive.Distribution of these supplies started yesterday particularly of ready-to-eat food from stocks on the ground and from stocks beginning to come in. Obviously you should be well aware that was a very small scale compared with the need. We hope that will be larger today. I'm sure it will larger today and we are setting up with the Government 15 distribution points around the city and also trying to make sure we have safe storage areas to put the food and to operate. Clearly the distribution is an issue ‑‑ about how fast we can do that and whether it represents more than a drop in the ocean of what is needed ‑‑ we're well aware of that. We understand and share the impatience and frustration that there is about this and there is a need to recognize I think that there are significant constraints on this; not only the difficulties of the arrival of goods and unloading but also the distribution. There are a lack of trucks lack of fuel blocked roads and so on. I'm not trying to make excuses; I'm simply saying that there is a reality there that we need to deal with. It's classic for any similar operation that inevitably and despite everybody's enormous efforts it can take time to scale up. It will be scaling up every day by multiples I'm sure. I acknowledge that you need to note that the anger and frustration is there and that it's inevitably slow. But I just ask you to acknowledge that reality too. People as I say are passing many sleepless nights to try and get this material there this aid there to people who desperately need it. We recognize that. We have no doubt about that.We're also setting up as well as the airport in Port-au-Prince separate hubs for the arrival of aid and the stockage of aid in way stations if you like in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and in Panama City so that we can channel the aid in the most rational way possible.A couple of other points: bodies are being collected systematically now by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and by the Government insofar as they have capacity to do that. I think we had a figure of I think it was 9000 bodies so far that have been collected yesterday so that gives you some idea of the scale of that problem. But I hope that much more progress will be made on that today.On the medical side which we've also talked about before some hospitals are still working despite all the difficulties although as we've said before they're overwhelmed. Various field hospitals are already on the way. One or two are already there. And again we're taking the view that we don't need any more field hospitals beyond those that are already on the way which are several. But of course there's still an urgent need for doctors and medical supplies beyond the field hospitals.One final point which I think we touched on yesterday. People are moving to some extent from the centre of Port-au-Prince to areas outside to relatives no doubt perhaps in other communities. And there are some reports of movement of people on a limited scale I think towards the Dominican Republic particularly people seeking medical help in the hospital near the border there. So we're keeping an eye on that to make sure we can track it and deal with people who are crossing into the Dominican Republic. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is very focused on that.So let me stop there ‑‑ I hope that was helpful ‑‑ and answer your questions.
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4.ODPEM to Coordinate Local Haiti Relief Assistance,Govt. Jamaica
RV=258.7 2010/01/16 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,Adra
An emergency centre has been established at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) 2-4 Haining Road New Kingston to coordinate relief assistance generated locally for Haiti.Speaking at a media briefing at Jamaica House on Friday (January15) Minister with responsibility for Information Hon. Daryl Vaz said that ODPEM would be responsible for streamlining all forms of assistance that would be forthcoming to ensure that delivery and dispatch is smooth."They will advise you how best to get it to Haiti and what to do with it. We have a number of volunteer organizations.the Red Cross the Salvation Army who have people over there who can coordinate for you and make it possible for the relief to reach the persons in need in the shortest possible time" Mr. Vaz assured.He explained that deliveries can be made either to ODPEM's head office or in the case of parish deliveries at Parish Council offices the Red Cross Salvation Army or the Adventist Disaster Relief Agency (ADRA). They will then be moved to ODPEM's head office for dispatching.The Minister pointed out that Chief of Defence Staff Major General Stewart Saunders has appointed an officer at the rank of Major on the ground in Haiti to act as liaison for the relief effort from Jamaica."He will then liaise with the Haitian Government and the United Nations in terms of making sure that whatever comes to Haiti can be redirected to where it needs to go as a matter of urgency" he said.Space has been provided at the airport in Haiti to store supplies and dispatch them through the military contingent there.Based on discussions between Jamaica's Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding and Haitian President Rene Preval during Mr. Golding's visit to Haiti on Thursday priority items needed include: water purification tablets basic food items tinned foods lanterns (batteries and kerosene) toiletries hygiene and first aid kits."We're asking everybody to as best as possible package and label the items so we can prioritize what needs to go first" Mr. Vaz urged. He also disclosed that an account number 212-387-304 has been opened with the National Commercial Bank (NCB) to facilitate cash donations at any branch of the bank."The monies that will be raised through this account will be used to purchase some of these well needed emergency supplies for the relief effort" he said.Additionally he invited persons desirous of volunteering their expertise to go to Haiti to contact ODPEM to facilitate arrangements for their trip and accommodation. Mr. Vaz said that expressions of interest have been forthcoming from several professionals including doctors and engineers
5.DEC: Haiti Earthquake Appeal reaches £12m overnight,DEC
RV=245.6 2010/01/16 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,Vision
Web and phone donations to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal over the past 24 hours have added 」10m to the 」2m already raised.The massive response shows the UK public understand that member agencies need their support as they overcome grave communications and logistical problems to help the tens of thousands of people desperately needing assistance.The amount includes online and phone donations only with amounts from corporate postal events SMS and over-the-counter donations still to be recorded.DEC Chief Executive Brendan Gormley said:"The public's deep sense of horror and need to help has been shown by the level of support we are already seeing online and over the phone. Their support means that our member agencies can co-ordinate and deliver emergency aid to the swathes of people who urgently need shelter medical help safe water and food."Aid is beginning to get through with more supplies arriving today. We urge the public to continue to dig deep into their pockets so supplies can be sourced and delivered as swiftly as possible over the next few days and weeks."The DEC appeal was made public on Wednesday (13) but the full broadcast launch was not until yesterday. The appeal follows an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale which levelled large parts of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas.Many DEC members already had a presence in Haiti before the earthquake so have the experience local knowledge and links with local partners and community groups to ensure that emergency assistance can be delivered despite the scale of the catastrophe.Examples of what donations will go to include:」25 will supply a kit of household essentials.」50 buys a food pack to feed a family for a fortnight.」100 provides temporary shelter for two families.To make a donation to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal visit www.dec.org.uk or call 0370 60 60 900 donate over the counter at any post office or high street bank or send a cheque made payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.Anyone wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of 'Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC' on Facebook.Notes to editors:キ To make a postal donation make cheques payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' and mail to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.キ Donations can be made at any high street bank or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.キ Text "GIVE" to 70077 to give 」5 to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. 」5 goes to the DEC. You pay 」5 plus the standard network SMS rate.キ The DEC consists of: Action Aid British Red Cross CAFOD CARE International UK Christian Aid Concern Worldwide Help the Aged Islamic Relief Merlin Oxfam Save the Children Tearfund World Vision.キ The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies or some of them must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.キ The DEC is very grateful for the technical advice and strategic communications support provided by BT to help us respond immediately to international disasters like the recent earthquake in Haiti. We also welcome the fact that BT are encouraging the public and their own customers to support the appeal.Please donate to the DEC Haiti Earthquake online at www.dec.org.ukOver 2.2 million people live in the most affected areas where thousands are feared dead many more injured many buried under rubble; the DEC urgently needs your support to help the many people affected.The DEC launches and co-ordinates national fundraising appeals for public donations on behalf of its member agencies.
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1.DEC: Haiti Appeal total rises to £15m,DEC
RV=269.9 2010/01/17 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,Vision,DEC
The DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal total has increased to 」15 million as the public response to the disaster continues in strength.Web and phone donations to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal over the past 24 hours have added a further 」3m to the 」12m already raised.The amount includes online and phone donations only with figures from corporate postal events SMS and over-the-counter donations still to be counted.DEC Chief Executive Brendan Gormley said:"Once again people in the UK have proven that they will not sit idly by in the face of widespread suffering. The amount raised so far is a tremendous show of generosity and that money is already beginning to be put to work. We urgently need people to keep donating to ensure that the people of Haiti get all the aid they need."We know that aid is beginning to get through with more supplies arriving today. The challenges on the ground are still large but our member agencies are well placed to respond and get life saving material out to where it is needed most. For those who have not yet made a donation there is still time and there is still need.The DEC appeal was opened to donations on Wednesday and broadcast appeals across the UK media on Friday prompted a surge of 」10m in just 24 hours.Most DEC members had been working in Haiti prior to the earthquake and have the local links and knowledge required to deliver prompt and effective assistance despite the devastation caused by the quake.Examples of what donations will go to include:* 」25 will supply a kit of household essentials.* 」50 buys a food pack to feed a family for a fortnight.* 」100 provides temporary shelter for two families.To make a donation to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal visit www.dec.org.uk or call 0370 60 60 900 donate over the counter at any post office or high street bank or send a cheque made payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.Anyone wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of 'Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC' on Facebook.Notes to editors:* To make a postal donation make cheques payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' and mail to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA.* Donations can be made at any high street bank or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.* Text "GIVE" to 70077 to give 」5 to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. 」5 goes to the DEC. You pay 」5 plus the standard network SMS rate.* The DEC consists of: Action Aid British Red Cross CAFOD CARE International UK Christian Aid Concern Worldwide Help the Aged Islamic Relief Merlin Oxfam Save the Children Tearfund World Vision.* The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies or some of them must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.* The DEC is very grateful for the technical advice and strategic communications support provided by BT to help us respond immediately to international disasters like the recent earthquake in Haiti. We also welcome the fact that BT are encouraging the public and their own customers to support the appeal.
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2.DEC: More aid being distributed in Port au Prince,DEC
RV=269.9 2010/01/17 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,Vision,DEC
Thousands of families are already receiving aid in Haiti with more assistance expected in coming days.For example:- Concern Worldwide aid workers are distributing 2000 jerry cans and 100000 water purification tablets Sunday.- Save the Children gave water food and hygiene supplies to 2000 people at a hospital Saturday.- 1000 families received water and clothing kits from World Vision who spent Saturday distributing emergency supplies.- A British Red Cross convoy has reached Haiti by road from the Dominican Republic bypassing the devastated airport and port. Trucks containing emergency response equipment and medical supplies and personnel were expected to reach the most affected areas Saturday evening and a 300-bed field hospital is being set up.Disaster Emergency Committee Chief Executive Brendan Gormley said:“The devastation caused by the earthquake has hit early aid efforts as well as survivors. It’s hugely encouraging that our agencies have nonetheless managed to overcome these challenges to begin reaching people affected by the earthquake”“Every emergency is different and this one is presenting extreme logistical difficulties because the earthquake caused so much damage to the airport port and roads. Despite incredibly challenging circumstances the aid provided through the DEC is already on the ground and our members will continue to both meet urgent needs and plan for longer-term reconstruction thanks to the generosity of the British public.”Web and phone donations to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal have now reached 」15m. The massive response shows the UK public understand that member agencies need their support as they overcome communications and logistical problems to help people desperately needing assistance. The amount includes online and phone donations only with amounts from corporate postal events SMS and over-the-counter donations still to be counted.To make a donation to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal visit www.dec.org.uk or call 0370 60 60 900 donate over the counter at any post office or high street bank or send a cheque made payable to ‘DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal’ to ‘PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA’.Anyone wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of ‘Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC’ on Facebook. Notes to editors: - To make a postal donation make cheques payable to ‘DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal’ and mail to ‘PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA’. - Donations can be made at any high street bank or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.- Text “GIVE” to 70077 to give 」5 to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. 」5 goes to the DEC. You pay 」5 plus the standard network SMS rate.- The DEC consists of: Action Aid British Red Cross CAFOD CARE International UK Christian Aid Concern Worldwide Help the Aged Islamic Relief Merlin Oxfam Save the Children Tearfund World Vision.- The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies or some of them must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched- The DEC is very grateful for the technical advice and strategic communications support provided by BT to help us respond immediately to international disasters like the recent earthquake in Haiti. We also welcome the fact that BT are encouraging the public and their own customers to support the appeal.Please donate to the DEC Haiti Earthquake online at www.dec.org.ukOver 2.2 million people live in the most affected areas where thousands are feared dead many more injured many buried under rubble; the DEC urgently needs your support to help the many people affected.The DEC launches and co-ordinates national fundraising appeals for public donations on behalf of its member agencies.
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3.More help for Haiti on the way: Lee,JoongAng
RV=221.4 2010/01/17 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,Vision
In a telephone call with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Saturday President Lee Myung-bak promised to give additional financial aid to earthquake-devastated Haiti on top of the $1 million already provided."Korea began by offering emergency aid of $1 million but intends to add more support in a bid to participate in the UN's rescue effort" Lee was quoted as saying by Blue House spokeswoman Kim Eun-hye.Lee also said Korean citizens have launched fund-raising activities and emergency rescue crews have left for Haiti which is the Western Hemisphere's poorest country. Government sources said a 25-member Korean rescue team and two rescue dogs arrived yesterday at Santo Domingo the capital of neighboring Dominican Republic and will enter Haiti today."As a country that overcame the poverty of the ruins of the [Korean] War on the back of support from the international community Korea will look into ways to help further" Lee added.Ban the Korean-born UN secretary general said yesterday that the United Nations and its partners were appealing for $562 million to help the victims of the earthquake that struck early last week. The estimated death toll from the disaster could reach as high as 200000 people.Nonprofit and religious organizations private firms and celebrities have joined in relief efforts. Aid groups such as World Vision Good Neighbors Unicef Korea Korean Red Cross Korea Food for the Hungry International Plan Korea and Compassion Korea have opened accounts for donations and the major broadcasters - MBC KBS and SBS - have begun accepting funds via phone.Kolon a local conglomerate has sent 180 million won ($160000) worth of tents while auto giant Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group has donated $100000 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.By Seo Ji-eun [spring@joongang.co.kr](c)JoongAng Ilbo The information provided in this product is for personal use only. None of it may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without the written permission of JoongAng Ilbo.
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4.UAE to operate air bridge to Haiti,WAM
RV=168.8 2010/01/17 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross
The first plane of an air bridge ordered by President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan for delivering urgent humanitarian assistance to Haiti's earthquake victims will fly to the Dominican Republic in the next couple of day. A UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) team will leave to the Dominican Republic to coordinate and oversee field relief operations to ensure their prompt delivery to the affected population. In another development the RCA is coordinating efforts with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to carry out humanitarian programmes that cater for the need of the Haitian front where the international aid agencies are facing logistic challenges in delivery of assistance. The RCA has announced that it had transferred funds to the IFRC in support of its relief operations there. RCA Chairman Ahmed Al Mazrouie said the aid agency is striving to put the President's directives in place. He said the RCA had set up an emergency room to receive humanitarian appeals and reports on the latest situation in Haiti from its international partners so as to analyse and assess them in order to draw and implement relief programmes in favour of the affected population. He said the RCA's multi-prong relief strategy would include the air bridge which carries basic relief items from food medicine and shelter materials. A team of the RCA will be deployed in the Dominican to receive aid planes and coordinate operations of aid distribution. It will also assess the situation on the ground with other aid providers for the purpose of dispatching more assistance. He affirmed that the RCA was moving in all directions and fronts to mobilise humanitarian efforts so as to improve the living conditions of survivors of Haiti's deadliest quake. Locally he said the RCA is intensifying its contacts with UAE charity and relief agencies to rally their efforts in order to do an effective substantial humanitarian work that responds to the scale of the disaster and fits well into the UAE's prominent standing in the international humanitarian scene. - Emirates News Agency WAM
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5.WFP EMERGENCY OPERATION 200110 - HAITI FOOD ASSISTANCE TO EARTHQUAKE AFFECTED POPULATIONS IN HAITI,WFP
RV=168.8 2010/01/17 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross
Executive summaryA massive earthquake struck Haiti on 12 January followed by several aftershocks. The epicenter was located about 16 km (10 miles) south-west of the capital Port-au-Prince which has been decimated by the quake along Carrefour Leogane Delmas and Jacmel. Damage to buildings and infrastructure including schools hospitals and houses is considerable. Port-au- Prince is without critical infrastructure such as electricity water and telecommunications. Although no official figures are yet available tens of thousands of people are feared dead and many more injured.The Government of Haiti has appealed for international assistance. Immediate priorities include search and rescue medical services and supplies clean water and sanitation food emergency shelter logistics and telecommunications. The International Federation of the Red Cross estimates that the earthquake has affected over 3 million people. Of these WFP estimates that at least 2 million people will require food assistance.The United Nations Mission for the Stabilization in Haiti has set up an Emergency Joint Operations Centre at the Port-au-Prince airport to coordinate incoming teams and humanitarian aid. The Humanitarian Coordinator has dispatched a United Nations Disaster and Assessment Coordination team in which WFP is taking part. As part of its global cluster lead responsibilities WFP is also deploying staff and equipment to support the international humanitarian community in logistics and emergency telecommunications.Through this emergency operation WFP together with international and local partner agencies will support 2 million vulnerable and food-insecure people in Port-au-Prince Carrefour Leogane Delmas and Jacmel for 6 months from 15 January to 15 July 2010. The overall objective of this operation is to save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies in line with WFP Strategic Objective 1 "save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies". More specifically WFP will aim at improving food consumption for the emergency-affected households protecting their livelihoods and enhancing their self-reliance and early recovery.WFP will conduct emergency food security assessments in coordination with the Government and partners to refine its targeting and programme choices for this EMOP. This may result in a change in overall beneficiary numbers taking also into account other agency efforts. WFP will also contribute to the formulation of a reconstruction plan for affected areas.
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1.Haiti - DEC: Appeal total hits £23million water and medical aid increasing,DEC
RV=304.7 2010/01/18 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,DEC,Vision
Urgently needed water supplies and medical expertise are increasingly reaching the people of Port au Prince. The DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal total has increased to 」23million counted so far as the public responds to desperate need of Haiti's survivors.Since yesterday's update the DEC has confirmed:- Since Sunday Oxfam had installed four water tanks capable of holding 10000 litres of water each including one at Delmas 42 - a former golf course now home to about 15000 displaced people which surges to 50000 at night and at a hospital in Carrefour one of the worst hit areas. A plane will depart East Midlands airport tomorrow [19/1/10] with 30 tonnes of water and sanitation equipment and plastic sheeting for temporary shelter- CARE have distributed water in the suburb of Petionville on Sunday and had given out eight-days supply of water purification tablets for 5000 people in Port au Prince by Saturday evening.- Merlin's medical team arrived in Haiti Sunday and will shortly be joined by a surgical team of 12 including a plastic surgeon focussing on limb salvaging an anaesthetist and nurses plus 5000kg of surgical equipment including emergency surgery tents- Help Age International have a mobile medical unit due to arrive in Haiti todayDisaster Emergency Committee Chief Executive Brendan Gormley said:"The response from the public has been absolutely overwhelming. It does show that whatever financial concerns people are experiencing here in the UK they feel a deep level of empathy for the people of Haiti and will give whatever they can.""Our partner agencies have been distributing aid and installing vital equipment such as water bladders and medical facilities. We know that people are being reached but there is a huge challenge ahead and much more work to be done. The area affected by this earthquake is huge and devastation wrecked upon the infrastructure of Haiti means agencies face many obstacles. However our members are working round the clock to both meet urgent needs and plan for longer-term reconstruction thanks to the continued generosity of the British public"Our 13 member agencies in Haiti are closely monitoring the security situation but are not to date reporting that the isolated incidents seen so far are interfering with the arrival and distribution of aid.Web and phone donations to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal have now reached 」23m. The massive response shows the UK public understand that member agencies need their support as they overcome communications and logistical problems to help people desperately needing assistance. The amount includes online and phone donations only with amounts from corporate postal events SMS and over-the-counter donations still to be counted.To make a donation to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal visit www.dec.org.uk or call 0370 60 60 900 donate over the counter at any post office or high street bank or send a cheque made payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.Anyone wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of 'Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC' on Facebook.Notes to editors:- To make a postal donation make cheques payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' and mail to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.- Donations can be made at any high street bank or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.- Text "GIVE" to 70077 to give 」5 to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. 」5 goes to the DEC. You pay 」5 plus the standard network SMS rate.- The DEC consists of: Action Aid British Red Cross CAFOD CARE International UK Christian Aid Concern Worldwide Help the Aged Islamic Relief Merlin Oxfam Save the Children Tearfund World Vision.- The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies or some of them must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.- The DEC is very grateful for the technical advice and strategic communications support provided by BT to help us respond immediately to international disasters like the recent earthquake in Haiti. We also welcome the fact that BT are encouraging the public and their own customers to support the appeal.Media Contacts: 020 7387 0200 or 07930 999 014 (out of hours)Donations can be made at www.dec.org.uk or 0370 60 60 900
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2.Haiti earthquake health Q&As,PAHO
RV=285.9 2010/01/18 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,Vision,UNICEF
What has been the health impact of the earthquake?The earthquake has inflicted massive loss of life. The total number of people who have died in the disaster is not yet known but is believed to be in the tens of thousands with hundreds of thousands injured or homeless.What health care is available?The earthquake damaged or destroyed at least eight hospitals and healthcare facilities in and around the capital Port-au-Prince and the remaining health facilities have been quickly overwhelmed by large numbers of survivors requiring a wide range of care particularly for trauma injuries.Before the earthquake there were 371 health posts 217 health centers and 49 hospitals nationwide in Haiti. In Port-au-Prince there are 11 hospitals. The total extent of the damage to Haiti's health sector is still unknown. Many hospitals have sustained damage but can continue to function often with the help of NGOs.Health services are also being provided at various health centers along Haiti's border with the Dominican Republic. Some injured are being evacuated to Santo Domingo or to other countries.Local organizations including the Haitian Red Cross are supporting government efforts to treat the injured and ill. Additionally at least 13 countries from the Americas and a number of countries from other regions are providing health relief along with United Nations agencies and NGOs.Why is the coordination of healthcare so crucial?Coordination between healthcare providers and first responders is crucial to enable effective and fast life-saving aid. If UN agencies NGOs and other agencies work together and share expertise medicines staff and other capacities while at the same targeting them to identified and commonly understood health needs then there is a greater chance of reducing avoidable suffering and death in Haiti.Following previous disasters including the Asian tsunami of December 2004 intensive efforts to deliver relief aid in some cases were not properly coordinated resulting in wasted materials and/or materials not well matched to specific needs. Subsequent humanitarian reform efforts produced a new "Cluster" approach" in which agencies performing humanitarian work are grouped together as clusters in their various areas of humanitarian response. The World Health Organization heads the Global Health Cluster and as such is the international lead for the health response to the Haiti crisis.Is more healthcare relief needed?Yes but it needs to be introduced in a coordinated fashion so as not to overwhelm an already precarious situation characterized by damaged roads and infrastructure.Due to the large number of people needing medical care more doctors surgeons nurses midwives and other health workers are needed to help provide medical care.What are the needs in relation to field hospitals?Multiple field hospitals are operating and others are being sent to Haiti. The medical needs are great but it is also important to properly coordinate the delivery of additional facilities so as not to overburden an already over-stretched situation.How has the earthquake affected WHO activities?The earthquake severely damaged the PAHO/WHO premises in Port-au-Prince and forced all staff to temporarily relocate their operational HQ to Haiti's central medicine and vaccine storage warehouse near the airport while the original HQ building is assessed for structural safety and telecommunications can be restored. PAHO/WHO also is establishing a field office in Jimani Dominican Republic located 1 ス hours from Port-au-Prince to serve as a bridge for the management of supplies and medical relief teams.Do dead bodies pose a public health threat?No. There is no risk of a communicable disease outbreak or any other public health threat associated with the presence of dead bodies.However there is a clear mental and psychosocial imperative that we have to take into consideration when supporting the fast and proper management of dead bodies.Dead bodies in the streets are being taken to a central location for eventual identification and burial. It is important to avoid mass burials and to respect the rights of families to know the fates of their lost loved ones. For more information go to www.paho.org/disasters.What are the health threats?A preliminary public health risk assessment issued 16 January details the main health threats and actions needed to address them. It can be found at: www.who.int/hac/crises/hti/who_rapid_health_assessment_15jan2010.pdfThe assessment identifies the following as the most urgent public health threats:Wounds and injuries. Earthquakes cause high mortality due to trauma and surgical needs are critically important in the first days and weeks. A significant number of people have suffered multiple fractures internal injuries and crush syndrome requiring surgery. The risk of wound infection and tetanus is high due to the disruption of health care and delays in obtaining treatment.Water sanitation hygiene-related and foodborne diseases. Displaced people are at high risk from outbreaks of water- sanitation- and hygiene-related diseases as well as foodborne diseases due to reduced access to safe water and sanitation systems. Salmonella typhi (causing typhoid fever) hepatitis A and hepatitis E are present and have epidemic potential. Cholera is not endemic in Haiti. Diarrhoea is already a major contributor to the high rates of under-5 mortality; WHO estimates that diarrhoea accounts for 16% of under-5 deaths in Haiti. Leptospirosis is endemic in Haiti (see below Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases).Diseases associated with crowding. Population displacement can result in overcrowding in resettlement areas raising the risk of transmission of certain communicable diseases spread from person-to-person such as measles diphtheria meningococcal and pertussis as well as acute respiratory infections. Overcrowding can also increase the likelihood of transmission of meningitis waterborne and vector-borne diseases in the weeks and months following the earthquake. Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 is currently circulating in Haiti. Haiti also has the highest tuberculosis incidence in the Western Hemisphere with significant incidence of coinfection with HIV.Vaccine-preventable diseases. Tetanus has a case-fatality rate of 70–100% without medical treatment and is globally under-reported. Reports from the national authorities WHO and UNICEF indicate 58% measles vaccine coverage among 1-year-old children in Haiti (2007) increasing the risk of measles outbreaks. Diphtheria outbreaks occurred in Haiti in 2004 2005 and 2009; only 53% of 1-year-olds were fully vaccinated against DTP as of 2007.Vector-borne diseases and zoonotic diseases. Dengue/dengue haemorrhagic fever a viral disease transmitted by the A. aegypti mosquito is endemic in Haiti. High transmission rates of all four dengue viruses have been reported in Haiti with transmission occurring mainly during April/May through November. Malaria is a serious issue in Haiti and is exclusively due to P. falciparum mosquito which exists throughout the year in the entire country. Risk in the main urban areas of Port-au-Prince is considered low but may increase in the current emergency situation. Human rabies transmitted by dogs is a priority disease in Haiti. Leptospirosis is endemic and infection in humans may occur indirectly when the bacteria come into contact with skin (especially if damaged) or mucous membranes. Lymphatic filariasis is endemic throughout the island and is transmitted by the night-biting Culex quinquefasciatis mosquito.Malnutrition. Earthquake-affected populations are at increased risk of moderate and severe acute malnutrition especially in vulnerable groups such as young children pregnant and lactating women and older persons. The risk may be increased by lack of support for breastfeeding and complementary feeding among mothers and caretakers.Reproductive health is a major issue with concerns including ensuring safe deliveries through access to basic and comprehensive emergency obstetric care clinical management of sexual violence and prevention of HIV transmission and sexually transmitted diseases.Skin infections occur not only due to overcrowding but also as a result of a lack of water and reduced hygiene.Noncommunicable diseases are an important health concern in Haiti. Chronic conditions such as cancer cardiovascular disease including hypertension diabetes chronic respiratory disease and neuropsychiatric disorders account for an increasing proportion of the disease burden.With most of Haiti's industry located around Port-au-Prince environmental risks may exist from damaged hazardous installations such as industrial facilities damaged oil and gasoline depots warehouses that stockpile agro-industrial or other chemicals as well as damaged technical equipment.What needs to be done to address these threats?The WHO preliminary public health risk assessment outlines a range of actions needed to protect public health which include:Ensuring access to surgical medical and emergency obstetric care and proper case management particularly trauma wound and burn careShelter and site planningProvision of sufficient and safe water and sanitation.Priority immunizations including for measlesCommunicable disease surveillance and response including outbreak preparedness for epidemic-prone diseasesSupport for appropriate infant and young child feeding and malnutrition managementContinuity of care for chronic diseases (including HIV and TB)Public health communication.What is WHO doing?Around 20 WHO international staff from the Americas region and elsewhere in the organization's global network have been deployed to Haiti to assist in public health actions mass casualty management dead body handling coordination logistics and communications. These staff are supporting the approximately 52 staff working for the WHO Haiti country office.The World Health Organization has dozens of staff in its Geneva headquarters and at the Pan American Health Organization headquarters in Washington DC working around the clock in support of the Haiti operations.WHO is supporting Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and coordinating the Health Cluster response. The Global Health Cluster has developed rapid health assessment tools that can be quickly adapted and used.WHO will engage with the military to best utilize their logistics capacities heavy equipment expertise and experience to swiftly respond to the disaster. There are 9000 UN troops in the country. 10000 US soldiers are expected to be deployed.WHO will work with the Haitian government and partners to embark on recovery and reconstruction efforts assessing rebuilding and helping the people of Haiti on the road to recovery.What are others doing?Countries in the Americas and around the world are offering to send and are already sending a great deal of assistance. The international mobilization and response is really extraordinary.Examples include: Brazil sending plane-loads of equipment medical supplies and staff; Chile sending a medical team to support an Argentine military hospital already operating on the ground; Ecuador Peru and several others sending medical supplies; Cuba sending medical teams; Jamaica is now receiving the overflow of patients into its nation's hospitals and also sending several medical staff by its Coast Guard directly to Haiti; (as noted above) the Dominican Republic is receiving and caring for patients who have evacuated; Venezuela has sent plane loads of staff and fuel; and the response from the US and Canada has been extraordinary. Also countries from Europe (UK France Italy Belgium and Spain in particular) and as far away as Israel and China are sending support.Many representatives of smaller aid missions and even individuals want to join these efforts many of them offering valuable skills. However at this stage the situation is so difficult on the ground in Haiti that all outside aid teams must be completely self-sufficient.Many WHO partners are already operating in the affected areas and are sending additional support. These include MSF IFRCWhat is the situation regarding funding?WHO has released almost US$300000 (Pan American Health Organization US$220000 and WHO Health Action in Crises US$75000) to provide for urgent response needs.WHO and Health Cluster partners (UNICEF UNFPA UNAIDS IOM Save the Children World Vision International Medical Corps International Rescue Committee Merlin M馘ecins du Monde and Handicap International) have appealed for US$ 34.3 million in the Flash Appeal launched 15 January.Funding is being sought to support efforts to coordinate the health sector response for disease outbreak control to reactivate basic health care services and for medicines and essential health supplies.What can be done to reduce the impact of such disasters? What are the lessons learned?In the health sector one of the most important lessons we have learned—over and over again—is the importance of hospitals in the aftermath of a disaster.All too often hospitals become victims of disasters themselves and are unable to provide their services precisely when they are most needed. This is exactly what has happened in Haiti.But it is not inevitable. We know hospitals can be built to withstand the impact of disasters and can be planned and equipped to remain functional after disasters.The additional cost of building hospitals to be disaster-safe is marginal particularly in comparison to the cost of a failed hospital. Moreover it is much less expensive to include earthquake safety measures at the design and construction stage than to retrofit a facility that has been damaged and is unable to function.What was the humanitarian situation in Haiti like prior to the earthquake?Haiti has already suffered from previous humanitarian crises and natural disasters including a series of hurricanes that battered the country in 2008.This has been the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Haiti along this fault line. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and ranks 154th on the United Nations Human Development Index.In 2008 Haiti was devastated by four major hurricanes/tropical storms: Faye Gustav Hanna and Ike which wreaked havoc on physical and agricultural infrastructure. The storms killed almost 450 people affected a million residents and left more than 150000 living in shelters.Haiti is in the group of 10 countries with lowest diphtheria toxoid tetanus toxoid and pertussis vaccine (DTP3) coverage: 53% (2008) according to WHO/UNICEF estimates.What can individuals do to support the international response?Financial contributions to the health response are the most effective support that people around the world can provide. Information on donating to the Pan American Health and Education Foundation's Haiti appeal can be found at: https://www.pahef.org/donate/
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3.Port-au-Prince Haiti 17 January 2010 - Secretary-General''s press conference in Port-au-Prince,OSSG
RV=269.2 2010/01/18 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,UNICEF,Council
[please scroll down for Q &A]SG: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.Thank you for joining us.First of all I would like to briefly read my remarks and these remarks will be translated and the translated version will be distributed to you.There will be consecutive translations from English to French when it comes to Questions and Answers.I would like to make very brief remarks because you may have many questions.Immediately on arrival I had a good meeting with [Haitian] President [Ren饐 Pr騅al. As you may know the Vice-president of the Spanish government who was visiting here participated in the capacity of Spain''s'' presidency of the European Union.I then visited the remains of the UN/MINUSTAH headquarters at the Christopher Hotel together with you. You have all seen this very tragic devastation of the UN Headquarters. I was very much impressed by all the hardworking search and rescue teams. And I was told immediately after my departure [from the site] that we had a small miracle. A UN staff who has been trapped under the rubble for longer than five days was rescued safely. I am very glad that it was a great sign of hope. Saving lives is our first priority and I hope that we see more such miracles.We drove through Port au Prince to the Champs de Mars.It is one thing to see from afar the images of Haiti''s destruction and also see them closely. That''s a very different experience for me.That is why we are here: to stand with the people of Haiti.I am here to say: "We are with you. You are not alone. Help is already arriving."For a small country like Haiti this is a tsunami-like disaster. This is a major catastrophe and a huge humanitarian crisis whose full dimensions we may not even know yet particularly outside the capital. It requires a correspondingly massive response and help.Humanitarian organizations are being challenged in some unique ways particularly on the logistical side when the capital city has been so badly affected and basic systems are not yet operating.Let me briefly outline three priorities.First saving lives.We are still in search and rescue phase. We have 27 international teams at work with more than 1500 rescuers. This is very moving. People are still alive under the rubble.We need to dig them out again including cities and towns outside the capital.Second emergency relief.People need food water medicine tents. We are beginning to get it to them.The World Food Programme (WFP) has already started their operation. And yesterday they fed 40000 people. The number of people WFP is going to assist will soon increase to one million people within fifteen days and two million people within another fifteen days. The Red Cross and many NGOs are playing their full part too.Third and most important coordination.I have been emphasizing the importance of coordination among countries and NGOs and international workers. The situation is overwhelming. And the offer of assistance is also very moving and overwhelming.The airport has limited capacity. We need to make sure our help is getting to people who need it as fast as possible. We can not waste one minute one dollar or one person. We cannot have vital supplies sitting in warehouses.That requires strong and effective coordination by the United Nations and between the United Nations and the other major players particularly of course the US – all this under the leadership of the government of Haiti who are increasingly active.In fact President Pr騅al also raised the importance of a coordinated way of delivering assistance. And I assured him that the United Nations will take charge of the leadership in coordinating this situation.I am gratified that in spite of the immense tragedy that has befallen the Haitian people and the personnel of MINUSTAH the mission is ably performing its mandate to assist the Haitian government in maintaining peace and security in Haiti.MINUSTAH continues to enjoy the fullest support of the Security Council for its role which will be discussed in the Council tomorrow.I am going to report to the Security Council on the situation and on my visit and how the international community is addressing and assisting the Haitian people tomorrow morning.I am also grateful for the support of the United States and Canada who have deployed to Haiti to assist in the delivery of much needed humanitarian aid. They recognize the primary responsibility of the Haitian authorities to respond to the disaster and the role of the United Nations in coordinating the international assistance.We are strengthening our coordinating mechanisms with all the actors involved in this challenging task so that it is clear about the different roles and the military personnel of the individual states will have during this emergency.Under the experienced leadership of Edmond Mulet the acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kim Bolduc the United Nations has already put in place the key sectoral coordination arrangements between UN and non-UN actors – the so-called clusters including in the neglected but vital area of protecting the position of the most vulnerable in a crisis like this particularly children women and girls. We have to protect the human rights of all those vulnerable people in this time of crisis.I wish to thank and offer my great respect and admiration to all the members of the international community who have come to Haiti''s assistance.I would like to particularly recognize those on the ground working tirelessly to save lives and deliver relief to those in need.I will not be able to recognize all the countries by name but I am expressing my most sincere gratitude to all these countries and peoples.They represent groups and major donors the world over: for example the Red Cross Save the Children international NGOs and aid organizations too numerous to name. And of course they represent the entire constellation of the UN family?WFP UNICEF UNDP WHO and others.Again on behalf of the people of Haiti and the United Nations I thank you.And I promise this:People around the world expect that their generous contributions will reach those in need promptly and effectively.We will do our best under these very difficult circumstances.Let me close with two messages one for our UN team the other for the people of Haiti.First to our colleagues here in Port au Prince and elsewhere: You have lost treasured colleagues and dear friends.You have suffered yourselves in this gravest single tragedy in UN history.Yet you carry on. You are the best.We do not have to create UN heroes. We have only to look around. There are many heroes. I am proud to serve with you.Finally I would like to say a few words to the people of Haiti:Ch鑽es Ha・iennes chers Ha・iensPermettez-moi tout d''abord de vous exprimer mes sinc鑽es condol饌nces.L''騅鈩ement que vous venez de subir est tragique et comme vous ici ・Port-au-Prince je pleure de valeureux coll鑒ues et amis.J''ai tenu ・黎re ici parmi vous ・vos ct駸 pour vous exprimer ma profonde solidarit・et mon plein soutien.Je sais la douleur que chacun et chacune vivez en ce moment.Le grand d駸arroi dans lequel se trouvent les personnes touch馥s de plein fouet par cette catastrophe.Mais pour citer l''馗rivain ha・ien Monsieur Laferri鑽e ォ lorsque les rep鑽es physiques tombent il reste les rep鑽es humains サ sachez que le monde entier est ・vos ct駸.Les Nations unies entreprennent tout ce qui est en leur pouvoir pour vous venir en aide.Tous les moyens sont mis en ?uvre et notre personnel travaille d''arrache-pied pour coordonner les secours et vous pr黎er assistance.Vous avez certes perdu des 黎res proches des membres de votre famille des amis des voisins? mais votre l馮itime souffrance doit 馮alement faire place ・l''espoir.A tr鑚 haut niveau la communaut・internationale se concerte activement pour d馭inir un vaste plan de reconstruction de l''Ha・i de demain.Dans cette 駱reuve et dans les d馭is qu''elle apporte les Nations unies vous tiennent la main.Mesdames et MessieursJe vous remercie de votre attention.Mwen menm comme Secr騁aire G駭駻al Nations Unies map f・tout sa mwen kapab pou mwen aide p鑵 Ha・ien. Nou m鑼 kont・sou mwen ansanm avek tout komunot・international la.Mwen avek nou ak tout k・m.Mesi anpilQ: Mr. Secretary-General when we were at the hotel you were approached by a woman whose husband was still trapped inside there and she felt like the work wasn''t going fast enough that there should be more teams on that hotel and she was also sort of worried about nationalism she sort of said she sort of felt that the American teams were looking for Americans the Chinese teams were looking for Chinese and then leaving. Can you address those concerns by those people at that site?SG: That''s what she appealed to me. I know that there are still many people trapped under the rubble both Haitian and international staff here. The situation is just overwhelming and I know that there is no difference between lives between Haitian local national and international. It seems to be that a number of rescuers are simply too [few] and their reach is too much limited. I hope that we will be able to rescue all of them as soon as possible. I also told her that I will try to coordinate with the 27 rescue teams so that they first of all expedite their activities to rescue and also try to be more balanced in rescuing lives.Q: [ translated from Creole] The United Nations launched an appeal for assistance and we have reached US $250 million and we would like to know where we are right now in terms of assistance to Haiti.SG: Yes last Friday we launched an urgent flash appeal for the amount of US $562 million. The response is very positive and very moving. I know that that will not be enough. That is what we need [in] the coming six months. We will have to evaluate and assess the situation. I know that we will work together with my Special Envoy for Haiti former [US] President Bill Clinton to look for this mid-and-long term reconstruction of Haitian society. That is what we will work together as our first immediate assistance when recovery activities are over.Q: Mr. Secretary-General you said that the United States has recognized the role of the United Nations in managing the coordination of the relief effort but sometimes our people here on the ground say that it''s a bit confusing and one can''t really tell whether the United States military is running the show or the United Nations. Is the United Nations really in fact up to running the coordination efforts and might it not be a good idea at this point to ask the Security Council tomorrow to perhaps authorize a temporary increase in the number of blue helmets here to sort of you know help things move along?SG: Effective and coherent coordination at this time will be very important. The United States and the United Nations are very closely coordinating in addressing this issue. I have been discussing this matter with [US] President [Barack] Obama and other senior government officials of the United States and the United States is supporting the United Nations taking this coordinating role as a lead international organization there is no doubt about that. There is – there needs to be – some division of work in fact. There is no such question over who is running the show alone. All members of the international community are very closely coordinating. For example rule of law and security on the streets of Haiti are now being taken by the [Department of] UN Peacekeeping Operations while even the United States military they are now assisting the humanitarian needs. There is clearly an assisting role and there is you should understand that all international actors – United Nations and United States and all other members are here to assist the Haitian government. This is the Haitian government and Haitian people and the Haitian government has their own sovereign priority. I have discussed this matter with President [Ren饐 Pr騅al and I have asked him to provide to let us know what their sovereign priority will be while we are here to assist the Haitian government.Q: [translated from French]First he thanked you for the assistance the United Nations has brought saying that those journalists who have been going around have seen the most affected places saying that they have seen the helicopters they have seen the planes arriving they have seen the assistance coming to the airport but they are worried because they have not seen the food being distributed they have not seen the water being distributed. How would that coordination that you mention work?SG: I know that many people are frustrated and they are losing their patience. This is a difficult situation for everybody not only the Haitian people. Of course this is very tragic and very difficult and very frustrating to all Haitian people who have been affected and it is also very difficult for international workers and governments who have to organize in such a short period of time. In dealing with such huge loss of life and magnitude of devastation just requires some more time some more patience. This is just the fifth day after the earthquake hit the country and I believe that first of all in terms of stability peace and security are well maintained on the streets and deliveries are now being made in a more effective and efficient and coordinated manner. This coordination will improve as we are better organized.I have put the best people in the United Nations office here MINUSTAH [United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti] including Mr. Mulet and I have added one more Deputy Special Representative Mr. [Tony] Banbury and I have brought together with me this morning many more staff who will stay here and this number of staff will increase as other international donor countries will also increase their workers here. Therefore you may expect that this coordinated mechanism will improve.Q: You said that in one month you would be able to feed two million people. Don''t you think this is too late to avoid riots in the streets?SG: We will try our best. First of all I sincerely hope and appeal to the Haitian people to be more patient. We do not want to see any such things. We do not want to even imagine that kind of situation. I have seen and I have met many people on the street in front of the Presidential Palace. They are appreciative of the help of the international community and they are appreciative of the United Nations. From their faces and from my conversations with them I saw that they are committed. They are looking for the better future. And I delivered a message of hope to them and I told them that I am here to give them hope and to bring them a better future. Now feeding two million people within a month that is a really big challenge. Just imagine providing daily food to two million people. I know that the number of people who have been affected is about one third of Port au Prince. Therefore I think that will be quite significant a number the UN can provide daily food assistance. Of course we will assess as time goes by and if there is anything more needed we will try to adjust accordingly. Thank you very much.
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4.Plans underway to establish settlement for some of Haiti's displaced,IOM
RV=261.6 2010/01/18 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,CRS
Haiti - With large numbers of people displaced in earthquake-affected Haiti and logistical constraints hampering the distribution of aid to victims plans are now underway to establish a large temporary settlement that would both provide shelter for the homeless and facilitate comprehensive aid delivery.The scale of the damage has imposed severe constraints on delivering food non-food medical water and sanitation assistance to hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need.IOM which is coordinating the shelter and non-food emergency relief that it and other humanitarian actors are providing is working with the Haitian government and other partners to identify possible sites.A technical assessment mission was carried out on 17 January by IOM the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and Haitian government officials at Croix des Bouquets about 13 kilometres northeast of Port-au-Prince to gauge its suitability as a possible location for a settlement. Further assessments will be carried out today with the aim of not just setting up a temporary settlement but also to begin construction of new houses with funding from the IADB."The initial idea is to move an estimated 100000 displaced individuals to this site to get people out of the most dangerous areas" explains Vincent Houver IOM Chief of Mission in Haiti. "But wherever possible IOM advocates for smaller sized settlements" Houver adds.There are an estimated three million affected individuals throughout the country and a large majority of spontaneous settlements established in hazardous conditions.The large settlement approach agreed to by the Haitian government will require extensive support from the international donor community.Meanwhile IOM and partners that include Haiti's Civil Protection Department and the Ministry of Social Affairs International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Concern Worldwide CRS Save the Children OXFAM ACTED CARE UN-HABITAT are working round the clock to provide immediate support to an estimated one million people. Assistance includes the repair and cleaning of temporary shelters and damaged private houses and the provision of non-food items.Today kitchen kits and bottled water the priority need among victims will be distributed at various locations in the capital today.Yesterday IOM distributed hygiene kits at Parc la Primature and Villa Cr駮le to several thousands of people. It followed several distributions since 15 January of tarpaulins plastic sheeting jerry cans bladders and some shelter material in Port-au-Prince taken from IOM's pre-positioned stocks in the country.Further distributions were carried out at Jacquemel to the south of the capital where scores of houses and buildings were also reduced to rubble.An IOM team is also assessing needs in the town of Petit Go穽e a coastal town 68 kilometres south of Port-au-Prince and which too was severely damaged by the earthquake.With many people leaving the capital to seek shelter in other parts of the country and following assessments in places like Petit Go穽e IOM and partners will carry out further distributions outside of Port-au-Prince shortly.However IOM's stocks of pre-positioned non-food items are decreasing rapidly. Despite taking delivery of thousands of hygiene kits ten-litre water containers kitchen sets two mobile water treatment units tents and cots from the US government's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and USAID at the weekend much more is needed quickly to meet needs.IOM requested an initial US$30 million last week as part of the UN's Consolidated Flash Appeal to provide shelter and non-food assistance. So far IOM has received US$ 7 million from OFDA/USAID US$ 1.2 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and US$50000 from Argos Cement Company of Colombia. However as the situation evolves the Organization will be revising its appeal.Private donations can be made to IOM through the IOM website at www.iom.int and in the United States at http://www.usaim.org/PROJECTHaiti.aspFor further information please contact:Jean Philippe ChauzyIOM GenevaTel: + 41 22 717 9361+ 41 79 285 4366Email: pchauzy@iom.intorJemini PandyaIOM GenevaTel: + 41 22 717 9486+ 41 79 217 3374Email: jpandya@iom.intCopyright ゥ IOM. All rights reserved.
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5.Relief supplies arrive to help Haiti earthquake survivors,BRC
RV=253.1 2010/01/18 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,DEC
Over the weekend relief supplies and personnel continued to arrive in Haiti and the surrounding area. Thousands of survivors have been sleeping outdoors desperate for food clean water and shelter.Air and sea ports in Haiti were damaged by the earthquake. The airport in Port-au-Prince has now reopened and is working at full capacity. However the high volume of arriving planes means that many are being rerouted to Santo Domingo airport in neighbouring Dominican Republic.A British Red Cross team of four logistics experts arrived in the Dominican Republic on Saturday (16 January). They will ensure that relief supplies arriving at the airport in Santo Domingo are processed and forwarded to the affected areas in Haiti as quickly as possible.Specialist supportThe team joins around 130 Red Cross and Red Crescent personnel from around the world who are specialists in medicine sanitation relief distribution and other skills that become critical in disasters.The British Red Cross has released almost all of the emergency relief items it stores in a warehouse in Panama in preparation for disasters in the region. Buckets blankets mosquito nets tarpaulins kitchen sets and hygiene parcels are being shipped or air freighted into Haiti.The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has so far distributed emergency health kits for 30000 people and 234350 litres of clean water to thousands of people. They have built latrines for 1000 people and launched a website to help people find missing family members. So far more than 21600 people have registered online.Local help from volunteersHaitian Red Cross volunteers drawn from the local community have been helping their neighbours since the earthquake hit.In one suburb of Port-au-Prince they have set up a first aid station in a garage."It may not be the best place with all these cars around but plenty of people are coming in and we are caring for them" said Rita Aristide a Haitian Red Cross volunteer since 1999. "We have been dressing wounds for hundreds of people already."Donations for HaitiThe British Red Cross is fundraising as part of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) – an umbrella organisation of 13 leading UK charities which come together in times of major crises.The damage Haiti has suffered is so severe that the Red Cross expects rebuilding to take years not months.
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1.DEC: Appeal total hits £25million,DEC
RV=291.8 2010/01/19 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,DEC,Vision
Nearly a week after the devastating earthquake in Haiti the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal total has increased to 」25million counted so far as the public responds to desperate need of Haiti's survivors.Since yesterday DEC member agencies work has included:- Christian Aid and its partners have set up tent hospitals and are providing medical equipment and supplies to the Haitian refugees injured by the earthquake at the Haitian border in Jimani. Hospitals in Jiman・are attending to hundreds of wounded and parishes and churches have also offered to attend to the wounded as "wings" of the hospital. Christian Aid is also buying food from local farmers to distribute.- Save the Children are establishing safe play areas. They are assessing water and sanitation needs and their response will include water tankering latrine construction bathing area construction hygiene kit distribution and hygiene promotion.- The Red Cross are today distributing 700 tents and 6915 tarpaulins. A field hospital is operational in Port-au-Prince university hospital and 10 First aid posts have been set up. Two Red Cross mobile health clinics are also working in some of the worst affected areas outside the capital with capacity to help 30000 people per day.- ActionAid are providing 2000 people in Port au Prince with emergency food supplies including flour and cooking oil. They are also distributing medicines and water purification tablets.Disaster Emergency Committee Chief Executive Brendan Gormley said:"Almost a week on from the earthquake that hit Haiti we have been staggered by the generosity of the UK public. The total raised now stands at an amazing 」25m. As the full scale of the tragedy continues to unfold we rely on the generosity of donors.""Over the last week DEC partner agencies have been working round the clock to meet the needs of the Haitian people."Our 13 member agencies in Haiti are closely monitoring the security situation but are not to date reporting that the isolated incidents seen so far are interfering with the arrival and distribution of aid.Web and phone donations to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal have now reached 」25m. The massive response shows the UK public understand that member agencies need their support as they overcome communications and logistical problems to help people desperately needing assistance. The amount is mostly online and phone donations with amounts from corporate postal events SMS and over-the-counter donations coming through in the next few days.To make a donation to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal visit www.dec.org.uk or call 0370 60 60 900 donate over the counter at any post office or high street bank or send a cheque made payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.Anyone wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of 'Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC' on Facebook.Notes to editors:- To make a postal donation make cheques payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' and mail to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.- Donations can be made at any high street bank or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.- Text "GIVE" to 70077 to give 」5 to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. 」5 goes to the DEC. You pay 」5 plus the standard network SMS rate.- The DEC consists of: Action Aid British Red Cross CAFOD CARE International UK Christian Aid Concern Worldwide Help the Aged Islamic Relief Merlin Oxfam Save the Children Tearfund World Vision.- The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies or some of them must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.- The DEC is very grateful for the technical advice and strategic communications support provided by BT to help us respond immediately to international disasters like the recent earthquake in Haiti. We also welcome the fact that BT are encouraging the public and their own customers to support the appeal.Please donate to the DEC Haiti Earthquake online at www.dec.org.ukOver 2.2 million people live in the most affected areas where thousands are feared dead many more injured many buried under rubble; the DEC urgently needs your support to help the many people affected.The DEC launches and co-ordinates national fundraising appeals for public donations on behalf of its member agencies.
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2.Government of Canda Increases Humanitarian Assistance for Haitians Affected by Devastating Earthquake,Govt. Canada
RV=225.8 2010/01/19 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,Vision
Ottawa - The Honourable Beverley J. Oda Minister of International Cooperation announced today that Canada would provide an additional $80 million in humanitarian assistance for Haiti. Today's announcement brings Canada's total response to a potential $135 million and involves contributions to the United Nations (UN) and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Appeals together with contributions to Canadian non-governmental organizations providing services to earthquake-affected Haitians. Priorities for the Canadian funding include the provision of emergency food water and sanitation medical treatment shelter and protection for the vulnerable."Millions of people are struggling to overcome the impacts of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Through its contributions to vital United Nations partners such as the World Food Programme and UNICEF the IFRC and NGO partners our government will help support Haitians as they rebuild their lives and communities" said Minister Oda. "We are committed to playing a significant role in responding to the impact of this disaster not only in these early days of rescue and relief operations but also in addressing longer-term recovery and reconstruction needs."Canada's $60 million response to the United Nations appeal will fund essential necessities and basic services provided on the ground by UN agencies. This includes $39 million to the World Food Programme and $15 million to UNICEF for interventions in the areas of health nutrition protection and water and sanitation services. The remainder of Canada's contribution to the Appeal will be targeted at essential services provided by the World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs the International Organization for Migration the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Department of Safety and Security.The Government is making a major contribution of $8.5 million in response to the IFRC's appeal for the provision of humanitarian assistance. The IFRC is helping to meet the emergency needs of an estimated 300000 people affected by the Haiti earthquake.Canada is also providing an additional $11.5 million in support of further critical disaster relief efforts by Canadian non-governmental organizations. This support will enable organizations such as CARE M馘ecins du Monde Save the Children Oxfam Quebec the Canadian Red Cross Society the Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI) and World Vision to assist more than half a million people affected by the earthquake.Today's announcement comes in addition to the initial $5 million for immediate humanitarian assistance announced on January 13 and to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund that will allow to match dollar-for-dollar the generosity of Canadian for a total of up to $50 million.Information:Jessica FletcherPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of International CooperationTelephone: 819-953-6238Media Relations OfficeCanadian International Development Agency (CIDA)Telephone: 819-953-6534E-mail: media@acdi-cida.gc.caBackgroundersJanuary 19 2010Disbursement of Canada's Initial $5 Million for Humanitarian AssistanceOn 13 January Minister Oda announced that the Government of Canada would immediately provide an initial $5 million contribution for emergency shelter medical services food relief items water and sanitation services and protection services in response to the earthquake in Haiti. All of this funding has been allocated on urgent priority actions.First in response to the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC)'s Appeal for Haiti CIDA is providing $2 million to the IFRC for vital emergency assistance to the most affected populations. The funding is being used to provide essential services temporary shelter restoration of water and sanitation facilities and medical care for 10000 families.Second CIDA has provided $1.7 milliontodeliver and transport urgently needed relief supplies to crisis-afflicted Haitians.Third CIDA has provided $800000 for an emergency field hospital in Haiti as well as 10 Canadian medical professionals. The emergency field hospital is a Norwegian and Canadian Red Cross co-funded facility which will provide essential surgical and medical care for up to 300 people per day. The hospital includes customized modules such as surgery first aid and triage a ward of 70 beds a community health unit and a psychosocial support unit. The hospital is currently deployed in Port-au-Prince and is operational.Finally CIDA provided $500000 in additional funds to CANADEM to deploy 10 Canadian humanitarian experts to humanitarian partners such as the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) UNICEF the World Food Programme and other UN agencies.January 19 2010Canada's Response to the UN IFRC and NGOs Appeals for HaitiThe Honourable Beverley Oda Minister of International Cooperation announced today an additional $80 million in humanitarian assistance for Haiti in response to various appeals.United Nations AppealThe Government of Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is providing $60 million to UN agencies in response to the United Nations Appeal for humanitarian assistance for the people of Haiti. The funding will be disbursed as follows:$39 million to the World Food Programme: $33 million for emergency food aid for an estimated 2 million people and $6 million for essential air transportation and logistical support.$15 million to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for humanitarian assistance through interventions in the areas of health nutrition protection and water and sanitation services for women and children.$1.5 million to the World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization for rapid assessments of health needs detection of disease reactivation of primary health care services and psycho-social support and availability of medical supplies in hospitals.$750000 to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for coordination of the international and local humanitarian activities on the ground to ensure an efficient and effective response to humanitarian needs.$3 million to the International Organization for Migration for the provision of basic shelter to support the displaced population.$500000 to the United Nations Population Fund for multi-sectoral services such as social and health support for women and girls.$250000 to the United Nations Department of Safety and Security for the provision of coordinated safety and security services for the overall UN and non-governmental organization response to the earthquake in Haiti.International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) AppealThe Government of Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is providing $8.5 million in response to the IFRC appeal to provide for essential humanitarian assistance. This funding will help meet the emergency needs of an estimated 300000 people affected by the Haiti earthquake. It will support activities such as the provision of basic water sanitation and health services. The IFRC will also conduct rapid emergency needs which will allow it to meet the needs of the most affected population.Appeals by non-governmental organizationsThe Government of Canada through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is providing $11.5 million in response to appeals by the following Canadian non-governmental organizations:$1.5 million to CARE to meet the immediate needs of an estimated 25000 people through the provision of emergency safe water hygiene kits basic shelter and non-food items. CARE will focus its activities on supporting women and children as well as vulnerable households.$1 million to M馘ecins du Monde to meet the immediate needs of up to 400000 people in Cit・Soleil which is one area particularly affected by the earthquake. M馘ecins du Monde will provide critical basic health services for wounded or sick populations and provide psychological support for populations affected by post traumatic stress syndrome.$2.1 million to Save the Children Canada for lifesaving health and protection needs of approximately 10000 families. This will include the provision of safe drinking water basic hygiene kits and child friendly spaces.$1 million to Oxfam Quebec for the provision of basic water and sanitation shelter and non-food items (such as blankets and mosquito nets) to meet the emergency needs of an estimated 8000 families. These activities will be implemented in the most affected areas of Port-au-Prince as well as in surrounding areas.An additional $2 million to the Canadian Red Cross Society for expanding the activities of the field hospital which the Norwegian and Canadian Red Cross have jointly deployed. This additional funding will provide for increased support in the form of materials such as an ambulance hospital tents surgical kits additional hospital beds and sterilization kits. The mobile hospital will provide safe medical and surgical interventions over the next 6 months reaching an estimated 18000 patients.$900000 to CECI (Centre d'騁udes et de coop駻ation internationale) for the distribution of survival kits that are comprised of non-food items such as kitchen items hygiene water purification tablets temporary shelter etc.to individuals and families displaced by the earthquake.$1.5 million to World Vision to meet the immediate life-saving needs of earthquake-affected people in the Lower Petionville and Canape Vert neighbourhoods of Port-au-Prince. In coordination with other humanitarian organizations World Vision will provide emergency shelter non-food item distribution water and sanitation and protection for vulnerable segments of society particularly children.$1.5 million for the Canadian Red Cross Society for the procurement delivery and transport of urgently needed relief supplies to crisis-affected Haitians.
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3.Haiti: Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General 18 January 2010,UN DPI
RV=207.6 2010/01/19 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,Council
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing by Martin Nesirky, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.Good afternoon everybody. We have with us Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Susana Malcorra, who is the Under-Secretary-General for Field Support. They were both with the Secretary-General in Haiti yesterday and they can take questions on that and anything else related to ongoing efforts to help the people of Haiti. We have about half an hour, so I'll hand the floor over to you straight away.**Briefing by Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping OperationsGood afternoon. I won't describe what we saw yesterday, because many of you were with us and you have seen it on TV. I would like to stress what our efforts are for the time being. Firstly, we need to make sure that our Mission is back on its feet. We now have the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. [Edmond] Mulet; the Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General is Mr. Tony Banbury. The Force Commander has been in place from the first day and the Police Commissioner, General [Gerardo Christian] Chaumont, from Argentina, arrived two days ago. So, the leadership of the Mission is there now, and the Mission is operating, of course, not from its headquarters but from the Logistics Base, which, as you know, has been mostly untouched. Every day, we are reinforcing this Mission by sending the adequate personnel needed to reinforce the Mission.As you have seen also, we have asked for additional troops to come from the provinces to reinforce those in Port-au-Prince. We have 3,400 troops in Port-au-Prince, together with the police.Also this morning there was a session of the Security Council and we recommended the Council to consider an increase in numbers of troops by 2,000, and to increase the number of police by 1,500. The main tasks for these additional troops are threefold. Our assessment is that the security situation still remains under control under the control of the Force Commander, General [Floriano] Peixoto from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Globally, the situation remains under control.Of course, there are sporadic incidents here and there, mostly due to the frustration of not getting food and water quickly enough. So while we have enough troops for global security we have now to increase the number of troops and police to escort the humanitarian convoys, which are increasing drastically daily. And it's very important that the humanitarian convoys can reach people rapidly, otherwise we will have security problems.So, the main request for the additional troops is because we are stretched. We have to escort all requests we receive from humanitarian convoys, which are, of course, tremendous. For example, just for the World Food Programme (WFP) alone -- 60,000 [tons] of food needs to be distributed. And over 200 distribution points, with request for MINUSTAH security escort. So, it shows --Question: 60,000--?Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: 60,000 tons of food, just from WFP, at over 200 different distribution points. So, for that, they need escorts. And of course we need our forces on the ground to ensure security, but they have to ensure, of course, also, the escort of the humanitarian convoys.Secondly, for the military, it is of increased importance to secure humanitarian corridors that we are establishing between Port-au-Prince and the Dominican Republic; and also between Port-au-Prince and the northern port of Haiti. So, we are establishing these humanitarian corridors with many other actors, and of course we need troops to secure these humanitarian corridors.We have already received a pledge from the Dominican Republic of a battalion, which is roughly 800 troops, to help us to secure the corridor between Port-au-Prince and the Dominican Republic. That will take, of course, 800 out of the 2,000 increase that we have requested this morning. We are hearing that many other countries will make pledges soon.For the military, there are three priorities: firstly, escorting the humanitarian convoys; secondly, securing the humanitarian corridors; and thirdly, to constitute a reserve force, in case the situation unravels and the security situation deteriorates.For the police itself, we are asking for an increase of some specialists like forensic experts, corrections officers and others. Also, for provisions to secure the delivery of humanitarian assistance in the various points of distributions.You have all seen the tension on TV. It's time there is distribution of food. We consider it important to have enough police to ensure security and order when food or water or other distribution is being done. And, of course, this is being done with augmentation from the Haitian national police. You have seen the Haitian police are back on the street in limited numbers. And of course, we have very much to continue to support and to train them.We have made also the request to bring additional equipment for Haitian national police -- for example uniforms, because some of them have been destroyed. They need to be visible in the street to ensure, to help us to ensure, to help to ensure law and order.I may stop here. Maybe Susana, you want to add, at this stage, additional information.**Susana Malcorra, Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Field SupportWell, I think, Alain, you have given an initial brief. It would be important to have an opportunity for Q & A.Let me just say very, very briefly: shifting the Mission from what the Mission was last Tuesday afternoon to what needs to be done now is a major, major challenge in itself. The size of the humanitarian response that is required is very, very large. And that's why we have to adjust not only the figures that Alain has put in place, mentioned earlier, but also the rest of the infrastructure that we need to have to support that, while at the same time the Mission itself has lost most of its infrastructure. Most of the staff in the Mission are with an Internet connection, but they don't have their own desktop, their own desk, to work on. So, this, on top of the shift in demand that we have, illustrates the basic infrastructure required for the Mission to be operational. And that's what we are bringing up to speed. We have a series of flights coming in with equipment to do that.The main problem to ensure humanitarian aid is to have a continuous flow at the right level of everything that is required, particularly food and shelter, and medical supplies. What has happened so far is that the airport has been the only means of entry. We are only now starting to open others. This is a very limited airport - initially there were issues with the priorities, as you all noticed. I think now, there is a coordination cell in place to manage priorities, the most urgent ones.But even if that was perfect, flawless, the size of the airport and the capacity of the airport is very limited. So, the only way for us and for the international community to establish a flow that is reasonable to address all the needs, is to open up all these alternative roads, which are the corridors that were mentioned. And there has been work. And there are many alternatives that are being worked on as we speak.That means some delay in getting what is delivered to Port-au-Prince and the rest of the cities around, because they are farther away. But, it is much better to assume a one-day delay and have the flow being established, than to still bet on only Port-au-Prince, because there is not enough capacity in that airport to ensure the whole flow. So that's what we are doing now.The more we expand our footprint, the more we need trucks, infrastructure. We need more escorts. So, it is sort of a multiplying effect. But it's the only way to ensure that we can establish the right level of inflow to what is needed.I will stop there and then I'll leave it to you to ask.**Questions and AnswersQuestion: There were some question marks at the Security Council by some ambassadors, on whether you are requesting a change in mandate to MINUSTAH at all. What's the status of that as far as the United Nations is concerned?Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: We haven't requested a change in the mandate, although we have requested an increase in the ceiling for troops and police. Maybe we can strengthen the mandate on the role of MINUSTAH coordination. But, I think we have some more days for doing that. This morning, my understanding is that there will only be technical amendments to the resolution - increasing the ceiling for troops and police. There will not be change at this stage; we can live with the resolution as it is, for the time being. We may have to change it, but we have some more days to do it.Question: Why do you think you may have to change it? I mean what needs to changed as far as you're concerned, in the longer run?Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: To be more precise in the role of coordination amongst all actors and between MINUSTAH and others. We might have to be a bit more precise for internal reasons, also.Question: What do you mean?Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: The resolution paragraph 6 currently says we have a coordination role in coordinating the work of the UN agencies. Maybe we have to have wording in the future that could be a bit more strengthened. But, it was not also our opinion; some Member States were also [saying] maybe we have to have a more robust mandate for MINUSTAH. But, I think it's a bit too early. We consider, we've decided, we proposed, but it is not the time this week to change the mandate. We will leave it for a few more days, maybe one or two more weeks, to see if we have to have a more robust mandate.You want to add anything?Under-Secretary-General Malcorra: The strengthening will really make it more clear what is the extent of the coordination. Coordination is a broad word. And with a lack of resources that are available on the ground, we may need to really push the boundaries on who uses what resources where. And it's more than coordination -- it's an enabling role, giving resources that go beyond the standard procedures. So, we are working on that. It's not clear yet. But that may be the case, and we may come back to the Security Council.Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: But this morning, we haven't made that request. Some Member States have said that they will consider [it] in the future, but not this week.Question: Mr. Le Roy, a lot of what you said talked about security, and securing the Mission. In terms of rules of engagement, do you feel you need to go back to the Council to strengthen the rules of engagement? Because there are the emergence of roving gangs, and reportedly heavily armed gangs now on the streets, so push is going to come to shove pretty soon, I suspect.Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: So far, we don't consider we have to change the rules of engagement. As you know, this Mission is already under Chapter VII, and we have dealt in the past very robustly against the gangs - everyone remembers what happened in Cit・Soleil - with the same rules of engagement.Question: They're back on the streets, yeah.Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: They were there, they are still there. But we are not going to review the rules of engagement for the time being. What is important is that we have to ensure that the Haitian authorities are fully comfortable for us using the rules of engagement that we have at the maximum capacity. We have to ensure that they are supporting us in the interpretation of the rules of engagement. But we are not requesting a change of them.Question: Mr. Le Roy, one question about the cooperation with the American troops: which kind of coordination are you going to have? I mean, MINUSTAH is going to take the control of security around all the country, Port-au-Prince, and then the American troops are going to be under, you know, the umbrella of the MINUSTAH? Which kind of coordination are you going to have with them? And then second, it's still like there were reports about complaints that American planes were like taking the priority of the control of the airport for landing the equipment and troops and everything and then the World Food Programme (WFP) was delayed two days for landing the planes with the needed food for the Haitians.Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: On the first question, the United States troops are not under the UN umbrella. There's a bilateral agreement by the US; a very important one. What we have is a coordination mechanism with them, a clear division of labour. So, general security is the task of the MINUSTAH and [inaudible]… the US military is coming with several tasks, and of course, the US mission could tell you more about its huge humanitarian operation and what it needs to do to secure their humanitarian operation. Second, as you know, they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Haitian authorities to have more control and secure the airport. Then they are doing a lot engineering work. While we speak, they're working at the port of Port-au-Prince to ensure it can be reopened very, very soon. I heard an unconfirmed statement that could happen in the coming days. So, it's a clear division of labour: general security -- MINUSTAH; others are supporting [inaudible]… activities and engineering work in many places. We have a liaison officer between them and us, both at the Miami headquarters and at MINUSTAH headquarters. And we'll do the same with the Canadian troops who are also coming. General security is by MINUSTAH; but others are there, mostly engineers, all supporting their own humanitarian operations.Question: About the airport, the Americans complained; they said had the priority; they're landing their planes instead of the World Food Programme (WFP).Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: Okay.Under-Secretary-General Malcorra: Clearly, when the agreement between the government of Haiti and the US was reached for the US to take control of the management and operations of the airport, there was an initial moment of confusion, and we have seen that there were problems in prioritizing the landing of different flights. In fact, WFP on Saturday had two aircraft with food unable to land. So, that is absolutely the case. What we have done now is set up a small coordination cell at the airport. So, we work together on the priorities, and I can tell you the feedback we got this morning from the funds and programmes; we had a meeting with the Secretary-General, they confirmed that they started to work and yesterday things were much, much better. I have to say here, if I may, that what is very important is that we also set priorities in the beginning. So, sometimes the overwhelming will of the international community to offer something, not necessarily is in line with the most immediate demands. So, sometimes we will have to ask for certain things either to be staged somewhere else to be brought in later on, or to be brought by land, or to be delayed a little bit. So, that is something that we need to keep in mind.Question: [inaudible] Mr. Le Roy, after your visit yesterday, of course everybody appreciates the work that you're doing, but don't you have a feeling that maybe your voice is sometimes on the logistical issues and security matters, securing any new assistance, rather than giving priority to saving the people themselves or even your own people. I'm just saying that, don't you think that the United Nations has wasted too much time on bureaucracy before starting the flow?Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: I really cannot say that. You have seen that certain rescue teams are… I think they're over 40, certain rescue teams, 1,700 people working on rescue.Question: [inaudible]Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: Yeah. They have arrived the first day, I must say. The first were the US, the French, the Chinese -- they have worked [inaudible]. Second, our own forces, who have been on site from the very first night. The Brazilian troops, the Jordanians and others, have been working in all the places from the first night and they're still working. I don't know if you were with us yesterday and saw the UN crane working in the headquarters, and we're continuing. So, really our forces have used all the assets they have, which at the beginning were not assets specialized for removing rubble; but they have been used from the very first night. And they're continuing; we're not stopping them at all. But at the same time it's important to have the mission up and running for other tasks. But, the first priority from the first night has been search and rescue. And we called expert teams and we have used our own assets to do the job.Under-Secretary-General Malcorra: Let me say something here. When you visit what has happened, the size and the dimension of the problem, I will argue, is equivalent to what happened to the Twin Towers in New York. It was a huge, huge thing that happened here. There, of course, you don't have anything equivalent as towers, but you have many buildings all distributed around the whole city and the basic infrastructure from which you start is much, much, much lower. You know, the baseline is much lower. So, I think, clearly, the first rescue efforts arrived the day after, as Alain said, many came from far away. The Dominican Republic provided the first team that arrived by land. This was in the middle of total lack of communication. We were speaking with the Mission on the Logistics Base. They had no way of communicating with any of the rest of the buildings except for a few satellite phones, which were working full-time. So, you were trying to get in, and they were busy because they were doing operational matters. So, the dimension of what happened was such that it was very, very, very hard to ramp up; to have [on] the first day, all that was required. But the international community reacted in such a way that we have now the people deployed on the ground, on search-and-rescue, for example, in numbers that Alain just mentioned.Question: You don't agree with the criticism that each country sent the first teams to save its own people? That the Chinese went to save the Chinese, the Americans went to save… I mean, I'm talking about the first one or two days. You don't agree with this criticism at all, that it was not--?Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: The coordination of search and rescue is done by UNDAC ‑‑ the UN Disaster Assessment Coordination Team. Maybe you can say a word on that, as the representative of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on this issue? You want to come? Yeah.Director of OCHA- New York: Thank you very much. What happens with these search-and-rescue teams--Question: Can you state your name please?Director of OCHA- New York: My name is Rashid Khalikov. I am Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.What happens when search and rescue teams arrive: in the airport there is a representative of the UNDAC Team that the Under-Secretary-General mentioned. And he or she tries to direct the search-and-rescue teams to that part of the city or cities that were affected. They have daily morning meetings, where all search-and-rescue teams update what has happened before, and they divide the city, or cities, or locations, where they work. Of course, nobody can say that the coordination is perfect and everything is divided properly. But every effort has been done in a very chaotic environment to use the resources and assets that are there. There are more than 40 teams from many countries, and more than [1,700] personnel with equipment and dogs who are specially trained for that. You can imagine that it is a huge contingent of experts that are trying their best. What we have seen in recent days that people are still alive under the rubble. This effort will continue in the coming days.Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: And that's why we say it's very important that search-and-rescue operations continue. Of course, it has been from the very first day. It shall continue, because even yesterday a person was extracted alive and it's happening in other places. So, it's very important that they remain in Port-au-Prince. We know that there are also needs outside Port-au-Prince. But the needs are also important there.Question: Just to points of clarification: when you talked about changing the mandate ‑‑ making it… needing a role for MINUSTAH that is more robust ‑‑ you are speaking within the UN context, yes? Or beyond that?Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: We haven't any proposal on that today.Question: I know, I know. But just to clarify what you mean by that.Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: We are just brainstorming at this stage. I think it's too early to ask for a change in the substance of the mandate. But we will see in the coming days if the coordination role of MINUSTAH is well-performed. So far, it's not disputed, but we have to see.Question: Do you mean in the UN agencies, or beyond that?Under-Secretary-General Malcorra: The humanitarian responsibility, which is what we are discussing here, is broader than the UN agencies. The UN agencies and the non-governmental organizations are part of the humanitarian cluster. So, this is a broad constellation that is in process of beefing up resources, and that's where we may need to strengthen.Question: One other question: you said you brought in some people, some of the troops from outside Port-au-Prince. Can you tell us how many?Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: Yes. For the time being, 400. Also, we have a problem of accommodating new troops, so new troops must be self-sustainable. And also, it's important that the situation in the other cities remains under control so we are not moving too many.Question: You mentioned these areas outside of Port-au-Prince. What's DPKO's (Department of Peacekeeping Operations) presence in Jacmel, Carrefour… the other cities that are described as having problems with aid not reaching them? Is there also security? Does DPKO have a presence in each of these towns? And on the question of national staff, it was said today that one reason it's harder for MINUSTAH than the funds and programmes to get out and check how national staff are doing is that all the records were in the hotel and were destroyed. Doesn't either DFS (Department of Field Support) or isn't there some database of records of United Nations personnel kept other than in the hotel? Can you explain that? It's just been said repeatedly that all the records were in the hotel, so I want to know how the DPKO's computer system works for its staff.Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: Yes, of course -- not DPKO, but MINUSTAH -- is present and patrolling the main cities -- Jacmel, of course, and Gressier and Carrefour, the cities that have been destroyed. They don't have a permanent presence and we don't have bases in every city, but we are patrolling all the main cities that have been affected by the earthquake.Under-Secretary-General Malcorra: Regarding national staff, the first thing one needs to recognize is that we are talking about a number of national staff which is above 1,000 people, so the amount of work required to reach out to each one of them is in itself a different demand. You know, most of the funds and programmes are talking about staff in the dozens. We are talking about 1,200 people here. We have the database, absolutely. There was a server in that building, but they were able to recover another server as a backup, which, as usual with every backup, may not have been the absolute latest, but was baseline enough to reach out to people. The problem at first was a lack of telecommunications. Now, they are calling people and we are backing them up from New York, so that the Mission doesn't have to do it as the Mission is overwhelmed with the level of activities. But, yes, there was a backup.Let me say something here so that you have a sense of what we are facing. First, the Haitians themselves are shocked, and that's part of the reason why the situation is calm, much calmer than one would expect, given the circumstances. But, let me talk a little about our own people. We have three groups of people within the Mission. We have the people who have died or are injured, and that has meant incredible loss for the Mission, starting with the leadership, and not only with the leadership. We have another group of people who are those who are there but they have relatives under the rubble. We have many couples working in Port-au-Prince, many couples working with the funds and programmes or agencies that have people in the Mission or vice-versa, and you can see people wandering around the buildings trying to find their beloved ones. So we have another group of people who are in a desperate situation.Then we have the rest -- the ones who are holding the fort. And the ones who are holding the fort are in a total state of shock themselves. Having said that, they have put things in motion, they have worked. I always tell this story and you may have heard me saying this: the Deputy Force Commander, who was totally in charge the first 36 hours until the Force Commander arrived, had a relative under the rubble of the Montana Hotel. We have many cases like that. That means not only that the Mission has been absolutely curtailed in its capacity, because of all these reasons, the ones who are there are working in an incredible situation.One of the things we are doing now is starting an inflow of people. We have sent people for 30 critical positions that are starting to review what is being done to set an operational priority vis-・vis the new demands from the ground and adjusting what is it that needs to be done. We are now going to go to a phase where we essentially are going to do a major shift of getting people out of the Mission. Because, I told them yesterday when we spoke, we know we have a lot of heroes, we don't need superheroes, because we need to get things done professionally. So we are going to shift people out. We are going to send people in, some of them on short term, some of them longer term. And in the meantime, we are assessing the overall Mission -- what is the size that is required, what are the adjustments that are required -- and we are going to organizationally adjust that in the coming two or three weeks.Question: I'm sort of lost in a welter of numbers. There are reports coming out of Port-au-Prince today that the Government is estimating the dead at 200,000. Can you confirm that number? Are you keeping any number of your own or do you know how many people have gone into mass graves so far? Any sense that would give us the scale. Two, on another number issue, when we were talking yesterday, the number of troops and police you asked for seems to have tripled overnight, in terms of the numbers you were thinking yesterday, when you left Port-au-Prince. Was there some sudden new security assessment that you decided you needed so many more than you initially had talked to us about? And the third number, someone said 4,000 prisoners had escaped. Do you have any assessment on that? And then the final point I want to make, someone said M馘icins sans Fronti鑽es gave a briefing today in which they said that, in those places like Jacmel and Carrefour and the places that are a little bit removed from Port-au-Prince, there isn't very much aid, that those cities are underserved by the aid distribution.Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: On the main figure, I refer to OCHA, we don't give estimates on the figures. We quote what the Red Cross is saying, which is in the order of maybe of 50,000. We know that the Haitians are saying 200,000. We don't have more precise figures. We still have the figures of thousands; we just quote the Red Cross saying an order of magnitude of 50,000. We are not saying it's 50,000 or 200,000. We don't know. And I don't think anyone knows, to be frank.Second, on the question of the number of troops, yesterday we had a more limited number in mind. And after having spoken with the Mission yesterday, and then again this morning, we discovered that the demand for escort was drastically increasing. So there was a clear need to establish the figure to 2,000. It means, in addition to the proposal we have [inaudible] Dominican Republic.About much more aid outside of Port-au-Prince. It's clear we have been more focused on Port-au-Prince in the first 24 and 48 hours. And we are discovering, of course, that the needs are quite important also outside. So at the beginning we were focusing, in my opinion, too much on Port-au-Prince but not enough on places other than Port-au-Prince. And that's what's going on now. We are there, search-and-rescue teams are there. Aid is coming also, but it's clear that, at the beginning, everyone was focusing only on Port-au-Prince, which was fine, but of course other places needed to be assisted. You want to say a word on that?Director of OCHA New York: No, we're just starting to make assessments in the areas outside Port-au-Prince, I think yesterday, but, as you said, initially, everybody was [inaudible] focused on the news coming from the capital. Please also understand that, according to various estimates, there are almost 3 million people living in the areas around the capital and the capital itself. So one third of the country has been affected and really overwhelmed. And there was very little, actually no information coming from outside about the impact. As it very often happens with earthquakes, it's not only in the epicentre that covers the certain area, it was along the fault line. And that's why the areas outside Port-au-Prince were affected. The proper assessment is being carried out and, of course, assistance will follow. I cannot say that assistance already is provided there in the scale that we wanted, but we have to establish an understanding of the impact of this, which is the work that is being conducted by the UNDAC team and by the United Nations agencies that are there in the country.Under-Secretary-General Malcorra: One of the things that has come now as an additional demand, this is from last night and this morning, is helicopters to cover some areas, because some of the roads, of course, are also damaged, connecting Port-au-Prince to these other cities. So I've been in contact with some of the agencies that have required helicopters to go and help them deliver the assistance to the remote areas.Question: And the 4,000 prisoners…?Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: Yes, we have that report that, as the penitentiary collapsed, that 4,000 prisoners have escaped. Of course, some of them are very dangerous people. It's why we are also requesting having at least 100 more correction officers to try to establish some detention facilities as soon as Haitian national police, with our support, will arrest some of them.Question: The helicopters, are they American or are other countries contributing helicopters, or are they all American. And secondly, do you have any offers for additional troops and additional police?Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: As far as helicopters are concerned, you know, the Americans have come with an aircraft carrier with, I think, 19 helicopters. I understand others might also. I don't have the name of the countries. Concerning the offers for the troops, I said the Dominican Republic. We don't have firm offers of others, but we have seen, for example, yesterday it was discussed in Brussels this morning, a potential offer, it's not firm yet, of European gendarmerie. European gendarmerie could be part of the offer we would get, but of course no decision has been made. It's a clear consideration by the European Union on this issue, with the leading nation being Italy on this.Under-Secretary-General Malcorra: And some Latin American countries have already said that they were willing to do it. I don't think we have a formal offer yet.Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: No, we have clearly a number of countries considering. The firm offer received as of today is from the Dominican Republic. But I'm sure in the coming days we'll have other fair offers.Question: What is the quickest they could get on the ground? The new troops and police.Under-Secretary-General Le Roy: From the Dominican Republic, I think immediately, of course. The others, depends very much if the port is reopened in the coming days or not. I think that is a very important factor. If the port is reopened, that will alleviate the bottleneck at the airport. Otherwise, it depends on
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4.Haiti: Germany's emergency aid,Govt. Germany
RV=207.6 2010/01/19 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,Council
In the light of the dramatic situation on the ground the German Government has increased its aid for the Haiti earthquake victims to 7.5 million euro. This was announced by Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle at the end of a crisis unit meeting at the Federal Foreign Office. The first aid consignments are already on the way.Foreign Minister Westerwelle and Development Minister Niebel have decided to increase Germany's aid following a joint meeting with the Haiti earthquake crisis unit. The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development will increase its food aid to 2.5 million euro. The Federal Foreign Office is now providing 5 million euro in humanitarian emergency aid.The money will be used by relief agencies to supply the Haiti earthquake victims with urgently needly food medicines emergency accommodation and clean drinking water. Two drinking water purification units sent by the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) have already arrived in Port-au-Prince. They are intended to supply 60000 people with clean drinking water.A mobile health clinic run by the German Red Cross began work on Sunday. Westerwelle announced that the German Government would use the additional funds to send Haiti a mobile hospital and other supplies. Medical care was right now "the top priority". The health clinic is staffed by a team of doctors nurses and technicians. The Federal Foreign Office's Regional Medical Officer is already in Haiti.Coordinating German aidThe Federal Foreign Minister stated his intention to consult closely with Germany's international partners over the days ahead. On 18 January the EU Council is due to hold a special meeting on the Haiti earthquake which will be attended by Minister of State Werner Hoyer.To coordinate Germany's relief effort a special meeting of the Humanitarian Aid Coordinating Committee will also take place at the Federal Foreign Office on 19 January. Relevant ministries and aid agencies are represented on the Committee.Sympathy for the victimsForeign Minister Guido Westerwelle expressed his shock and sadness over the earthquake a tragedy "of apocalyptic proportions". He thanked the German public and business community for all the donations sent in and appealed for them to keep coming.It was his sad duty he added to inform the public that in all probability also German nationals were among the victims. According to reliable reports a first German victim had been found. Westerwelle expressed his heartfelt sympathy for the victim's family.Additional staff had been sent to the German Embassy in Port-au-Prince which was working round the clock to discover what had happened to our compatriots there he continued. The great majority had survived but despite strenuous efforts eight Germans were still missing.An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck Haiti on 12 January 2010 at 16:53 h local time. The epicentre was some 15 kilometres from the capital Port-au-Prince. The quake caused
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5.Government approves €600000 in emergency funding to the UN to respond to Haitian disaster,Govt. Ireland
RV=202.4 2010/01/19 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,Irish
Minister of State for Overseas Development Peter Power TD today approved €600000 in funding for the World Food Programme and to assist the United Nations in providing vital coordination to the rescue and relief effort.The funding will support the urgent transport of goods personnel and food in Haiti and assist the UN agency which is charged with coordinating the overall humanitarian response to the earthquake.Announcing the funding Minister Power said:"The devastation wrought by the earthquake of January 12 is one of the worst disasters to which the international community has ever responded. While the death toll continues to mount the latest estimates are that in excess of 100000 people have lost their lives while many hundreds of thousands more are seriously injured."The UN has reported that the earthquake damaged or destroyed as many as 50 percent of buildings in the most affected areas. Immediate priorities include the provision of emergency medial assistance to the acutely-injured and the urgent supply of essential food clean water sanitation and shelter to the tens of thousands who have been left homeless."The funding of €600000 which I authorised today will support the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to get the skilled personnel and the essential food and humanitarian supplies to the people who so desperately need them."The main challenge facing humanitarian agencies at this point is one of logistics. I have authorised €300000 to support the World Food Programme which is taking the lead among UN agencies in transporting goods and personnel and supplying food a task which is vital as the days pass and what little food people had is used up" Minister Power said."The Government is also providing €300000 to OCHA which is charged with the overall coordination of UN agencies and NGOs working in Haiti. They are tasked with ensuring that aid reaches those who need it most quickly and effectively " Minister Power said.This latest funding is in response to the UN's Flash Appeal and forms part of the €2m pledged by the Government to the Haiti response. Funding is also being disbursed through Irish agencies working on the ground.Three highly-skilled members of Ireland's Rapid Corps have also been deployed to Haiti and others are on standby and are expected to be called upon over the coming days and weeks.In addition a consignment of more than 80 tonnes of essential humanitarian supplies is currently en route to Haiti. This is one of the largest consignments of humanitarian supplies ever provided directly by Ireland.Last year Ireland contributed €20 million to the United Nation's disaster relief fund which the UN is drawing upon in response to the Haiti crisis.Note for EditorsIreland has committed €2 million in direct funding to respond to the Haitian disaster. This is being channelled through the United Nations and Irish agencies working on the ground. The funding to the WFP and OCHA announced today is drawn from the €2 million. Some €250000 has also been paid to the International Federation of the Red Cross to provide emergency medical care shelter supplies and water and sanitation equipment. Irish Aid is also working in close contact with Irish NGOs Concern and Goal in Haiti.Ireland committed €20m to the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in 2009. The CERF provides rapid funding to emergencies and disasters such as that in Haiti. Ireland is the 7th largest contributor having committed €73m since 2006. Irish Aid also pre-positions emergency funding with NGO partners such as Goal Concern and Trcaire in order to allow for quick disbursal in emergency situations.The Irish Rapid Response Corp consists of 130 personnel with specialised skills in areas such as logistics engineering and public health which can prove vital in responding to emergency and humanitarian situations. In addition Irish Aid has pre-positioned emergency supplies such as tents blankets and water and sanitation equipment in depots around the globe which can be called upon in an emergency.In 2009 Irish Aid allocated funding of approximately €1 million to civil society partners working in Haiti. This included more than €900000 to Concern and smaller amounts to missionary personnel. Haiti is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters and Irish Aid has responded to a number of emergency situations in the past including a devastating series of hurricanes in 2008.For further information please contact Fionnuala Quinlan press officer Irish Aid the Department of Foreign Affairs on 01-4082653 or 087-9099975. For further information on the Government's overseas aid programme visit www.dfa.ie and www.irishaid.gov.ieENDS19 January 2010Press Office
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1.DEC member agencies call for halt to any new adoptions of children separated from their families after Haiti earthquake: Aid effort must focus on tracing and reunification of families,DEC
RV=277.2 2010/01/20 00:00
キーワード:Red,DEC,Vision,Cross
Member agencies of the Disasters Emergency Committee are calling for the international focus to remain on reuniting children who have lost their families during the earthquake in Haiti rather than adopting them out of the country.The agencies are calling for an immediate moratorium on any new adoptions of children left on their own following last week's devastating earthquake until full extended family tracing and reunification has been completed.They said any hasty new adoptions would risk permanently breaking up families causing long-term damage to already vulnerable children and could distract from aid efforts in Haiti. Experience in such major emergencies shows that most children currently struggling to survive on their own will have family still alive and efforts must be concentrated on tracing and reuniting families.Adoptions already in process should go ahead as long as the appropriate legal documentation is in place and the adoptions meet Haitian and international law.The call came from child protection and family tracing experts at Save the Children and World Vision and the restoring family links unit of the British Red Cross.Jasmine Whitbread Save the Children's Chief Executive said:"Thousands of families have been separated in the chaos of the earthquake but the vast majority of the children currently on their own still have family members alive who will be desperate to be reunited with them and will be able to care for them with the right support. Taking children out of the country would permanently separate thousands of children from their families - a separation that would compound the acute trauma they are already suffering and inflict long-term damage on their chances of recovery."People wanting to help protect vulnerable children in Haiti will make the most difference by giving to agencies working to reunite children with their families and support relatives to care for them long-term."Justin Byworth World Vision's Chief Executive said:"The extreme poverty in Haiti already makes children extremely vulnerable to exploitation and abuse and new unregulated adoptions could open the door to child traffickers. Children should not be leaving Haiti at this stage except with surviving family members or if adoptions already in process have full required legal documents. We are concerned not only about premature overseas adoption but also about children increasingly being sent unaccompanied to the Dominican Republic."Pete Garratt British Red Cross Disaster Response Manager said:"The International Committee of the Red Cross continues to work closely with the Haitian Red Cross to help Haitians re-establish contact with their loved ones. The ICRC has opened an office at the headquarters of the Haitian Red Cross in Crois de Prez to help people to locate and get back in touch with relatives."As of 18 January more than 22000 people had registered on the ICRC's special website www.icrc.org/familylinks which was activated on 14 January to help people searching for their loved ones.Save the Children has teams on the ground identifying lone children and is launching an emergency family tracing and reunification programme to reunite families and help put in place long-term support for their care.The members also strongly discourage western governments from moving large numbers of children out of Haiti unless essential for medical reasons. If children are taken for treatment the evacuating authorities must make sure that children have a caregiver or parents with them and proper records are kept of their whereabouts so they can be reunited with relatives when they are physically better.World Vision and Save the Children also called for the Government of Haiti to develop a policy on separated and accompanied children providing clear guidelines on how to respond to this issue in the medium to longer term. This policy should draw on the recently welcomed UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children and the UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusion on Children at Risk.Notes to editors:- To make a postal donation make cheques payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' and mail to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.- Donations can be made at any high street bank or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.- Text "GIVE" to 70077 to give 」5 to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. 」5 goes to the DEC. You pay 」5 plus the standard network SMS rate.- The DEC consists of: Action Aid British Red Cross CAFOD CARE International UK Christian Aid Concern Worldwide Help the Aged Islamic Relief Merlin Oxfam Save the Children Tearfund World Vision.- The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies or some of them must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.
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2.DEC: Appeal total hits £31.5million,DEC
RV=277.2 2010/01/20 00:00
キーワード:Red,DEC,Vision,Cross
Exactly one week after the devastating earthquake in Haiti the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal total has increased to 」31.5million counted so far as the public responds to desperate need of Haiti's survivors.In the middle of an extremely challenging aid operation where many survivors are already terrified of aftershocks the news of today's tremors are of grave concern. We are assessing the impact of the aftershock with our field staff to see if there has been further large-scale disruption to survivors and aid operations.Since our last update DEC member agencies work has included:- CARE is concentrating on meeting the specific needs of pregnant women new mothers and children through the distribution of water purification tablets emergency food rations infant kits for mothers with newborns and young babies and hygiene kits. Yesterday CARE supported 10800 people at camp sites in Leogane and Petionville and plan to install water bladders and distribute mattresses and blankets to 500 people in Leoganes today.- Merlin's surgical team arrived in Haiti yesterday along with 4.8 tonnes of medical equipment including vital medication beddings surgical drills generators solar kits and chlorine tablets. Merlin's team on the ground now includes two surgeons one focusing on limb salvaging an anaesthetist A&E consultants and nurses. Merlin is working with Christian Aid's local partner Koral to identify and triage patients. Christian Aid is also working with Koral and other partners to distribute blankets tarpaulins and food.- The Red Cross are sending 200 latrines and a JCB digger by air today. Two Red Cross mobile health clinics are also working in some of the worst affected areas outside the capital with capacity to help 30000 people every day. In total so far the Red Cross have sent 55000 blankets and 29000 mosquito nets with water being provided to over 12000 makeshift camps. More than 23055 people have also registered with the ICRC family links website www.icrc.org/familylinks to search for their loved ones and 1573 have registered to say they are safe and well.- Tearfund and their local church partner are running a refugee camp in Delmas 33 Port-au-Prince with capacity for 2000 people as well as another large camp at a Catholic school compound with capacity for 10000 people. Quisqueya Church which has power and running water is now being used as a neighbourhood feeding centre.- Oxfam have delivered water to 5000 people in Petionville and Carrefour and plan to visit two new sites today bringing the total number of people helped to 12000 daily. Ten tonnes of water and sanitation equipment plastic sheeting for shelter and body bags have already arrived in Port au Prince with another 30 tonnes scheduled to arrive today and 50 tonnes planned for Friday.- Save the Children is sending two mobile health clinics to Leogane to start treating some of the children who will have been worst affected by the earthquake and have gone for a week without any medical care. They are also launching their child tracing programme to reunify lost children with their parents today.- Islamic relief are trucking clean water to Delmas 18 and Le Blant South areas and are flying in 1000 tents from Dubai stocks.Disaster Emergency Committee Chief Executive Brendan Gormley said:"Exactly a week on from the earthquake that hit Haiti we continue to be stunned by the generosity of the UK public. The total raised so far stands at an amazing 」31.5m and as the full scale of the tragedy continues to unfold we rely on the generosity of donors.""Despite continuing logistical and communications challenges our 13 member agencies have been working round the clock to meet the needs of the Haitian people but there is still a huge amount of work to be done."However vital aid is starting to get through to in larger quantities with some hospitals and clinics starting to receive life-saving medical supplies food and water."Our agencies in Haiti continue to closely monitor the security situation.Donations to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal counted so far have reached 」31.5m. The massive response shows the UK public understand that member agencies need their support as they overcome communications and logistical problems to help people desperately needing assistance. The amount is mostly online and phone donations with amounts from corporate postal events SMS and over-the-counter donations coming through in the next few days.To make a donation to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal visit www.dec.org.uk or call 0370 60 60 900 donate over the counter at any post office or high street bank or send a cheque made payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.Anyone wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of 'Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC' on Facebook.Notes to editors:- To make a postal donation make cheques payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' and mail to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.- Donations can be made at any high street bank or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.- Text "GIVE" to 70077 to give 」5 to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. 」5 goes to the DEC. You pay 」5 plus the standard network SMS rate.- The DEC consists of: Action Aid British Red Cross CAFOD CARE International UK Christian Aid Concern Worldwide Help the Aged Islamic Relief Merlin Oxfam Save the Children Tearfund World Vision.- The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies or some of them must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.- The DEC is very grateful for the technical advice and strategic communications support provided by BT to help us respond immediately to international disasters like the recent earthquake in Haiti. We also welcome the fact that BT are encouraging the public and their own customers to support the appeal.Please donate to the DEC Haiti Earthquake online at www.dec.org.ukOver 2.2 million people live in the most affected areas where thousands are feared dead many more injured many buried under rubble; the DEC urgently needs your support to help the many people affected.The DEC launches and co-ordinates national fundraising appeals for public donations on behalf of its member agencies.
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3.Government aid consignment and Rapid Response Corps members arrive in Haiti,Govt. Ireland
RV=199.6 2010/01/20 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,Irish
The Government's consignment of more than 80 tonnes of emergency humanitarian supplies has arrived in Haiti Minister of State for Overseas Development Peter Power confirmed today.The supplies of blankets plastic sheeting for temporary shelter water tanks tents mattresses and kitchen sets will be given to Concern and Goal for distribution to more than 8000 families.Commenting on the consignment Minister Power said:"This consignment which is one of the largest ever directly supplied by the Government arrived in the Dominican Republic last night (Jan 19). A convoy of 16 trucks is currently transporting the aid to Port-au-Prince. It will be distributed by our partners Concern and Goal to thousands of families who are so desperately in need of shelter and water.In addition to blankets water and sanitation equipment tents and kitchen sets the consignment also includes generators which are crucial to the urgent relief effort.This consignment is in addition to the €2 million in immediate financial support which the Government has committed to the United Nations and Irish aid agencies working in Haiti" Minister Power said.He also confirmed that three members of Ireland's Rapid Response Corps have been deployed to Haiti to assist in the international emergency effort in the wake of this week's devastating earthquake.Donal McGrath an ICT specialist from Dublin and John Jefferies an ESB Network technician from Cork arrived in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic last night (19 January) and will travel to Haiti to work with the World Food Programme.Captain Tim O'Connor a Defence Forces' engineer from Cork who is a UN-trained disaster expert has also been deployed as part of the small Irish Aid technical team assessing the immediate needs of the Haitian people."Highly-skilled specialists have a vital role to play in the rescue and recovery effort and the Government would like to pay tribute to these three Corps members whose expertise and commitment will prove invaluable to the international effort" Minister Power said."The consignment of aid supplies and the deployment of key personnel is in addition to the €2 million of emergency aid which the Government has pledged to Haiti and the €20 million of pre-positioned funding which Irish Aid allocated to the UN Central Emergency Response Fund last year and which is being drawn upon to support the UN response to this terrible tragedy" he said.Other members of the Rapid Response Corps are on standby and may be called upon over the coming days and weeks to fill essential positions.Rapid Response Corps membersJohn Jefferies Ballinhassig Co Cork (photo attached)An ESB Network Technician from Cork John previously worked in Azerbaijan as an international observer during the country's elections and also has worked with Concern.He has three children Eoin Aideen and Cian. His first development assignment was with Concern in Burundi setting up IT infrastructure. He has also worked in Afghanistan Pakistan and Tanzania. He has also travelled to Azerbaijan at the request of the Department of Foreign Affairs to work as an election observer.In Haiti Mr Jefferies will be responsible for the provision of electrical services for the WFP's emergency operations. His tasks will include the installation and maintenance of electricity wiring and distribution systems for all WFP offices and warehouses in the emergency zone.Speaking about his interest in development work Mr Jefferies said;"It's nice to do something different and I really enjoy meeting people from all over the world. It's very rewarding being so hands-on in helping people. And the one thing I've learned is that people are all basically the same. We all want a decent standard of living a better life for our children and something to look forward to."Donal McGrath (photo attached)An ICT specialist originally from Dublin Mr McGrath lives in Greystones Co Wicklow. He previously deployed with the Rapid Response Corps to work with the World Food Programme in Tanzania for three months in 2008. He has worked in ICT in Teagasc and with a number of Government Departments including the Department of Justice.Speaking ahead of his deployment he said:"My role in overseas development work is quite recent and dates from my participation in Irish Aid's Rapid Response Corps. Unlike some members of the Corps who have prior experience with NGOs my first involvement was when I joined the first RRC cohort in 2007. I have since attended two courses with the World Food Programme and also worked with the WFP in Tanzania for three months in 2008.My contribution to the disaster relief work in Haiti will again be in ICT rather than directly with the victims of this tragedy. However information flows and the delivery of medical & food supplies now rely on ICT and I hope to make my contribution there."Captain Tim O'ConnorCaptain Tim O'Connor is an army engineer from the Defence Forces' Engineering Corps. He is from Kilbrittain Co Cork and is stationed at the Naval Base in Cork. He has previously served overseas with UNMIL in Liberia and EUFOR in Bosnia and Herzogovina. Capt O'Connor is part of the Irish Aid technical team who are assessing the immediate needs of the Haitian people.Note for EditorsIrish Aid maintains the Rapid Response Corps a register of highly-skilled individuals who are willing to be deployed at short notice to assist in an emergency relief effort. To date there have been 65 deployments to over 20 countries including Afghanistan Sri Lanka Sudan DRC Zimbabwe Colombia and now Haiti.Ireland's contributed €20 million to the United Nation's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in 2009 and a total of €73 million since it was set up in 2006 following the Asian Tsunami. The CERF provides immediately-accessible funds to the UN for use in a crisis such as that in Haiti. Ireland is the seventh largest donor to this fund.In addition Ireland is providing €2 million which is being channelled directly through Irish NGOs UN humanitarian agencies and the Red Cross.For further information please contact Fionnuala Quinlan press officer Irish Aid the Department of Foreign Affairs on 01-4082653 or 087-9099975. For further information on the Government's overseas aid programme visit www.dfa.ie and www.irishaid.gov.ieEnds+++20 January 2010Press Office
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4.Irish Red Cross deploys experts to Haiti,Irish RC
RV=199.6 2010/01/20 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,Irish
The Irish Red Cross announced today that it is deploying two experts to Port-au-Prince in response to the devastating earthquake which struck a week ago.Joe Lowry an Irishman will be on the ground in Haiti tomorrow and will act as Communications Manager for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) ensuring that there is a constant flow of accurate information from towns and villages affected by the earthquake.Irish Red Cross delegate Will Rogers is also being deployed to Haiti and will arrive in Port-au-Prince tomorrow to manage beneficiary communications in the wake of the disaster. Will has previously worked in Indonesia coordinating the Irish Red Cross response to the tsunami and was deployed to the Padang earthquake in Indonesia in October 2009.Noel Wardick Head of the International Department Irish Red Cross explains "Dispatching our key experts to Haiti is the next step for us in ensuring that the people of Haiti have the support that they need to cope with this disaster. Their priority will be to engage with communities keep them informed of aid deliveries and ensure local support for Red Cross efforts."A week after the disaster there are no official figures on the numbers of dead and affected but there are estimates that well over 100000 people have perished and some 3 million are in need of immediate assistance.Yesterday the Irish Red Cross sent a further €200000 in emergency aid to the people of Haiti with donations being used immediately to provide vital aid and assistance however it is clear that further assistance is needed.Mr. Wardick says "We are calling on every citizen in Ireland to give what they can and make a donation to the Irish Red Cross Haiti Appeal. These funds will help the millions of men women and children who have lost their families homes and livelihoods in the earthquake."Donations are being accepted online or by calling 1850 50 70 70.Background- The earthquake struck on Tuesday (12 Jan) at 12:00 local time measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale shook the capital of Port-au-Prince and other areas of the country with Haiti's West Province (pop. 2.2m) most affected.Notes to Editor1. Irish Red Cross delegates Joe Lowry (Irish) and Will Rogers (Australian) are currently travelling to Haiti to provide assistance and will be operational and available for interview from Thursday (21 Jan) onwards.2. The Irish Red Cross can provide spokesperson/s on the Haitian earthquakeNoel Wardick Head of the International Department Irish Red Cross. (Based in Ireland)Paul Conneally (Irish) Head of External Communications IFRC currently based in Haiti and is available for interview. Tel: 0041 79 308 9809. Satellite phone: 00 88 165 14 12 511.Declan O'Sullivan Acting Secretary General Irish Red Cross. (Based in Ireland)How you can helpDonations are being accepted online or by calling 1850 50 70 70.Cheque and postal orders should be marked for the relevant appeal and made payable to:Irish Red Cross16 Merrion SquareDublin 2.For media enquiries please contact Ms. Pia Ward on 087 – 7433 275 or alternatively Mr. David Curtin on 086- 283 2123 to arrange an interview.
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5.Africans pledge support to devestated Haiti,AlertNet
RV=198.6 2010/01/20 00:00
キーワード:Red,Cross,question
By George Fominyen and Frank NyakairuDAKAR/NAIROBI (AlertNet) - "As Africans we need to come to the rescue of Haitians with any little aid we can afford" says Solomon Karuiki a trader on the streets of the Kenyan capital Nairobi reflecting a surge of solidarity across most of Africa with the impoverished Caribbean nation since last week's earthquake.Governments organisations and individuals on the African continent largely poor and disaster-prone itself have been raising funds for the Haitain people.Donations in cash and kind have come from the governments of the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) ($1 million) Gabon ($1million) Equatorial Guinea ($1.9 million) Morocco ($1 million worth of medical supplies) and Senegal ($1million).Along with financial assistance Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade also offered land to host any Haitians who wanted to relocate to Africa although some Senegalese questioned where the Haitians would be housed."This Haiti thing is really disheartening only God knows why it is happening to our kind but President Wade's proposal also sounds like a joke" Aliou Mohamadou told AlertNet from his packed food store in Dakar watching footage from Haiti on local television news and listening to French radio.But "where does he expect us to lodge those people? It is a pretty thing to say but it's not realistic" he added.Even the conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo however has offered $2.5 million in assistance to Haitian quake victims although some Congolese have criticised the pledge given DR Congo's own financial dire straits. Seventy-five percent of people in DR Congo live below the poverty line.TIME TO GIVE BACKMany working in the relief field on the African continent believe it is Africa's time to give back after being the recipient of aid for so many years.The Kenyan Red Cross Society (KRCS) has launched a fundraising drive in the east African country."As Kenyans and Africans we have received a lot of aid from the rest of the world and this is our chance to give to those who are less fortunate in Haiti" KRCS Secretary General Abbas Gullet Gullet told AlertNet in a telephone interview.He said the campaign had already raised 250000 Kenyan shillings ($3400). The country's national airline Kenya Airways is also collecting coins from passengers on board its planes to give to Haiti.In the west African state of Senegal the government has said it will stage a television charity event to encourage contributions from local people."I think this is an opportunity for us those in the South to better organise ourselves and not just sit and wait for help to come from the north" Ernerst Diatta a 38 year-old bookshop employee told AlertNet in Dakar.A popular Senegalese singer Coumba Gawlo announced on Monday that she and a group of African musicians are set to release a single in honour of the Haitian people. The proceeds of the song to be written by Lokua Kanza of DR Congo will be offered to the Haitian people."Apart from the single a huge concert would be organised in Dakar involving all the artists who will take part in this project and the proceeds will also be sent to the[our] brothers of Haiti" the artist said in a statement.For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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1.DEC Haiti Appeal: Donations hit £38m,DEC
RV=246.5 2010/01/21 00:00
キーワード:DEC,Red,Vision,Cross
The Disasters Emergency Committee has announced that they have received 」38 million in donations counted so far less than a week since the first DEC broadcast appeal.With vital aid now getting through in larger quantities the public's donations will help to save and rebuild lives across Haiti. DEC member agencies are making a real difference to those affected by the Earthquake by delivering food and water purification powder and by mobilising medical teams to help those in most need.Brendan Gormley Chief Executive of the Disasters Emergency Committee commented:"Within less than a week since our broadcast appeal we have received a staggering 」38 million in donations from the public. These generous donations are much appreciated and are vital to help save lives in Haiti."Although the problems of aid distribution are real our member agencies are increasingly getting aid through to the people who need it most even in the outlying areas."I would personally like to thank members of the public who have donated and encourage anyone else to donate what they can. Aid is starting to get through to hospitals and clinics and is quite simply saving lives across Haiti."Since our last update DEC member agency work has included:Christian AidWorking with local partners Christian Aid has mobilised five medical teams of 8-10 doctors and nurses each in the areas close to the epicentre of Jacmel Leogane Petit Goave Carrefour and Martissant formely a very deprived slum near Port au Prince.In addition their partners on the ground have organised groups of young people with primary health care skills to do play therapy with children. A plane load of aid has arrived in Port au Prince carrying four huge portable hospitals with medical equipment large tents for schools blankets and water supplies including water purification tablets and jerry cans for water storage.CARE International UKOver the last several days CARE has brought clean water and water purification powder to some 14000 people and those efforts are scheduled to ramp up in the days to come. CARE also has distributed high-protein biscuits; 1500 collapsible water containers; and 1200 hygiene kits. And the organization has procured 5000 mattresses that will be handed out in the coming days.Concern WorldwideYesterday Concern did a water distribution from trucks at Place de la Paix a site for approx 8000 homeless in St Martin. The water is flowing from the trucks and people are waiting in an orderly line to fill their buckets. A Concern engineer is overseeing the construction of a platform for a 10000 litre water tank to help continue the flow of water.MerlinMerlin has set up a medical unit in Delmas 33 one of the most-affected areas now that a full surgical team and 4.8 tonnes of medical equipment has arrived. The team includes two surgeons (one focusing on limb salvaging) an anesthetist A&E consultants and nurses.Other staff are conducting assessments in affected areas such as Jacmel and Leogane. Plans are also in place to set up 14 clinics in Port-au-Prince and L駮g穗e and Petit-Go穽e both coastal towns to the west of Port-au-Prince.As well as performing emergency surgery staff are treating communicable diseases such as diarrhoea and respiratory infections. In the more long-term they are planning to rebuild and equip health centres and train local health workers.To make a donation to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal visit www.dec.org.uk or call 0370 60 60 900 donate over the counter at any post office or high street bank or send a cheque made payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.Anyone wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of 'Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC' on Facebook.- Ends -Notes to editors:キ To make a postal donation make cheques payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' and mail to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.キ Donations can be made at any high street bank or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.キ Text "GIVE" to 70077 to give 」5 to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. 」5 goes to the DEC. You pay 」5 plus the standard network SMS rate.キ The DEC consists of: Action Aid British Red Cross CAFOD CARE International UK Christian Aid Concern Worldwide Help the Aged Islamic Relief Merlin Oxfam Save the Children Tearfund World Vision.キ The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies or some of them must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.キ The DEC is very grateful for the technical advice and strategic communications support provided by BT to help us respond immediately to international disasters like the recent earthquake in Haiti. We also welcome the fact that BT are encouraging the public and their own customers to support the appeal.Media Contacts: 020 7387 0200 or 07930 999 014 (out of hours)Donations can be made at www.dec.org.uk or 0370 60 60 900
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2.Call for halt to new child adoptions in Haiti,SC
RV=246.5 2010/01/21 00:00
キーワード:DEC,Red,Vision,Cross
We're calling for an immediate halt to all new adoptions of Haitian children affected by the disaster. Efforts should focus on reuniting children who have lost their parents with extended families rather than adopting them out of the country.Thursday 21 January 2010All the agencies of the Disasters Emergency Committee of which Save the Children is a member are calling for an immediate moratorium on any new adoptions of children left on their own until full extended family tracing and reunification has been completed.Any hasty new adoptions would risk permanently breaking up families causing long-term damage to already vulnerable children and could distract from aid efforts in Haiti. Experience in such major emergencies shows that most children currently struggling to survive on their own will have living family members and efforts must be concentrated on finding them.Adoptions already in process should go ahead as long as the appropriate legal documentation is in place and the adoptions meet Haitian and international law."Taking children out of the country would permanently separate thousands of children from their families — a separation that would compound the acute trauma they are already suffering and inflict long-term damage on their chances of recovery" said Jasmine Whitbread Save the Children's Chief Executive."People wanting to help protect vulnerable children in Haiti will make the most difference by giving to agencies working to reunite children with their families and supporting relatives to care for them long-term" Whitbread continued.Unregulated adoptions could open door to traffickers"The extreme poverty in Haiti already makes children extremely vulnerable to exploitation and abuse and new unregulated adoptions could open the door to child traffickers" said Justin Byworth World Vision's Chief Executive. "We're concerned not only about premature overseas adoption but also about children increasingly being sent unaccompanied to the Dominican Republic.""The International Committee of the Red Cross continues to work closely with the Haitian Red Cross to help Haitians re-establish contact with their loved ones" said Pete Garratt British Red Cross Disaster Response Manager. "The ICRC has opened an office at the headquarters of the Haitian Red Cross in Crois de Prez to help people to locate and get back in touch with relatives."As of 18 January more than 22000 people had registered on the ICRC's special website www.icrc.org/familylinks which was activated on 14 January to help people searching for their loved ones.Family tracing programme about to launchSave the Children has teams on the ground in Haiti identifying lone children and is launching an emergency family tracing and reunification programme to reunite families and help put in place long-term support for their care.DEC members including Save the Children also strongly discourage western governments from moving large numbers of children out of Haiti unless essential for medical reasons. If children are taken for treatment the evacuating authorities must make sure that they have a caregiver or parents with them and proper records are kept of their whereabouts so they can be reunited with relatives when they are physically better.World Vision and Save the Children also call on the Government of Haiti to develop a policy on separated and unaccompanied children providing clear guidelines on how to respond to this issue. This policy should draw on the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children and the UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusion on Children at Risk.
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3.British Red Cross hygiene team heads to Haiti,BRC
RV=189.6 2010/01/21 00:00
キーワード:DEC,Red,Cross
The British Red Cross is sending an emergency hygiene team to Haiti with urgently needed sanitation equipment for the hundreds of thousands of people now living in temporary shelters or staying in makeshift camps.The team of four are bringing 110 emergency latrines a mini JCB digger and other essential hygiene kit. This mass sanitation emergency response unit (ERU) is able to deal with the sanitation needs of up to 20000 people in the aftermath of an emergencySharon Reader ERU team member said: "With so many thousands of people living out in the open air sanitation becomes absolutely paramount to prevent the spread of disease. It's important to get good safe latrines built for public health reasons and to give people some dignity in this desperate situation. We will also be doing hygiene promotion work to help people keep clean and safe. The work of our team will be absolutely vital for making sure survivors who have already been through so much can stay healthy."Relief effort intensifiesNine days after the devastating earthquake in Haiti as relief efforts intensify the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is reaching tens of thousands of people. However the situation on the ground remains desperate for survivors living amidst the rubble. Simon Schorno International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spokesman in Port-au-Prince said: "Although people and in some cases the local authorities have started to organise to find water or to collect trash hygiene is becoming a big problem."The Red Cross has already sent seventeen emergency response units (ERU) from around the world to provide support in water and sanitation logistics IT and telecommunication infrastructure health facilities and medical aid. The British Red Cross logistics ERU has been in the Dominican Republic since 16 January co-ordinating the delivery of aid being trucked to Haiti. The sanitation ERU being deployed today will provide additional support to the massive operation in Port-au-Prince.Clean water for over 12000 peopleThe ICRC is now providing water for over 12000 people living in three makeshift camps in Port-au-Prince. "Tanker trucks bring water several times a day to reservoirs we have installed so that families in the camps can drink and wash throughout the day" explained Ikthiar Aslanov an ICRC water and sanitation engineer."After the horror and difficulties of recent days it is a joy to see children drink clean water and wash themselves" said Ugo Mora another ICRC engineer.Red Cross workers continue to provide medical aid to survivors and support to struggling hospitals. The Norwegian Red Cross has set up a field hospital and more medical supplies have been delivered to the Hpital de la Paix in Port-au-Prince and to the Haitian Red Cross first aid post in the shantytown of Martissant.Healthcare outside Port-au-PrinceRed Cross health teams have reached Petit-Go穽e a coastal town some 70 kilometres south-west of Port-au-Prince where they set up two first aid posts that are now being staffed by Haitian Red Cross volunteers. First aid kits were also delivered to treat up to 500 patients.A Red Cross team also went to L駮gane a city south-west of the capital for a second time. "Unfortunately there is as much suffering in L駮gane as there is in Port-au-Prince" said Hassan Nasreddine the ICRC surgeon who led the health team. "So far many patients in L駮gane could not be treated because the city's main hospital lacks everything."The Red Cross will deliver medical supplies to the city in the coming days.Handling the dead with dignityThe Red Cross is distributing body bags body tags gloves masks and other essential items to local mortuaries. Two ICRC forensic experts have arrived in Port-au-Prince to advise the Haitian authorities on the proper collection of information on the dead and on the dignified handling of bodies."We want to help dispel the myth that the dead spread disease which is prevalent in Port-au-Prince and has led to mass cremations and pit burials" said Morris Tidball-Binz who is overseeing the ICRC's forensics efforts in the city.AppealThe British Red Cross is fundraising as part of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) – which brings together 13 leading UK charities in times of major crises. So far thanks to the unprecedented generosity of the public the DEC has raised 」38 million. However the sheer scale of this disaster means much more will be needed.In the event that we raise more money than can be reasonably and efficiently spent any surplus funds will be used to help us prepare for and respond to other humanitarian disasters either overseas or here in the UK.
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4.More aid loaded at Oxfam warehouse for Haiti Earthquake: Aid loaded and transported to Stansted Airport for flight donated by British Airways on Friday,Oxfam
RV=189.6 2010/01/21 00:00
キーワード:DEC,Red,Cross
Fifty tonnes of aid equipment which will help thousands of people in Haiti devastated by last week's earthquake will be packed up at Oxfam's warehouse today ready to be flown out tomorrow.The aid - including tools wheelbarrows latrine slabs and water tanks – will be loaded onto lorries at the international agency's warehouse in Bicester Oxfordshire to be transported to Stansted Airport. The aid will be flown to the Dominican Republic tomorrow morning on a flight generously donated free of charge by British Airways. The aid will then go by truck to Haiti.The emergency equipment paid for by public donations to the Disasters Emergency Committee Haiti Earthquake Appeal which has so far raised 」31.5m in just one week. Increasing amounts of Oxfam aid is being distributed on a daily basis.Oxfam is starting to work in seven sites across the Haitian capital targeting 92000 people with life-saving aid – clean water safe sanitation hygiene kits and plastic sheeting for temporary shelters. The equipment from Stansted will boost the humanitarian effort further.Oxfam's Humanitarian director Jane Cocking said: "It is encouraging to see more and more aid being flown out so our team in Haiti can give the humanitarian support needed by thousands of people in Haiti. As well as looking at their immediate needs Oxfam will be putting its long-term work back on track so that people can put their lives back together for the future. This is being made possible by the tremendous support from the British public."The aid will be packed onto a British Airways flight at Stansted along with aid from the Red Cross. Additional aid from the World Food Programme and Unicef will be loaded on the plane in Denmark before being flown into Santa Domingo airport on Saturday evening.//EndsMedia are welcome to film photograph or carry out interviews at Oxfam's Emergency Aid Warehouse in Bicester Oxfordshire today 12 noon – 3pm.For more information contact:Lucy Brinicombe in Oxford 07786 110054 / 01865 472192 / lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.ukRebecca Wynn in Bicester: 07769 887139The Disasters Emergency Committee – a group of the 13 leading UK aid agencies including Oxfam - has launched a joint appeal for funds. The public can donate to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal by calling 0370 60 60 900 or visiting the website http://www.dec.org.uk/ The funds are desperately needed.Lucy BrinicombePress Officer - Climate ChangeOxfam Media Unit+44 (0)1865 472192+44 (0)7786 110054www.oxfam.org.uk
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5.ADRA Feeds Thousands in Haiti,ADRA
RV=172.6 2010/01/21 00:00
キーワード:Adra,Council
Wahroonga New South Wales — The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) distributed nearly 13000 rations of high-energy nutritional biscuits donated by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in several sites in Port-au-Prince Haiti on January 18. Each ration can feed a person for five days."Thousands of people remain in makeshift camps where the food and sanitation situation is precarious" said Richard Jaqua a staff member who is helping to coordinate the logistics for ADRA's emergency response. He reported that the distribution of food is crucial as supplies in the capital's stores and marketplaces have become limited and extremely expensive.ADRA also continues to provide urgent water supplies and medical care to approximately 25000 internally displaced people who have sought refuge at the grounds of the Haiti Adventist University and the Adventist Hospital of Haiti.ADRA in partnership with Global Medic has already established several clean water access points at the site with plans to install 20 more. ADRA also expects to distribute more water supplies provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with thousands already receiving water purification tablets. To improve sanitation at the site ADRA is constructing 60 latrines.In addition ADRA will distribute a shipment of 450kgs of medical supplies received from International Aid and medical supplies worth $15000 donated by Heart to Heart International. ADRA has already distributed approximately 30 boxes of medical supplies at the hospital and continues to provide medical assistance to the injured.To implement these initial response activities ADRA is also partnering with Food for the Poor which is assisting in the distribution of medical and food supplies; Johanniter International a non-profit association that is providing medical supplies for hospital staff; GARSA a Colombian rescue and relief group in partnership with ADRA Colombia; International Relief and Development (IRD); and donors in Puerto Rico.The worldwide ADRA network urgently needs US$1 million to help communities rebuild in the long-term. ADRA Australia has opened a Haiti Earthquake Appeal and is calling for support for the response efforts in the region. Donations can be made to ADRA Australia by calling 1800 242 372 or visiting www.adra.org.au. Donations to ADRA Australia's Haiti Earthquake Appeal will be used to support the disaster recovery and reconstruction efforts in the area. If the appeal raises more funds than are needed donations will be allocated to ADRA Australia's ongoing emergency management activities.International ADRA network partners currently supporting the response efforts include ADRA International ADRA Australia ADRA New Zealand ADRA Czech Republic ADRA United Kingdom ADRA China ADRA Denmark ADRA Switzerland ADRA Norway ADRA Canada ADRA Ireland ADRA Portugal ADRA Sweden ADRA Netherlands ADRA Austria and ADRA Japan.ADRA Australia is a non-government organisation (NGO) engaging in sustainable development projects and emergency management activities for people in need in Australia the Pacific Asia and Africa. It is a member of the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) and has full accreditation with the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). It is a member of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) and is a signatory to ACFID's Code of Conduct. ADRA Australia is part of the international ADRA network which has a presence in 125 countries. ADRA is the worldwide humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. For more information about ADRA Australia or to sign up for email updates visit www.adra.org.au.
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1.Secretary-General's press encounter with President Bill Clinton UN Special Envoy for Haiti [revised unofficial transcript],OSSG
RV=269.1 2010/01/22 00:00
キーワード:question,Vision,Irish,UNICEF,Council
Watch the Media Stakeout WebcastNew York 21 January 2010SG: Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen.I am honoured to be joined by President [Bill] Clinton United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti. I appreciate the strong leadership and commitment of President Clinton acting as the Envoy of the United Nations acting as a spokesperson for Haiti. And your leadership and global reach at this time of need for Haiti has never been more in demand. And I count on your Fontinuing support and leadershipNo one is a better friend for Haiti and for the United Nations.We had a very good meeting. You will understand that we will now have to move from the emergency response phase to more on-going relief and early recovery and eventually the reconstruction phase of Haitian economy. This is what we have discussed and I am very much encouraged by such a strong commitment and leadership of President Clinton.We have three priorities: first continuing to provide humanitarian assistance with effective mechanisms to deliver all the relief items to the people who need it.And second to provide security and stability for people. You have seen the Security Council has approved the increase of 3500 military and police forces. We have been receiving quite positive responses from Member States. We will be able to deploy them quite quickly.Thirdly the reconstruction of the Haitian economy. I am going to dispatch [Emergency Relief Coordinator] John Holmes and [UN Development Programme Administrator] Helen Clark for the ministerial meeting which will be held in Montreal in Canada next Monday 25 January.The United Nations together with the World Bank the Inter-American Development Bank and the European Commission are going to conduct a post-disaster assessment which will be used to align with international cooperation for reconstruction.During my recent visit to Haiti I have met many people. What they asked us was that of course they need water food and shelter the basic needs. They need a better future and permanent jobs work with dignity. Therefore I have asked President Clinton if he can work on this Cash for Work programme. Through this Cash for Work programme we can employ many young men and women who can really devote themselves to the early phase of recovery: cleaning the streets and cleaning demolished places and also other economic activities.UNDP has made a Flash Appeal for $41 million. We have not yet received much response from the international community. We hope to have a generous positive support for that. By creating jobs by creating work for all these people this would contribute to revitalize their economy.I am again glad that President Clinton has committed himself to work together with the United Nations on this. This is something [on] which we will work together. And of course I will work together with President Pr騅al Prime Minister Bellerive for better coordinated work enhancing the institution building of the Haitian Government.Thank you very much.President Clinton: Thank you. I will be very brief so we can answer your questions.I think the Secretary-General has pretty well summed it up but I would like to tell you what this looks like from my perspective and what I signed on to do before the earthquake which was to help the Haitian Government and people implement the development strategy that they themselves had adopted. Now it's really important to get the immediate emergency aid up to scale. There must be maybe 2 million people who need food or water. A million will need shelter. Still unmet medical needs. And Mr. Mulet the leader of our mission down there is in Jacmel and Leogane today. He's looking at the other communities that were severely damaged.I think the Cash for Work programme is the next step and it's really important. The United States has a lot of experience with that in the Middle East and Afghanistan; it's really important to give young people something positive to do and a lot of people there want to be a part of rebuilding their country.And then what I've been doing beyond that is going back to the investors who came to our investor conference and expressed interest; the people who came to my Global Initiative and made very specific commitments to Haiti I met with them yesterday in southern Florida; the NGO community that's been working with us – we're trying to get everybody signed on for the long haul. And I'm really encouraged at the way that the UN and the United States and the Government of Haiti have begun working together on the ground.I personally believe that they're going to be given the opportunity to in effect re-imagine their country through the rebuilding of Port au Prince the rebuilding of these other places through opening new airports opening new ports. And I have specifically urged the people who have made investment commitments there outside the Port au Prince area where they can be affected now to go and do it now – 70 percent of the country is living outside the Port au Prince area. And I see getting out of this earthquake as a part of Haiti's larger development strategy and I think it should be integrated into that and I believe the leaders of Haiti agree with that. And insofar as I can help I will do it. Thank you.Q: Mr. Secretary-General could you talk a little bit more about your third point? You said you discussed reconstruction so could you give us some specifics about the reconstruction.And President Clinton you had a plan as you said to get investors in there but you have a huge amount of destruction in front of you. How much do you have to shove down the page and put reconstruction of Port au Prince at the top of the page and get people to focus on that?SG: When President Clinton and I began to work last year for the reconstruction of the Haitian economy we had a good plan and we had received good support. There was an international pledging conference organized by IDP last year in Washington DC. Now with this unfortunate tragic disaster we need to have an assessment a [inaudible] assessment. That is what the United Nations World Bank IDP and the European Commission are going to conduct very soon. After that on the basis of this we need to get support from the international community for a more robust economic reconstruction of Haiti. That is what we are going to do. The Flash Appeal which we made last week in the amount $570 million has been receiving good support. But this is for the very limited emergency response. So we may have to have much more international assistance for this reconstruction.And I need President Clinton's leadership to mobilize political [inaudible] as well as encourage donors and the business communities to invest and provide assistance.President Clinton: In response to your specific question to me some of the goals involving the larger Port au Prince area may have to be re-altered. But think New Orleans after Katrina. So the Government will want to have new building standards so that the buildings they rebuild are more hurricane and earthquake-resistant. But they may also be able to do what's being done in the Lower Ninth Ward and at lower costs build more energy efficient buildings using all kinds of different materials that are handy to them that will encourage better sanitation less deforestation a lot of other things. This is an opportunity here.Outside the Port au Prince area there should be no delay if anything there should be an acceleration. The Royal Caribbean Lines resumed immediately its stops in Labadee. If the airport could proceed in Cap Haitien you would get some more investors for resorts there. That is just one example. The reforestation programme in terms of increasing the mangrove trees that can continue. And I could give you ten other examples outside the area that would only help the rebuilding of Port au Prince by strengthening the infrastructure of the [inaudible] Haitian Government.Q: President Clinton there are a lot of people a lot of individuals interested in donating money to Haiti now but some concern about how much money actually gets into Haiti. What would you recommend. Should people go to more established charities? What is the best way to help Haitians?President Clinton: Well first I think right now we are still sufficiently in the emergency phase that we are better off giving cash to people that you know you can trust to turn it into products and services than sending things down there. I did take an airplane full of very specific medial supplies but only because I had an order list a mile long from the biggest hospital so that they could do 24-hour a day surgeries. But we don't want materials piling up on the airport. So that's my first recommendation.My second recommendation is I think that it's good to give to established groups but they should be established groups with a heavy presence in Haiti. You know UNICEF you know the World Food Programme you know Partners in Health you know OXFAM you know World Vision a faith-based group. You know there are lots of groups that we work with there. I think that right now that is what they need most of all. You are most likely to do the most good with a cash donation no matter how small because we are still working out the logistics. A month from now we may put out an appeal just for blankets; we may put out an appeal for a certain kind of tent. But right now it would be irresponsible because it's all we can do logistically to deliver what we are purchasing ourselves and bringing in ourselves.Q: My first question is about how is going to be the cooperation between the Clinton-Bush Fund and the UN – how is the fund going to be managed? How are they going to be addressed in the recovery of Haiti in the long term. And also Mr. President you talk about some companies some people made commitments to the recovery - can you tell me if they are private companies American companies or foreign?President Clinton: Let me answer your first question. President [George W.] Bush and I asked the American people who wanted to give money and trusted us to distribute it to give it to us. We hope we will be able to have some of that fund saved for the reconstruction projects. So for example suppose the Haitians want to bring in some people that help redesign the urban setting and figure out how they can create the largest number of jobs and the most energy-efficient buildings and all that – we want to be able to have some money there because we don't know if there will be government money available for it at the time. So we will spend some of our money now and some later.The second question you asked was about the private sector. These are by and large businesses that either are operating in Haiti or are interested in operating in Haiti – some American some European. The coordinator of that effort Denis O'Brien is an Irish businessman who owns Digicel the big cell company there and employs a very large number of young Haitians selling his cards and he basically is driving this process for our group and making everybody keep their commitments so I think you may see some more private sector commitments announced in the next couple of weeks not just for aid but for job generation.Q: President Clinton who makes the ultimate decision when the Haitian Government says 'I need money for a certain thing' and they propose something to you? Is it your ultimate decision? Can you say no that is not the way to go? How is the direction there?President Clinton: Maybe the Secretary-General should answer that instead of me. What they have tried to do and I admire this so much and now they are trying to build physical facilities to make it more efficient at the airport. There have been very few authority struggles since this earthquake. You have got the UN there with its coordinating role with its various agencies delivering direct services working with the United States both of them trying to work with the Haitian Government. Thankfully all the Ministers are now clearly saved and the President and Prime Minister have been given the opportunity to work out of office space at the airport so I think they are doing it in a cooperative fashion. In the end it's their country and their future. But when they ask us for something now it is normally evident that they need it and that they have reached the judgment that they need it more than they need something else right now. So far we have not had any conflicts to be resolved in that way.Q: I asked that question because of your history of working with the Government on the island so I just wanted to see if you sense that there may be something different this time around because of the enormity of what you are doing?President Clinton: Maybe but when I was down there I was with the Prime Minister and President [Ren饐 Pr騅al was over in the Dominican Republic meeting with the donor nations. So [inaudible] Prime Minister and I talked to the First Lady when I got back to Florida about building the schools back. The think that impresses me is how in the midst of this awful tragedy they are imagining the future. They are really trying to think differently. They understand that for all of the burdens of this they have a bigger responsibility than ever before to give the Haitian people a different and better future. And so all I can tell you is so far we've got no problems. Maybe we will. I hope we do have some disagreements. If we don't have any it means someone's not thinking. But so far it's good.
2.Current Situation of Cooperation from Japan to Haiti,Govt. Japan
RV=164.4 2010/01/22 00:00
キーワード:question,Red,UNICEF
Extract from the Press Conference by the Deputy Press Secretary 21 January 2010Mr. Sobashima: Second is the current situation of the cooperation from Japan to Haiti. I think you are already aware that Japan offered emergency assistance including assistance of US$5 million going to the recipients through three channels. The first is through UNICEF US$1.5 million through the World Food Programme (WFP) US$3 million and the rest through the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).Yesterday the Minister of Defense decided to dispatch a medical team consisting of about 100 people. This team consisting of Self-Defense Forces personnel will leave Japan tonight and travel to Haiti from Miami in C-130 aircraft.After their arrival in Haiti they plan to engage in medical services taking over from the existing medical team of the Japan Disaster Relief Team. We hope that those contributions from Japan would contribute to improve the situation there.From myself these are two topics that I would like to introduce to you and I am ready to take your comments or questions.
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3.UNFPA helps mothers deliver safely in Haiti,UN Radio
RV=154.6 2010/01/22 00:00
キーワード:Irish,Red,UNICEF
Listen to the NewsAmid the destruction of the earthquake in Haiti television cameras caught the miracle of life as at least two women on Wednesday gave birth in the hard-hit capital Port-au-Prince. The doctors who helped these women used safe delivery supplies from the UNFPA the United Nations Population Fund. Bissera Kostova spoke to the chief of UNFPA's Humanitarian Response Branch Dr. Jemilah Mahmood to find out all the ways the Fund helps women in disasters.Mahmood: UNFPA responds in crises in several areas. The first is providing emergency obstetric care and reproductive health kits which means we provide clean delivery kits we provide equipment for deliveries in health centers including emergency Caesarian sections. In the package we also have a comprehensive reproductive health needs including post-rep kits including surgical instruments medication and so forth. On top of that we also ensure that we protect women's dignity by providing them with sanitary towels with basic things like underwear hygiene items and so forth. On the other hand we also ensure that programs are gender-sensitive and we also look into the protection issues on ensuring that women have a minimal risk of gender-based violence and this we do through deployment of experts on gender-based violence in coordination and working again with partners to ensure that this happens.Bissera: The situation in Haiti is especially dire because some hospitals were destroyed. How do you estimate the needs there?Mahmood: Well based on our rough estimates using demographic data that was available before the crisis as well as on an estimate of 3 million people who are affected UNFPA feels that there are approximated 63 thousand women who are currently pregnant in Port-au-Prince and the area. Seven thousand of them we estimate will deliver in the coming month and about 15% of all the pregnant women will also require care for life-threatening-pregnancy complications and newborns are also at very high risk. We have to remember that Haiti has one of the highest maternity mortality rates in the region.Bissera: So what have you sent so far?Mahmood: We have sent reproductive health kits. The kits that we have sent can cater for 150 thousand women for the next 6 months and we'll be sending more dignity kits and more hygiene kits as I speak - in fact they are being deployed they have already been distributed in the border area in Jimani and more actually going into Haiti itself.Bissera: I understand there were two births yesterday?Mahmood: Yes I saw on the television in fact on BBC - I estimate that there were more than two births but the ones that were picked up were obviously the dramatic ones who didn't manage to get to hospital. As you can imagine one of the biggest challenges faced there is that there is destruction of infrastructure there's problem with transport and therefore many women do not have access to health care facilities because of that. And it's a very sad situation. I think everyone is doing their best both from the UN and non-UN sector and we need to see how we can ensure that we can try to restore some semblance of a functioning health system in the midst of all this chaos.Bissera: I assume that women that are already in labor will find their way to a hospital but what about those who as you said will deliver in the next month? Can you ensure that they will get some proper care?Mahmood: What we do at UNFPA is in the reproductive health kits that I mentioned earlier there is something called a clean delivery kit. It's a very basic delivery kit that can be distributed to all women already pregnant so anyone who is visibly pregnant can receive the kit. In it it contains a clean piece of cloth a sterile knife to cut the cord a cord clamp a plastic sheet and so forth so that if they have to deliver where they are - their home or in their tents - they are using clean material and equipment.Bissera: I read somewhere that women need different means of communication and they were looking for a UNFPA expert to go to Haiti so that they can reach the women in informal places. Can you tell me about that?Mahmood: Yes. UNFPA is going to work with partners from OCHA as well as UNICEF and also the non-UN sector - that's primarily the Irish Red Cross Save the Children on a project of communication with disaster-affected population. What we are finding is that women don't have access to mobile phones and other means of communication to either report their needs or to be contacted. And women you know communicate in very different ways in Haiti - they use the radios a lot they sometimes meet at wells and water-collecting points where they exchange information. What we are planning to do is send an expert in communication out there to work on this programme with the partners with the radio stations to make sure that some key messages and information is going to be out there for women so that they know where to get help they know that they can address some of the issues through certain channels and we will also ensure that gender issues and protection are also covered in that.Bissera: Thank you very much. Do you have anything to add?Mahmood: I think what I want to add is that the entire UN and the aid community is really doing its best but that this is a disaster that is really a very large-scale one. Personally I have been involved in many large-scale-disasters from the tsunami to the Pakistan earthquake to the Indonesian earthquake but you know in those instances you had some semblances of infrastructure you have a clear logistics capability. In this way you know we are crippled by the fact that logistics is really difficult. And don't forget our colleagues in the field whether they're from the UN or non-UN are all affected by this disaster and we have lost so many of the human capital that makes up the aid community and you know this is something that I appeal to the entire world to recognize that this is not business as usual and that we are all trying to do our best.Dr. Jemilah Mahmood from the UN Population Fund.Duration: 5'59"
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4.DEC Haiti Appeal: Daily increases in donations received ensures aid is being delivered directly to people in Haiti,DEC
RV=145.7 2010/01/22 00:00
キーワード:DEC,Vision
One week since the first Disasters Emergency Committee broadcast appeal the DEC Haiti Earthquake appeal has increased to 」42 million in donations counted so far. This is a 」4 million increase since yesterday. This sustained giving by the UK public each day has ensured that vital aid is being delivered directly to people in Haiti through DEC member agencies.Brendan Gormley Chief Executive of the Disasters Emergency Committee commented:"Just over one week from the earthquake that hit Haiti the remarkable generosity of the UK public has continued to make possible the vital work that is being done by our member agencies on the ground in Haiti. More and more water food household items and medical supplies are getting through to the earthquake survivors."These generous donations will not only greatly aid our immediate work but also help us work with survivors to rebuild new lives from the ruins."Since our last update DEC member agencies work has included:Action AidYesterday ActionAid Haiti began distributing over 200 tonnes of food – enough for 9000 people to last two weeks. The food items is being supplied to people in two camps in Marianni and consists of:- 1300 Bags of Rice 25kg- 350 Jerry Can (5 gal)- 900 Bags of Raw Sugar 50kg- 1500 Bags of Flour 50kg- 500 cases of Salmon- 2500 Bags of Corn 25KgCafod (Caritas)Survivors in the Haitian city of L駮g穗e received blankets water purification tablets tents and tarpaulins from Cafod's partner charity Caritas. At least 30 tonnes of aid arrived from Germany by plane in Port-au-Prince. This was unloaded with the help of 50 parish volunteers and trucked it to L駮g穗e.Help the Age & Help Age InternationalHelpAge hired a bus full of supplies and drove it from Santo Domingo to Port au Prince. The supplies delivered included rice sugar cornmeal corned beef sardines water juices snacks tarpaulin tents cup soups biscuits cooking oil and adult diapers. They have distributed the supplies to 400 families through HelpAge's local partners CARPA and SHAA.There are currently 329 temporary living camps in Port au Prince. HelpAge is currently working in ten of them including the one at the Municipal nursing home to assess the needs of older people.MerlinMerlin has set up a field hospital in Delmas 33 where surgeons are performing on average 15 operations a day and treating over 80 first aid and triage cases. The priority is to salvage limbs which have become infected. The team is also concentrating on treating and preventing communicable diseases and reproductive health.Health experts are currently carrying out assessments in Jacmel Carrefour Petit-Goave and Croix de Bouquet.OxfamOxfam is starting to work in seven sites across the Haitian capital targeting 92000 people with life-saving aid – clean water safe sanitation hygiene kits and plastic sheeting for temporary shelters.Fifty tonnes of aid equipment packed up at Oxfam's warehouse will be flown out this afternoon to boost this humanitarian effort further.The aid - including tools wheelbarrows latrine slabs and water tanks will be flown to the Dominican Republic and will then go by truck to Haiti.World VisionYesterday World Vision opened two centres for children in the Haiti-Dominican Republic border town of Jimani. The centres provide safe places for children to seek protection and care during the aftermath of the earthquake.So far World Vision has reached 10000 people with supplies including food blankets collapsible water containers hygiene kits kitchen kits water clothing and tarpaulins.Distributions also continue today to local hospitals and medical clinics specifically treating quake victims for free. A mobile clinic with capacity to help about 100 people a day has also been set up to treat minor injuries.World Vision is partnering with a local restaurant to prepare and distribute hot meals to earthquake survivors. Food will be provided by World Vision and the restaurant will do the rest.To make a donation to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal visit www.dec.org.uk or call 0370 60 60 900 donate over the counter at any post office or high street bank or send a cheque made payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.Anyone wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal http://twitter.com/decappeal" href="http://twitter.com/decappeal">http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of 'Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC' on Facebook.
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5.WITNESS: Haiti: do journalists help in disasters?,Reuters - AlertNet
RV=117.3 2010/01/22 00:00
キーワード:question,Red
By Andrew CawthornePORT-AU-PRINCE Jan 22 (Reuters) - "Can you help?"."Oh ... maybe the American soldiers or the Red Cross up there can.""No can YOU help? I need YOU to help my baby."The Haitian woman carrying the wounded feverish child caught me off guard during some interviews with earthquake survivors in a refugee camp.Looking me in the eye with dignified insistence she posed the question that has wormed away uncomfortably at foreign correspondents for generations: can we help?Sometimes as in Haiti during the dark days since the Jan. 12 disaster the chronicler cannot avoid being participant however much he or she wants the notebook or camera to be a shield.This baby's face was so covered with cuts pus and sores that it was hard to look. Around him in the same camp were 50000 other refugees.Beyond them in myriad other camps were hundreds of thousands more: homeless hungry and hurt by the earthquake. Not though to be treated as objects of pity: many were carrying out acts of heroism the likes of which we weedy hacks would never be capable.So did we help -- the hordes of us who leapt on flights and into the backs of trucks to report the disaster that put Haiti so horribly back on the world map?Our countless words and images surely helped galvanize the unprecedented international response. Our visits to corners of Port-au-Prince where no-one was receiving anything must have added urgency and direction to the delivery of aid.We gave voices to the homeless and our stories of rescues in the rubble the solidarity of Haitians on the streets brought a modicum of hope.To detractors though the media once again jumped on a tragedy to exploit the suffering get in the way of the rescuers and waste precious resources with the gasoline food and water needed to keep our expensive operations going."ONE GOOD TURN A DAY"And what about the long-term?Organizations like my own keep a full-time reporter in Haiti. Joseph Guyler Delva's home collapsed and he has evacuated his wife and children to Canada yet he is still reporting on his country and will continue to do so day-in day-out long after the "parachute" correspondents pull out.Despite that media interest will dim as the days and weeks pass just when Haiti needs the world to stick with it for the long run.Veteran journalists from all round the world came to cover the Haiti disaster and it was interesting to see how they handled the often unspoken question of how to help: whether to photograph or carry the wounded baby first.A few threw themselves into the relief effort helping transport the wounded to medical posts doing some basic first aid or trying to find missing parents of children.Others hauled their consciences through by doing 'one good turn' each day.Some stuck just to their trade figuring they did not have the skills or calling to do what the many professional medics soldiers and relief workers were there for.Crossing the border from Haiti to the Dominican Republic before flying home these questions buzzed in the mind as trucks loaded with aid raced by in the opposite direction.Any professional pride in the last week's work seemed irrelevant offensive almost.Images of past assignments in Iraq Somalia Peru floated in and out of a sleepy and stressed mind. Hurricanes conflicts plane crashes mudslides bombings merged with the harrowing sights and smells of Port-au-Prince.The help question burned deeper.The baby? He received treatment don't worry.Did I help? I just don't know. (Edited by Kieran Murray)For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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1.As Haitian Rescues Dwindle Relief Efforts Focus on Medical Treatment and Meeting Basic Needs,PAHO
RV=131.4 2010/01/23 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,Andrus,Medical
Washington D.C. Jan. 22 2010 (PAHO) — The chances of finding new survivors in the rubble of last week's earthquake in Haiti are now minimal said a top Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) official today. But many survivors need urgent medical attention if they are to recover fully from injuries sustained in the quake.In addition ensuring access to clean water food and shelter and preventing violence and crime are essential to avert more illness and suffering for the Haitian population in the near and longer term."At this point in the relief efforts our top health priorities remain treating people with crush injuries fractures and lacerations providing post-operative care and preventing conditions such as acute malnutrition and dehydration while also ensuring basic supplies like food and water and—importantly—security" said PAHO's Deputy Director Dr. Jon Andrus.He said many quake survivors have serious wounds that have still not been treated or have not been properly treated and that infection of wounds is a major problem that needs immediate attention.Relief organizations from around the world are working hard to address these needs.There are now more than 50 teams from different countries and organizations that providing health services to sick and injured Haitians Andrus reported. There are 40 health facilities that are functioning in Port-au-Prince including eight field hospitals set up by various countries and organizations.Many functioning hospitals are working with the support of nongovernmental organizations such as Doctors without Borders the Red Cross and Medical Emergency Relief International (Merlin). Field hospitals set up by various countries are providing essential medical treatment including urgently needed specialized care.For example France's field hospital is providing obstetric surgical care Brazil's is carrying out neurologic and facial surgeries and Russia's is doing orthopedic surgery.The USNS Comfort ship which has a 1000-bed capacity arrived in Haiti yesterday as did a team of 20 trauma experts from Mexico.Getting aid to an estimated 1 million Haitians who have been left homeless by the earthquake is a major priority Andrus said. There are about 600 spontaneous settlements that have sprung up in the country as a result of people abandoning their damaged or destroyed homes and neighborhoods.Andrus cited some progress in getting safe water to people. He said there are currently about 75 to 80 distribution sites providing water to 130000-180000 people daily. In addition the U.S. military reports it has distributed 1.4 million bottles of water and the Red Cross says it is providing water to 12000 people in three settlement areas."There are many others who are distributing water along with food but there are gaps" said Andrus. "We understand that Cite-Soleil the capital's poorest neighborhood is facing a critical water shortage."UNICEF is among a number of organizations building new latrines while PAHO/WHO is helping Haitian authorities collect and safely dispose of waste from latrines as well as hospital waste. Other organizations and countries including Dubai are sending water treatment and sanitation equipment.Special PAHO software for managing the distribution of humanitarian relief supplies LLS/SUMA is now functioning at the airport in Port-au-Prince. DHL the international shipping company is helping to support the system Andrus said.He welcomed news of a new a cash-for-work program set up by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to help the local economy by hiring Haitians to clear and repair streets restore electricity and do other recovery work.As of today PAHO/WHO has channeled over $12 million in cash and in-kind donations to Haiti from countries and partner donors Andrus noted.PAHO was established in 1902 and is the world's oldest public health organization. It works with all the countries of the Americas to improve the health and quality of life of the people of the Americas and serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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2.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #10 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010,USAID
RV=111.4 2010/01/23 00:00
キーワード:CRS,Medical
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated January 21 2010.KEY DEVELOPMENTS- On January 22 the USNS LUMMUS arrived in Port-au-Prince transporting USAID/OFDA-provided relief supplies including 3552 kitchen sets to benefit more than 17000 individuals and 400 rolls of plastic sheeting to serve the shelter needs of 20000 individuals as well as water fuel and rubble removal equipment.- According to unconfirmed January 21 media reports Government of Haiti (GoH) Minister of the Interior Paul Antoine Bien-Aim・announced plans to establish tented settlements outside Port-au-Prince for 400000 displaced individuals. Although the timeline remains unknown temporary relocation would start as soon as possible with initial plans to relocate 100000 individuals to 10 settlements near Croix-des-Bouquets town.- On January 21 the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) visited the Petin-Ville Country Club where approximately 10000 families have sought shelter. USAID partner Catholic Relief Services (CRS) commenced distributions of P.L. 480 Title II food commodities. Families will receive a 15-day ration of lentils flour and oil. One U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) is operational at the site and has been providing health services since January 21.- As of January 22 USAID has contributed $90 million to the U.N. appeal including $22 million in non-food assistance and $68 million in food assistance. Additional contributions of nearly $90 million in assistance for search-and-rescue health and other support had also been committed as of January 22 bringing total USAID assistance to Haiti for the earthquake to nearly $180 million.
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3.Statement of SOS Children's Villages concerning international adoption in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake,SOS
RV=105.4 2010/01/23 00:00
キーワード:SOS
23/01/2010 - During a catastrophic emergency like the earthquake in Haiti pictures of injured and vulnerable children hungry or traumatised stir high emotions. Many people react instinctively and want to give these children what they have apparently lost: safety love and a caring family. In such circumstances urgent requests for and offers of adoption are manifold and understandable. However the reality on the ground is different.It will take weeks or even months to register children who are on their own and reunite them with their families. It will take months to identify those children who have lost both their parents and extended family and are left with no one to care for them.In the meantime children affected by the earthquake need immediate care shelter food drinking water clothes and stability. Skilled care workers with experience in working with traumatised children and minimizing the stress are required to restore a sense of security and belonging.SOS Children's Villages together with other organisations has started an emergency programme for unaccompanied children. This includes the provision of safe drinking water food clothes emergency health care sanitation and the establishing of safe spaces for children.In the coming weeks and months the SOS Children's Villages Emergency Programme will provide temporary care for children separated from their families. The primary aim is to trace families and the reintegration of children with their parents extended family or family friends who are willing and able to care for the child. The validity of relationships and the confirmation of the willingness of the child and family member to be reunited must be verified for every child.For children with no family at all or with an extended family that is not able to care for the children the best possible solution for the individual child will be found. Special attention will be given to keeping siblings together. Decisions regarding adoption or any other form of permanent care solution should definitely not be made as an immediate response to the emergency.SOS Children's Villages acknowledges adoption as an appropriate care solution for children who have lost their parents and have no extended family who are willing and able to care for them. However it is the conviction of SOS Children's Villages that children should grow up learning their native language within their own culture and faith. Only in circumstances where adequate local possibilities have been exhausted proper legal channels have been followed and the fundamental principles of international adoption as established by the Hague Adoption Convention have been met should international adoption be considered.In the specific case of the earthquake in Haiti international adoption should be avoided until every effort has been undertaken to reunite each child with her/his family or to provide suitable care within the country complying with international legal standards such as the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children.
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4.SOS Children's Villages' relief programmes in Haiti to reach up to 40000 people,SOS
RV=105.4 2010/01/23 00:00
キーワード:SOS
22/01/2010 - After careful assessment of the situation on the ground and available resources SOS Children's Villages' relief teams have developed a plan for the weeks months to come. It includes several forms of support adapted to a range of different needs from immediate supplies of what is needed most all the way to long-term care for children who have lost their families.It has been more than a week since an earthquake of devastating force hit Haiti and thousands of destitute people are still roaming the streets in search of food water medical supplies and in many cases their loved ones. The range of individual needs is almost as wide as the numbers of people affected by the disaster are great. This chaotic situation calls for a well-structured response and SOS Children's Villages' international team of experienced relief coordinators has set up a plan that will respond to the different needs of the population and has the capacity to reach 25700 children and their families some 40000 people in total.SOS Children's Villages has a special responsibility towards the most vulnerable victims of this disaster: children who have lost their families to the earthquake or have not been able to find them since. Their swift identification registration and admission to temporary or possibly long-term care in SOS facilities is a top priority and requires the unbureaucratic exchange of data between relief organisations on the ground. As one of the very few organisations with still operational facilities inside the zone of destruction SOS Children's Villages Haiti has the capacity to take in up to 500 unaccompanied children either until they can be reunited with their families or until an alternative long-term solution can be found.In the communities around Santo SOS Children's Villages had been running several social programmes to support familes through a total of 16 SOS community centres when the earthquake hit. Six of these have been reopened and more are expected to reopen in the days and weeks to come. Using these centres as outposts SOS Children's Villages is already providing 1000 children and their families with what they need most i.e. food water medical supplies and even building materials for the reconstruction of their homes. Once more centres have been opened they will be able to supply up to 7000 children and adults with basic necessities.Amid all these efforts to ensure that the children and families that were already being supported by SOS Children's Villages previously to the earthquake are provided for SOS relief teams also gave immediate support to the general population. They will extend this support to areas where SOS Children's Villages has not been active so far. Provisions of food and other basic supplies in this time of crisis can directly reach up to 32000 children and adults.Naturally SOS Children's Villages will also ensure that the 200 children in the SOS families are safe and have all the care and support they need as well as providing temporary shelter and support to the SOS co-workers and their families whose homes were flattened by the earthquake some 225 people all in all.Today the third shipment of emergency relief goods arrived in the SOS Children's Village in Santo. It consists of food packages that can each provide up to 120 people with sufficient food to last a week hygiene kits and medical supplies.
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5.Sudden encounters impromptu conversations lead to plans to save lives,Mercy Corps
RV=85.9 2010/01/23 00:00
キーワード:Corps,Medical
Posted January 22 2010 11:50 am by Roger BurksPort-au-Prince Hopital General (General Hospital) — We talked to Veronique Sufra the administrative deputy for the kitchen here at Port-au-Prince's main hospital about food and nutritional needs at the hospital. She said that they needed fresh produce here. They have a supplier who delivers dry goods but need things like fresh fruit and vegetables.We talk about helping them stock up on rice beans cooking oil sugar and flour — items that are in short supply — to help feed the patients (of which there are at least 700 here) who are subsisting on sporadic food provided by NGOs and the military right now.Mercy Corps' Carol Ward suggests that the patients need some kind of protein — eggs most likely and also milk.Jenny suggests that we get a list of ingredients — especially fresh produce — from the kitchen staff and then go determine the price of these items in the local market then give them the weekly cash to buy these items for food preparation.Carol talks to Veronique about not giving milk to babies under six months who should be breastfeeding. That is unless the mother has perished is unable to breastfeed or has HIV/AIDS."When we return with the dry goods tomorrow you can give us a list for fresh produce and we'll work with you to come up with a system of supply and delivery" Jenny tells Veronique.Jenny gets on the phone with Sean another member of the emergency team and tells him we need to find three 10-ton trucks to deliver the food to the hospital tomorrow.This afternoon we go to the World Food Programme office at the UN compound to procure the food. Carol is successful in doing so.***Also at the Hopital General we talk with Dr. Paul of International Medical Corps (IMC) who's coordinating medical services and other assistance here.He tells us there's a need for clean water for dialysis and other uses. We talk with him about trying to set up and coordinate a system of delivery."If you want to be — and can be — the water people here it's yours" Dr. Paul says.Here impromptu conversations lead to plans.Jenny calls Mugur our water and sanitation engineer who says he will come and do an assessment before noon today — less than an hour after this conversation.Jenny also updates Dr. Paul about the food situation and asks how many patients are currently at the hospital."They've said 300 but I think it's got to be somewhere between 750 and 1000" Dr. Paul says. "You should go tent to tent and ask what they need."***We also talk to Dr. Lassegue — head of the hospital — and his deputy Ms. Thompson. They agree that water is the most pressing need. And Mugur will be here soon.
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1.EU foreign ministers must agree halt to any new adoptions into Europe of Haiti earthquake children,SC
RV=142.6 2010/01/24 00:00
キーワード:DEC,Vision
The EU foreign ministers must use Monday's meeting to announce an immediate ban on any new adoptions into Europe of children who have been separated from their relatives in Haiti say Save the Children and World Vision.Aid agencies and the Government must be given the chance to conduct full and exhaustive searches to reunite families following the earthquake before any international adoption ban could be lifted. Separated and orphaned children must be registered and interim arrangements made for them to be cared for ideally by their extended families or those close to them. Earmarked funding is urgently needed to scale up these efforts.Save the Children believes adoptions that were already being processed should go ahead as long as the appropriate legal documentation is in place and the adoptions meet Haitian and international law. However the chaos of the earthquake which destroyed records as well as infrastructure means that children could be taken out of the country without proper checks going ahead. It can costs thousands of pounds to internationally adopt a child yet that money could help a whole school of children remain in their communities.Jasmine Whitbread chief executive of Save the Children said: "Many families in Europe will see the suffering of Haitian children who have been separated from their parents and want to do something to help. But trying to adopt children who most likely still have parents or relatives alive and are desperate to be reunited with them is not the solution. Taking children out of the country would permanently separate children from their families - a separation that would compound the acute trauma they are already suffering and inflict long-term damage on their chances of recovery."Save the Children and World Vision's experience following previous disasters such as the Pakistan earthquake and the Asian tsunami has found that children have been unnecessarily adopted or placed in orphanages without extensive checks being done to see if there were relatives that could care for them instead.Without proper focus on family tracing and a immediate ban on new adoptions child trafficking – already a major problem in Haiti – could increase warns the aid agencies.Jasmine Whitbread continued: "EU ministers must act now to ban any new adoptions into Europe and support the Haitian government to put trained personnel on the country's borders to prevent the illegal movement of children and to rebuild their child protection systems so that the circumstances of individual children can be properly assessed and recorded."Save the Children and World Vision are also calling for international focus to remain on reuniting children in Haiti and for the Haitian government to declare an immediate moratorium on any new adoptions of children left on their own until full extended family tracing and reunification has been completed.World Vision Chief Executive Justin Byworth said: "Children should not be leaving Haiti at this stage except with surviving family members or if adoptions already in process have full required legal documents. Thousands of children have been separated from their families and primary caregivers due to the earthquake and more than half a million children were already separated either living on the streets or in orphanages or working as restaveks in private homes away from their families."As well as supporting the efforts of aid agencies and the Haitian governnment to identify separated children and conduct family tracing and reunification as well as finding and funding appropriate care arrangements for them we would urge EU ministers to push for the rapid establishment of a public complaints and response mechanism within Haiti for reporting and responding to sexual abuse exploitation and trafficking."Save the Children and World Vision have teams on the ground identifying lone children and Save the Children is launching an emergency family tracing and reunification programme to reunite families and help put in place long-term support for their care.EndsFor further information please contact: Save the Children on 0207 012 6841 or out of hours on 07831 650 409.Notes to editors:キ To make a postal donation make cheques payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' and mail to 'PO Box 999 London EC3A 3AA'.キ Donations can be made at any high street bank or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.キ Text "GIVE" to 70077 to give 」5 to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. 」5 goes to the DEC. You pay 」5 plus the standard network SMS rate.キ The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies or some of them must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.A powerful earthquake has struck Haiti devastating the capital and affecting around 2 million people. Our response teams are preparing to bring them life-saving aid. 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2.Haiti Response: ADRA Ramps Up Medical Assistance,ADRA
RV=134.4 2010/01/24 00:00
キーワード:Adra
SILVER SPRING Md. —A shortage of medical attention medicines and supplies remains a major challenge in earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince eleven days after more than 111000 died and thousands others were injured in one of the worst catastrophes in modern times reported the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA).According to ADRA staff coordinating the agency's response in the Haitian capital medical facilities are still in need of medical supplies specifically surgical tools such as sterilization equipment bone saws and disposable medical supplies that include gloves bandages and masks."In the last several days the facilities have been overwhelmed by the sheer number of injured survivors" said an ADRA staff member in Haiti.On Tuesday January 19 ADRA conducted a medical supply assessment of the 71-bed Adventist Hospital of Haiti located in the Carrefour neighborhood of Port-au-Prince and sent a request to Orlando-based Florida Hospital for a shipment to replenish critically low supplies."Florida Hospital was devastated to hear of the earthquake in Haiti and horrified to see the images that came out of that country" said Lars Houmann Florida Hospital president and chief executive officer. "As is our nature as caregivers many in our organization were eager to spring into action."In less than two days Florida Hospital working with ADRA airlifted $71000 worth of medical supplies aboard a chartered Boeing 727 aircraft that landed in Port-au-Prince Thursday morning January 21. The supplies which will be delivered in the next two days with the support of U.N. personnel include 23 palettes containing 10000 bags of IV solution IV lines antibiotics analgesics masks gloves surgical instruments orthopedic surgical supplies bandages soap personal hygiene items and other supplies. This donation will support the Adventist Hospital of Haiti where thousands of people have flocked for treatment since the disaster.These medical supplies could not have come at a more crucial time" said John Torres who has been working as the liaison between the Adventist Hospital of Haiti and ADRA's emergency response team in Port-au-Prince. "Medical supplies are being used as quickly as they arrive."Gustavo Vilorio a Mexican surgeon who has been performing more than 20 surgeries a day since he arrived in Port-au-Prince last Monday also added that the supplies provided by Florida Hospital will satisfy some of the "most pressing" surgical needs of the affected population.Florida Hospital which operates a group of private hospitals in central Florida and is nationally recognized for its institutes of cancer cardiology diabetes orthopedics and neuroscience will be working with ADRA to facilitate further shipments of supplies to Haiti.Thursday's airlift also carried 40 pallets donated by Harvest Time International based in Sanford Florida aid that included tarps heavy plastic sheeting water hygiene items generators baby and medical supplies.ADRA is also partnering with Florida Emergency Physicians an independently owned group that provides emergency medical care for patients of Florida Hospital in the Greater Orlando area who contributed $25000 to support ADRA's ongoing response efforts in Haiti."We are thankful for the great support of Florida Hospital Harvest Time International and Florida Emergency Physicians as we continue our relief efforts in Haiti" said Charles Sandefur president of ADRA International who arrived in Port-au-Prince this week. "We look forward to continuing these partnerships as they are a critical part of our work to provide hope and healing to thousands of people in Haiti who have been touched by this disaster."To hear a message from Charles Sandefur in Haiti click here.If you would like to support ADRA's relief efforts give to the Haiti Earthquake Response Fund at www.adra.org/haiti or by phone at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372). To donate through a mobile phone text the word "ADRA" to 85944 reply "YES" and donate a one-time $10 gift to ADRA's Haiti response.Follow ADRA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest information as it happens.ADRA is a non-governmental organization present in 125 countries providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association age gender race or ethnicity.For more information about ADRA visit www.adra.org.Author: Nadia McGill/Hearly MayrFor more information contact:John Torres Senior Public Relations Manager301.680.6357 (office)301.680.6370 (fax)John.Torres@adra.orgDonate to Haiti Earthquake Response FundOnline: http://www.adra.org/haitiMobile: 85944 Text the word "ADRA" reply "YES"Phone: 1.800.424.ADRA (2372)
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3.Emergency Response in Haiti,ARC
RV=106.7 2010/01/24 00:00
キーワード:question,technology
The American Refugee Committee's emergency response team is on the ground in Haiti bringing relief to some of the millions who were devastated by last week's earthquake. We've flown in experts from all over the world in health sanitation water protection security and logistics. They are working around the clock to reach as many people as possible as quickly and effectively as possible. We are working on the Dominican Republic border where many have fled and in the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince. It was home to 450000 people and has been completely destroyed. What we're doing: Food and supply distributionJan 20: Delivered essential supplies to an inundated health clinic on the Dominican Republic border. The shipment included hygiene items mosquito nets tarps and shade tents fresh bedding lots of cleaning supplies and soccer balls to give kids something to do.Jan 22: Distributed food to 2200 people in Delmas district. We targeted the distribution primarily to mothers with small children who might need the food the most. Jan 23: Distributed family hygiene kits at a golf course that has become a tent city for the homeless. Jan 25: Cargo plane scheduled to arrive with items donated by 20 national companies. Donated items include tents FEMA-grade tarps and plastic sheeting roping medical supplies surgical supplies respirator masks SAT phones solar lighting and MREs. Medical reliefWe are supporting a small rural clinic on the Dominican Republic border that has been inundated with injured people. The clinic has its own Haitian doctors who are caring for patients. Additional ARC health personnel arrive Saturday Jan. 23. Over the past few days the clinic's medical team has performed dozens of amputations. Continuing medical care is critical.We are also establishing a temporary camp site near the clinic providing tarps and supplies for homeless families.ShelterEmergency shelter materials including 700 family-sized tents will arrive on Monday. We plan to work with local Haitians to rebuild structures destroyed in the quake. After the Pakistan earthquake we were able to develop pioneering technology in building reconstruction — building seismic-resistant three-story structures. This technology could be taught to local people. Engineers with extensive post-earthquake experience are en route from Pakistan.ProtectionIn emergencies violence against women can often escalate due to stress and the breakdown of societal norms. We have two protection specialists on the ground working on an immediate response. They will meet with women's focus groups to ensure their needs are addressed. Some actions could include: trauma and psychological care referral networks and coordination clinical management of rape and strengthening of community and coping mechanisms. We also hope to create "child-friendly" spaces in Delmas where children can play safely out of the way of trucks and other hazards. Forming PartnershipsWe are working to form partnerships with local and international NGOs to maximize our ability to respond most effectively. We are collaborating with the Office of the Mayor of Delmas to help us target our response to the people who need it most. We have hired local staff to help with logistics and reconstruction.The American Refugee Committee has been responding to emergencies for over 30 years. The Tsunami the 2005 Pakistan earthquake Hurricane Katrina Darfur the Balkan wars Iraq Cyclone Nargis — these are just a few of the emergencies we've responded to. After the initial emergency is over we stay helping people rebuild their homes and livelihoods and take back control of their lives. Stay tuned for updates on what we're doing in Haiti and how you can help. Your support is urgently needed. None of this would be possible without the partnership of our donors. Contributions in any amount can save lives. Please make a donation online today. Thank you.Public Information & Donor Contact With questions please contact our Donor Engagement Coordinator Jessica Phinney (612) 607-6480 or (800) 875-7060. Press contact Key staff are available for media interviews. Please contact Therese Gales if you are interested in setting up an interview (612)221-5161
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4.Save the Children Partners with AmeriCares to Treat More than 85000 Haitians,SC
RV=78.6 2010/01/24 00:00
キーワード:AmeriCares
Connecticut Relief Agencies Join Forces to Deliver Medical Aid in Port-au-Prince and LeoganeWESTPORT Conn. (Jan. 23 2010) — Save the Children and AmeriCares have partnered to bring medical aid to more than 85000 Haitians affected by the earthquake.Westport-based Save the Children's emergency response team in Haiti has distributed more than 16.5 tons of medical supplies in the town of Leogane and at the general hospital in Port-au-Prince – supplies donated by AmeriCares the global health and disaster relief organization based in Stamford Conn."The situation is still dire and children remain the most vulnerable part of the population during emergencies of this magnitude" said Carolyn Miles Chief Operating Officer of Save the Children. "But with the help of our long-time partner AmeriCares our health team is getting medical treatment to thousands of children and their families.""Haitian hospitals had little to begin with but now they have nothing – no pain medicines for patients with trauma injuries and no anesthesia for patients who need surgery" said Elizabeth Furst Frank Senior Vice President of Global Programs for AmeriCares. "AmeriCares is proud to deliver lifesaving medicines and supplies to our health care partner Save the Children. Our work together will benefit earthquake survivors in the days weeks and months ahead."With the death toll feared to be in excess of 100000 lives the earthquake that rocked the impoverished island nation 11 days ago is the worst in modern Haiti history. Save the Children currently has four mobile health teams in operation and its mobile clinic in Leogane is treating 100 people each day.Carolyn Miles Chief Operating Officer of Save the Children and Christoph Gorder Vice President of Emergency Response for AmeriCares are available for interviews.See video of Save the Children's medical team in Haiti at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnxNEugr_oIPlease Help Us Respond to the Haiti Emergency by Donating NowDonate any amount at www.savethechildren.org or by calling 1-800-728-3843 or 1-203-221-4030.OR DONATE $10 BY TEXTING "SAVE" to 20222( U.S. Only)Learn more about Save the Children's emergency response to the earthquake in Haiti.Save the Children is the leading independent organization that creates lasting change for children in need in the United States and around the world. Save the Children USA is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance a global network of 29 independent Save the Children organizations working to ensure the well-being and protection of children in more than 120 countries. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
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5.Haiti: Aid groups getting out supplies but challenges remain at distribution sites,World Vision
RV=60.0 2010/01/24 00:00
キーワード:Vision
January 23 2010 Port-au-Prince – More than a week and a half after Haiti's deadly earthquake transport delays are clearing up and signs of recovery are emerging. However aid groups continue to report challenges at distributions and that supply needs and security issues remain."Everywhere you go people are still hungry still thirsty still desperate to feed themselves and their families" said Jean-Claude Mukadi relief response manager for World Vision in Haiti. "We don't want to turn away people who are trying to help their families but in order to maintain a safe and secure environment for the families in each of these camps we must be able to deliver the relief goods in a safe timely way."Aid groups conduct assessments and provide distribution cards to ensure that the right number of people is present at each distribution. However it appears that news of distributions spreads by word of mouth and aid workers often see at least double the number of people they're prepared to serve at each distribution."Even if we had enough supplies to reach all 3 million people in need we couldn't distribute them at the same time" said Mukadi. "We need to distribute food and supplies to smaller groups to protect people's safety and dignity and to ensure order. But when we arrange to distribute to 500 people and 1000 show up it becomes more and more difficult to do that."The size and locations of existing camps presents another substantial problem reports Mukadi."Urban disasters differ greatly from rural ones" he says.We don't have the huge open spaces that rural areas afford us so we can't set up central camps and bring supplies to reach tens of thousands at once. Rather people are scattered all over the city in abandoned soccer fields along roads in parks and tucked up in the hills. Some of these camps are accessible only on foot so bringing in supplies – even for a few hundred or thousand people – becomes incredibly difficult."We can't set up our usual safety parameters in these locations because the space itself won't allow it" said MukadiWorld Vision staff meet daily to assess the security situation around Port-au-Prince to determine the most urgent needs in the communities we serve and to meet with local camp officials to learn how best to partner to ensure that distributions are conducted safely and in ways that honor beneficiaries' dignity.ENDWorld Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. For more information please visit http://www.worldvision.org/pressContacts:Casey Calamusa 206-310-5476 (mobile) Geraldine Ryerson-Cruz 202-615-2608 (mobile)
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1.DEC Haiti Appeal reaches £46 million,DEC
RV=152.7 2010/01/25 00:00
キーワード:DEC,Vision
Donations continue to flood into the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) almost two weeks on from the devastating earthquake in Haiti. An extra 4 million pounds was donated over the weekend alone, bringing the total the 」46 million.Brendan Gormley, Chief Executive of the Disasters Emergency Committee commented:"Thanks to the generosity of the British public, our member agency staff and partners are working round the clock to bring food, water, shelter and medical care to tens of thousands of Haitians."But the needs continue remain huge. The aid effort will continue for many years to come, as we help people to rebuild their lives and livelihoods. So if you haven't already given, I urge you dig deep. It's not too late to help."Since Friday, DEC member agencies work has included:CareFive water bladders have been established at clean water distribution points, with water provided daily to some 10,000 people. Care has also provided water purification packets to 3,000 people.ConcernWork continues on building latrines, which will benefit 15,000 people.Concern is working in a camp of 4,000 people to provide emergency nutrition support to children and vulnerable adults.Save the ChildrenToday, Save the Children will distribute food, blankets and plastic sheeting to 600 families in Leogane.Thanks to new water bladders, some 2,200 people have had clean water in recent days in Lakou Issa and Theatre National camps in PAP.Latrines are being built and repaired in PAP and Jacmel, enabling some 3,600 access to a safe toilet.11 Child Friendly Spaces are up and running in PAP and Jacmel, providing activities for over 3,500 children in the last week.TearfundTearfund's local partner, World Relief, is providing hot meals of rice, beans and porridge to 1,400 people each day.Medical staff continue to treat injured people at World Relief's 300-bed Kings Hospital, in Port-au-Prince. Its three operating theatres are working around the clock.To make a donation to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal visit www.dec.org.uk or call 0370 60 60 900, donate over the counter at any post office or high street bank, or send a cheque made payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' to 'PO Box 999, London, EC3A 3AA'.Anyone wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti, the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal http://twitter.com/decappeal" href="http://twitter.com/decappeal">http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of 'Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC' on Facebook.- Ends -Notes to editors:キ To make a postal donation make cheques payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' and mail to 'PO Box 999, London, EC3A 3AAキ Donations can be made at any high street bank, or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.キ Text "GIVE" to 70077 to give 」5 to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. 」5 goes to the DEC. You pay 」5 plus the standard network SMS rate.キ The DEC consists of: Action Aid, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Help the Aged, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund, World Vision.キ The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies, or some of them, must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful, either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.Disasters Emergency Committee Press Office020 7387 0200 or 07930 999 014 (out of hours)www.dec.org.ukPlease donate to the DEC Haiti Earthquake online at www.dec.org.ukOver 2.2 million people live in the most affected areas where thousands are feared dead, many more injured, many buried under rubble; the DEC urgently needs your support to help the many people affected.The DEC launches and co-ordinates national fundraising appeals for public donations on behalf of its member agencies.Media Contacts: 020 7387 0200 or 07930 999 014 (out of hours)Donations can be made at www.dec.org.uk or 0370 60 60 900
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2.Teleconference Briefing by Tim Callaghan Team Leader USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team and Kate Conrad Emergency Communications Director Save the Children,USAID
RV=141.6 2010/01/25 00:00
キーワード:question,Callaghan
Relief Efforts in HaitiVia TeleconferencePort-au-Prince, HaitiJanuary 24, 2010Mr. Duguid: This is Gordon Duguid and I'll be your moderator today. We are at the U.S. Joint Information Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Our guests today are Mr. Tim Callaghan who is the Team Leader for USAID's DART Team in Port-au-Prince now, and we also have with us from Save the Children, Kate Conrad, who is the Emergency Communications Director for Save the Children. They'll each start out with a brief statement and then we'll go to your questions.Mr. Callaghan, would you like to begin?Mr. Callaghan: Sure. Again, my name is Tim Callaghan, I'm the Disaster Assistance Response Team Leader for USAID here in Haiti. I've been on a lot of these calls the past week. As we normally do, I'd like to reiterate that we are committed to continue to work around the clock to provide relief to the many people impacted by this earthquake.Our priorities continue to be in several areas. Urban search and rescue. Obviously that phase is winding down. We have been on the ground, as I've mentioned before, the first U.S. team arrived on January 13th, within 24 hours of the earthquake. We still have teams on the ground. We still have presence. We still currently today have teams at Montana and small teams throughout the city.Other priorities, and I think I've given these figures throughout the week. The latest figure I have is that overall rescues have been I believe 132 is the number, from all the search and rescue teams, and 45 by the United States search and rescue teams. So that effort has been heroic. Obviously that effort is winding down, but the U.S. still has teams on the ground. We'll continue to do so for the next several days.Other priorities we have obviously are food. We are working very hard to work with the World Food Program. As I've mentioned previously, the U.S. government has donated $78 million to the World Food Program during this emergency.We continue to work closely with them to ensure that food is being distributed. There are, I believe, worked on right now plans for 15 distribution sites, and we're working very closely with the World Food Program currently to get as much food out in the city as possible.Other areas that we're looking at very closely, we continue to look at the health issue, water, and of course shelter. And as I've mentioned, all the work that we do is based on the needs identified by the government of Haiti. There are daily meetings that we attend, that the Prime Minister articulates the priorities that the government has. We work very closely with the United Nations and the different clusters. We obviously work very closely with our non-government organization and geopartners. We're funding a series of grants to address the issues in the many sectors that I talked about -- shelter, health, water, food items, and so forth. I don't have the exact figure, but we're funding many proposals that are starting now that will address man of these issues.We continue to have a large presence. We continue to coordinate with the government and we'll do so and work around the clock to provide support assistance to the many people here in Haiti in need.That's all I have for my opening statement. Thank you.Mr. Duguid: Thank you very much, Tim. Ms. Conrad, would you like to make a few remarks?Ms. Conrad: Sure. Thank you. And thank you for having me.Save the Children has been in Haiti for about 30 years, so we were able to respond quickly after the disaster. We had some stock on hand, primarily medicines and medical supplies that we pushed out to hospitals and clinics within about 48 hours. And we've also been trying, working with the government, working with local partners, working with international agencies, to do as much outreach as we can across the disaster zone. So in addition to working in Port-au-Prince we're also in Jacmel and Leogane, and we're looking at moving into Petit Goave.We're working across sectors right now. We have delivered some food. Admittedly it's been difficult to bring in supplies. We have a hub in Miami. We have a hub in the Dominican Republic. We're flying planes in as best we can. We have planes waiting to come in but we're trucking in water, food, supplies so that we can build latrines and water points. We have received more than 15 tons of medicine. That's gone out to hospitals here in Port-au-Prince.We have set up field clinics in Leogane and in Jacmel, and our teams are seeing Haitians there, more than 100 a day in Leogane, and yesterday I think we saw more than 200 in Jacmel.As a child focused agency we are also working on protection, which means we are setting up child friendly spaces in camps right now. We are working with the UN, with other agencies, with our local partners, with social workers, to identify unaccompanied children who may be in camps or in homes. After the tsunami in Indonesia we worked with those same groups to trace and reunite children with their family.We found that of the children we registered, more than 90 percent had family. If not their parents, their extended families. We're working very hard to find interim care to take care of them if they're in the camps, to make sure they have a proper caregiver, and then to trace them back to their families because those are the people who are best able to care for them.Those are probably the high points, and I'm happy to respond to any questions you might have.Mr. Duguid: Thank you, Kate. We're now ready to take questions.Question: [Chuck Bennett, New York Post].Are any of you seeing any evidence of disease yet? For the past week that's seemed to be one of the primary concerns of all the responders there. Have you recorded any outbreaks yet or witnessed any outbreaks?Ms. Conrad: Our medical teams reporting primarily pink eye, skin rashes, things you would commonly expect. Some cases of diarrhea, which is extremely worrying because diarrhea kills small children. But no major outbreaks, thankfully.Mr. Callaghan: We're not getting any word of major outbreaks at this time.Question: [Gordon Lubold, Christian Science Monitor].I had a question; I just got back from a couple, a few days down there. One question was, I visited a World Health Organization supply house for medicine and was told that they had had to stop disbursing medicine to anything smaller than a hospital or an organization. Does that sound right? Is there an issue of the amount of medicine that's available to send out?Mr. Callaghan: Not that I'm aware of. There are a lot of medical supplies, surgical supplies, medicines flowing in, and I'm aware that there's a health cluster of the United Nations and they're working very hard, their sub-groups, trying to identify all the needs. There are a lot of field hospitals. The United States is supporting several disaster medical teams here that have brought in their own equipment. We have brought in several, it will be up to nine soon, what are called WHO Medical Kits which has medical supplies for 10,000 people each. Each kit is good for three months. So I'm not aware of, again, my understanding, the supplies are getting out to the highest priority hospitals and clinics.Ms. Conrad: I would agree. We have been responding to requests, so the major hospitals in Port-au-Prince and some of the smaller ones have given us lists of what they need, and we have delivered that way. Then we're setting up according to the needs of hospitals in Leogane and Jacmel.I have heard there have been teams of well-meaning doctors who showed up and they don't always know where to put them because many of the hospitals have been damaged or destroyed, and coordination is an issue sometimes because these places went through the earthquake, too. They're all survivors. And a lot of people, they don't have the manpower any more. So I think maybe coordinating on an administrative level -Mr. Callaghan: Right. We're also looking, we sent structural engineers out to some of the hospitals and clinics, the ones that the buildings are damaged. We're sending tents out so they can continue to work. But my understanding is there are a lot of medical supplies flowing in, which are again through the health cluster of the United Nations. That is managed by the Pan American Health Organization. They're working very hard to get those supplies out based on the top priorities.Question: [Gordon Lubold, Christian Science Monitor].Thanks for the second question. I'm just curious how you're working, coordinating with the military there. During my brief time there I was struck by how new a lot of this is to the military, humanitarian relief and all the rest of it, and I just wondered the degree to which you're working closely with them and where maybe some of the rubs are.Mr. Callaghan: Great. Thank you for your question.As you know, USAID is the lead federal agency in the response. We're working with many federal agencies who are working with HHS, FEMA, a variety of other agencies. We also work very closely with our colleagues from the U.S. military. We have daily briefings. Basically the way we work is that when we have identified needs where our military colleagues can assist mostly, whether it's helicopter support or certainly in security, where with the World Food Program, for example, if there are requirements for the distribution of food and security is required, the Disaster Assistance Response Team will make a request here at the embassy for whatever the requirement is and our military colleagues then will provide that.So it's close communication, daily meetings. We have a system set up where basically the Disaster Assistance Response Team, as we get requests, as we prioritize needs, and then we'll make requests to our military colleagues for assistance. That's how our process works.Question: Kate, does Save the Children have any direct contact with the military forces that are here?Ms. Conrad: Right now we're using our own trucks and our own logistics and our own security staff. We've had no incidents with distribution, so -Mr. Duguid: That's my understanding, too. One or two NGOs have asked for some assistance with transportation, in one case in security, but most are using their own resources on that.Question: [Pat Reeper, German Press Agency].Hi, thanks for doing this. I have two questions. One is for Kate.As to the protection of children, you addressed that and there are reports that there are some children disappearing, and I'm wondering what you specifically are doing to record and keep track of children.Then for Mr. Callaghan, I wanted to ask, you talked about the search and rescue operations continuing on. Do you have any idea how many teams are left in the country? I believe there were 47 teams at one point. How many are left and still continuing the search, and particularly at what the Montana Hotel looks like these days.Ms. Conrad: I'll start first with missing children. Again, we work with a network of people and we have lots of partners on the ground. They are tracking kids. We will get reports in. We will send teams out. We have about 35 social workers who are now working with us and some teachers, most of them who know they're not going to have jobs for a while and they work with children. We've trained them to help assess conditions and to follow up on those reports.Many of them have been false reports, but we do check in on all of them. If we come across unaccompanied children we are registering them, where they are, and again, verifying that they're in an environment where they are safe and secure, and if they're not we will work to put them in interim care. Ultimately we're trying to trace them back to their families.Mr. Callaghan: As I mentioned earlier, maybe just to give a real brief history. Again, we arrived on the 13th, our teams. Regarding the Montana, we have had a search team at the Montana since January 14th. There were several rescues there.At the high point, my records have there were 43 teams. It could be up to 47. Sometimes there were smaller teams who may not always register. But the number I had was 43. That was the highest number I have in my notes.We brought in, the United States, six urban search and rescue teams. Most of the teams, the average number of people on what we call a heavy team. When I say heavy it is the highest level, and the ability to cut through concrete. It's up to 75 people, it is search dogs, it is bringing in special equipment to listen, to send cameras in to collapsed structures.As I mentioned earlier, just for numbers, 132 live rescues throughout this entire event, 45 by the American team.Currently we have four teams in country. I don't know the answer to how many teams are still in country overall. I know it's not a high number.I believe, the number I had the other day was nine. But the United States has currently four teams in country. We have a combined, the United States has a combined team at the Montana to date, and as I mentioned earlier, we have been there since January 14th. We will be back there tomorrow.As you can imagine, I believe now we're 12 days out and it's very very difficult, and we're hearing about anywhere - We are prepared to go anywhere that we hear of where someone might be. We are totally committed. But obviously the further we get away from events, the more difficult it becomes. But again, we currently have a combined team at the Hotel Montana where we have had presence since the 14th.Question: [Chuck Bennett, New York Post].Hi, thanks for the next question.There have been a lot of reports about construction of villages, tent cities in the outskirts. Should we expect a wholesale evacuation of Port-au-Prince in the coming days or weeks?Ms. Conrad: I think the numbers right now are about 130,000 have left Port-au-Prince. It takes time to build tent cities, and I know the people leaving are going to other towns in the countryside. What Save the Children is more concerned about is the drain on services in places like Gonaives and other ones who went through the four hurricanes a year and a half ago who may not have the ability to absorb a large population increase. But honestly, that's really a question for the UN.Save the Children tends to supports to camps and often camp management and certainly we provide temporary education. Right now we're sort of tracking where people are going and helping them where they are.Mr. Callaghan: We also obviously work very closely with the UN. Their cluster is called Shelter, Settlements and Non-Food Items. I don't have the figure or numbers, but I know we're working very closely with how many people need a place to stay. We're looking at a variety of shelter-type options. We have plastic sheeting here for temporary shelters. We're looking at options such as hosting where people may be staying with family members and so forth. So we're all working, it certainly is a high priority. It's an issue that we're all working together closely to address in the coming week.Mr. Duguid: If I can also give some cultural context. As in many traditional societies, urban dwellers here have, even if they've been here for two and three generations, have a village in the countryside that they consider to be their home, and many times they will return to that place, and there are family there to take care of them. That's not to say that the issues of dealing with people, population movements are easy, but many people are not fleeing blindly from Port-au-Prince, many people have a destination in mind and have family at the other end of that destination.Question: [Michael Seratino, Fox News].My question is about weather. I know we're in the dry season, but what are your concerns with rain, heavy rainfall, and the outbreak of diseases as related to that?Mr. Callaghan: I think the issue of rainy season/hurricane season obviously is a concern. But hurricane season officially does not start until June 1st, so obviously there is some time. There is certainly urgency to ensure that shelters and people have a place to stay, get built within the next few months, and it's critical and people are working on that.Concerned, but usually the rainy season does not start or heavy rains/tropical storms or hurricanes until early June.Ms. Conrad: We're all hoping it doesn't rain. That's just an increase the misery levels. But it does add urgency to getting shelter supplies out and getting people into something that is a little more secure that would withstand bad weather.Question: [Jennifer Lobedish, Miami Herald].I just wanted to confirm that the two U.S. teams that have left, the search and rescue, are both the teams from south Florida? Also when you say that you guys are continuing at the Montana tomorrow, so you're still in what you guys have called the search phase there as opposed to recovery?Mr. Callaghan: Yeah. The two Miami teams have not left. They're still here. They are scheduled to leave, but they're still here at this time. So the four teams we have right now in country are the two Miami teams - Miami Dade, South Florida; Fairfax County; Los Angeles County.The teams yesterday were searching. Again, they're still out there at this point. I haven't been out there today. I was out there yesterday. Where the phase is, obviously it's coming close to moving at the hotel from the initial phase, but I can say for certain we have a combined team at the Montana. It's getting close to that point, but at this point we are searching, we are hoping. We're doing the best we can. Again, we're committed. The teams will be out there again tomorrow. We'll have at least two teams here for the next several days.Mr. Duguid: I thank everyone for their participation today. We will announce by our usual press release the subject and time of the next telephone press conference. From the Joint Information Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, thank you very much for joining us today.
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3.Stay with us for long haul Haiti asks donors,Reuters - AlertNet
RV=128.0 2010/01/25 00:00
キーワード:question,debt
* Montreal conference begins plotting reconstruction* Haiti says debt relief helpful but not the main concern* Clinton: must restore government's ability to lead (Recasts with start of conference; figures in U.S. dollars)By Randall PalmerMONTREAL, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Haiti needs the world to stick with the Caribbean country for at least five to 10 years after its devastating earthquake, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said on Monday as he sat down to an aid conference."The people of Haiti will need more and more and more in order to complete the reconstruction," Bellerive told the conference, intended to survey immediate needs and then to begin plotting Haiti's long-term recovery.The one-day meeting brings together U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and others to start a strategy to rebuild from the Jan. 12 earthquake that killed up to 200,000 people and left the capital Port-au-Prince in ruins."Even in the midst of inconceivable devastation, we must begin to plan, to give hope where there is despair," Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon told the opening session. "We stand ready to help."Officials say it is too early to turn this meeting into a pledging conference and basic questions need to be answered first."There's the question, for example, of whether we'll rebuild on the present site of Port-au-Prince," Cannon told CBC television, saying geological fault lines had to be considered.Oxfam called on the meeting to cancel Haiti's foreign debt, which it said amounted to $890 million, but Bellerive said this was not his country's main concern although it would free up resources."In the face of the real demands we have, our debt is minimal," Bellerive told CBC before the meeting started. "What we're looking for is a long-term (development) commitment... At least five to 10 years."DONOR CONFERENCEClinton, speaking to reporters on her plane before taking off for Montreal, said she expected a donors conference where pledges would be made would likely occur in 30 to 60 days."There's a tremendous desire to help but we've got to create the mechanism so that it can be done effectively and we've got to get ... the Haitian government's capacity to lead put together," she said.Asked earlier about complaints that the U.S. military had dominated the relief, she said effective aid would not have succeeded without additional military assets."It's just easier for the United States to get there first because Haiti is our neighbor. We appreciate the very positive endorsement of our efforts that we have heard, not just today from the foreign minister, but over the course of the last 10 days," she said.Clinton said in response to a question that the United States was looking at the possibility of increased immigration from Haiti as one of many options, but Bellerive said in Montreal that Haiti should be able to settle its own people."We don't want to create an exodus," he said.Bellerive made the point that before the quake, Haiti had already put forward a development plan and would like to relaunch the country on that path. "It's not a question of going back to the status quo," he said.Haiti's neighbor on the island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic, proposed to international donors last Monday the creation of a $10 billion five-year assistance program for Haiti.In addition to hoping for concrete progress on Haiti, to a certain extent leaders may also be trying to be seen to be active, so as to avoid the sort of criticism of being slow off the mark that characterized relief for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami or Hurricane Katrina in 2005.The conference will also help Canada's Harper focus domestic attention away from what had been scheduled to be the resumption of the Canadian Parliament on Jan. 25. He arranged last month for its suspension until March 3 after the Vancouver Olympics, coming under heavy opposition attacks for doing so.(Additional reporting by Arshad Mohammed and Andrew Quinn in Washington; editing by Mohammad Zargham)For more humanitarian news and analysis, please visit www.alertnet.org
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4.Irish Aid announces second consignment of emergency aid for Haiti,Irish Aid
RV=116.5 2010/01/25 00:00
キーワード:Irish,Corps
Minister of State for Overseas Development, Mr Peter Power, T.D., today announced a second consignment of 40 tonnes of essential humanitarian supplies for Haiti.The aid, which is supplied by the Government and will be distributed by aid agencies on the ground, includes plastic sheeting and tents for shelter; water containers and sanitation equipment.The Minister made the announcement after today's meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels. Speaking after the meeting, he said:"It is clear that the humanitarian situation in Haiti remains extremely grave. My colleagues and I were briefed today by Commissioner de Gucht who has just returned from Haiti and the High Representative who was in North America last week consulting the US, the UN and the World Bank on Haiti.In addition, the Irish Aid technical team, whom I tasked with assessing the immediate and medium-term needs of the Haitian people, left Port-au-Prince last night after five days on the ground.They will report to me in detail over the coming days, but it clear that there is an urgent need for emergency shelter and water supplies as the rainy season approaches in just six weeks. Based on the team's initial assessment of the emergency situation in Haiti, I decided today to order a second shipment of supplies from our international stockpiles.Last week, Concern and Goal distributed more than 80 tonnes of aid supplied by the Irish Government. The shipment that I authorised today will bring the total aid supplied by the Government to more than 120 tonnes, enough to provide shelter, clean water and the basic infrastructure for survival to12,000 families.I also tasked the Irish Aid team who spent the last week in Haiti with examining the medium to long-term needs of the Haitian people and their reports will feed into Ireland's ongoing assistance to the country."Minister Power added:"The total value of the Irish Government response, both financially and in kind, is well over €3 million and there is every possibility that this figure will increase further once we have a clearer and more comprehensive picture of Haiti's needs.In addition, three members of the Irish Aid Rapid Response Corps have deployed to Haiti and other Corps members with specialised skills in engineering, logistics and water and sanitation are expected to be called upon in the coming days and weeks," Minister Power said.Note for the Editor:Minister of State for Overseas Development Peter Power attended the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels today.Ireland is providing €2 million in direct funding which is being channelled directly through Irish NGOs, UN humanitarian agencies and the Red Cross. In addition, a Government-supplied consignment of 80 tonnes of emergency humanitarian aid arrived in Port-au-Prince last week and is being distributed by Concern and Goal. The second shipment of 40 tonnes announced today contains emergency shelter and water and sanitation supplies.Irish Aid maintains the Rapid Response Corps, a register of highly-skilled individuals who are willing to be deployed at short notice to assist in an emergency relief effort. To date there have been 65 deployments to over 20 countries including Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, DRC, Zimbabwe, Colombia and now Haiti.Ireland's contributed €20 million to the United Nation's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in 2009 and a total of €73 million since it was set up in 2006 following the Asian Tsunami. The CERF provides immediately-accessible funds to the UN for use in a crisis such as that in Haiti. Ireland is the seventh largest donor to this fund.For further information, please contact Fionnuala Quinlan, press officer, Irish Aid, the Department of Foreign Affairs on 01-4082653 or 087-9099975. To see the full text of the speech or for further information on the Government's overseas aid programme, visit http://www.irishaid.gov.ieEnds+++25 January 2010Press Office
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5.Aid distribution in Haiti can be hit-and-miss,Reuters - AlertNet
RV=70.5 2010/01/25 00:00
キーワード:CRS
* Scrums, some shots, as some survivors fight for food* Aid workers use varied methods to help hungry, homeless* Some groups giving out two weeks supply for familiesBy Jackie FrankPORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 25 (Reuters) - "If you can't fight you can't get anything," said a petite 19-year-old Haitian named Darling who missed the bags of rice and bottles of cooking oil handed out at a crowded earthquake survivors' camp in Port-au-Prince.She was one of some 15,000 survivors of the Jan. 12 quake who lined up at a camp in the shattered Delmas neighborhood over the weekend to receive rice and cooking oil given by aid workers to every fourth person in the line.Aid agency Plan International's idea was that the Haitians would divide up the rice, or barter it for other supplies.But for many in the makeshift camp -- one of around 400 such sprawling settlements that carpet open spaces in the wrecked Haitian capital -- it didn't work out that way."The majority of the people did not find anything," one survivor said. "There was no sharing," another said.As aid slowly finds its way to Haiti's several million desperate quake victims, the U.S. government and military, United Nations and international relief groups have created almost as many different ways to distribute food as there are improvised survivors' camps in Port-au-Prince.In Cite Soleil, a gang-ridden slum of 400,000 in Port-au-Prince, residents queued patiently along several blocks at dawn on Sunday to receive small but varied bags of aid from U.S. military and Brazilian "blue helmets" - U.N. troops.Children smiled at soldiers handing out packets of cookies, and adults took grocery bags of rice, beans, pasta, salmon and other goods.Lieutenant General Ken Keen, head of the U.S. relief effort in Haiti, said at the food distribution point that the 10 truck loads of aid would not be enough."You cannot feed every citizen every day," Keen said. He said the aid operation would start giving each family two weeks' worth of food at a time and he hoped this would be working next week.SCRUMS FOR FOOD, SHOTS FIREDEven with U.S. and U.N. troops and Haitian police standing guard, earthquake survivors at the camp in the shattered Delmas neighborhood scrummed for bags of rice dropped from the back of a dump truck on Saturday. Shots were fired into the air by authorities and alarmed aid workers briefly stopped the delivery until they had managed to bring the group to order.Local residents said Plan International had made a mistake by asking four people to share each bag of rice."The way they give the food is not good -- maybe someone takes several times and someone else doesn't get it even one time," a survivor said. On occasions, two people would carry off a bag of rice chased by two others, while other groups of four walked calmly away carrying the rice together.In a camp on the slopes of Haiti's only golf club, tens of thousands awaited aid over the weekend, having seen no food relief for two days."Our problem is we are drawing too many people into this camp. It is dangerous at the moment. It is a complete fire hazard ... there is not a toilet in here," said Donal Reilly, a Catholic Relief Services coordinator.Catholic Relief Services was dividing the camp into sections and handing out to each family a color-coded card entitling them to a two-week supply of dried food to complement what is available in nearby street stalls.But to get this new distribution system going, CRS had to stop the U.S. military from distributing their ready-to-eat rations, to discourage more people from coming to the area."We are going to distribute a two-week ration of food, maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day," said Reilly. CRS trucks were being unloaded at the U.S. military encampment at the club and the aid was being re-packed into ration kits.Reilly did not know how many families were there. "I have heard estimates of anywhere from 20,000 to 100,000 people."The dried grains included in the food aid need to be cooked and cooking gas is expensive and scarce. Near one camp, people were cutting down the few remaining trees to build fires.The U.S. Coast Guard said a first shipment of propane gas was expected to arrive at Port-au-Prince's port on Sunday.Aid agency CARE feeds the hungry by giving cards to women entitling them to rice, beans and oil or other goods. Giving to women ensures the food will get to families because men are more likely to sell it, CARE's director in Haiti, Sophie Perez, said. And it is more orderly.CARE operates near the quake epicenter of Leogane and Carrefour as well as in Petionville suburb in the capital.Monsignor Bernardito Auza, the Papal envoy to Haiti, said Roman Catholic groups have been avoiding security problems by using cars and small trucks to distribute food at night."The distribution has been working well," Auza said. "I remind everybody -- we don't have to wait for security to distribute aid. We have to use our moral authority."(Additional reporting by Patricia Zengerle, editing by Pascal Fletcher and Vicki Allen)For more humanitarian news and analysis, please visit www.alertnet.org
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1.DEC Haiti Appeal tops £50m,DEC
RV=207.4 2010/01/26 00:00
キーワード:DEC,Vision,technology
Donations to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) have topped ?0m exactly two weeks since the devastating earthquake hit Haiti. This represents an average donation of over four million pounds each day since the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal was launched.According to a recent survey of over 1,000 adults carried out for the Charities Aid Foundation, almost half the UK population (48%) have already donated to the Haiti disaster appeal. Of those who haven't given yet, nearly two thirds (62%) say they might, or plan to in the future.Brendan Gormley, Chief Executive of the Disasters Emergency Committee commented:"This is a fantastic show of support by the UK public and their substantial response to the appeal has shown a widespread compassion and willingness to help the millions of Haitians affected by this terrible tragedy.The UK public's generosity has enabled our member agencies to work tirelessly during the last fortnight to deliver emergency supplies in the form of food, water and medical care. But whilst we are hugely grateful for this outstanding support, the situation remains critical in Haiti and we are still working flat out to reach many more survivors with aid. This is no time to sit back and congratulate ourselves. The earthquake has affected millions of people and entire lives need to be rebuilt from the ruins. So I would urge people to continue donating, as this aid effort will continue for many years."Donations have mainly been made over the phone and online, but also include corporate, postal, events, SMS and over-the-counter donations. The influence of social networking and new technology has also greatly contributed to the success of the appeal.The security situation in Haiti is becoming more challenging, and co-ordination and logistical problems remain very serious. However, in the last 24 hours the work of our member agencies has included:Red Cross- More than 2.5 million litres of water have been distributed by the Red Cross Red Crescent- 13,000 people (more than 2,000 households) received tarpaulins, tents, blankets, hygiene kits, kitchen sets and jerry cans- Emergency health kits for 30,000 people have been distributed across the capital.- 10 shipping containers with relief items for approximately 5,000 families has been unloaded in port Ha?a (Dominican Republic) and will be transported over land to Haiti.Oxfam- Five sites with water bladders, serving 65,000 people are up and running with extra water trucks arriving daily- Latrines and washing areas have been completed at two sites serving 55,000 people, including one latrine designed for use by the handicapped. Work continues at three additional sites, which will serve 20,000 extra people.World Vision- Yesterday, World Vision distributed more than 14 metric tons of food to 2,500 people. The 15-day ration food kits included soy-fortified bulgur, corn-soy blend, vegetable oil and lentils- A mobile clinic has been set up with the capacity to help about 100 people a day- Over the next two weeks, World Vision is aiming to reach more than 72,000 people with food and non-food items in 32 camps within Port-au-Prince.To make a donation to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal visit www.dec.org.uk or call 0370 60 60 900, donate over the counter at any post office or high street bank, or send a cheque made payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' to 'PO Box 999, London, EC3A 3AA'.Anyone wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti, the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of 'Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC' on Facebook.
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2.WASH Cluster Haiti Update 25 January,WASH Cluster
RV=195.8 2010/01/26 00:00
キーワード:CRS,Vision,UNICEF
Partners:ACF, ACTED, MSF-F, OXFAM,CRE, Red Cross, GMEP, LIAUTAUD, MSF-B, GCC, GRET, GRET ODC, WINNER, CARE, Comite St Surin, Comite rue Pacot, FISEH, ACTED, WORLD VISION, Haiti Outreach, HOPE HAITI, CRS Haiti, HOPE HAITI, WORLD VISION, Merlin, Plan International, Children Voice Foundation (SFI), SFI - Comite Local, FLM, SAVE THE CHILDREN, Mairie de Tabarre, Mairie de P?ion-Ville, Mairie de Carrefour, Save the ChildrenNote: the above list is not exhaustive. Only those partners implementing (and reporting) WASH in PaP are mentioned.Action• Water supply plan to deliver 1.410 m3 of water in 115 places for an estimated population of 282.000 people. Due to some logistics problems, lack of bladders and lack of discharge pumps. The plan is not being covered. We estimated at least 261.000 people served• Collecting information on activities done by all partners (interim solution). WASH clusters partners need to provide feedback about GPS positions, Municipality where they are placing activities and confirm the daily needs, as well as estimated population in order to facilitate the process of coordination in the different Municipalities• Sanitation activities are ongoing, as well as discussions about hygiene & communication• First version of Sanitation Technical Guide created and will be shared with implementing partners tomorrow (both in French and English)• CNN covering WASH Cluster activities in Canape Vert• WASH Cluster coordination meeting took place in PaP (refer to minute of meeting coming up)• Inter cluster Coordination meeting to mainly discuss GBV focal points for each cluster, decentralization of clusters at sub national level, involvement of clusters in shelter cluster site planning working group• Discussions and agreement with DINEPA on sub-clusters to be established and leadership: 2 sub clusters agreed upon, 1 in Leogan covering Leogan, Gressier, Grand and Petit Goaves lead by DINEPA until UNICEF can establish a sub office and a recruit a person to take over and 1 in Jacmel lead by DINEPA supported by UNDP. DINEPA does not seem to be opened on a non UN agency taking on the sub cluster leadership• Continued developing the document related to the formalization of support to DINEPA by UNICEF for WASH Cluster coordination• Discussion on IM structure and workplanPlan for tomorrow• Plan to deliver 2.180 m3 in 133 places for an estimated population of 377.000 people. The plan doesn't cover all needs, we experience a production shortage of 390 m3. DINEPA is continuing to evaluate and improving the supply network• Working group on Resources Management and Logistics, will be revising main engagements to improve capacity in the response• WASH Cluster coordination in Leogan to launch the sub cluster• Monitoring WASH activities with partners in Leogan• Trip to Jacmel to launch the WASH sub cluster on Wednesday and visit WASH Cluster activities
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3.WASH Cluster Haiti Update 24 January,WASH Cluster
RV=195.8 2010/01/26 00:00
キーワード:CRS,Vision,UNICEF
Partners:ACF, ACTED, MSF-F, OXFAM,CRE, Red Cross, GMEP, LIAUTAUD, MSF-B, GCC, GRET, GRET ODC, WINNER, CARE, Comite St Surin, Comite rue Pacot, FISEH, ACTED, WORLD VISION, Haiti Outreach, HOPE HAITI, CRS Haiti, HOPE HAITI, WORLD VISION, Merlin, Plan International, Children Voice Foundation (SFI), SFI - Comite Local, FLM, SAVE THE CHILDREN, Mairie de Tabarre, Mairie de P?ion-Ville, Mairie de CarrefourNote: the above list is not exhaustive. Only those partners implementing (and reporting) WASH in PaP are mentioned.Action• Inter cluster coordination meeting to discuss protection and civil-military collaboration• Drafting documents for a formalized framework of support to DINEPA by UNICEF, integrating WASH Cluster coordination structures/groups and ToR• Providing Input to shelter cluster Emergency and transitional Strategic framework for Haiti• Water quality working group meeting at DINEAPA, key issues;- Check existing labourites for advanced analyses- Awareness campaign of chlorine as water disinfectant- Daily monitoring sheet for the production and distribution sites• Visit of Canape Vert, Champs de Mars, Carrefour with DINEPA for monitoring and evaluation, water is covered but need to be increased in visited places in Carrefour. Latrines already done in Grace Hospital Mission. Organization allows distribution of food and non food items.• Water distribution in 115 places following the plan (no report back) for at least 235.000 people• Two media covering WASH cluster activities• Haiti Outreach has increased its capacity and will start the assessment of the 300 hand pumps installed in the Leogane plain tomorrow 25/01. Repair work will start immediatelyPlan for tomorrow• WASH Cluster coordination meeting• Inter cluster coordination meeting• Sanitation Technical Working Group meeting• Presenting an activity reporting system (4W) for the WASH partners• Planning of a WASH Cluster Meeting in Jacmel on Wednesday 27/01• UNDAC multi sectorial assessments using MIRA (2 people from UNICEF and DINEPA represent the WASH Cluster
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4.WASH Cluster Haiti Update 23 January,WASH Cluster
RV=195.8 2010/01/26 00:00
キーワード:CRS,Vision,UNICEF
Partners: ACF, MSF-F, OXFAM,CRE, Red Cross, GMEP, LIAUTAUD, MSF-B, GCC, GRET, GRET ODC, WINNER, CARE, Comite St Surin, Comite rue Pacot, FISEH, ACTED, WORLD VISION, Haiti Outreach, HOPE HAITI, CRS Haiti, HOPE HAITI, WORLD VISION, Merlin, Plan International, Children Voice Foundation (SFI), SFI - Comite Local, FLM, SAVE THE CHILDREN, Mairie de Tabarre, Mairie de P?ion-Ville, Mairie de Carrefour Note: the above list is not exhaustive. Only those partners implementing (and reporting) WASH in PaP are mentioned. Action • 1st WASH cluster coordination meeting outside of Port au Prince took place in Leogan and gathered over 18 WASH cluster partners (minute of the meeting to come tomorrow) • 16 organizations are getting involved or planning a response in the areas of Gressier, Leogan, Petit Goive and Grand Goive • A sanitation meeting took place to organize a jump start of sanitation response in Leogan. Agreement reached is that IFRC (trough the Austrian Red Cross) will use its mass sanitation module to begin the construction of latrines for the 20,000 people located in 6 sites in Leogan city. Management of these latrines will be done by individual organizations involved in the various sites • CARE, ACF, Spanish Red cross, Canadian Army are providing water supply in Leogan town. Given the number of actors already involved or planning to in Leogan, water supply in Leogan Town is a need but no longer a priority. The priority for water supply in leogan is at the rural areas (sections communales) • Agreement has been reached to have at least one sub cluster in Leogan. Details to be worked out by DINEPA and UNICEF which will be presented to the WASH cluster partners on the 25/01 • Providing input to the document prepared by OCHA for the SRSG in the framework of Conference on Haiti, which will take place in Canada • Attending inter cluster meeting and discussed the importance on how to involve the national authorities in the clusters • Field monitoring in 15 camps of Port au Prince took place by one of the monitoring focal point. All sites visited, except one had water. • At least 1.175 m3 of water distributed in 115 different places of the city of Port au Prince, for an estimated population of 235.000 people • Efforts for scale up water supply are based on restabilising the network in PaP and the water vendor system. Focus is made to speed up the process. DINEPA & partners assure first phase of free distribution • Agreement with DINEPA on: o basis of monitoring mechanism to follow up water production and distribution o monitoring mechanism for fuel stock and use o Need to increase dramatically number of bladders to accelerate distribution o Use of bottled water as temporary strategy until 'exit strategy' will be ready in hospitals, health centres, child protection structures o New water points distribution will be included in distribution plan if coming organized and based in recommendation done by NGOs and Municipalities • DINEPA & partners will set up a mechanism to support Municipalities to organize community based organizations to assume water distribution and will set up the link of water distribution points with the 508 identified settlements by Shelter cluster. Plan for tomorrow • Distribution of water in 115 points to distribute 1.400 m3 of water (potential population of 281.000 people) • Joint visit from different agencies and DINEPA to Canape Vert and Carrefour to follow up activities and discuss organization system (all WASH and NFIs) in Carrefour • Water Supply working group • Monitoring visit in PaP • Inter cluster meeting
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5.Bloodied' Haiti and donors look at recovery plans,Reuters - AlertNet
RV=176.8 2010/01/26 00:00
キーワード:question,debt,troop
25 Jan 2010 23:55:00 GMTSource: Reuters* Relocation of quake survivors could start this week* PM says Haiti will need 5-10 years of world help* Foreign donors plan aid pledging conference in March (Updates with food disturbance, Clinton on pledges, IMF spokeswoman, port status)By Patrick Markey and Patricia ZengerlePORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Haiti could start relocating homeless earthquake survivors from its ruined capital this week, but it will need at least five to 10 years of international help to rebuild from the catastrophe, the government said on Monday.Appealing for long-term support from foreign donors meeting in Montreal, Canada, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive told them his people had been "bloodied, martyred and ruined" by the Jan. 12 quake that killed up to 200,000 and left hundreds of thousands more Haitians injured and homeless.Bellerive thanked the world community for its help so far, but said "more and more and more" was needed to rebuild a fragile Caribbean state that even before the quake was the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. [ID:nN25129792]"What we're looking for is a long-term commitment ... At least five to 10 years," he said.As the huge relief operation for Haiti turned from rescue to recovery, authorities were trying to relocate at least 400,000 survivors -- now sheltering in more than 400 sprawling makeshift camps across Port-au-Prince -- in temporary tent villages outside the wrecked city."We have to evacuate the streets and relocate the people," Communications Minister Marie Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue said. "We hope we will be able to start at the end of the week."Health Minister Alex Larsen said 1 million Haitians had been displaced from their homes in the Port-au-Prince area. The government had tents for 400,000 to be used in the new, temporary settlements, but would need more.Bellerive said President Rene Preval had called him to ask donors for an additional 200,000 tents. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and representatives of 10 other countries attended the Montreal donors' meeting.The group decided to hold an international pledging conference at U.N. headquarters in New York in March."We actually think it's a novel idea to do the needs assessment first, and then the planning, and then the pledging," Clinton said at a closing news conference.REBUILDING RAVAGED CAPITALAlmost daily aftershocks have shaken Port-au-Prince since the quake, raising the possibility the city might have to be rebuilt on a safer location, away from geological fault lines."In 30 seconds, Haiti lost 60 percent of its GDP," Bellerive said, referring to the concentration of commerce and people in the capital. "So we must decentralize."Nearly two weeks after the magnitude-7.0 quake demolished swaths of Port-au-Prince and other cities, the huge U.S.-led international relief operation is struggling to feed, house and care for hundreds of thousands of hungry, homeless survivors, many of them injured.Facing persistent complaints by desperate survivors that tons of aid flown in was not reaching them on the ground, U.S. troops, U.N. peacekeepers and aid workers have widened and intensified the distribution of food and water.Some of the food handouts in the capital have turned unruly, forcing U.N. peacekeepers and Haitian police to fire shots in the air to restore order. [ID:nN25143068]At a tent camp outside the wrecked presidential palace on Monday, desperate Haitians pushed through a cordon of Uruguayan U.N. peacekeepers to grab at sacks of beans on a truck.The U.N. troops fired riot-control shotguns into the air and sprayed Mace from canisters before they eventually dumped the sacks on the ground and let the Haitians jostle for them.In the debris-strewn streets of Port-au-Prince, U.S. Army troops traveling in Humvees fanned out carrying doctors, food and water to some of the survivors' camps.At the Saint Louis high school, where refugees camped out in makeshift tents and huts, U.S. medics attended long lines of injured Haitians, many of them children."We're driving around, letting people know we're here to help. We've treated 200 people today," said Lieutenant Larry West of the U.S. 82nd Airborne.At Titayen, on a plain about six miles (10 km) north of the capital, trucks were still arriving daily bringing bodies for burial in a mass grave.MOVING PORT-AU-PRINCE?Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon told the Montreal meeting that donors stood ready to help, but basic questions about the recovery strategy first needed be thrashed out."There's the question, for example, of whether we'll rebuild on the present site of Port-au-Prince," Cannon told CBC television, citing the threat of future quakes.Haitian authorities said last week they initially planned to move, with the aid of foreign partners, a first wave of 100,000 survivors to tent villages of 10,000 each at Croix Des Bouquets, just northeast of Port-au-Prince.An International Monetary Fund official said in Montreal restarting business and encouraging lending was a priority.Haiti's trade minister said the quake had eliminated one in five jobs in the country.Essential for both delivery of aid and resumption of commerce is reopening the port of Port-au-Prince. Authorities working to reopen the port said it would be able to handle as many as 700 containers a day by mid-February. [ID:nN25200418]Before the quake hit, the IMF, the World Bank and several lending nations had already forgiven a great deal of Haiti's debt, simply on the grounds of need.The IMF chief has proposed a Marshall Plan-type reconstruction effort for Haiti."We should seize this opportunity to build the foundation and infrastructure of the country better and stronger than it was before," IMF official Caroline Atkinson said in Montreal. (Additional reporting by Jackie Frank, Matthew Bigg, Joseph Guyler Delva and Carlos Barria in Haiti, Randall Palmer in Montreal; Writing by Pascal Fletcher and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Eric Beech)For more humanitarian news and analysis, please visit www.alertnet.org
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1.WASH Cluster Haiti Update 26 January,WASH Cluster
RV=195.9 2010/01/27 00:00
キーワード:CRS,Vision,settlement
Partners:ACF, ACTED, MSF-F, OXFAM,CRE, Red Cross, GMEP, LIAUTAUD, MSF-B, GCC, GRET, GRET ODC, WINNER, CARE, Comite St Surin, Comite rue Pacot, FISEH, ACTED, WORLD VISION, Haiti Outreach, HOPE HAITI, CRS Haiti, HOPE HAITI, WORLD VISION, Merlin, Plan International, Children Voice Foundation (SFI), SFI - Comite Local, FLM, SAVE THE CHILDREN, Mairie de Tabarre, Mairie de P騁ion-Ville, Mairie de Carrefour, Save the ChildrenNote: the above list is not exhaustive. Only those partners implementing (and reporting) WASH in PaP are mentioned.ActionResources management & Logistics:• Water distribution in 133 points of delivery, 1.543 m3 delivered for an estimated population of 308.000 people.• Analysis with DINEPA team on capacity to increase water production (more boreholes have been identified) and distribution (new companies identified but limited capacity). DINEPA with the support of the WASH cluster is working to put operational- The water supply network- Kiosk vendors- Sachet waterAll this distribution ways will be operational as soon as possible and will assure free water for some period.• Analysis done on progress of water supply and main actors in water production/distribution.• Discussion with WHO about bottled water distributionPlan for tomorrowResources management & Logistics:• Update list of hospitals with assessment in water & sanitation status• Plan to distribute water in 133 sites 2.160 m3 of water for 432.000 potential beneficiaries• Visit to Carrefour main settlements to work on a proposal of possible distributing sites.Water DistributionRed line – Requested water, blue line – delivered water
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2.Haiti: Tensions Ongoing Among Survivors Desperate for Aid,ADRA
RV=161.7 2010/01/27 00:00
キーワード:Adra
SILVER SPRING, Md.— While aid has started to flow into areas of Port-au-Prince, tensions among survivors seeking food, water, and basic necessities continue to be a serious issue among displaced populations, reported the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)."It's been difficult finding food. People push you to get something to eat," said Michele, a young woman who is eight months pregnant and currently living in a camp for internally displaced persons in Carrefour, a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. In the last days, she has depended on camp neighbors to get food for her during distributions.ADRA expects that increased access to food will help ease tensions. On January 25, ADRA provided nearly 100,000 pounds (45 tons) of rice, beans, oil, and salt for approximately 15,000 displaced survivors living on the campus of the Haitian Adventist University in southwest Port-au-Prince."ADRA's food distribution can mean the difference between life and death for thousands who have been so severely affected by this disaster," said Julio Muoz, a member of ADRA's emergency response team in Haiti.The distribution was implemented with the security support of local police and Brazilian United Nations peacekeepers. This is the latest of several food distributions that ADRA has completed since a powerful quake hit Haiti on January 12.This follows others distributions, including one on January 23 in which ADRA provided food, water, clothing, and medical supplies for 3,300 individuals throughout 11 sites in the disaster-affected area. More than 1,000 of these beneficiaries were children living at local orphanages in the Carrefour neighborhood. The affected children received basic food items, including bread, bananas, rice, crackers and milk, as well as diapers and more than 8,000 bottles of Pedialyteョ, which replaces the fluids and electrolytes lost due to diarrhea or vomiting.ADRA also distributed more than 12,000 pounds (5,488 kilos) of pinto beans, approximately 760 gallons (2,880 liters) of oil, and more than 1,100 pounds (500 kilos) of salt donated by the World Food Programme (WFP), and 20,000 6-ounce (200 milliliters) packs of nutritional drinks provided by the Spanish International Cooperation Agency (AECID), which will feed an estimated 2,000 children at two local schools for a week."In the capital city, millions remain in need of the most basic necessities," reported Muoz. "ADRA is committed to the people of Haiti, and will continue to respond to their needs."If you would like to support ADRA's relief efforts, give to the Haiti Earthquake Response Fund at www.adra.org/haiti, or by phone at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372).To donate through a mobile phone, text the word "ADRA" to 85944, reply "YES" and donate a one-time $10 gift to ADRA's Haiti response.Follow ADRA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest information as it happens.ADRA is a non-governmental organization present in 125 countries providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association, age, gender, race or ethnicity.For more information about ADRA, visit www.adra.org.Author: Nadia McGillFor more information, contact:John Torres, Senior Public Relations Manager301.680.6357 (office)301.680.6370 (fax)John.Torres@adra.orgDonate to Haiti Earthquake Response FundOnline: http://www.adra.org/haitiMobile: 85944, Text the word "ADRA", reply "YES"Phone: 1.800.424.ADRA (2372)
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3.Eagles Deliver Water to Thirsty Haitians,ADRA
RV=161.7 2010/01/27 00:00
キーワード:Adra
Feature article written by Michelle L. Oetman, Communications Coordinator for ADRA International currently on the ground in Haiti.At first glance, they look like just four bikers flying by, then pulling to the roadside.As their two motorbikes come to a stop, the pair on each bike quickly set down a large yellow box and erect a table between the two bikes. A small crowd hurriedly gathers around them. As you get closer, you see why.Truth is, these bikers are integral to providing vital clean water to communities and displaced person camps throughout earthquake ravaged Port-au-Prince.The yellow box they carry, quickly unpacks into an ingenious water purification system, called a Trekker, specially powered, amazingly, by a motorbike. The Trekkers, portable yellow briefcases filled with a pump and tubes, can serve water to 330 people in an eight-hour day.Beginning Friday, January 22, ADRA hired and dispersed 20 motorbike drivers around the city to areas where water is available, but undrinkable. Once they're set up, they begin dispersing purified water into containers brought by those living nearby. The motorbike drivers, who've named their team "Les Aigles" (The Eagles) – because they're light and can fly by jammed traffic or crumbled roads -- also hand out water purification tablets during their day-long shift. In return, drivers are given food, a small salary, and reimbursement for their fuel. Because of the project's low cost and the possibility of wide distribution throughout the earthquake-affected areas, ADRA expects to expand the project to 30 trekkers.Walix, father of four young girls, was anxious for food and eager to be part of the ADRA Eagles team. The top of his house caved in during the recent earthquake forcing he and his family to sleep on the streets. They have other scars, too. A wall of their home fell on his sister, who lives with him, one child sustained injuries to her head, and another to her leg. But all have survived, which Walix thanks God for.Ironically, Walix doesn't even have water at home for his family, yet he's committed to driving around and providing water for his fellow Haitians.He'd never heard of ADRA before this earthquake, but now, when asked what ADRA means to him, he replied, "Do you see where ADRA is?" pointing to the bib he and his team wear. "ADRA is on my heart."His partner at the water site, Joseph, shares a similar story. He, his wife and three small children are now living on the ground close to their completely flattened home. His family has all survived, but his brother suffered a broken arm when one of the walls of his home fell. He decided to be an ADRA Eagle because he had heard that "ADRA always helps the poor people. I saw people here in a difficult situation," he continued. "They have no water. They needed help!" And he enjoys being that help. "The people are so happy to get water. They say 'thank you' and 'the water tastes very good!'"The technology for the Trekker's unique water purification systems is provided by GlobalMedic, ADRA's partner organization in providing water supplies throughout Port-au-Prince in response to the recent earthquake. GlobalMedic team members also trained the Eagles and scout the locations for Trekker placement each day.Now, more than a week after the initial earthquake, Haitians are still desperate for many basic needs. Your support for Haiti does things like hiring Eagles like Joseph and Walix, who, in turn, are flying around their city providing clean drinking water to the thirsty people of Port-au-Prince.If you would like to support ADRA's relief efforts, give to the Haiti Earthquake Response Fund at www.adra.org/haiti, or by phone at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372).To donate through a mobile phone, text the word "ADRA" to 85944, reply "YES" and donate a one-time $10 gift to ADRA's Haiti response.Follow ADRA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest information as it happens.ADRA is a non-governmental organization present in 125 countries providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association, age, gender, race or ethnicity.For more information about ADRA, visit www.adra.org.For more information, contact:John Torres, Senior Public Relations Manager301.680.6357 (office)301.680.6370 (fax)John.Torres@adra.orgDonate to Haiti Earthquake Response FundOnline: http://www.adra.org/haitiMobile: 85944, Text the word "ADRA", reply "YES"Phone: 1.800.424.ADRA (2372)
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4.UNICEF and partners provide safe water for Haitian children and families,UNICEF
RV=111.1 2010/01/27 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement
Haiti's 'double disaster' poses water-and-sanitation challengesPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 26 January 2010 – Two weeks after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, UNICEF continues to reach children with life-saving support, including urgently needed safe water.VIDEO: Watch nowHere in the capital, UNICEF is now providing potable water for 235,000 people at hospitals and distribution points around the city. And water distribution is being scaled up significantly. The target is to reach half a million people with a consistent water supply within the next few days.Safe water is critical to staving off a second wave of disaster caused by disease outbreaks, especially among children.Children are vulnerableAs the lead UN agency for water, sanitation and hygiene (also known as WASH) in the earthquake zone, UNICEF is committed to ensuring these basic needs for children, both directly and through its partners on the ground.This is a challenge in the context of Haiti's 'double disaster' – because the development constraints that the country already faced have worsened considerably in the aftermath of the 12 January quake."You have to keep in mind that prior to the earthquake, only 50 percent of the entire country had access to clean water in the first place," said UNICEF WASH Specialist Silvia Gaya. "Children in emergency situations like this one are more susceptible to illness and death from waterborne disease."Working in concert with DINEPA, the state-run water authority, UNICEF has been able to establish 115 water-distribution points throughout Port-au-Prince and surrounding locales. Many of the sites have been set up at the improvised settlements that Haitians have created because they've either lost homes in the disaster or remain hesitant to return to their homes for fear of aftershocks.Water trucks and bladdersIn tandem with the government and other partners, UNICEF is also setting up collapsible tanks, known as water bladders, at sites around Port-au-Prince. Large capacity water trucks are brought in daily to pump clean, chlorinated water into 5,000- and 10,000-litre bladders.In the Canap・Vert neighbourhood, for example, UNICEF and partners are meeting the safe-water needs of approximately 105,000 people.And at a temporary settlement in the capital's main public park, Champs de Mars, a 10,000-litre water bladder has been set up in the shadow of a monument to national hero General Jean-Jacques Dessalines. The park, with its picturesque plazas and lush landscapes, has been transformed into a small city of tents and makeshift shelters housing 20,000 people. Sanitation facilities there remain less than adequate.Alternate sourcesAbout an hour's drive from Champs de Mars is the town of Carrefour, near the site of the earthquake's epicentre. At the Grace International Mission in Carrefour, the concern at the moment is less about sanitation than the provision of safe water.The private, family-run mission has opened up its grounds to people who were displaced when entire communities in the area were reduced to rubble. While UNICEF has overseen the digging of 45 latrines at the compound, more than 10,000 people housed there are only being served by two small water cisterns.In addition, DINEPA dispatches one water truck to the mission daily – but it is not enough to meet the cooking, bathing and drinking water demands everyone in the encampment."We expect that the residents here are getting water from alternate sources outside of the compound, since what is present is completely inadequate," said Ms. Gaya of UNICEF. "We will be working to get water bladders here to meet the immediate needs of daily usage. Meanwhile, with the construction of these latrines, we can offer some semblance of dignity and sanitary conditions for families temporarily residing here."Richard Alleyne contributed reporting to this story from Haiti.
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5.HelpAge working to reach most vulnerable Haitians,HelpAge
RV=93.4 2010/01/27 00:00
キーワード:DEC
Andrea, 93, saved her grandchildren from the earthquake. She is now homeless in Carrefour Feuilles, Port au Prince, with young children dependent on her for survival.Thousands of older people care for childrenBecause of the impact of HIV and Aids on middle generations, and because parents often leave Haiti to seek work, thousands of older people in Haiti care for children, making them one of the country's most at-risk groups. Our emergency response team in Haiti is currently working with other organisations to reach vulnerable people by setting up help points to make sure those most in need get the right kind of assistance. Help points to reach those most in need. A consortium of humanitarian agencies, including HelpAge International, is working on setting up Vulnerability Focal Points (VFPs) in nine areas in Haiti. Each point will contain two staff – who will take enquiries and provide information – and a mobile team that will go out into affected communities to provide immediate relief and services to vulnerable people. The VFPs will be set up in eight areas in Port au Prince and one in Petit Goave. Other agencies involved in the consortium are: Handicap International, Christian Blinden Mission, Centre for Special Education, Haitian Society for the Blind, Ministry of Social Affairs, Healing Hands for Haiti, CADOR and other local organisations. The strategy is being discussed and an action plan will be set out. If the model works well it could be rolled out to other areas, for example in Jacmel.How you can helpWe urgently need more funds to help us get aid to those who really need it and to support longer-term relief. If you are a UK citizen, please donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Haiti Earthquake Appeal now.If you live outside the UK, you can donate to our Haiti relief efforts through:World Granny HelpAge USA HelpAge Germany
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1.Further Haiti fundraising will help rebuild shattered lives,DEC
RV=164.9 2010/01/28 00:00
キーワード:DEC,Vision
The DEC has announced that the wonderful generosity of the UK public means its members now have the money they need to fund their short term emergency aid efforts in Haiti. Further funds are needed by member agencies to help the Haitian people rebuild their lives from the ruins.Member agencies are still accelerating their work to provide emergency relief including food, shelter, clothing, medical help and clean water and have already reached hundreds of thousands of people.Planning for rebuilding and recovery will include providing good quality temporary shelter and permanent housing, supporting people to get back to work and developing longer term community services such as health care, water services and schools. The challenge is not simply to return Haiti to the poverty and desperation that was prevalent before the quake but to give survivors the chance of something better. DEC members will be able to draw on their experience of building more than 20,000 high quality, earthquake resistant homes in the Indonesian province of Aceh alone after the 2004 Tsunami.Brendan Gormley, Chief Executive of the DEC said:"We appealed for help two weeks ago and the generosity of the public has been staggering. Our member agencies are extremely grateful and are hard at work using the money to get aid to those who need it most. The aid is getting through, more and more each day. The response of people in the UK has shown that we do care about people in poor countries. As a result we can now commit to expanding the presence many agencies had in Haiti before the quake and staying for the long haul."Haiti was an extremely poor country before this earthquake, and we want to ensure that money that has and will be generously donated by the UK public is used to work with communities to help them rebuild from scratch. We don't want the aid effort to just be a sticking plaster - we want to leave Haiti stronger than it was before the quake. That's why we will be spending the money donated by the public over a three year period. We learnt a great deal during the reconstruction members undertook after the 2004 tsunami and the public are giving us the chance to ensure Haiti benefits from that experience."The total donated to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal so far has now reach 」58m and the knowledge that this money is available has allowed member agencies to rapidly scale up their emergency relief efforts. They have already helped hundreds of thousands of survivors despite destroyed or buried of roads, disruption at the port and airport, the death of key staff in aid agencies, the UN and Haitian Government; and the vast needs of millions of people sheltering in a shattered city. Their efforts have saved lives and vastly improved many people's chances of continued survival.Notes to editors:- To make a postal donation make cheques payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' and mail to 'PO Box 999, London, EC3A 3AA'.- Donations can be made at any high street bank, or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.- Text "GIVE" to 70077 to give 」5 to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. 」5 goes to the DEC. You pay 」5 plus the standard network SMS rate.- The DEC consists of: Action Aid, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Help the Aged, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund, World Vision.- The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies, or some of them, must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful, either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.
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2.Thousands of pregnant women in Haiti face dangerous delivery after earthquake,DEC
RV=164.9 2010/01/28 00:00
キーワード:DEC,Vision
The lives of thousands of expectant mothers in Haiti and the lives of their unborn babies are at risk after the earthquake left the healthcare system in tatters, leaving the women with no choice but to deliver their babies in emergency camps.Around 37,000 pregnant women are living in the earthquake-hit region. At least 10,000 of them will need delivery services in the coming months, and aid agencies expect that 1,500 will need care for life-threatening complications during delivery.Even before the earthquake, Haitian women faced the highest risk of dying in childbirth in the region with one in 44 women dying in childbirth compared to one in 8,200 in the UK. In normal circumstances 15 per cent of all pregnant women experience a complication requiring medical interventions but in a disaster situation that percentage is much higher.Many newborn babies will also be in danger as the first 24 hours of a child's life are the most vulnerable period for a baby.Jon Bugge, Save the Children's Emergencies advisor in Haiti, said: "Hospitals and clinics were destroyed by the earthquake and those that are left are overcrowded, understaffed and have run out of drugs and equipment. We're seeing women giving birth in camps with no one on hand to help if things go wrong."One of our aid workers helped a woman in labour in one of the camps who was delivering a breach baby. After taking the woman to three hospitals that were unable to help, she was able to help her to deliver a very underweight baby girl in the UN compound. At the moment many more mums will give birth without that help – and could die or lose their baby."Approximately 75 per cent of maternal deaths result from hemorrhage, infection, miscarriage, prolonged or obstructed labour and hypertensive disorders, many of which could be avoided with appropriate medical care. But with limited or no access to health facilities and the additional stress of the emergency situation, pregnant women are at massive risk of complications and death.Women and girls face other specific risks in disaster zones. Women and girls are more likely to be raped or sexually abused in camps, partly because they often have to wash or go to the toilet in exposed, insecure areas. Specific female needs for items like sanitary towels are often overlooked in the emergency response and they often miss out in aid distributions to men who are stronger.Sophie Perez, Care's Country Director in Haiti, said: "Statistics clearly show that women are disproportionately affected in emergencies. We seek to reach the people most in need as quickly as possible, and experience shows that reaching the woman of a particular household first is the best way to accomplish that."DEC agencies including CARE and Save the Children are helping pregnant women, new mothers and children by training community health workers, recruiting midwives, and providing safe delivery kits for women and health centres to facilitate safer, cleaner deliveries. They are distributing hygiene kits for women that include soap and toothpaste, and also sanitary towels and underwear for women.Agencies including Merlin and the Red Cross are at work supporting emergency health services.Those wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti, the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of 'Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC' on Facebook.- Ends -Notes to editors:- To make a postal donation make cheques payable to 'DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal' and mail to 'PO Box 999, London, EC3A 3AA- Donations can be made at any high street bank or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449.- Text "GIVE" to 70077 to give 」5 to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal. 」5 goes to the DEC. You pay 」5 plus the standard network SMS rate.- The DEC consists of: Action Aid, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Help the Aged, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund, World Vision.- The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies, or some of them, must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful, either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.
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3.Haiti Earthquake: Supplies and shelter at Terraine D'Acra,ARC
RV=124.3 2010/01/28 00:00
キーワード:question,settlement
Four plane loads of emergency medical and shelter supplies arrived yesterday and today in Port-au-Prince. This morning, we started distributing FEMA-grade tarps at Terraine D'Acra settlement and will continue until all 5,000 people there have shelter.Terraine D'Acra is an area of the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince. We have been working closely with local leaders to coordinate our response.We also opened a health clinic at the settlement today. Our medical team will be using medicines and supplies from our shipment to care for people in desperate need.Today, children at the settlement will have safe places to play as we open the first of our child-friendly spaces. We will also be constructing latrines to prevent the spread of disease.At Fond Parisien, our temporary settlement for clinic patients and their families is up and running. We have been putting up dozens of tents and digging latrines for the more than 200 people who are there. New patients who have had operations and are in need of follow-up care continue to arrive from Jimani and other areas. Upon arrival, each family receives three days of food rations, water containers, blankets, cooking utensils, mattresses, and clothing and hygiene supplies.If you have any questions about the Haiti response effort, you can always contact us directly. The easiest way is to email info@archq.org.
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4.HEALTH CLUSTER IN HAITI: HAITI EARTHQUAKE BULLETIN N°9 28 January 2010,PAHO
RV=112.1 2010/01/28 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement
HIGHLIGHTS- The Ministry of Health indicated that they will report on all health activities, including both national and international activities, to the Prime Minister on Friday.- Reports indicate almost all people with injuries have received medical attention; however, some still require surgical care.- The current priorities of the Ministry of Health include post-operative care and rehabilitation of disabled people, primary care at internally displaced persons sites and provision of medical services outside of Port-au-Prince.- The Haitian Government, in cooperation with PAHO/WHO and UNICEF, will start vaccinating against measles, tetanus and diphtheria in selected settlement camps next week.- GPS coordinates of health sites are being gathered in order to facilitate mapping.
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5.Officials Consider Role in Haiti Beyond Immediate Relief,Govt. USA
RV=74.7 2010/01/28 00:00
キーワード:question
By John J. KruzelAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2010 – The U.S. government still is figuring out the details of American assistance in Haiti, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said here today, noting that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and President Barack Obama discussed the issue yesterday."I think that everybody would say by now that the aid is flowing in a very productive and helpful fashion," Morrell told Pentagon reporters. "But the question now becomes, now that this immediate relief has been provided, what do we want to do from here? What can we do from here?"Morrell characterized security in Haiti as "stable, but fragile," saying groups displaying unrest are a reflection that aid distribution is an ongoing challenge."We have to be mindful of the security climate there," he said. "We have to provide the kind of security that will facilitate a safe, secure flow of food, water, medicine, whatever it may be to the population."Morrell estimated that U.S. relief efforts to date have cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and said thousands of additional forces are in the pipeline to be sent to Haiti."So we envision that there will be a role for the United States military for some time to come in Haiti," he said, adding that the United States is honored to carry out a relief mission in a country it's uniquely positioned to help."No one can provide the kinds of assistance we can, and we are happy to be doing it," he said. "It shows the world that obviously we are not a one-dimensional force; we are a force for good and try to provide assistance to those who need it around the world."U.S. military assistance in Haiti likely is to continue for three to six months before yielding to international and nongovernment groups as they take on greater responsibility for the massive humanitarian relief effort there, the director of Defense Logistics Agency said yesterday."I think there's a commitment to continue to provide support and stay engaged until other organizations can take over the role," Navy Vice Adm. Alan Thompson told the Defense Writers Group."My sense would be that probably in the three- to six-month time period would be when there would be efforts to try to transition some of the support," the admiral said.
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1.WASH Cluster Haiti Update 27 January,WASH Cluster
RV=309.6 2010/01/29 00:00
キーワード:CRS,Vision,UNICEF,settlement,cluster
Partners:ACF, ACTED, MSF-F, OXFAM,CRE, Red Cross, GMEP, LIAUTAUD, MSF-B, GCC, GRET, GRET ODC, WINNER, CARE, Comite St Surin, Comite rue Pacot, FISEH, ACTED, WORLD VISION, Haiti Outreach, HOPE HAITI, CRS Haiti, HOPE HAITI, WORLD VISION, Merlin, Plan International, Children Voice Foundation (SFI), SFI - Comite Local, FLM, SAVE THE CHILDREN, Mairie de Tabarre, Mairie de P騁ion-Ville, Mairie de Carrefour, Save the ChildrenNote: the above list is not exhaustive. Only those partners implementing (and reporting) WASH in PaP are mentioned.Action- Participation at the shelter cluster meeting today: There is no clear shelter cluster strategy with the government (DPC) in order to relocate affected people in the other sites. However assessment will continue to identify major sites. WASH Cluster will continue to provide assistance on the current identified sites - Some NGOs have been already identified for developing partnership documents for WASH interventions for the coming days- Field visit in Jacmel in 4 camps. UNICEF needs to pull out efforts on coordination (taken now by UNDP and DINEPA) to concentrate on program delivery with focus on sanitation.- WASH Cluster coordination in Jacmel to officially launch the sub cluster on the 27/01- Inter cluster coordination meeting during which the achievements and challenges of the WASH Cluster were presented- WASH Cluster coordination meeting in Leogane to officially launch the sub cluster on the 26/01- Agreement with DINEPA to establish a strategic working group comprising of the key experts (Senior technical advisors from the Global WASH Cluster) that are presently in the country. The idea is that these people be proposed to gather once per week (2 h) to discuss issues which mater to the cluster- Discussions with Focal points from UNICEF and DINEPA on a strategy to push for up scaling latrines construction. It is agreed that a 30 days plan be proposed in the Sanitation working group meeting with clear figures and commitment from involved partnersResources management & Logistics:- Plan to distribute water in 133 sites 2.160 m3 of water for 432.000 potential beneficiaries, but gaps are expected due to difficulty in increasing distribution efficacy- Visit to Frecher Lokal and CAMEP for monitoring water production/distribution- Visit to Carrefour main settlements to work on a proposal of possible sites for WASH activities- Provision of some bladders available in IOM to some partnersPlan for tomorrow- WASH Cluster coordination meeting in PaP - Inter cluster coordination meeting in PaP - Meeting with OCHA on ERF and on Sanitation issues - Meeting with UNDAC assessment team to discuss findings in PaPPrepare presentation of WASH Cluster achievements and challenges for Donors - Continue working on formalization docs of UNICEF support to DINEPAResources management & Logistics:- Plan to distribute water in 138 sites 2.160 m3 of water for 432.000 potential beneficiaries- Follow up of plan of upgrading level of services- Based on assessments, plan for bottled distribution in public institutions- Meeting with all partners working in Carrefour in order to identify 3WWW based on each partner capacities- Prepare the distribution plan of incoming materials among partners based on prioritiesResources needed- 1 vehicle + driver for DINEPA (all) and pick up at DINEPA at 16.30 h- 1 vehicle without driver (David, Souleymane)- 1 vehicle + driver for sanitation at 14:00 h at DINEPA
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2.Work on Organized Settlement Progresses as Distribution of Non-Food Items Gathers Momentum in Haiti,IOM
RV=185.7 2010/01/29 00:00
キーワード:CRS,settlement,cluster
IOM is working with its partners from the shelter cluster to finalize the first organized settlement for some 3,500 displaced persons in the Port-au-Prince neighbourhood of Tabarre."A total of 350 ten-person tents donated by the UK-charity Shelterbox have been set-up, with work being finalized on latrines, showers and electricity," says IOM's Christopher Gascon. "The first families are expected to more in from the capital's Parc de la Primature and surrounding areas in the coming days. The daily management of the organized settlement in Tabarre will be carried out by the French NGO ACTED."An estimated 900,000 to 1.1 million people are believed to be in acute need of emergency shelter assistance in Haiti, according to assessment data compiled by IOM and its partners, the vast majority of them in the capital, Port-au-Prince.In an effort to tackle the complex challenge of immediately assisting such large numbers of people whilst ensuring adequate shelter protection is available in the coming months when the rainy and hurricane seasons arrive, IOM and its partners in Haiti continue to focus on distributing tarpaulins and plastic sheets to improve shelter conditions for those made homeless until more tents arrive in the country.To date, more than 6,000 tarpaulins, 1,948 tents, 800 shelter kits, 3,345 items of plastic sheeting and 400 shelterboxes, each containing a 10-person tent, blankets, water purifiers, mosquito nets, tools, a stove, kitchen equipment and materials for children, have been distributed to by IOM and its partners to some 36,000 people.Currently, the shelter cluster has some 9,290 tarpaulins, 7,295 tents, 11,940 items plastic sheeting in stock with a further 57,320 tarpaulins, 50,720 tents, 32,912 items of plastic sheeting expected to in the coming days.IOM is currently working on improving warehousing facilities to increase the provision and distribution of non food assistance for shelter cluster partners, including ACTED, the American Refugee Committee (ARC), the Association of Volunteers in International Service (AVISI), Catholic Relief Service (CRS) the Red Cross Movement and Islamic Relief.In response to an initial appeal launched on 15 January and which will be shortly revised to better reflect the scale of needs in the country, the Organization had asked for US$ 30 million to provide emergency shelter and non-food assistance and to establish a cash-for-work programme that would include rubble removal.IOM has so far received pledges totaling USD 23,3 million from the US government (OFDA/USAID), Sweden, the UN's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), Canada, France, Finland, Korea, the Clinton Foundation and Argos Cement Company of Colombia to support ongoing relief operations and future rebuilding efforts.Private donations can be made to IOM through the IOM website at www.iom.int and in the United States at http://www.usaim.org/PROJECTHaiti.aspFor further information, please contact Jean Philippe Chauzy or Jemini Pandya, IOM Geneva, Tel: + 41 22 717 9361/+ 41 79 285 4366, Email: pchauzy@iom.int and + 41 22 717 9486/+ 41 79 217 3374 Email: jpandya@iom.int respectively.Copyright ゥ IOM. All rights reserved.
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3.Haiti: Day 16 ADRA Clinic Cares for 1000 People a Day,ADRA
RV=169.8 2010/01/29 00:00
キーワード:Adra
SILVER SPRING, Md. —Sixteen days after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) continues to provide life-saving medical assistance, treating 1,000 patients every day.On Tuesday, January 26, ADRA and partner GlobalMedic installed an inflatable field hospital on the campus of the Haitian Adventist University in the neighborhood of Carrefour. The hospital, which measures 22 feet by 42 feet, will benefit more than 20,000 earthquake survivors living in a camp for displaced persons outside of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. The inflatable hospital is currently being used as a primary care center for injured survivors, and can assist an estimated 1,000 patients a day. Local aid groups have also received training on how to install, operate and maintain the hospital, to ensure that it can remain operational for as long as needed."Since ADRA first began its response hours after this disaster, one of our primary concerns has been access to medical care," said John Torres, Senior Public Relations Manager and a member of ADRA's emergency response team on the ground in Haiti. "These inflatable hospitals is an effective way to bring life-saving care to the people where they are."In addition to the medical care ADRA continues to provide basic elements for survival. In the last week, ADRA has distributed more than 351,000 pounds (159 tons) of rice, beans, oil, and salt inside the camp in Carrefour and among other displaced populations in Port-au-Prince.If you would like to support ADRA's relief efforts, give to the Haiti Earthquake Response Fund at www.adra.org/haiti, or by phone at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372). To donate through a mobile phone, text the word "ADRA" to 85944, reply "YES" and donate a one-time $10 gift to ADRA's Haiti response.Follow ADRA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest information as it happens.ADRA is a non-governmental organization present in 125 countries providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association, age, gender, race or ethnicity.For more information about ADRA, visit www.adra.org.Author: Nadia McGillFor more information, contact:John Torres, Senior Public Relations Manager301.680.6357 (office)301.680.6370 (fax)John.Torres@adra.orgDonate to Haiti Earthquake Response FundOnline: www.adra.org/haitiMobile: 85944, Text the word "ADRA", reply "YES"Phone: 1.800.424.ADRA (2372)
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4.Help Haiti with Love! Tzu Chi’s relief efforts in Haiti,Tzu Chi
RV=167.6 2010/01/29 00:00
キーワード:Tzu,Chi
(San Dimas, CA, USA) The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12 has caused catastrophic damages and casualties in the country. Tzu Chi USA headquarters immediately established an emergency coordination center on the 12 and held meetings with nationwide offices and the founder of Tzu Chi Foundation, Dharma Master Cheng Yen, on the 13.Tzu Chi's relief team and medical personnel were immediately mobilized to be on standby. In addition, Tzu Chi has been integrating nationwide volunteers and medical manpower and resources to be on standby for dispatch to Haiti in the long-run. Resources are being shipped from the US as well as from Hualien, including eco-friendly blankets, instant rice, instant corn powder, reusable utensils, clothes, water purifying tablets, tarps, etc. Tzu Chi also initiated a global fundraising campaign, "Help Haiti with Love," with 29 countries participating in the first phase of the global fundraising campaign.On January 15, Tzu Chi emergency coordination center in the US reached its local volunteers in Haiti, and immediately established an emergency coordination center in its Dominican Republic office. On the 18, first relief assessment team from the US, including the CEO of Tzu Chi USA, arrived at the Dominican Republic. On the 19, the team arrived in Haiti and met with Tzu Chi volunteers in Haiti.After the earthquake struck, there was a lack of electricity. Therefore, Tzu Chi's instant rice, developed by TIHAA (Tzu Chi International Humanitarian Aid Association), is very useful during relief work. This kind of instant rice can be served 20-50 minutes after pouring in water ranging from hot to room temperature. Tzu Chi also developed instant corn powder, which is one of the main staples in Haiti, to be distributed to the survivors. The first shipment of goods from Hualien, weighing 10 tons, has arrived in the Dominican Republic on January 26, and will be delivered into Haiti on January 28. On February 1, Tzu Chi will conduct small scale distributions in poverty-stricken areas that have not yet received aid from other organizations. Tzu Chi Jordan chapter has contacted Prince El Hassan bin Talal and the Jordanian peacekeepers to provide security for Tzu Chi's relief distributions in Haiti. The second shipment of goods, including 12,000 blankets and 10,000 tarps from the US, will arrive in the Dominican Republic on February 8. In addition, 28 tons of instant rice, 1 ton of instant corn powder, 50,000 eco-friendly blankets and 30,000 sets of utensils (a total of 17 cargo containers) of supplies are on standby in Hualien, ready to be shipped to Haiti. Tzu Chi will be providing not just immediate relief, but also mid- and long-term relief in Haiti. Tzu Chi will also establish a relief work program in Haiti for the survivors. Based on Tzu Chi's prior experiences, a relief work program not only provides financial assistance, it also provides hope, love and a sense of purpose to the survivors. After Typhoon Morakot and Typhoon Ketsana struck Asia in 2009, Tzu Chi initiated a relief work program to give the survivors wages to help clean their own hometown. The city of Marikina in the Philippines was severely flooded due to Typhoon Ketsana; Tzu Chi volunteers and 80,000 relief workers/survivors cleaned up the entire city in just 18 days, preventing the spread of epidemics. The CEO of Tzu Chi USA, William Keh, continues to urge the public to pray for or send kind thoughts to the people in Haiti. Tzu Chi will be there to accompany the survivors as long as there is a need, and Tzu Chi will help to deliver everyone's love to Haiti. Donation of any amount will go a long way to help the suffering people in Haiti; every cent of donation will be used for the immediate, mid-term and long-term relief operation in Haiti. Together, let us help Haiti with love!For more information, please visit www.us.tzuchi.org or send an email to info@us.tzuchi.orgTo make a donation, please visit www.us.tzuchi.org , or call 1-888-989-8244 , or send your check to 1100 S. Valley Center Ave., San Dimas, CA 91773. (Your donation is tax deductible in the USA!)About Tzu ChiTzu Chi Foundation is an international humanitarian organization, established in 1966 by Dharma Master Cheng Yen, with over 5 million members in 47 countries, providing relief in 69 countries. The foundation dedicates itself in the fields of charity, medicine, education, environmental protection, international relief work and the establishment of the world's third largest bone marrow donor registry. It also promotes humanistic values and community volunteerism.In 1984, Tzu Chi Foundation in the U.S. was established in California as a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Since then, 62 local offices have been established with over 100,000 members in the U.S.Tzu Chi's International Relief EffortsTzu Chi's principles of international relief work include the following: directness, priority, respect, timeliness, practicality and gratitude. In the last few months, Tzu Chi assisted with Typhoon Morakot relief and Typhoon Ketsana relief in Asia, tsunami relief in the America Samoa, earthquake relief in Indonesia, as well as other small and large scale disaster reliefs in the world. In the Philippines alone, 80,000 workers/residents joined Tzu Chi's relief work program, and together with the Tzu Chi volunteers in the Philippines, they cleaned up an entire city in 18 days. Tzu Chi's Prior Relief Efforts in HaitiTzu Chi has previously provided aid to Haiti in 1998-1999, 2004 and 2008-2009. In January 2009, Tzu Chi relief team in the Americas traveled to Haiti to provide relief after the country was struck by numerous hurricanes in 2008. Tzu Chi volunteers from the US, Dominican Republic and St. Martin provided supplies including rice, corn powder, cooking oil, sugar, salt, instant noodles, tarp, eco-friendly blankets, buckets (for food storage), vitamins, dental kits and a set of portable dental equipment, benefiting 3,343 households in poverty stricken areas in Port-au-Prince and Cit・Soleil. There were also other long-term plans for charitable and medical assistance.Copyright ゥTaiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation. All Rights Reserved
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5.DODD LUGAR INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO SPEED HAITIAN RECOVERY,Govt. USA
RV=105.5 2010/01/29 00:00
キーワード:debt,Corps
Thursday, January 28, 2010— Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) today introduced legislation to speed recovery efforts in post-earthquake Haiti. The legislation will focus on three areas important to rebuilding Haiti – debt relief, infrastructure, and trade."The United States and the international community have already contributed tremendously to short-term relief efforts in Haiti, but it's critical that we commit to Haiti's long-term recovery as well," said Dodd. "Our legislation includes three provisions critical to Haiti's recovery, including debt relief, the creation of an international infrastructure fund, and measures designed to boost investment and trade in Haiti.""Despite strong support from the United States, sustained international participation in Haiti is vital for its recovery. It is especially important that the international community provide governance assistance to the Haitian people," Lugar said. "The legislation explores ways to invigorate economic activity in the country by adjusting U.S.-Haiti trade agreements. It also encourages the IMF to provide debt relief to Haiti and ensure that IMF gold sale surpluses are used for low income countries, including Haiti."Dodd and Lugar's legislation will:Relieve Haiti of its outstanding international debt with multilateral institutions, as well as any additional debt incurred in the aftermath of the earthquake. Additionally, it would encourage these institutions to make financial assistance available to Haiti in the form of grants, rather than loans.キ Foster the creation of an international infrastructure fund for Haiti to invest in electric grids, roads, water, sanitation facilities, and other critical infrastructure projects.キ Extend the deadline of currently enacted trade provisions for Haiti, helping to foster investment in Haiti and increase trade between the United States and Haiti.Dodd is a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chairman of its Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics Affairs.Lugar is the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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1.WASH Cluster Haiti Update 29 January,WASH Cluster
RV=360.7 2010/01/30 00:00
キーワード:CRS,Vision,UNICEF,settlement,cluster,Cluster
Partners:ACF, ACTED, MSF-F, OXFAM,CRE, Red Cross, GMEP, LIAUTAUD, MSF-B, GCC, GRET, GRET ODC, WINNER, CARE, Comite St Surin, Comite rue Pacot, FISEH, ACTED, WORLD VISION, Haiti Outreach, HOPE HAITI, CRS Haiti, HOPE HAITI, WORLD VISION, Merlin, Plan International, Children Voice Foundation (SFI), SFI - Comite Local, FLM, SAVE THE CHILDREN, Mairie de Tabarre, Mairie de P騁ion-Ville, Mairie de Carrefour, Save the ChildrenNote: the above list is not exhaustive. Only those partners implementing (and reporting) WASH are mentioned.Action- Draft of formalization of UNICEF support to DINEPA for WASH Cluster coordination finalized and sent- Preparation and Briefing Donors community on the WASH Cluster Reponse and challenges along with DINEPA. Donors made it clear during this meeting that WASH Cluster needs to deliver on sanitation and promised full support in pushing individual agencies to give priority to this issue- 1st step screening of ERF proposals (American Development Foundation, IMC, Solidarites, Save the Children US, Islamic Relief)- Meeting with Shelter Cluster and Map action with the objective of finding out total superficie of the 500 settlements. The idea is to be able to illustrate the challenge in term of lack of space by comparing such a superficies with the one required for the needed latrines based on sphere standards.Resources management & Logistics:- Plan to distribute water in 159 sites 2.170 m3 of water for 434.000 potential beneficiaries- Distribution of sachet water and water in kiosks network- Update data of different sites of distribution- Provision of materials to different partners of WASH cluster- Draft of formalization of UNICEF support to DINEPA for WASH Cluster coordination finalized and sent- Preparation and Briefing Donors community on the WASH Cluster Response and challenges along with DINEPA. Donors made it clear during this meeting that WASH Cluster needs to deliver on sanitation and promised full support in pushing individual agencies to give priority to this issue- 1st step screening of ERF proposals (American Development Foundation, IMC, Solidarites, Save the Children US, Islamic Relief)- Meeting with Shelter Cluster and Map action with the objective of finding out total superficies of the 500 settlements. The idea is to be able to illustrate the challenge in term of lack of space by comparing such a superficies with the one required for the needed latrines based on sphere standards. Unfortunately data is not availablePlan for tomorrow- Meeting with WASH experts/technical advisors available in the country for strategic advises to the WASH Cluster- Hygiene promotion and communication working group- Discussing with DINEPA about how we go ahead with the writing of the WASH strategy document- Working with IM team on what has been achieved so far and ways forwardInter cluster coordination meetingResources management & Logistics:- Same plan of distribution of water in 159 sites and kiosks- WASH Cluster meeting- Organize first meeting of partners working in Carrefour- Release materials from WASH stock to different partners
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2.Save the Children to Distribute Food Rations to 200000 Children and Families in Haiti in Partnership with World Food Program,SC
RV=232.1 2010/01/30 00:00
キーワード:Adra,Vision
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 29, 2010) — Save the Children will partner with the World Food Program (WFP) to distribute critically needed food supplies to about 200,000 children and families in Haiti affected by the catastrophic earthquake over two weeks ago. Beginning this Sunday, Save the Children will provide family food rations – enough to feed a family for two weeks – to about 33,000 families (equivalent to 200,000 people) with special attention to women."Two weeks after the disaster, many families are still without a stable food supply," warned Annie Foster, Save the Children's emergency team leader in Haiti. "Rapid food distribution must begin immediately to save the most vulnerable, especially children.""Children are the first ones to suffer," said Foster. "While some local markets have reopened, there are only small supplies of food and the prices have risen dramatically." Save the Children is one of several aid agencies who will assist in a two-week WFP distribution program in and around the city of Port-au-Prince.U.S. Military to Provide Security During Food Distribution, World Food Program to Transport Food to Sites The US military will provide security during the food distribution and ensure the boundaries of site areas are properly arranged prior to distribution. WFP is responsible for the secure transportation of the food to the distribution site areas."Haitian people keep hearing that food is coming," said Foster. "But many of them have not seen any. They are becoming increasingly impatient. One of the measures Save the Children took to prevent possible incidents is to get the community involved in the process, so they understand how this distribution will take place."Several Additional Partners to Help Manage Distribution SitesSave the Children is working closely with World Vision, Catholic Relief Services and Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) to manage the multiple WFP distribution sites. Since the earthquake, Save the Children's health teams have reached more than 85,000 people with medical treatment. The aid agency is also distributing hygiene and household supplies such as soap, towels, cans to hold water, and plastic sheeting for shelter. Save the Children has worked in Haiti since 1978 and currently has about 250 staff in the country.Media Contacts Wendy Christian(W) 203-221-3767(C) 203-241-9722 Kate Conradt(W) 202-640-6631(C) 202-294-9700 Tanya Weinberg(W) 202-640-6647 (C) 202-247-6610 Eileen Burke(W) 203-221-4233(C) 203-216-0718
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3.Transcript of a Conference call on the IMF Executive Board’s approval of US$114 Million in Emergency Aid to Haiti,IMF
RV=139.6 2010/01/30 00:00
キーワード:question,debt
With Corinne Del馗hat, Haiti Mission Chief in the Western Hemisphere Department, and Andreas Adriano, External Relations officerWashington, D.C.January 27, 2010 MR. ADRIANO: Good afternoon to everybody and thank you for dialing into this conference call on the IMF's approval of $100 million emergency aid to Haiti. I would like to introduce Corinne Del馗hat. She's the Mission Chief for Haiti in the Western Hemisphere Department at the IMF, and she will be ready to take questions after. Do you want to make some initial comments?MS. DELノCHAT: Oh, hi, just to say I'm here, and we're here to take your questions and clarify any things that need clarifying.MR. ADRIANO: We can start taking your questions.QUESTIONER: Thank you. Yes, the Managing Director said that the negotiations to forgive the debt to Haiti succeeded, and this loan now will be forgiven as well, and I wonder if you could give us an update on where those talks are. What will be needed for the IMF to forgive this debt? I mean would they require member countries to put up the money so that there's not a hole in the funds that they traditionally have.MS. DELノCHAT: Okay, thank you for your question. I think the Managing Director has made a few comments, but clearly there are two issues we need to separate. Today Haiti needs massive resources. Today, Haiti pays no debt service to the Fund at all and very little overall to other creditors, at least for this year and the next. So, to respond to today's need, what is needed is fresh resources which is what we've brought with approval of the $100 million this morning. This money will be in the hands of the authorities by Friday. I think this is the first, the largest financing package to reach the authorities 15 days after the earthquake.Now when we know more about the extent of the damages and the needs for reconstruction in terms of financing, these will be clearly very, very significant. There will be both a disaster needs assessment in February and a big donors conference in March. The Fund will accompany that process. And, as a result of the needs assessment, there will be a need for a concerted international effort to give resources to Haiti for long-term reconstruction.At this point, debt relief will be considered as one of the ways to deliver that assistance to Haiti, but clearly what debt relief can achieve is little in comparison of the needs. But there's good will from the IMF and the membership and good will from the other international organization to seriously consider the debt at this point. We're already awaiting good news on debt relief from bilateral creditors, and we expect a very large amount of support from the community. In the end the debt relief itself would be a political decision down the road.MR. ADRIANO: Next question, please.QUESTIONER: You say you're going to be disbursing immediately $114 million. Since the government is basically a nation in collapse right now, with no government buildings or few of them, and the government barely being able to operate, how is this going to work? Can you tell me how they're planning on getting this economy up and running, how they disburse this money to the banks and so on, just to give us sort of an idea of how it's going to be done?MS. DELノCHAT : Well, first on the government, I think we really had to commend authorities for really trying very hard to get back on their feet. There's a crisis committee chaired by the prime minister and with other key ministers. The minister of finance has started to regroup and operate in various locations. The central bank is actually in the best shape of all. They are able to operate. They have reopened last week, and the banks have reopened this weekend.They're ready to receive the money, and then they will do a number of things with it. First, it will clearly be used to import urgently needed equipment. So, for example, to operate again, as you said, the government will need more computers, telecommunications equipment and the like.Down the road, they will need to import for reconstructing schools and hospitals. Ninety percent of the schools of the country have been destroyed. And also from an economic management perspective, once imports start going again, the government expects a surge in the demand for foreign exchange. So it's critical that they have enough foreign exchange in reserves to be able to manage big spikes which would translate otherwise in very high inflation.QUESTIONER: I'm sorry, if I could just have a follow-up on the third. How does an economy like this, how long would you estimate for it to recover? I know there's a needs assessment going to be done by the Bank and the Fund and other U.N. agencies. But how long could you, in your mind as you've seen the damage -- probably not yourself but probably compared to other disasters like this -- how long can you see an economy like this taking, getting back on its feet, and what measures are needed for that?MS. DELノCHAT: Yes, thank you. That's a very good question. I think you know the prime minister said in Montreal, and I would agree with his assessment on the ballpark, that the earthquake set Haiti back at least four or five years, and with that all the slow progress that was achieved in different areas.Now how long does it take to get back there? it clearly will be a long-term effort to get the country on the sustainable development path, which is what the international community is committed to do. But if the reconstruction plan is smart, you can, rebuild better and start on the right foot with doing things in a different way that would allow you not to have to go back all the way,.So the government has a fairly clear idea of what needs to be done. As days go by, we're learning more about the extent of the damage but also what's been rescued. So, for example, we heard today that 80 percent of the capacity of the textile plants around Port-au-Prince is actually operating, is actually safe. We thought before that they might all have been destroyed, and this is 90 percent of the country's exports. So this was a very good news which means when the port is operational again fully, then exports can resume.There's a lot of regions that are not affected by the earthquake and big movements of population to these regions. What is critical is not to try to rebuild the capital where it was, and put all the effort there, but, as the authorities and others have said, to spread economic opportunities throughout the country. And then that will give you a more balanced model of development for the country.The north is untouched. The Royal Caribbean Cruises are still coming every week with 6,000 tourists. Putting some of the efforts into developing that region and the infrastructure would help it get going without really a need for the center. So this is the example we need to follow for other parts of the country as well.QUESTIONER: I'm sorry. Can you repeat? Did you say 80 percent of the textile capacity is still there?MS. DELノCHAT: Yes.QUESTIONER: Eighty percent, so most of the factories were not destroyed?MS. DELノCHAT: Right. All the textile plants, except one which is near the Dominican Republic, are around Port-au-Prince. Out of the ones around Port-au-Prince, I heard this morning from the governor of the central bank that 80 percent are okay.QUESTIONER: Yes, I have a question regarding the needs assessment. What is the IMF's role going to be in that part? Is it specifically looking at certain specifics on the economy or can you just follow up on that?MS. DELノCHAT: Yes, thank you very much. We really clearly want to be very much involved in that, now the needs assessment will be in different stages with different missions. It's coordinated by the United Nations and the World Bank and then other technical U.N. agencies. So the first mission will be a mission to assess damages to infrastructure, and there they will need engineers and the like to be able to cost the damages.The second part will be more an economic assessment. So we're ready to take an active role in translating the data we're getting into a macroeconomic framework and an estimate of overall financing needs, et cetera. That will be the anchor for the donor conference in New York and then for the future donor support.I must add that we've been working with the authorities from day one on helping them restore that basic capacity we're talking about. So we've been in close contact with them in our areas of expertise which is revenue and payroll and payment system, to see and advise on an ongoing basis.QUESTIONER: Right now, the government is not getting any revenue, correct? That's quite hard.MS. DELノCHAT: Well, the tax administration was decapitated. I mean literally. The director died when the building collapsed. They managed to salvage a server, but a lot of records, were on paper in the building.On the customs side, the system is computerized in decentralizing the customs offices. But, no, you're right, 80 percent, 85 percent of total revenue is collected around the capital from the largest enterprises. So you need to restart businesses and then give people an income before you can collect taxes. Even in the provinces with the influx of people from the city, there will be pressure on families who are depending on their earnings to start with, right.QUESTIONER: Right. You just said all documentation and records and so on have been destroyed. You know. So how does one rebuild from that?MS. DELノCHAT: Well, we don't know exactly the extent of the damage. We've been coordinating with our colleagues at U.S. Treasury and the World Bank, and they've already sent experts to help the authorities assess the damage and salvage as much data as they can. So I can't tell you exactly what the implication is, and they may have salvaged enough to operate, but there will be issues, clearly.QUESTIONER: I wanted a little more clarification on the textile plants. When you say that there is 80 percent of the textile plant capacity around Port-au-Prince is operating, do you mean just barely functioning? Are they fully operating?MS. DELノCHAT: I don't know the details. I mean I'm not an expert, and then I heard that from, again, the governor of the central bank this morning. So I'm just relaying what I heard, which I thought was reassuring, but we clearly would need more details. I think that there are clear constraints in terms of energy supply and then transport and the like. So it probably doesn't mean they can reopen tomorrow.QUESTIONER: Oh, so it actually means that 80 percent of the textile capacity is capable of resuming operation.MS. DELノCHAT : Yes, yes. I would take this -- exactly. I would take that in that sense, right. They're meaning they're not flat on the ground.QUESTIONER: Right, okay. Great. Thank you very much.Thank you very much, everybody, for calling in, and have a good afternoon.IMF EXTERNAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENTPublic Affairs Media Relations Phone: 202-623-7300 Phone: 202-623-7100 Fax: 202-623-6278 Fax: 202-623-6772
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4.Listen to January 28 2010 Audio Briefing: U.S. NGOs Share Details of Progress and Challenges in Haiti,InterAction
RV=76.9 2010/01/30 00:00
キーワード:question
For the first time since the tragic earthquake struck Haiti more than two weeks ago, U.S. humanitarian relief organizations gathered on an audio briefing to share current details of their work in the country. Field experts discussed several aid and coordination issues, including: food distribution; shelter and camp conditions; orphans and their protection; health risks to children in camps; rescue and recovery; and, lessons learned from previous disasters.LISTEN TO THE JANUARY 28 AUDIO BRIEFING HEREFEA TURED SPEAKERSMario Flores, Director, Disaster Response Field Operations, Habitat for HumanityAmy Gaver, Director of International Response and Program Integration, American Red Cross Lane Hartill, (from Port-au-Prince) Communications Officer, Catholic Relief ServicesEdward Brown, Senior Director of Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs, World VisionKathryn Bolles, Director of Emergency Health and Nutrition, Save the Children Samuel A. Worthington , President and CEO, InterActionJames Bishop, Vice President Humanitarian Policy and Practice, InterAction (Moderator)Other experts were also on the line to answer questions. The list of organizations represented includes: American Refugee Committee, Action Against Hunger, American Jewish World Service, CARE, Concern Worldwide U.S., Handicap International, Hands On Disaster Response, Lutheran World Relief, Management Sciences for Health, Mercy Corps, Plan USA and others.
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5.Helping Haiti's orphaned and separated children find their families,UNICEF
RV=63.0 2010/01/30 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF
By Guy HubbardPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 29 January 2010 – Rodrigue wipes away his tears and carries on talking. It's an astounding act of bravery for the 12-year-old Haitian boy, who saw his parents die in the 12 January earthquake here. VIDEO: Watch nowHe's telling UNICEF aid workers how he survived the quake and ended up at an orphanage, alone. "I was playing football outside with two of my friends," says Rodrigue, "and then I heard the earthquake and I felt the ground shaking. I ran back to my house and found it destroyed, and my parents were dead."Physical and emotional supportUNICEF has carried out assessments at more than 60 orphanages throughout the devastated capital, Port-au-Prince. Mobile teams are identifying and registering children like Rodrigue who have been orphaned or separated from their families by the quake.While there are thousands of potential surrogate parents willing to adopt them, newly orphaned children like Rodrigue need physical and emotional support where they are. UNICEF's experience shows that such support is best provided as part of a programme that seeks to reunite children with their families. Family tracing programmeRodrigue has three older sisters. He thinks they are alive and wants to see them again. To assist him and other orphaned or separated children in Haiti, UNICEF and its partners have to make every effort to trace not only their parents but other relatives, too."We are exhausting all the efforts we have to find their parents or their extended family," says UNICEF Regional Child Protection Specialist Caroline Bakker. "It's only when we have exhausted all the options," she adds, "that we will look into other forms of alternative care for those children, and inter-country adoptions or national adoptions are options."Sindy's storyWhile family reunification sometimes seems an impossible task, there have been success stories.Sindy, 11, had left her family home in a rural area to attend school in Port-au-Prince. She lived with her aunt and uncle but was separated from them during the quake. Injured and alone, she found her way to a hospital.When her parents learned of the quake the next day, they rushed to the capital to find their daughter. "But when we couldn't find her, I was distraught, I didn't know what to do," explains Sindy's father.The hospital contacted UNICEF, which traced her uncle and then her parents, and the family was reunited. Joy amidst tragedyFor Sindy, the relief was overwhelming. "They called my uncle and then took me to my parents," she recalls. "I was so happy to see them. I hugged them, and they were so happy to see me again."In the midst of tragedy, the joy of being reunited with parents and other family members is helping many Haitian children overcome their trauma. UNICEF will continue working with separated and orphaned children to ensure that many more have the same opportunity.
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1.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #18 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010,USAID
RV=327.0 2010/01/31 00:00
キーワード:Adra,Vision,Children,CARE,displace
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated January 29, 2010.KEY DEVELOPMENTS- According to the Government of Haiti (GoH) Minister of the Interior, as of January 29, more than 482,000 people had departed Port-au-Prince for secondary cities, including at least 162,500 people displaced to Artibonite; 9,000 people displaced to cities in the Central Plateau; 6,000 individuals displaced to Grand-Anse Department; and nearly 240,000 individuals displaced to other locations.- On January 30, the U.N. World Food Program (WFP), in collaboration with the GoH and the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), is launching a systematic food distribution system that aims to reach more than 2 million people in Port-au-Prince during the coming two weeks. Distributions of coupons to earthquake-affected populations in Port-au-Prince will commence on January 30 with food distribution at 16 fixed distribution points scheduled to begin January 31. WFP and non-governmental partners, including Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), CARE, Catholic Relief Services, GOAL, Samaritan's Purse, Save the Children, and World Vision, are distributing 25 kg rations of rice to female heads of households during the 15-day operation.- On January 29, one flight with emergency relief commodities from USAID/OFDA warehouses arrived in Port-au-Prince carrying 310 rolls of plastic sheeting to benefit 15,500 people. USAID/OFDA-funded commodities continue to arrive in Haiti via air and sea and overland from the Dominican Republic.
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2.HEALTH CLUSTER IN HAITI: HAITI EARTHQUAKE BULLETIN N°12 31 January 2010,PAHO
RV=94.7 2010/01/31 00:00
キーワード:settlement,Children
HIGHLIGHTS- The Government of Haiti estimates the death toll from the earthquake to be 112,392, with 196,000 people injured. Around 300,000 people have left Port-au-Prince while 700,000 are living in temporary shelter sites in the capital city.- Starting Monday, around 500,000 m3 of water will be treated daily in order to ensure safe drinking water for the population.- Due to the large numbers of patients that are now homeless, hospitals are challenged with where to discharge patients as well as locating post-operative and rehabilitation beds.ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING- On 28 January, 18 assessment teams visited 11 areas in Port-au-Prince as part of the inter-agency multi-sector needs assessment (IRA). Assessments of areas outside Port-au-Prince continued on 29 January with some delays due to the difficulty in accessing several communities, including Kenscoff and Carrefour. It is expected that the needs in these isolated areas will be especially high.- There is a large number of NGOs interested in providing outreach services (mobile clinics), some of which are already working. A technical meeting to share experiences and agree on a standardized model will help plan the scaling up of the mobile clinic network. Given the complexity and the large need of the population in settlements, more NGOs are collaborating in the field to increase basic health services coverage. Save the Children Fund (SCF) is prepared to take over for those NGOs which came for the immediate emergency and will leave soon.- Sanitation, which was already a challenge in Haiti prior to the earthquake, is an even greater challenge now, and will be remain an important public health issue in the coming weeks.
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3.Haitian women lose out in post-quake survival of the strongest"""",AlertNet
RV=71.1 2010/01/31 00:00
キーワード:woman,young
Written by: Katie NguyenLONDON (AlertNet) - In one of the camps sheltering the homeless in Haiti's earthquake-stricken capital, a group of male volunteers stands guard over hundreds of teenage girls and young women as they sleep during the night.The women there are so afraid of being attacked that they have organised the protection themselves, according to ActionAid, which says several women have already reported cases of rape or sexual abuse to their staff in the camp.Elsewhere in Port-au-Prince, women have left food lines empty-handed after groups of men raided food distribution sites watched by police who were too few and too powerless to stop them."Unfortunately, it's like every catastrophe. It becomes Darwinistic - where the strongest have access to food, water and medicine, and the most vulnerable -- which are unfortunately still women and children -- don't necessarily have the physical force to last in those lines," said Taina Bien-Aime, executive director of Equality Now, a U.S.-based rights group.Aid workers and human rights activists are increasingly worried that in a country where women's rights are routinely trampled upon or ignored, women are again being marginalised. This time, they fear women are losing out on their fair share of desperately-needed aid following the devastating quake that killed up to 200,000 people and left nearly 1 million more homeless in the Caribbean island nation.The inequality is more acute when you consider that 48 percent of the households are headed by women, who are not only taking care of the children but probably elderly members of the family too, said Haiti researcher at Amnesty International, Gerardo Ducos."It is important that women are targeted as the direct recipients of aid. It can make a big difference in ensuring they receive what they deserve, but also the children receive what is intended for them," Ducos told AlertNet.With that in mind, some relief agencies are using "gender-specific mechanisms" in aid delivery, which is just jargon for ways that focus on women to ensure their needs are met.Among them is aid agency CARE's distribution of cards to women entitling them to rice, beans and oil or other goods. Giving to women ensures the food will get to families because men are more likely to sell it, CARE's director in Haiti, Sophie Perez, said. And it is more orderly.An ActionAid spokesman said although the organisation was concentrating on delivering food, it encouraged the system of protection set up by women in one of the camps it is working in.LOSS OF RIGHTS ICONSExperts with experience of responding to natural disasters say women and children are especially vulnerable after such calamities.But this is particularly true in a country where one-third of women and girls said they had suffered physical or sexual violence, and more than 50 percent of those who had experienced violence were under the age of 18 -- such were the findings of a study carried out by the Inter-American Development Bank in Haiti in 2006.In one report, a Swiss doctor described how he treated a girl -- who, he said was at most, 12 years old -- for vaginal lacerations after she had been pulled out from under the rubble and raped by her rescuer. The account was a harrowing reminder of how precarious life can be for women and girls in Haiti, Bien-Aime said.On top of their battle to deal with the aftermath of quake, Haitian women lost three of their best champions in the Jan. 12 disaster.Myriam Merlet, Magalie Marcelin and Anne-Marie Coriolan were women's rights icons who were instrumental in the campaign to criminalise rape, experts say.The law was eventually changed in 2005."What the loss of these women for Haiti means is really the loss of half of the women's movement which was a powerful movement but nevertheless very, very small in numbers, very limited in capacity and resources," Bien-Aime told AlertNet."Each of these women who died contributed enormously to the lives of women in terms of changing laws and seeking justice for women who have been violated in some way whether it's domestic violence or rape. They were irreplaceable in the context of Haiti."Merlet, who held a senior position in the Ministry for the Rights of Women, was one of the first women to document cases of rape during Haiti's 1991-4 military regime and identify its use as a political weapon, Amnesty's Ducos said.Marcelin founded Kay Fanm, which for many years operated the only shelter in the country for women who had been battered by their husbands and boyfriends. It later opened another shelter for survivors of sexual violence.Coriolan founded one of Haiti's largest women's advocacy groups, Solidarite Fanm Ayisy鈩 (SOFA).Against a backdrop of widespread impunity and poverty, these organisations were important in ensuring that survivors of sexual abuse received immediate access to adequate medical care -- anti-retrovirals, contraceptive pills -- as well as psychological support and legal advice.The deaths of these leading activists were a blow to Haiti's women's rights movement, but Ducos said many women were part of this movement which despite the challenges continues to evolve and grow.For more humanitarian news and analysis, please visit www.alertnet.org
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4.Haiti: World Vision - Vulnerable must be first in line at launch of city-wide food distributions,World Vision
RV=63.8 2010/01/31 00:01
キーワード:Vision
- World Vision to feed 400,000 as part of joint distribution starting today- In partnership with World Food Program, agencies to reach some 1.6 million people- World Vision explains precautions taken to ensure distributions protect families' safety, digni
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5.Thailand advance team on route to Haiti,Govt. Thailand
RV=47.9 2010/01/31 00:00
キーワード:Thai
BANGKOK, 29 January 2010 (NNT) - The Royal Thai Government has sent a humanitarian team to assist Haiti's earthquake victims.Mr.Theerakun Niyom, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, announced that an advance team of Thai medical and engineering officers are currently underway to provide aid to Haiti victims.The team of 6 consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Public Health are currently heading to Mexico to meet with officials from the Thai Embassy before continuing to Haiti.While in Haiti, the team will provide assistance to earthquake victims as well as collect information for Thailand's consideration in providing future assistance. The team will also be responsible for receiving the first set of rice sent from Thailand.Mr.Theerakun further stated that 3 medical teams have been created and will be sent to Haiti in mid February after the information from the advance team is confirmed.
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1.Earthquake in Haiti: WFP External Situation Report 30-31 January 2010,WFP
RV=363.5 2010/02/01 00:00
キーワード:Adra,CRS,Vision,cluster
Current Situation- WFP launched the first systematic food distribution network in Port-au-Prince since the earthquake working closely with government and NGOs under the food cluster and with support from MINUSTAH and US forces deployed to support the humanitarian effort in Haiti. Through the network WFP aims to provide a two week food ration to an estimated 2 million Haitians through 16 fixed distribution points across the most populated sites in the city.- Limited banking and economic activities have resumed allowing some Haitians the chance to access basic supplies but inflated prices for food and other essentials are contributing to rising tensions among the population.WFP Response- Despite massive logistical challenges since the earthquake struck WFP has delivered the equivalent of more than 22 million meals to nearly 750000 people.- Food distributions by WFP increased significantly over the weekend. On 31 January a total of 126000 people were reached through the fixed site network and WFP also provided support to hospitals and hot meals in Jacmel. Nine of the planned distribution sites were functioning on Sunday with further sites coming on line Monday and Tuesday for a total of 16 sites.- Eight major NGO partners are working with WFP to scale up food assistance in Port-au-Prince: CARE Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Christian Relief Services (CRS) Samaritan's Purse Agence de Coop?ation Technique et de D?eloppement (ACTED) Save the Children World Vision and Goal.- While the focus for now is on meeting the immediate food needs of Haitians affected by the earthquake WFP is also extending its emergency operation for an additional six months in order to continue to assist vulnerable Haitians including young children at risk of malnutrition and to support essential rehabilitation and stabilization measures.
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2.Haiti earthquake: DEC agencies to give cash to survivors,DEC
RV=98.1 2010/02/01 00:00
キーワード:DEC
Member agencies of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) are starting to give cash to earthquake survivors in Haiti to buy much-needed supplies and boost the crippled economy.Assessment teams from Oxfam have discovered there is enough food being produced in Haiti but hundreds of thousands of people left homeless have no money to buy it. Injecting cash into the local market will allow Haitians to buy Haitian-grown produce giving a vital boost to the country's economy.The move to distribute cash is intended to complement the large-scale food distributions currently being organised by the World Food Programme.Prospery Raymond Haiti country manager for Christian Aid said: "If we just hand out food that has come in from abroad local farmers will not be able to sell their food and that will create a fresh problem for the farmers."DEC aid agencies say distributing cash rather than food parcels alone helps ensure that families get exactly what they need and nothing goes to waste. Putting choice in their hands also restores dignity and sense of self-reliance after weeks of dependence on the aid community.KORAL a Haitian partner organisation of Christian Aid is organising the first distribution of money to 271 families. Local communities chose the families who would receive the money. Some had lost relatives; others were looking after orphans or had been disabled.Local organisations will give 2000 gourdes (?0) to the families in the southern towns of Aquin and St Louis du Sud – enough to buy rations for 4-6 weeks for an average family of five.According to Oxfam emergency expert Alexandros Yiannopoulos survivors of a natural disaster prefer money to goods or food parcels once the emergency period is over.Amanda Weisbaum from Save the Children said: "Since we started giving cash instead of aid packages we've always found that people spend the money they are given responsibly. Mothers spend it on food and clothes for children even if that means going hungry themselves."In Kenya during the drought of 2006 we delivered cash to families in several isolated villages. When we arrived people formed a queue and collected their cash. It was a one-off payment that got them through a very challenging time."Those wanting to stay up to date with developments in Haiti the emergency response and the fundraising efforts can follow the DEC on twitter at http://twitter.com/decappeal http://twitter.com/decappeal or become a fan of 'Disasters-Emergency-Committee-DEC' on Facebook.
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3.Haiti: UN experts' body calls for active role of women as key resource in country's recovery,CEDAW
RV=92.4 2010/02/01 00:00
キーワード:cluster,woman
GENEVA (1 February 2010) -- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women urged the international community UN agencies and all humanitarian relief agencies to actively involve women at all stages of emergency management programmes in both the planning and implementation processes so that they can bring valuable perspectives and contributions to the emergency response."The needs and capabilities of women must be taken into consideration in all sectors and clusters of the emergency response as the role of women in early recovery is critical to effective implementation and long term sustainability" said women rights expert Na?a Mohamed Gabr who heads the Committee.The Committee which is currently in session in Geneva noted in a recent statement* that women and men are important resources in delivering assistance and rebuilding societies following natural disasters. However the experts stressed that the responsibilities of women are greater on account of their roles as caretakers of children the elderly the disabled the injured and other survivors."Whilst the strength and resilience of women are in high demand following such emergencies they cannot adequately fulfill these roles if their basic needs are unmet and if decision-makers ignore them" Ms. Gabr warned. "If women are to look after the needs of others their own safety dignity health and nutritional concerns must be met as well.""Understanding the gender dynamics in communities is a crucial element for effective humanitarian relief rehabilitation and reconstruction. The Committee calls upon all humanitarian relief agencies to bolster the strength of women by identifying and meeting their specific needs" Ms. Gabr said.The Committee is alarmed by the threat to law and order. Sexual violence is common in humanitarian crises and may become acute in the wake of a national disaster. In a time of heightened stress lawlessness and homelessness women face an increased threat of violence and will find it harder to support themselves the children the elderly the injured the disabled and other survivors who are in their care."The protection of human rights of women is as important as providing immediate medical attention food and shelter. We urge emergency assistance teams to put in place a coordinated security system and to take all necessary measures to protect women and children and the most vulnerable" said the Committee's head.The 23-member The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women is the body monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women which has been ratified by 186 States parties. A total of 104 experts have served as members of the Committee since 1982.(*) Statement by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/docs/statements/Haiti_Statement.pdf
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4.Haiti cash-for-work project expands; more than 30000 now employed,UNDP
RV=61.9 2010/02/01 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF
Global support from donors increases; Democratic Republic of Congo Ghana and others provide supportPort-au-Prince ― Following a period of preparation that involved securing equipment and setting up systems of recruitment and payment the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Cash-for-Work initiative in Haiti is expanding rapidly. The number of workers doubled over the weekend to 31885 and is expected to double by the end of the week."Expansion at first was constrained by the need to coordinate with local authorities and ensure that systems were in place for things like payments and for the transparent and accountable management of the finances" said UNDP Country Director Eric Overvest.Another challenge was obtaining the boots gloves shovels pickaxes wheelbarrows and trucks needed to remove the waste added Cash-for-Work Programme Manager Abdullah Al-Laham. "At the end of the programme all this material will be given to the poor and vulnerable to help sustain their livelihoods."Al-Laham said UNDP is in the process of partnering with 15 national and international non-governmental organizations to facilitate the expansion of the programme into other areas of the city. These organizations are being selected through a call for proposals and a vetting of qualifications and will be announced before the end of the week.The programme co-ordinated by the UNDP as part of its Emergency Relief and Recovery Framework is working to put 100000 workers on the street as quickly as possible ideally doubling that further as conditions and funds allow. The workers are paid 180 gourdes or roughly US$4.50 at current rates of exchange for six hours' labour.The work includes removing building rubble from the streets crushing and sorting of reusable material and disposal of debris. The purpose is to restore essential public facilities such as light rehabilitation and repairs of public infrastructure access to water and protection of water sources markets communal washing areas community centers among others. These will help lay the foundations for mid-term recovery and development.Money for the programme is coming from a wide variety of sources including for example the governments of Italy Japan Norway and Spain. In a demonstration of south-south solidarity the governments of Brazil China the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ghana and Mexico also have contributed to or have expressed interest to the programme. As of today US$13.2 million have been pledged and US$6.1 million have been received."The cash for work programme is bringing immediate results to restore livelihoods and dignity to the people of Haiti" said UN Humanitarian Coordinator Kim Bolduc. "But to succeed it has to reach many more people and this requires sustained international support from partners."Note to Editors- The daily remuneration is 180 gourdes a day for six hours work (minimum wage in Haiti is 200 gourdes for 8 hours work).- UNDP is in consultation with the World Food Programme to provide food rations to the workers and with UNICEF to provide water.- Workers are paid on a weekly basis.- The CFW programme is being coordinated closely with neighbourhood committees DINEPA (Direction Nationale de l'eau Potable et de l'assainissement) DPC (Direcci? de la Protection Civile) and municipalities so that the programme is for Haitians and according to the needs and priorities of Haitians with ownership by the national institutions.Current Worker Tally as of 1 FebruaryNeighborhood/municipalityNumber of workersBel Air2000Carrefour7000Carrefour Feuilles3385 Petit Goave2000Grand Goave2000Gressier1500Leogane3000Martissant7000 Tabarre4000Total31885Contact InformationNew York: Carolina Azevedo Tel.: +1 212 906 6127; carolina.azevedo@undp.orgHaiti: Adam Rogers Tel: +509 782 7894 or +41 79 849 0679; adam.rogers@undp.org
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5.HEALTH CLUSTER IN HAITI: HAITI EARTHQUAKE BULLETIN N°13 1 February 2010,PAHO
RV=56.0 2010/02/01 00:00
キーワード:settlement
HIGHLIGHTS The immunization campaign pilot started on Sunday in the temporary settlement located at the Silvio Cator Stadium. The operation was coordinated by the Ministry of Health and the Cuban Brigade and includes rubella and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccines for children under 7 years of age and diphtheria and tetanus for older children and adults. Challenges remain regarding the sustainability of post-operative healthcare services specifically in areas such cardiac surgeries where normally three weeks of follow-up are needed. NGOs working at level 1 and 2 health facilities are now requested to provide basic information on a weekly basis. A simple surveillance form has been disseminated.
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1.Earthquake in Haiti: WFP External Situation Report 1 February 2010,WFP
RV=423.5 2010/02/02 00:00
キーワード:Adra,CRS,Vision,cluster,woman
Current Situation- Distributions continued smoothly on the second day of fixed site food distributions led by WFP in close cooperation with government and NGOs under the food cluster and with support from MINUSTAH and US forces deployed to support the humanitarian effort in Haiti. Through the distribution network WFP aims to provide a two week food ration to an estimated 2 million Haitians through 16 fixed distribution points across the most populated sites in the city.- Twelve of the planned distribution sites were functioning on Monday with further sites planned for the next 48 hours. Inter-agency efforts to ensure access by women to distributions have generally been successful in these initial days.WFP Response- Despite massive logistical challenges since the earthquake struck WFP has delivered food to some 850000 people overall with more than 200000 people having received two-weeks worth of rice in the last 48 hours.- An additional 29000 people have received food through distributions at hospitals orphanages and community kitchens.- The mobile field kitchens donated by the Norwegian Refugee Council have arrived and the initial two are being constructed in Leogane one of the hardest hit areas to begin to provide hot meals.-- Eight major NGO partners are working with WFP to scale up food assistance in Port-au-Prince: CARE Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Samaritan's Purse Agence de Coop駻ation Technique et de D騅eloppement (ACTED) Save the Children World Vision and Goal.
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2.[ALERT]Haiti: ADRA Joins UN in Largest Food Distribution Effort Since Disaster,ADRA
RV=228.6 2010/02/02 00:00
キーワード:Adra,woman
For more information contact:John Torres Senior Public Relations Manager301.680.6357 (office)301.680.6370 (fax)John.Torres@adra.orgDonate to Haiti Earthquake Response FundOnline: http://www.adra.org/haitiMobile: 85944 Text the word "ADRA" reply "YES"Phone: 1.800.424.ADRA (2372)ILVER SPRING Md.—A massive food distribution scale-up is underway in Haiti to provide food to more than 2 million people in some of the most affected areas of Port-au-Prince announced the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA).ADRA expects to feed 10200 people per day by providing 1700 food rations. Each ration includes 55 pounds (25 kilograms) of rice and can feed up to six people for several days. As part of the food distribution strategy only women are being allowed into the distributions sites to receive food. This will help ensure that the food is redistributed equitably among families according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP). At the end of the 15-day distribution ADRA will have provided food to 153000 Haitians."This food distribution will bring greatly needed relief to thousands of families in the Carrefour area" said Mario Ochoa Executive Vice President for ADRA International and director of ADRA's Emergency Response Center (ERC) in Haiti. "We believe it is our moral imperative to help these families."ADRA as part of a group of key non-governmental organizations supporting this operation is working in coordination with the UN Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) including the WFP to deliver the aid during the two-week period. As part of the plan 16 distribution points have been designated including one in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Carrefour which ADRA will be managing."WFP is working with all of its partners to mobilize a regular flow of food to reach all of those devastated by the earthquake" said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran.Sheeran also added that the size of this distribution drive will not only allow for food to reach more people but also provide increased food stability to affected Haitians.To read more about this distribution and the key agencies involved go to CNN.com.If you would like to support ADRA's relief efforts give to the Haiti Earthquake Response Fund at www.adra.org/haiti or by phone at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372).To donate through a mobile phone text the word "ADRA" to 85944 reply "YES" and donate a one-time $10 gift to ADRA's Haiti response.Follow ADRA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest information as it happens.ADRA is a non-governmental organization present in 125 countries providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association age gender race or ethnicity.For more information about ADRA visit www.adra.org.Author: Hearly Mayr
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3.Irish donations help almost 100000 Haitian survivors,Trócaire
RV=114.0 2010/02/02 00:00
キーワード:Irish,woman
Written by Catherine Ginty on Fri 2010-01-29 16:50Over two weeks after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti more than 96000 people have received food and water while 19000 people have received tents and shelter from Irish aid agency Trcaire and the international Caritas network. Trcaire/ Caritas has also helped 2626 men woman and children who needed medical care and another 2000 families have been given essential hygiene kits.Caritas is the second largest humanitarian organisation in the world after the Red Cross. As a member of that organisation and its fourth largest donor Trcaire's help was immediately able to reach affected communities when the disaster struck.Since then working in partnership with local groups and communities the agency has been channeling funds donated by the Irish public to help those most in need.Early next week Trcaire is due to receive more tents blankets jerry cans and water tanks by plane provided by Irish Aid from its stocks in Accra Ghana. People living in the camps need containers to store water they get from larger tanks.Meanwhile Trcaire and Caritas have established three functioning operating rooms a laboratory a blood bank and an X-ray room at St Francois de Sales Hospital in Port au Prince where an average of 12 severe surgical cases are now being dealt with each day. Primary health care is now being provided at 12 highly-populated areas of that city as well as Leogane which was at the quake's epicentre."There is still a lot of work ahead but we are making significant progress" said Maurice McQuillan Trcaire's emergency response manager in Haiti. "It's nearly impossible to imagine the trauma and loss suffered by the survivors here. Along with their basic material needs we have to deal with their psychological wounds. Many of them didn't even get to bury their dead and haven't had time and space to mourn as they were so busy trying to find food and shelter."Aid is flowing more freely now. "The Irish government is helping us with supplies too which is really great" said Mr McQuillan. "But the needs are still enormous. We are concerned about the coming rainy season and the critical needs for more emergency shelter and sanitation. While roads are starting to clear and food is reaching hundreds of thousands of people the toppled buildings sprawling camps and tented homes set up on the roadside at sundown are sobering reminders of the long road ahead."To support Trcaire's work in Haiti log onto www.trocaire.org or call 1850 408 408 (ROI)/ 0800 912 1200 (NI)ENDSMEDIA QUERIES Catherine Ginty Communications Coordinator Trcaire M: +353 (0)86 6293994
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4.Haiti: UN experts’ body calls for active role of women as key resource in country’s recovery,UN HCHR
RV=96.0 2010/02/02 00:00
キーワード:cluster,woman
GENEVA (1 February 2010) -- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women urged the international community UN agencies and all humanitarian relief agencies to actively involve women at all stages of emergency management programmes in both the planning and implementation processes so that they can bring valuable perspectives and contributions to the emergency response."The needs and capabilities of women must be taken into consideration in all sectors and clusters of the emergency response as the role of women in early recovery is critical to effective implementation and long term sustainability" said women rights expert Na駘a Mohamed Gabr who heads the Committee.The Committee which is currently in session in Geneva noted in a recent statement* that women and men are important resources in delivering assistance and rebuilding societies following natural disasters. However the experts stressed that the responsibilities of women are greater on account of their roles as caretakers of children the elderly the disabled the injured and other survivors."Whilst the strength and resilience of women are in high demand following such emergencies they cannot adequately fulfill these roles if their basic needs are unmet and if decision-makers ignore them" Ms. Gabr warned. "If women are to look after the needs of others their own safety dignity health and nutritional concerns must be met as well.""Understanding the gender dynamics in communities is a crucial element for effective humanitarian relief rehabilitation and reconstruction. The Committee calls upon all humanitarian relief agencies to bolster the strength of women by identifying and meeting their specific needs" Ms. Gabr said.The Committee is alarmed by the threat to law and order. Sexual violence is common in humanitarian crises and may become acute in the wake of a national disaster. In a time of heightened stress lawlessness and homelessness women face an increased threat of violence and will find it harder to support themselves the children the elderly the injured the disabled and other survivors who are in their care."The protection of human rights of women is as important as providing immediate medical attention food and shelter. We urge emergency assistance teams to put in place a coordinated security system and to take all necessary measures to protect women and children and the most vulnerable" said the Committee's head.The 23-member The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women is the body monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women which has been ratified by 186 States parties. A total of 104 experts have served as members of the Committee since 1982. (*) Statement by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/docs/statements/Haiti_Statement.pdf
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5.Tuesday 2 February- Life saving immunization campaign for Measles Tetanus and Diphteria for children under age 7 in Haiti,UNICEF
RV=66.7 2010/02/02 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF
Dear All:Please note that the preventive life saving immunization campaign for Measles Tetanus and Diphteria for children under age 7 in Haiti will officially begin tomorrow Tuesday 2 February.Vaccination will take place in Stad Silvio Cator beginning at 9AM in the immunization tent at the stadium.Good photos story and filming opportunities showing emergency health interventions for Haitian children.For more information please contact UNICEF media team in Port-au-Prince:Kent Page; kpage@unicef.orgRoshan Khadivi; rkhadivi@unicef.orgFrancoise Vanni; fvanni@unicef.org
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1.Haiti: The Way Food Moves,ADRA
RV=253.0 2010/02/03 00:00
キーワード:Adra,troop
PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti—When a food ration is placed in the open hands of an earthquake survivor in Haiti the aid has reached the end of a journey that most likely began inside a cluttered United Nations office near Port-au-Prince airport's only runway.On this day as UN staff humanitarian workers and international peacekeepers mingle in what has become a busy meeting point within the expansive UN Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) compound Luiz Camargo an Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) emergency response team member who is overseeing food procurement in Port-au-Prince and Jean Max the volunteer coordinator arrive with every intention of leaving with more than 100 tons of rice pinto beans oil and salt.The paper work is first. While a food request was submitted earlier in the week to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) office which works with humanitarian agencies like ADRA to deliver food more efficiently the food will go nowhere unless Luiz and Jean Max can find enough trucks to pick it up. They take a cell phone and do some quick calculations to determine the approximate number of food bags that will need moving. More than 4000.Walking in and out of offices they contact a Frenchman with the WFP who seems to have a keen understanding of food and logistics. Luiz gives him a cargo movement request detailing the weight and type of food that needs to be released."C'est pour la bouffe"—"It's for the food"— says the man showing the form to a fellow staffer who looks up from his computer to give the go ahead.The food will go on four trucks—two large ADRA trucks and two other ones provided at no cost by Handicap International a non-profit organization working with the UN—but the actual delivery will need to happen elsewhere a few miles away on the road to Port-au-Prince.At the gate of the large Shodecosa depot where the WFP is renting hundreds of thousands of square feet of warehouse space to store the food it intends to distribute to hungry Haitians the process of getting into this restricted area of the city with trucks requires that one have the right combination of approved paperwork contacts and language skills to relay in Creole the urgency and importance of being let inside and then out again with dozens of tons of precious in-demand food. A mob gathers outside. These are mostly young Haitian men looking for work or food. Cars and trucks push forward inch-by-inch every time the gate opens wide enough to let a vehicle inside. The traffic in the main road behind starts to pile up. The chaos and the heat appear to have fused together here in this one place."Everything is complicated and it's the same every day" says Jean Max.On the other side of the gate after the convoy of trucks gets through the city seems to disappear behind it. Jean Max who is from Port-au-Prince and knows how to get things done quickly jumps out of the ADRA pick-up truck and goes to find anyone with authority that will know in which warehouse the food can be located.It's early afternoon already and the process of procuring this shipment has been underway since seven o'clock in the morning if you include the drive from the ADRA command center on the opposite side of the city to the UN by the airport and then to the depot.When the food is found the loading seems to be the easy part. The trucks file in one at a time and men load each truck with remarkable efficiency evidence to the fact that the process of food procurement is not being slowed down here. While they work they trade jokes and some sing as they load bags of pinto beans from Argentina rice and vegetable oil from the United States and salt.From here on the movement of food takes on new momentum as the trucks cross the congested streets of Port-au-Prince on their way to Carrefour a neighborhood located in the southwest part of the city where ADRA has been distributing aid to thousands of people in recent weeks.UN peacekeeping troops already a common sight in the streets accompany food shipments leaving the depot. Their absence would jeopardize the successful transit of food through the city and more critically the safety of those who are responsible for ensuring its delivery.With the help from Haitian volunteers they themselves touched by the tragedy the food will quickly go where it's needed most."Most of them are victims helping victims" says Jean Max of the volunteers he supervises. "They work with courage and I appreciate what they do."Food soon starts arriving in distribution points where it will reach displaced families who are too afraid to return to their homes mothers and children who are living in makeshift shelters because they lost everything during the earthquake and to orphans in various parts of Port-au-Prince who have become increasingly vulnerable (click here to read more.)"We just gave 32 bags of rice to two orphanages around Carrefour" says Luiz in a message he sends a couple of days later.The satisfaction woven into the words is palpable.If you would like to support ADRA's relief efforts give to the Haiti Earthquake Response Fund at www.adra.org/haiti or by phone at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372).To donate through a mobile phone text the word "ADRA" to 85944 reply "YES" and donate a one-time $10 gift to ADRA's Haiti response.Follow ADRA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest information as it happens.ADRA is a non-governmental organization present in 125 countries providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association age gender race or ethnicity.For more information about ADRA visit www.adra.org.Author: Hearly MayrFor more information contact:John Torres Senior Public Relations Manager301.680.6357 (office)301.680.6370 (fax)John.Torres@adra.orgDonate to Haiti Earthquake Response FundOnline: http://www.adra.org/haitiMobile: 85944 Text the word "ADRA" reply "YES"Phone: 1.800.424.ADRA (2372)
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2.[ALERT] The Numbers Behind ADRA's Response in Haiti,ADRA
RV=210.9 2010/02/03 00:00
キーワード:Adra
or more information contact:John Torres Senior Public Relations Manager301.680.6357 (office)301.680.6370 (fax)John.Torres@adra.orgDonate to Haiti Earthquake Response FundOnline: http://www.adra.org/haitiMobile: 85944 Text the word "ADRA" reply "YES"Phone: 1.800.424.ADRA (2372)SILVER SPRING Md. —While the need for humanitarian aid remains critical in Haiti the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is extending increased assistance to hundreds of thousands of affected people through the distribution of basic necessities including food water hygiene items and medical assistance says the agency.Here's ADRA's response by the numbers:4200000: Water treatment tablets currently being distributed by ADRA to provide additional access to clean water for affected persons. It takes 20 minutes for one water treatment tablet to purify one liter (33 ounces) of water.1300000: Meals that ADRA has distributed to survivors to date.1000000: Worth of aid in U.S. dollars that ADRA committed to the Haiti earthquake response within hours of the disaster.200000: Number of Haitians benefiting from ADRA's largest water purification system which was installed on January 28. The new system can provide approximately 17 gallons (or 64 liters) of water per minute and is currently being managed by a team of ADRA volunteers and local leaders.153000: Number of people that ADRA expects to feed during a massive two-week food distribution currently underway in Port-au-Prince which is being coordinated by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Each day ADRA will provide 55 pounds (25 kilograms) of rice rations to 1700 families or approximately 10200 people which will be enough to feed them for two weeks.100000: Number of pounds (45 tons) of rice beans oil and salt that were distributed on January 25 to thousands of displaced survivors currently living on the campus of the Haitian Adventist University in southwest Port-au-Prince.71000: Value in U.S. dollars of a shipment of medical supplies sent by Orlando-based Florida Hospital on January 21. The donation included 23 palettes of IV solution IV lines antibiotics analgesics masks and other emergency supplies which were given to the Adventist Hospital of Haiti.55000: Number of people who have gained access to clean water through 12 additional water points installed by ADRA and partner GlobalMedic across the Carrefour region.15000: Value in U.S dollars of medical supplies given for response from Heart to Heart International.1000: Number of pounds (454 kilograms) of medical supplies donated by partner International Aid.40: Pallets of tarps heavy plastic sheeting water hygiene items generators infant care supplies and medical supplies sent through ADRA to Haiti by Harvest Time International a Florida-based organization.11: Number of ADRA network offices providing personnel for the ongoing emergency response.If you would like to support ADRA's relief efforts give to the Haiti Earthquake Response Fund at www.adra.org/haiti or by phone at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372).To donate through a mobile phone text the word "ADRA" to 85944 reply "YES" and donate a one-time $10 gift to ADRA's Haiti response.Follow ADRA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest information as it happens.ADRA is a non-governmental organization present in 125 countries providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association age gender race or ethnicity.For more information about ADRA visit www.adra.org.Author: Nadia McGill
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3.Emergency Operations Center Situation Report #18 Haiti Earthquake,PAHO
RV=177.6 2010/02/03 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,cluster
GENERAL OVERVIEW- The Ministry of Health with support from PAHO/WHO UNICEF and non-governmental partners began a targeted immunization campaign on Tuesday focusing on populations in temporary settlements. The immunization campaign includes rubella and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccines for children under 7 years of age and diphtheria and tetanus for older children and adults.- The World Food Programme has distributed food to approximately 750000 people including at least 48 orphanages and hospitals. - Sanitation is a major priority for the WASH cluster and they report that over 7000 latrines are needed to prevent the spread of disease.- As mentioned in previous reports the number of treated trauma injuries continues to decline. According to reports from MSF more children are suffering from diarrheal disease and people are beginning to present physical symptoms of mental trauma.
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4.Parents 'reclaim' children in Haiti abduction-adoption row,AFP
RV=166.5 2010/02/03 00:00
キーワード:SOS,woman
Parents 'reclaim' children in Haiti abduction-adoption rowWASHINGTON — The 33 infants and children that an American Christian group tried to smuggle out of quake-hit Haiti are being reunited with their families the US-based aid group now caring for them said Tuesday.The children were picked up last week by members of an Idaho-based Baptist group called New Life Children's Refuge who tried to take them across the border to the Dominican Republic where they planned to establish an orphanage.But some of the children are not orphans at all."The parents now are coming to the village to reclaim their children" Heather Paul the CEO of SOS Children's Villages USA told NBC's "Today Show". "We already hear that many are saying that we have parents."Police seized five men and five women with US passports as well as two Haitians as they tried late Friday to cross into the neighboring Dominican Republic with the children aged between two months and 14 years.The case came to light as authorities in the capital Port-au-Prince expressed concern that some Haitian children may have fallen prey to human traffickers or been misidentified as orphans.Paul said the children had been in poor condition when her group first received them but that they appeared to be on the mend."They came quite traumatized as you can imagine for a number of reasons. First the devastation of the earthquake and then the mystery or confusion of their family's disappearance.""They're getting better" she said.Paul added that while in the care of the US Baptist group the children "weren't well dressed they were dehydrated. They needed medical assistance."She said the case underscored the need for stricter rules and greater vigilance in dealing with children in Haiti."I don't know all the facts but if they were good intentions they've certainly gone awry" she said."I think this is proof positive for all those people around the world who would like to adopt Haitian children that we must wait on the right registration."Laura Silsby head of New Life Children's Refuge has insisted the group's aims were entirely altruistic."We came here literally to just help the children. Our intentions were good" she told AFP from police detention. "We wanted to help those who lost parents in the quake or were abandoned."In Port-au-Prince interim prosecutor Mazar Fortil said the Christians may face a charge of criminal conspiracy in Haiti as well as possible charges of kidnapping minors and child-trafficking.US consular officials visited the detained Americans and brought them food and insect repellent but relatives back in the United States said they had hoped American officials might have done more."I've seen them on TV and they look like they're in good spirits" Sean Lankford whose wife and 18-year-old daughter were among those held told NBC.He said he had not been able to speak to them since their arrest and was concerned that they had not received better treatment in detention."First off you know I think they were required to give them food and water. I mean the basic essentials for life. And they were to help them to contact counselors on their behalf -- at least to give them the ability to do that. They were late in doing that" Lankford complained."I appreciate everything they have done. I know that it took them a while to find them first off. I know also that there's a lot of needs that are happening in Haiti" the Meridian Idaho resident said.But he added "as a dad and a husband you know I just want to make sure that my wife and my daughter have everything that they need and my friends there have everything they need to stay healthy while they work through this and while we try to help them work through this."ゥAFP: The information provided in this product is for personal use only. None of it may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without the express permission of Agence France-Presse.
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5.Haiti earthquake: no effort must be spared in reuniting children with their families,ICRC
RV=119.8 2010/02/03 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,cluster
The earthquake in Haiti has been particularly devastating for children who lost their parents. ICRC child protection adviser Kristin Barstad explains what the organization is doing alongside other agencies to find the best solution to the plight of unaccompanied children.What is being done to help the hundreds of children who have lost their parents in the wake of the disastrous earthquake?In the aftermath of the earthquake living conditions have become extremely harsh for children who lost their parents.The ICRC and the Haitian Red Cross are putting a lot of emphasis on locating children who are on their own or with caretakers and offering them tracing services to help find their relatives. Because unaccompanied children from Haiti have entered the Dominican Republic and the United States of America we are also working with the Red Cross societies of these two countries.As we seek to locate the children's relatives we are also working in collaboration with other humanitarian agencies on the ground to find care arrangements and ensure that the children have all they need.Many good-intentioned people around the globe are offering to adopt orphans. What does the ICRC recommend in such cases?Children separated from their parents in an emergency situation cannot be assumed to be orphans and are not available for adoption. However well intentioned it is difficult to determine the status of children who are separated from their families and unaccompanied following a disaster. As long as the fate of a child's parents and/or other close relatives cannot be verified the child must be considered as still having close living relatives.Every effort will be made to reunite children with their families. Only if that proves impossible and after proper screening has been carried out should permanent solutions such as adoption be considered by the relevant authorities.Haiti has a considerable number of orphanages many of whose charges are not necessarily orphans. It is a mistake to assume that they are all available for adoption. Some of the children had actually been placed in orphanages by their primary caregivers as a temporary measure until they could find a solution to their difficult economic situation. Imagine the anguish of the family and the children if they inexplicably lost trace of each other!Of course for children who had completed the screening process for international adoption prior to the earthquake there are obvious benefits in speeding up arrangements for travel to their new homes. However all adoption processes must follow clear legal procedures. We welcome the crucial measure taken by the Haitian prime minister on 20 January to tighten up adoption procedures by requiring his own signature of approval on all adoption files.Just days after the disaster unaccompanied children were already being evacuated notably to the Dominican Republic and the United States. What is your comment?Indeed given the large number of casualties various actors have evacuated some injured children to the two countries pending the setup of adequately equipped health facilities in Haiti.While it is always recommended to treat injured children as close to their home as possible this was not feasible for all of them in the very first days following the earthquake. Health facilities had not been put in place yet. However it must be stressed that in situations where a child is evacuated there are clear procedures to follow: the child should be accompanied by a relative or someone who knows them if possible; the details of the child must be registered and their family must know where the child is taken to and by whom. Unfortunately some children were evacuated in haste without all their details being recorded.As part of the worldwide Red Cross and Red Crescent network to restore family links the ICRC and the American and Dominican Red Cross societies are offering tracing services to children who have been evacuated abroad and indeed to anybody who has been evacuated from Haiti.What do the joint ICRC/Haitian Red Cross tracing teams in Haiti do when they come across an unaccompanied child?Whenever our tracing teams in Haiti or the Dominican Republic come across an unaccompanied child the first thing they do is to register as much information as possible about the child for instance where his or her family members might be and contact details. The teams work with people who are around the child to get additional information if necessary.The teams refer the child to UNICEF or agencies tasked with organizing interim care if need be and then begin searching for the child's relatives. We do this in various ways including what we call "active tracing". This involves visiting the place where the child's parents are likely to be offering a chance to make phone calls and registering information on our family links website among other things. The ICRC uses radio spots and street broadcasts regularly to publicize its tracing service.How is the ICRC coordinating with other humanitarian organizations to ensure that children receive appropriate assistance during the present emergency in Haiti?Given the magnitude of the emergency and the large number of humanitarian agencies coming in to help efforts were launched quickly on the ground to coordinate the humanitarian response. The UN has set up the "cluster lead" system with UNICEF leading what is called the child-protection group of aid agencies.It is crucial for all organizations concerned and the authorities to cooperate and complement each others' efforts in caring for and protecting all those affected by the earthquake. Specific lead roles have been established in key areas. The ICRC and the American Dominican Haitian and other national Red Cross societies have taken up a large proportion of tracing activities with other agencies contributing to the effort.Other organizations are in charge of temporary childcare psycho-social care setting up emergency education and so on. The task of each agency depends on their mandate expertise and capacity to deal with the given situation. Any organization wishing to work on behalf of children separated from their families must liaise with the other partners involved. The ICRC adheres to this principle.
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1.Direct Relief Commits $1.2 Million in Cash for Disability Programs in Haiti,Direct Relief
RV=145.3 2010/02/04 00:00
キーワード:Direct,cluster,Medical
Funds will be used to support prosthetics orthotics and mobility devices for quake survivorsPORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti (February 3 2010) — Direct Relief International today announced that it is committing $1.2 million—approximately one-third of the cash support it has received for recovery efforts in Haiti—to support the establishment of prosthetics and orthotics services and the provision of needed assistive devices and rehabilitation to enable long-term response efforts for the people affected by the recent earthquake.Direct Relief Emergency Preparedness and Response Director Brett Williams who is in Haiti overseeing the organization's relief efforts made this announcement today following consultation yesterday with other Haitian and international organizations who have formed a working group to coordinate assistance in the area of care for people who have sustained disabling conditions."We know this is a long-term need and we want help start services that will be here five years from now for Haitians and run by Haitians" said Williams."An additional $2 million likely will be needed which we will work on but we think it is important to carve out resources and begin focusing on this critical area now for the long haul" said Williams. "The funds we have received are for Haiti and Haitians and they'll be invested in Haiti to build local capacity to sustain ongoing efforts."Williams led Direct Relief's effort in Pakistan following the massive 2005 earthquake to help the Pakistan Institute of Prosthetic and Orthotic Sciences (PIPOS) expand five-fold its services —including the fitting and local fabrication of prosthetics and orthotics — to serve thousands of people who had been left with disabilities. The expanded service centers continue to provide essential services with locally trained staff five years later with ongoing support from Direct Relief.PIPOS Medical Director Dr. Bakht Sarwar is a world leader in prosthetics and orthotics services and was among the first to offer assistance to Direct Relief and its partners in Haiti after the quake.Direct Relief has supported local health efforts in Haiti since 1964 by providing essential medicines supplies and equipment to dozens of partner facilities. Since the January 12 quake Direct Relief has sped medical aid to Haitian partner facilities struggling to meet the tremendous surge of injured patients.Meeting Immediate Needs: The organization yesterday also delivered six tons of essential medicines and medical supplies to St. Damien Hospital in Port-au-Prince the nation's only free pediatric hospital to help them treat injured patients.Including yesterday's delivery to St. Damien Direct Relief has delivered to its partners more than $5.7 million in essential medical supplies which have been donated by dozens of healthcare company partners. An additional $18.5 million in medical material requested by partner facilities is en route and will be delivered in the next several days which will be followed by additional infusions in the months and years ahead.In spite of the widely reported bottlenecks of humanitarian aid Direct Relief's assistance has reached the local healthcare facilities with which it is working mainly because of pre-existing relations specific targeting of aid to specific facilities that have requested them and distribution channels to the facilities.To ensure coordination with other aid inflows and compliance with accepted practices in emergency situations Williams and his Direct Relief colleagues also are meeting daily with other groups in the U.N.-led health and logistics clusters to share information and plans.With specific regard to donations of pharmaceutical products which require specialized handling and tracking Direct Relief is providing the World Health Organization/Pan-American Health Organization onsite event managers with detailed lists of all incoming medical material and the recipient facilities.About Direct Relief InternationalFounded in 1948 Direct Relief is a Santa Barbara California-based nonprofit organization focused on improving quality of life by bringing critically needed medicines and supplies to local healthcare providers worldwide. Direct Relief has provided more than $1 billion in privately funded humanitarian aid since 2000 including more than $150 million in assistance in the United States. It has earned a fundraising efficiency score of 99 percent or better from Forbes for the past eight years and is ranked by the Chronicle of Philanthropy as California's largest international nonprofit organization based on private support. For more information please visit www.DirectRelief.org.###Media Contact: Jim ProsserManager Media RelationsJProsser@DirectRelief.orgDirect Relief: (805) 964-4767
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2.UN Expert calls for urgent cancellation of Haiti's remaining multilateral debt,UNHRC
RV=111.4 2010/02/04 00:00
キーワード:debt,Council
GENEVA (4 February 2010) – The UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights Cephas Lumina called Thursday for an immediate cancellation of Haiti's debt with multilateral creditors and the provision of unconditional grant-aid "not new loans whatever the degree of concessionality."The UN expert welcomed the recent announcement by the Paris Club - an informal group of 19 creditor countries - that its members would cancel the US$214 million debt owed to them by Haiti. However he warned that "the decision is insufficient to assure the country's sustainable recovery effort given that the bulk of its external debt is owed to multilateral creditors."Haiti currently owes about US$890 million to international creditors. Approximately 70 per cent of its total external debt is owed to multilateral creditors mainly the Inter-American Development Bank (41 per cent) and the World Bank (27 per cent)."What is required is an immediate moratorium on debt service as UNCTAD and others have recently argued" said Mr. Lumina who has been mandated by the UN Human Rights Council to monitor the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights particularly economic social and cultural rights."In addition" he stressed "Haiti's remaining multilateral debt must be unconditionally cancelled as a matter of extreme urgency in order to afford the country the necessary fiscal space as it recovers from the recent devastating earthquake and moves towards reconstruction."Grant-aid not new loansMr. Lumina warned that the IMF was ignoring its own advice by the recent approval of a 'highly concessional' and 'interest-free' loan of US$114 million to Haiti repayment of which is due after a five-and-a-half year 'grace period.' The IMF loan is an augmentation of Haiti's existing $178 million programme under the Extended Credit Facility."What Haiti needs is urgent unconditional grant-aid not new loans - whatever the degree of concessionality - as well as guaranteed local ownership of the national policy agenda. A new build-up of unsustainable debt must be avoided" Mr. Lumina said noting that independent assessments indicate that it will take at least ten years for the country to recover from the devastating earthquake."The extension of Haiti's loan programme in circumstances where the IMF acknowledges the country's high risk of debt distress and particularly in view of the fact that the country's economy has collapsed and its debt service capacity is non-existent runs counter to the IMF's own advice and is profoundly inappropriate" the UN expert said.In July 2009 the IMF stated that Haiti's risk of debt distress would remain high even after debt relief and that therefore 'new borrowing policies must remain cautious'."It is unrealistic to expect that the people of Haiti can muster the resources to start servicing this debt in five years' time. It is also inappropriate to make Haiti pay back its emergency assistance" the Independent Expert said. "Haitians have already endured much suffering - as a consequence of repression lack of ownership of the national policy agenda poverty natural disasters and unsustainable debt levels - for much of their history as an independent nation."Mr. Cephas Lumina was appointed Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights particularly economic social and cultural rights by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2008. He is independent from any government or organization and serves in his individual capacity. The mandate covers all countries.
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3.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #17,OCHA
RV=109.9 2010/02/04 00:00
キーワード:settlement,Cluster
This report was issued by OCHA New York. The next report will be issued on or around 5 February 2010. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES - The distribution of shelter material and the establishment of planned settlements remain among the main priorities for assistance. - Sanitation is becoming a major concern at many of the temporary sites. - The WFP food surge continues. Some 1 million people have been reached since the onset of the emergency; 338000 people have received two-week rations of rice over the past 3 days. - The Health Cluster has recorded over 1000 amputations in Port-au-Prince. More physical therapists are needed to provide post-operative care. - The Flash Appeal is 87 percent funded; a revised appeal will be launched in mid to late February.
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4.CARE is working to prevent sexual violence in the aftermath of the Haiti quake,CARE
RV=106.6 2010/02/04 00:001
キーワード:woman,cluster
Port-au-Prince Haiti (February 3 2010) – CARE is working to prevent sexual and gender-based violence in the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquake.It is well documented that the risk of sexual violence and exploitation rises in crisis situations – like the one happening in Haiti now – when people are displaced from their homes and communities. And women and girls are the most vulnerable in these settings. In fact a 2008 report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs found that after multiple tropical storms in Haiti there were reports of "sexual violence in shelters 'sex for food' and other forms of exploitation.""CARE is working to protect women girls and other vulnerable populations in order to prevent sexual violence and to ensure that survivors of gender based violence get the help they need to recover from the trauma" said Janet Meyers CARE's Senior Advisor for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Emergencies who is on the ground in Haiti.Darkened streets due to lack of electricity crowded makeshift camps with no walls of any sort and unprotected bathing and toilet areas leave women and girls particularly vulnerable to harassment and sexual violence."Women and girls are very much at risk of violence and of being forced into prostitution in exchange for money food or shelter" said Sophie Perez CARE's Country Director in Haiti. "CARE's activities work to keep that from happening. In the long term it is important to help women become economically independent because this puts them in a stronger position in the community and makes it less likely that they will be taken advantage of."CARE is consulting with both men and women about the location of gender-specific latrines and showers so they are placed in safe well-lit areas close to where displaced persons are clustered but are clearly segregated.The damage to police and city services as a result of the earthquake means reporting lines have been destroyed and some traditional community support systems have been disrupted making it all the more important to set up a system to ensure protection and support for women and girls. "It is critical to ensure that confidential quality services including clinical management of rape emergency contraception and psychosocial support are available to treat survivors of rape and sexual violence" said Meyers.Women who suffer sexual abuse or ongoing psychological and physical violence also have more unplanned and/or unwanted pregnancies than other women more sexually transmitted infections and higher rates of HIV. CARE is taking this into account and is providing condoms to men and women as part of its emergency response."More broadly speaking we can also prevent gender-based violence including sexual violence by implementing the minimum initial service package for reproductive health. This set of emergency response activities includes providing pregnant women with clean delivery kits and establishing referral systems to functioning emergency obstetric care services to treat complications" said Meyers.There are an estimated 37000 pregnant women in Port-au-Prince including approximately 10000 who are due to give birth in the next month. CARE is helping to address their needs by distributing clean delivery and newborn kits. The delivery kits include a towel soap a sterile razor and thread to cut and tie off the umbilical cord. The newborn kits come with a blanket a layette gown a hat and booties to keep the baby warm plus diapers. Many health centers and hospitals were destroyed by the quake making it critical to set up referral systems for women to access emergency obstetric care if they experience any complications"CARE also plans to provide displaced communities with a tent for women to give birth in privacy" said Meyers.For more information or to arrange interviews with staff in Haiti:Rick Perera (in Port-au-Prince Haiti): rperera@care.org +1 404-457-4649 (SMS)
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5.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #22 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010,USAID
RV=105.2 2010/02/04 00:00
キーワード:settlement,Wash
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated February 2 2010. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - On February 3 lead non-governmental organizations (NGOs) conducted the fourth day of food distributions in Port-au-Prince under the new fixed distribution system. In total the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) aims to provide a two-week food ration to 2 million people through 16 fixed points across the most populated areas of Port-au-Prince. - On February 3 USAID/OFDA provided nearly $7 million in additional funding to NGO partners Relief International (RI) and the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) to support economic recovery and market systems shelter and settlements health and water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) activities as well as logistical support and provision of emergency relief supplies. To date USAID/OFDA has provided nearly $196 million in response to the earthquake in Haiti.
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1.Haiti Earthquake 2010: Situation Report 1600 hrs 03 February 2010,DFID
RV=217.4 2010/02/05 00:00
キーワード:settlement,cluster,Cluster,Wash
Headlines:• OCHA reports that operations on the ground continue to expand. However aid distributions in most cases are only gradually increasing with bottlenecks remaining in the system.• The government reports that approximately 60% of government administrative and economic infrastructure has been destroyed with severe implications for national recovery.• The government has been positive about its involvement in the upcoming Post Disaster Needs Assessment and has said that it has the capacity to lead it.• 15 NGOs have been identified to implement cash-for-work (CFW) activities by UNDP at a rate agreed with the government. UNDP is still discussing whether to add a food component to the cash.• Rubble removal is being raised as a key area for action particularly due to its possible impact on living space obstruction of water courses and the subsequent effects on sanitation.• Local NGOs are believed to have considerable capacity on the ground. However they are still mobilising and gathering resources.• OCHA has not yet formally defined the structure for the country-wide operation. No agreement has been reached on where the operational hubs will be located (although agencies are setting up in Leogane and Jacmel). OCHA has agreed to now pursue this.• There is concern that if assistance does not start to reach outside Port-au-Prince soon it will attract those displaced from Port-au-Prince to return.• Shelter: IOM has reduced the time it will hold NFIs in warehouses for agencies to collect and distribute from 72 hours to 36 hours. After this period the goods will be reassigned. The cluster has prioritised the following NFIs to be provided by donors and agencies: 1) Shelter material 2) Hygiene items 3) Kitchen sets.• Food: WFP reached 100000 people on 31 January with a 2 week ration of rice and reached 9 of the planned 16 distribution points. They report the use of duplicate ration cards at one site raising concerns about food aid being sold on the market.• Health: Vaccination programmes began on 2 February for people in makeshift settlements focused on children under 7. The Health Cluster is also building a database of medical human resources available in country.• WASH: Sanitation remains a priority sector in the response. Very few NGOs have the capacity or capability to work to the scale needed. A number of options are being considered from de-sludging to dry latrines to porta-loos but progress is reported to be slow.
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2.HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ON HAITI,UN DPI
RV=193.8 2010/02/05 00:00
キーワード:question,settlement,cluster
2 February 2010John Holmes United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator briefed the press in Geneva this morning on the status of the humanitarian response in Haiti.Mr. Holmes said the operation had been complicated and difficult to mount and that there had been frustration from all parties involved in the operation as they had not been able to reach as quickly as they would have liked it everybody with the aid they needed. The scaling up of relief operations was happening now but they had still a significant way to go particularly with regard to food and shelter.On the health cluster side things were looking better said Mr. Holmes. Most of the life-saving operations had taken place. The current issues were about post-operative care; making sure that the needed drugs were available; and to minimize the risk of epidemics such as measles or diarrheal diseases. A measles vaccination campaign had started this week.On the water cluster side the situation was reasonably satisfactory said Mr. Holmes. It was not regarded as a significant problem anymore.On the food side the World Food Programme had started a major food distribution operation this week. Its aim was to reach 2 million plus people in the next ten days said Mr. Holmes. This happened through a network of 16 distribution points through which other non-food items such as hygiene-kits kitchen-kits shelter material and stoves could also be distributed. Security at these distribution points was provided partly by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Peacekeeping forces and partly by the U.S. Forces.On the shelter-cluster side there was a clear strategy in place now to make sure that people were being helped where they were. There were no plans to build large camps. Some relatively small camps would be put in place around Port-au-Prince. The idea was to help people where they were either in the ruins of their homes next to them or in the spontaneous settlement sites. The aim was to provide people with better shelter material such as tarpaulins plastic sheeting and tents. The major issue coming down the track was the rainy and hurricane seasons. Transitional shelter arrangements would thus be needed in the near term.Turning to sanitation Mr. Holmes said that a major operation was needed to build some 7000 latrines in order to improve sanitation.Another issue was the protection of children. The United Nations Children's Fund was doing its best to make sure that separated children and orphans were not taken out of the country illegally without proper adoption procedures said Mr. Holmes.On the logistics Mr. Holmes said the airport was functioning well while the port was only functioning to a limited extent and the land-route via the Dominican Republic was also working and was being increasingly used. Security was a constraint as escorts for convoys were needed as well as security on distribution sites.Security was provided by the MINUSTAH Peacekeepers together with the US and Canadian Forces. The cooperation with these and other forces was working well said Mr. Holmes.Turning to the resource mobilization Mr. Holmes noted that this catastrophe had touched the hearts of people around the world. Over US$ 2 billion were raised or pledged all together. The Flash Appeal was now 83 per cent funded. There were still some sectors that appeared under-funded such as: education; agriculture; early-recovery; nutrition; and security. A detailed inter-agency and inter-cluster needs assessment mission was also ongoing. Its results would feed into the revised Appeal in two weeks time. It would also serve the much longer post-disaster operation for which a donor conference would be organized probably in March.Questions & AnswersAnswering a journalist's question on the difference between the relief coordination after the Tsunami and after the Haiti earthquake Mr. Holmes said it was difficult to compare both disasters. In the case of the Tsunami the structure of the affected countries' Governments had remained intact and their capitals had not been destroyed. With Haiti the problem was that the local emergency capacity had been paralyzed and everyone had had to wait for international help to arrive. Organizing a major response and serving meals to millions of people did not happen overnight. The coordination itself had been significantly better than after the Tsunami. The system of clusters with lead-agencies being entrusted with a specific cluster had been a direct result of the experiences learnt in the Tsunami and Darfur.Turning to a question on the ethicality of using Haitians as a cheap-labour force to clean out the rubble off the streets Mr. Holmes responded by saying that people should be given an opportunity for work and to get cash to buy themselves some food. Further the average daily wage in Haiti was US$ 3 and Haitians were getting paid US$ 4 for this work. It was important to pay attention not to destroy the labour market by paying rates out of proportion with the local pay rates.On why there was no plan to build larger camps Mr. Holmes answered that these had a tendency to become permanent with time. Also there were no places for large camps in the immediate vicinity of Port-au-Prince. People also wanted to stay near where their homes and their jobs used to be.Answering to a question on how long the U.S. and Canadian Forces would stay in Haiti Mr. Holmes said both were present at the request of the Haitian Government to help with the relief operation. The primary responsibility for security remained with the MINUSTAH. The U.S. and Canadian Forces would probably leave as soon as the situation would be stable and the MINUSTAH capacity reinforced.A journalist wondered what kinds of shelters would replace the current temporary shelters with the coming of the hurricane season. Mr. Holmes said that the current tents could only be a temporary solution. Experts were currently looking at transitional hurricane-proof shelter solutions. There was no answer to that question yet; it was a major challenge. Wooden pre-fabricated buildings could be a solution but it would be a major logistical challenge to get enough of them constructed and to identify places to construct them and avoid that these would become permanent slums. As hurricanes could be predicted a proper contingency plan for people in temporary shelters was also needed.
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3.L'UNICEF lance un appel de fonds de 12 milliard de dollars au titre de l'aide d'urgence,UNICEF
RV=155.8 2010/02/05 00:00
キーワード:question,UNICEF
GENネVE 4 f騅rier 2010 - Alors que la communaut・internationale suit de pr鑚 les efforts d駱loy駸 pour secourir la population d'Ha・i l'UNICEF publie aujourd'hui son Rapport sur l'action humanitaire de 2010. Ce rapport annuel qui met en lumi鑽e les situations de crise les plus graves touchant les enfants et les femmes de par le monde est assorti d'une demande d'aide suppl駑entaire.Le rapport de cette ann馥 traite de la situation des enfants et des femmes de 28 pays et territoires o・le besoin d'assistance se fait le plus cruellement sentir. L'objectif est de recueillir 12 milliard de dollars pour leur venir en aide. L'accent est mis sur l'importance croissante des partenariats qui permettent de r駱ondre aux besoins des enfants et des familles touch駸.ォ Ha・i 騁ait consid駻・par l'UNICEF comme l'un des pays 'en situation de crise' au moment de mettre sous presse le Rapport sur l'action humanitaire avant m麥e le tremblement de terre サ affirme Hilde F. Johnson Directrice g駭駻ale adjointe de l'UNICEF. ォ ノprouv・par de multiples ouragans en plus de troubles civils ce pays avait d駛・besoin d'assistance humanitaire. サォ Le tremblement de terre est un horrible exemple d'une autre double catastrophe qui a tu・de nombreux Ha・iens et an饌nti les moyens de subsistance de la population tout en d騁ruisant l'infrastructure et les syst鑪es dont l'action humanitaire a besoin pour 黎re efficace サ ajoute-t-elle. ォ Mais nous obtenons des r駸ultats. Une grande campagne de vaccination a 騁・lanc馥 cette semaine pour prot馮er quelque 500 000 enfants de moins de sept ans contre la rougeole la dipht駻ie et le t騁anos. サォ Alors m麥e que nous redoublons d'efforts pour apporter plus rapidement aide humanitaire et protection ・tous les enfants d'Ha・i l'UNICEF doit 馮alement s'employer ・am駘iorer la vie des enfants dans le monde entier サ d馗lare Mme Johnson.ォ Les enfants souffrent dans de nombreux endroits et pour de multiples raisons. Tous ont besoin de notre aide. En 2009 des catastrophes naturelles ou d'origine humaine de grande envergure ont eu lieu ・plusieurs reprises en Asie du Sud-Est tandis que les situations d'urgence existant dans la corne de l'Afrique en Afghanistan au Pakistan en R駱ublique d駑ocratique du Congo et au Soudan se sont aggrav馥s サ dit Mme Johnson. ォ Les enfants font toujours partie des personnes les plus 駱rouv馥s et les catastrophes leur font courir un plus grand risque d'黎re victimes de maltraitance et de graves violations de leurs droits y compris de violences sexuelles de meurtres et de mutilations et de recrutements forc駸 dans des groupes arm駸. サChaque ann馥 l'UNICEF intervient dans 200 situations d'urgence de par le monde. Le Rapport sur l'action humanitaire de 2010 traite des situations de crise les plus graves celles qui n馗essitent une assistance exceptionnelle.Les 28 pays et territoires dont il est question dans le rapport ont 騁・retenus en fonction de l'ampleur et du caract鑽e chronique ou prolong・de la situation de crise qu'ils connaissent de la gravit・de ses r駱ercussions sur les enfants et les femmes et des possibilit駸 de sauver des vies. Il est imp駻atif dans ces situations d'agir de toute urgence pour sauver des vies garantir l'acc鑚 ・de l'eau potable des moyens d'assainissement et une hygi鈩e ad駲uates ainsi que la sant・et la nutrition prot馮er les enfants contre les pires formes de violence et de maltraitance et assurer leur 馘ucation ャ- m麥e dans les pires circonstances.Le Rapport sur l'action humanitaire de cette ann馥 fait appara喪e des ph駭om鈩es mondiaux en 騅olution qui pr駸entent des risques cumulatifs pour les enfants - il s'agit notamment du changement climatique de l'instabilit・馗onomique mondiale et de l'騅olution de la nature des conflits en particulier de la fr駲uence 駘ev馥 des violences sexuelles commises contre les enfants et les femmes. Ces diff駻ents facteurs accroissent la vuln駻abilit・des plus d駑unis et menacent la survie m麥e des enfants ainsi que leurs droits fondamentaux.La crise financi鑽e mondiale actuelle ・laquelle vient s'ajouter l'instabilit・des prix alimentaires se traduit par une augmentation de la pauvret・et de la malnutrition et risque fort d'an饌ntir dans plusieurs pays en d騅eloppement les progr鑚 r饌lis駸 en faveur des enfants. Les enfants et les femmes ont 騁・particuli鑽ement 駱rouv駸. En 2009 beaucoup plus de familles pauvres ont 騁・contraintes de r馘uire leurs repas et la qualit・de leur alimentation. D'apr鑚 un rapport publi・en 2009 par l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) plus d'un milliard de personnes de par le monde souffrent de la faim - soit une augmentation d'au moins 100 millions par rapport aux chiffres de 2008.ノtant donn・la gravit・des situations de crise qui existent en Asie que ce soit au Pakistan en Afghanistan ou aux Philippines les besoins de financement devraient plus que doubler en 2010. Cependant c'est en Afrique subsaharienne que les besoins sont le plus 駘ev駸 - en 2009 quelque 24 millions de personnes 騁aient affect馥s par la s馗heresse l'ins馗urit・alimentaire chronique et les conflits arm駸 dans la corne de l'Afrique. Le Soudan le Tchad la R駱ublique centrafricaine et la R駱ublique d駑ocratique du Congo connaissent des mouvements de violence et des d駱lacements massifs de population int駻ieurs ou d'un pays ・l'autre ainsi que des difficult駸 d'acheminement de l'aide humanitaire. La situation reste 馮alement grave au Zimbabwe o・la vuln駻abilit・des enfants et des femmes s'est encore accentu馥.Le Rapport sur l'action humanitaire de cette ann馥 met l'accent sur les partenariats. Dans tous ces pays et territoires l'UNICEF agit avec des partenaires pour obtenir des r駸ultats notamment avec des organisations humanitaires des groupes de la soci騁・civile des entreprises et le secteur priv・et des fondations.Au cours des derni鑽es ann馥s l'UNICEF et ses partenaires ont effectu・d'importants investissements en faveur de la r馘uction des risques de la pr駱aration aux situations d'urgence des m馗anismes d'alerte rapide et des syst鑪es d'intervention et de reprise. Les situations d'urgence changeant constamment il faut sans cesse s'adapter de fa輟n ・se pr駱arer aux crises ・venir et ・bien anticiper les nouveaux ph駭om鈩es pour intervenir rapidement et assurer un prompt rel钁ement.Les partenariats de l'UNICEF contribuent ・favoriser l'innovation la communication la participation et l'騁ablissement de programmes qui am駘iorent v駻itablement la situation du nombre toujours croissant d'enfants en d騁resse.ォ Avec ses partenaires l'UNICEF continue ・chercher de nouveaux moyens de r駱ondre ・la situation d駸esp駻馥 des enfants et des femmes vivant en situation d'urgence サ affirme Mme Johnson. ォ Ce n'est qu'en unissant nos efforts que nous pouvons nous acquitter avec efficacit・de notre mission qui consiste ・d馭endre et prot馮er les droits des enfants ・contribuer ・r駱ondre ・leurs besoins 駘駑entaires et ・leur permettre de r饌liser pleinement leur potentiel. サPour lire l'int馮ralit・du rapport veuillez consulter : http://www.unicef.org/har2010A l'attention des r馘actions et organismes de radiodiffusion : photos vid駮s et autres 駘駑ents multim馘ias seront disponibles sur : http://www.thenewsmarket.com/unicefタ propos de l'UNICEFL'UNICEF est ・pied d'oeuvre dans plus de 150 pays et territoires pour aider les enfants ・survivre et ・s'駱anouir de leur plus jeune 稟e jusqu'・la fin de l'adolescence. Premier fournisseur mondial de vaccins aux pays en d騅eloppement l'UNICEF agit en faveur de la sant・et la nutrition des enfants l'acc鑚 ・l'eau potable et ・des moyens d'assainissement une 馘ucation de base de qualit・pour tous les gar輟ns et toutes les filles et la protection des enfants contre la violence l'exploitation sous toutes ses formes et le SIDA. L'UNICEF est enti鑽ement financ・par des contributions volontaires de particuliers d'entreprises de fondations et de gouvernements.Pour de plus amples informations :V駻onique Taveau UNICEF Gen钁et駘. : + 41 22 909 5716courriel : vtaveau@unicef.orgPatrick McCormick UNICEF M馘ias New Yorkt駘. : + 1 212-326-7426courriel : pmccormick@unicef.orgKate Donovan UNICEF M馘ias New Yorkt駘. +1 212 326 7452courriel : kdonovan@unicef.org
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4.Press Conference on ‘Cash-for-Work’ Programme in Haiti,UN DPI
RV=133.0 2010/02/05 00:00
キーワード:question,woman
With the massive international relief effort continuing to gain traction in Haiti the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was rolling out its "cash-for-work" initiative aimed at providing temporary work and offering Haitians a chance to play a vital role in rebuilding their earthquake-devastated country a senior agency official said today.Speaking at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon Jordan Ryan UNDP Assistant Administrator said that so far the initiative launched last week had employed some 30000 people at the Government-approved wage of 180 gourdes ($4.47) for six hours of work. With a World Food Programme-backed food allowance a day's pay amounted to about $5 he said adding that the overall aim was to put at least 100000 people to work as quickly as possible."We're eager to scale this up as quickly as possible" he said stressing that creating jobs had been identified as one of the top priorities for UNDP's emergency relief and recovery response to the powerful earthquake that shook Haiti on 12 January virtually levelling Port-au-Prince the island nation's capital destroying most Government buildings and what little infrastructure had been functioning.With rubble piled high on the streets and roads blocked by huge amounts of debris removing an estimated 20 million cubic yards of broken bricks and stone in Port-au-Prince alone would be vital in helping ease humanitarian aid delivery he pointed out adding: "Obviously if the roads [and] public service infrastructure are cleared people can start going back to work." Clearing the streets of rubble refuse and waste would also improve access to local markets and other businesses chapels and community washing centres he stressed.Mr. Ryan said crushing and sorting reusable material was "a huge priority" as was ensuring access to water mains and sources of fresh water and beginning some light construction and rehabilitation work. "There is clearly much added value to cash-for-work -- it gets Haitians involved in earthquake clean-up puts some cash in their pockets and gives people a real stake in the recovery effort from the very first days" he added. The goal over the next few days was to try and ramp up the coverage "depending on the generosity of donors".He went on to say that the priority would be providing work for women and the initiative would be supported by a monitoring system including some cartographic mapping and satellite mechanisms that would help ensure that as much of the affected area as possible was being reached. The current cash-for-work programme drew on UNDP's experience in 2008 when it had launched a similar initiative that had put some 100000 people to work helping with reconstruction after a series of deadly nearly back-to-back hurricanes struck Haiti.Asked how the Programme was recruiting for the jobs he said it was working closely with the Haitian Government and a host of experienced non-governmental organizations that would be essential in ramping up the initiative in Port-au-Prince and its environs. Working with such community-service organizations would keep the project "grounded in the Haitian reality" he added.Recalling that the United Nations had issued an emergency appeal for some $36 million for the early recovery effort he said the world body had only received about $10 million so far with another $7 million having been pledged. Meanwhile the Organization was awaiting receipt of promised funds from the Governments of China Japan Norway Spain Lichtenstein Italy and the Democratic Republic of the Congo."There is still a funding gap of about $18 million for early recovery […] we expect some other donors to come on board and we hope they will because that will allow us to scale up this activity" he said. UNDP was particularly pleased that a large number of African countries had also acknowledged their willingness to contribute to the effort and had recognized the social benefits of getting people back to work as early as possible.Responding to other questions he said the cash-for-work initiative was rolling out in other areas around the capital including Carrefour Belaire and Martissant. Farther afield projects had begun in Petit Goave Grande Goave and Leogane. "Since UNDP has a presence in several areas outside Port-au-Prince the idea is to link [a local agency office] with local communities" he said adding that as funds became available the agency would continue to expand its effort especially since an estimated 300000 people had fled the capital after the quake and were now iving elsewhere.In response to another question he said that while the initial phase of the cash-for-work programme entailed short-term employment –- with workers holding a job for about two weeks before it was rotated to another unemployed person -- it was to be hoped that it would spawn longer-term social benefits including vocational training which would be crucial when the reconstruction efforts began in earnest. One of the aims was to grow Haitian expertise by energizing the early recovery and "linking the work to new opportunities to build a more vibrant response".For information media • not an official record
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5.Earthquake in Haiti: WFP External Situation Report 3 February 2010,WFP
RV=119.3 2010/02/05 00:00
キーワード:Vision,cluster
OverviewEarthquake Caseload: 2 million peopleCost of WFP Earthquake operations in Haiti: US$279 million (Food operations US$246 million Logistics US$33 million)Time frame: January to December 2010WFP Staff in Haiti: 225 + 207 surge personnel (between Haiti and Dom. Rep.)Current Situation- Distributions continued smoothly on the fourth day of fixed site food distributions led by WFP in close cooperation with government and NGOs under the food cluster and with support from MINUSTAH and US forces deployed to support the humanitarian effort in Haiti. Through the distribution network WFP and partners aim to provide a two week food ration to an estimated 2 million Haitians through 16 fixed distribution points across the most populated sites in the city.- Thirteen of the distribution sites were activated by Wednesday including those in Cite Soleil where despite tensions in the preceding days partner World Vision conducted successful distributions supported by Brazilian and US forces.- Food prices are reportedly still rising and people are apparently having difficulty in the North and North-Est Departments in meeting their basic food needs. Even those people in regions previously considered "food secure" reportedly face difficulties and prices of wheat and bread are increasingly unreachable for the general population.- Major repairs to the port have begun with two large pontoons with 200 metric tonne cranes being put in place.
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1.Speakers Highlight National Steps Taken to Promote ‘Social Integration’ in Face of Economic Crisis as Social Development Commission Concludes General Debate,ECOSOC
RV=167.2 2010/02/06 00:00
キーワード:woman,Council,February,Medical
SOC/4760Commission for Social DevelopmentForty-eighth Session6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM)Also Hears Presentation by Special Rapporteur on Disability Who Describes Activities since Assuming Position in August 2009The economic slowdown had weakened the world's social safety net but delegates of countries from Nicaragua to Kenya speaking during the Commission for Social Development's forty-eighth session today reported some progress in improving the socio-economic situation of their most vulnerable and marginalized citizens thanks to a range of social integration programmes.Nicaragua's representative speaking as the Commission concluded discussion on its priority theme of social integration said that despite the financial crisis her country had used a mix of public and private investment to bring everything from food security to decent jobs to free health care services particularly to traditionally excluded groups. The Nicaraguan Government was promoting a new model for citizenship that empowered people to design projects for their own communities. The popular "Zero Hunger" Programme had benefited small agriculture producers and issued credits and bonuses to empower women in agribusiness while health care strategies had led to a reduction in maternal and natal mortality.Nicaragua was working in solidarity with neighbouring countries to erase discriminatory practices and effect positive social change she said. A good example of that was the Cuban-Nicaraguan Medical Brigade "Everyone has a Voice" -- which was conducting research on disability in Nicaragua going house to house to identify physical mental and genetic disabilities. Once finished its research would inform Government strategies for health education and employment to help disabled people. The Government also recently ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.Venezuela's representative said it was also partnering with the Cuban Government to improve health care for all -- one of the goals of the 1995 Copenhagen Summit. The two Governments had created a hospital network where thousands of Cuban and Venezuelan doctors provided treatment to almost 25 million people nearly 90 per cent of the Venezuelan population. The Venezuelan Government's "Barrio" mission -- one of 31 social missions created to meet the citizenry's basic needs in health care education food employment and housing -- had brought health care clinics in low-income communities throughout the country.The Government believed that with firm political will it was possible to reduce poverty and that belief was the driving force behind the missions' work she said. Poverty had already dropped from 51 per cent in 2002 to 25 per cent in 2008. The Government had allocated 44.7 per cent of the 2010 federal budget for social programmes to further push down poverty and inequality indicators. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) had ranked Venezuela 61st on its Human Development Index of 191 countries and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) had declared Venezuela illiteracy free.Kenya's representative shed light on his Government's efforts to help the disabled and the elderly. For example it had set up a National Council of Persons with Disability and a Disability Fund. It had also adopted a national policy on ageing in 2009 and set up flexible national and community-based social welfare services for older persons. A social protection programme gave cash transfers to households headed by elderly persons and in the current fiscal year the Government provided more than 500 million shillings to benefit 33000 older persons aged 65 and older.Zambia's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services said his Government had developed myriad policies to fight exclusion. The fifth national development plan promoted social and civic participation and better access to labour markets as well as aimed to provide a social safety net for vulnerable groups like street children and households affected by HIV/AIDS or headed by women and children. A social cash transfer scheme benefited destitute and incapacitated households. Like other countries grappling with the economic crisis Zambia was taking steps to limit the risk of long-term unemployment and to support younger workers low-wage earners and low-skilled informal workers.The Republic of Korea's representative said his Government would aim to help other nations struggling to achieve the Copenhagen goals by tripling its official development assistance (ODA) from $1 billion to $3 billion by 2015. It had adopted a holistic approach to social integration identifying ideological intolerance regional sectionalism and generational discord as the main obstacles to achieving it. It set up four subdivisions within a presidential committee to tackle each problem as well as a national evaluation index for social integration and a centre to monitor implementation of social integration policies.Also today Shuaib Chalklen United Nations Special Rapporteur on disability addressed the Commission. He said that to date 78 national Governments had ratified the Disabilities Convention. But many persons with disabilities were still at great risk of poverty and marginalization and they required urgent attention. As most of them lived in least developed countries it was incumbent upon the international community to collectively ensure that development spending benefited those most in need and that the Millennium Development Goals focused on improving the plight of the disabled especially women and children with disabilities.He said he intended to meet with United Nations agencies and bilateral and multilateral donors to advocate for full participation of persons with disabilities in the current "MDG processes". Persons with disabilities should be both agents and beneficiaries in all aspects of development processes. The proposed conference in Libya on Disability and Development in Africa would be an excellent opportunity to highlight those peoples' concerns.Also speaking today were Government Ministers from Malawi and Ghana as well as senior Government officials from India Spain (on behalf of the European Union) and Argentina (on behalf of the Southern Common Market).The representatives of Colombia Croatia Algeria Belgium Armenia Cuba Japan Swaziland Malta Bangladesh Egypt Peru Syria El Salvador Tunisia United Republic of Tanzania Pakistan and Haiti also spoke as did youth delegates from Romania.Representatives of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) International Organization for Migration United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) spoke.Also taking the floor were representatives from several non-governmental organizations including the Baha'i International Community Triglav Circle International Federation on Ageing Help Age International Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) and the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse Inc. (INPEA).The Commission will reconvene at 10 a.m. Monday 8 February.
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2.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #18,OCHA
RV=100.8 2010/02/06 00:00
キーワード:settlement,February
This report was issued by OCHA New York. The next report will be issued on or around 8 February 2010. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES • Seven organized settlements have been established for 42000 displaced people; some 460000 people remain in 315 spontaneous settlements throughout Port-au-Prince according to IOM. • Sanitation and vector control is becoming a major concern in many of the spontaneous settlements which lack proper site planning. • WFP reports that people in outlying departments are finding it difficult meeting their basic food needs due to an increase in food prices. • The targeted immunization campaign continues in settlement sites. To date there has been no notification of events with epidemic potential according to PAHO/WHO. • Some 80 to 90 flights per day are landing at Port-au-Prince airport down from the peak of 120-150 flights per day. • Traffic congestion is a major issue in Port-au-Prince and at the Jimani border crossing. • Humanitarian organizations continue to partner with local radio stations to broadcast important messages to affected populations such as how to get food and where to get vaccinated.
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3.LOGISTICS CLUSTER CONSOLIDATED SITUATION REPORT – HAITI AND SANTO DOMINGO Date: 4/2/2010,Logistics Cluster
RV=93.4 2010/02/06 00:00
キーワード:Cluster,February
Highlights- All Cluster participants wanting to be included in the revised flash appeal should submit their input by February 6'. To date only a few logistics projects have been submitted including one from Handicap International/Atlas Logistique.
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4.Education and culture at the heart of UNESCO’s action in Haiti,UNESCO
RV=80.4 2010/02/06 00:00
キーワード:Council,February
Brazil has donated US$ 400000 to finance one of three UNESCO projects to rebuild Haiti's devastated education system. The donation will fund training for teachers in psycho-social support and disaster awareness for students traumatized by the earthquake of 12 January.The donation for the project which will benefit 110000 secondary and higher education students was announced by Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim after he met the Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova at the Organization's Headquarters on 1 February. Teachers and educational support staff will be trained to understand how learners are affected by the disaster; how to use learner-centred pedagogies and methods of behaviour management and make referrals for those who are severely traumatized.Significant contributions have also been pledged by Bulgaria Israel and the Norwegian Refugee Council and UNESCO has launched a public appeal for donations.UNESCO will also provide emergency repairs and support to secondary and higher education. It will assist the Haitian authorities' assessment of damage to secondary and higher education facilities and identify emergency needs while helping the Ministry of Education elaborate a master plan for the speedy resumption of classes.Of some 1500 schools visited to date in the worst hit areas of Haiti only 85 had escaped severe damage.The vast reconstruction effort to rebuild Port-au-Prince will require skilled workers. To this end UNESCO is developing technical and vocational education and training for young people so that they may find employment and participate in this undertaking. UNESCO has been extending emergency support to the national education authorities providing them with basic equipment and temporary work space following the collapse of the Education Ministry's building. UNESCO is to provide basic training for Ministry officials in emergency response planning and management.Alongside education UNESCO is also focusing on cultural projects to safeguard the country's rich cultural life including cultural objects crafts and intangible heritage as well as monuments museums libraries and archives. Thus the Organization is assessing damage to heritage and is mobilizing efforts to avert the danger of looting. To that end the Director-General has called on U.N.-wide support for a temporary international ban on the trade in Haitian artefacts. It has also asked the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti MINUSTAH to provide round the clock protection to key landmarks and museums.UNESCO is also gathering information from all possible sources about the status of various cultural sites and institutions so as to help the authorities plan their safeguarding or where possible rehabilitation. It has taken the first step to set up an international coordination committee to mobilize international institutions concerned with culture and avoid duplication of efforts.UNESCO has already helped salvage the exceptionally rich archives of George Corvington the historian of Port-au-Prince. It is contributing to attempts to rescue whatever panels or significant fragments remain of the remarkable painted murals that used to decorate the Episcopal Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Port-au-Prince which collapsed in the quake. UNESCO is also working on the establishment of training in anti-seismic construction techniques for the professionals who will be rebuilding the country.Haiti's only World Heritage site The National History Park – Citadel Sans Souci Ramiers an early 19th century complex in the north of the country which includes the ruins of a royal palace and the largest fortress of the western hemisphere appears to have been largely spared by the quake. But its full impact on the property inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1982 is yet to be fully analyzed.Many historical and cultural landmarks including the Presidential Palace churches and cathedrals have been destroyed. This is also the case with much of Jacmel the French colonial town founded in the late 17th century. The Haitian authorities placed Jacmel on their "tentative list" in 2004 with a view to proposing its inscription on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
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5.Bill Clinton in Haiti Emphasizes Urgent Need for Sanitation and Health Care,NY Times
RV=76.1 2010/02/06 00:00
キーワード:February,article
By IAN URBINAPublished: February 5 2010PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti — Former President Bill Clinton who is the United Nations special envoy to Haiti returned here on Friday to meet with government and aid officials visit a health clinic and deliver medical supplies computers and generators.Mr. Clinton praised the progress being made in the relief effort especially in addressing the need for food shelter and security but he expressed a growing sense of urgency about the country's requirements for sanitation and health care.Read the complete article on the New York Times.
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1.HAITI EARTHQUAKE: CDEMA SIT REP #12 Friday February 5 2010,CDEMA
RV=227.5 2010/02/07 00:00
キーワード:settlement,February,unaccompanied,displace,reopen,Prime,rural
(As at 12:00 hrs February 5 2010)1.0 SITUATION OVERVIEW:Haiti continues to recover from the Earthquake of January 12 2010.The Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive indicated that there were more than 200000 people dead 300000 injuries treated 250000 destroyed houses and 30000 disrupted businesses as of February 3.The Government of Haiti remains challenged in managing and coordinating relief efforts and strengthening of the local systems is encouraged.Relief and response activities although ongoing continue to be impacted by bottlenecks particularly in aid distribution. The Government of Haiti continues to collaborate on response efforts with the various humanitarian aid agencies on the ground. Some guidance has been provided by CDEMA through the Guidelines for Relief Supplies Collection Points Warehouses & Distribution Centers which seeks to facilitate the distribution of relief supplies to the needy in a timely fashion.According to the government more than 482000 persons have migrated out of the capital increasing the demands on infrastructure and healthcare facilities outside the city. The provision of shelter also remains a high priority area given the upcoming start of the rainy season.The Haitian government has also established settlement sites to house the displaced. Reports indicate that these new settlements have increased demands for public environmental healthcare water supply and sanitation.There has also been an increase in the price of basic commodities as migration continues to the rural areas. Schools have also reopened in unaffected areas.More than 1000 persons daily are reportedly crossing the Jimani border into the Dominican Republic and unaccompanied children are prevalent particularly at the border increasing the risk of them being taken out of the country.CARICOM through the egional Response Mechanism (RRM) coordinated by CDEMA is supporting the urgent need for shelter relief supplies and other humanitarian aid.
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2.Emergency vaccination campaign starts in Port-au-Prince,IFRC
RV=143.7 2010/02/07 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,February,displace
Port-au-Prince February 6 2009Some 140000 thousand people will benefit from an emergency vaccination campaign that starts today and has been initiated by the Haitian Ministry of Health UNICEF and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the main implementing partner of this major public health campaign and is mobilizing over 100 people mostly Haitian Red Cross volunteers. The IFRC expects to reach 80% of the total number of people to be vaccinated.'The campaign will concentrate for the moment in Port-au-Prince since it is here that people are considered to be most at risk from disease outbreaks. "People are living in extremely harsh conditions that directly threaten their health and wellbeing" explains Dr. Richard Munz IFRC Health Coordinator in Haiti.The IFRC expects to vaccinate about 1800 people during the first day of the vaccination campaign at a camp located on the old airport runway in Port-au-Prince known as 'La Piste' and where an estimated 30000 people are living."People will be vaccinated mainly against measles but also against diphtheria and tetanus. They will be receiving vitamin A and a de-worming treatment as part of the treatment" continues Dr. Munz "it is an important opportunity to reach those who are most at risk".The campaign is due to last two weeks and will concentrate on people living in hundreds of camps that are now home to people displaced by the earthquake."Though the crowded conditions are slowly improving the situation remains dire. It is going to be a long journey to recovery. Preventing further health deterioration is a fundamental step in this moment of the emergency" according to Dr. Munz.Over 12000 persons have already received treatement as part of the campaign. An average of 1300 people will be treated every day through the IFRC's emergency medical facilities which have a collective capacity to treat 340000 people. The IFRC has sent 186 medical doctors plus dozens of other health staff to Haiti to support the relief and recovery operation.For more information or to set up interviews please contact:Haiti: Marco Jim駭ez IFRC communications coordinator Tel: +509 3491 9813 - jimenezmarco3@yahoo.co.ukPanama: Manuel Rodriguez PADRU information officer Tel: + 507 66 794 334 manuel.rodriguez@ifrc.orgPilar Forcen communications manager Americas zone Tel: + 507 66 723 170 pilar.forcen@ifrc.orgGeneva: Paul Conneally IFRC public communications manager Tel: + 41 79 308 98 09 Paul.Conneally@ifrc.orgThe International Federation the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross together constitute the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. For further information on International Federation activities please visit our web site: www.ifrc.org / www.cruzroja.org / www.caribbeanredcross.org
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3.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #25 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010,USAID
RV=41.4 2010/02/07 00:00
キーワード:February
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated February 5 2010.KEY DEVELOPMENTS- On February 5 U.N. Special Envoy for Haiti and former U.S. President Bill Clinton visited Port-au-Prince to observe ongoing emergency humanitarian efforts and meet with Government of Haiti (GoH) and U.N. officials. According to media reports the Special Envoy noted significant progress in food shelter and security interventions and highlighted the need for increased sanitation and health services.- On February 5 lead non-governmental organizations distributed food to 165654 people at all 16 fixed distribution points without incident—bringing the total number of people reached through the new system to approximately 784000. The new system has increased the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) beneficiary total to approximately 1.5 million people to date.
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4.Habitat for Humanity sends the first 500 emergency shelter kits to Haiti,Habitat
RV=24.8 2010/02/07 00:00
キーワード:student
PORT-AU-PRINCE HAITI — 500 families affected by the powerful earthquake in Haiti will receive basic equipment for the construction of temporary shelter. The kits include tools and other materials that allow them to build a temporary shelter with some level of security and make small repairs to homes damaged by the earthquake. These kits were prepared by volunteers from Habitat for Humanity in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic last weekend and have arrived in Port au Prince for distribution.The assembly took place on Saturday January 30th in the warehouses of a private company that provided the space to Habitat Dominican Republic at no cost. Thirty-two volunteers and several Habitat for Humanity staff assembled the kits.The Shelter Kits will help families to make immediate repairs or to build temporary shelter typically at the site where their homes were located before. Among the items that are included in the kit are tarpaulins braided rope wire duct tape a pry bar pliers gloves dust masks a metal hacksaw a knife hammer and nails. These items are packaged in a sealed bucket that can be used for other purposes later on.It is expected that in the coming days another 500 buckets with similar content will be prepared at the facilities of the Carol Morgan School a private American school in Santo Domingo. The school will allocate about 100 of its students for this work. Kits are also to be assembled by volunteers in Georgia and Mississippi U.S.A.Given the number of houses damaged and destroyed in Haiti Habitat for Humanity International is planning an aggressive and long term mission to help low-income families to have adequate and safe housing - many of them first time in their life.
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5.(MAP) USG Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake (as of 06 Feb 2010),USAID
RV=22.5 2010/02/07 00:00
キーワード:Feb
Date: 06 Feb 2010Type: Natural DisasterKeyword(s): Affected Population; Damage Assessment; Earthquake; Food; Health; Natural Disaster; Operations; Protection; Rehabilitation; Shelter and Non-food Assistance; Water and SanitationFormat: PDF * 303 Kb(*)Get Adobe Acrobat Viewer (free) Source(s): - United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Related Document:- HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #25 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
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1.Health Action in Crises - Highlights No. 287 25 Jan – 07 Feb 2010,WHO
RV=236.8 2010/02/08 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,Cluster,February
Each week the World Health Organization Health Action in Crises in Geneva produces information highlights on critical health-related activities in countries where there are humanitarian crises. Drawing on the various WHO programmes contributions cover activities from field and country offices and the support provided by WHO regional offices and headquarters. The mandate of the WHO departments specifically concerned with Emergency and Humanitarian Action in Crises is to increase the effectiveness of the WHO contribution to crisis preparedness and response transition and recovery. This note which is not exhaustive is designed for operational use and does not reflect any official position of the WHO Secretariat.HAITIAssessments and Events- The Government estimates the number of deaths to be over 112 000 with 196 000 people injured. Around 700 000 people are living in temporary shelter sites in Port-au-Prince.- Although many people still need treatment for trauma injuries caused by the earthquake their number is declining. The Health Cluster is focusing its activities on the assessment of primary care and mobile health facilities and on the conditions of migrating populations and those living in poor sanitary environments.- The MoH is defining a plan to assess post-operative care and human resources needs and determine how many people will require care in mobile clinics. The plan will take into account immunization psychosocial support the needs of the handicapped population and of those with HIV whose treatment has been halted epidemiological surveillance reproductive health and mental health.- Sanitation is becoming a major concern in temporary settlements and there are reports of more children with diarrheal disease particularly in resettlement areas.- Finally reports from the field indicate that gender-based violence including sexual violence is likely to increase. Preventing sexual violence and providing appropriate health care services for victims are will become priorities.Actions- The inter-agency multi-sectoral rapid assessment continues with 28 teams visiting 54 areas. The final results are expected by the end of this week.- An immunization campaign organized by the MoH UNICEF and PAHO/WHO began on Tuesday. Up to 250 000 children aged 6 weeks to 7 years will be vaccinated against diphtheria measles whooping cough rubella and tetanus. Another campaign was launched simultaneously to provide tetanus immunization to the estimated 196 000 people injured by the earthquake.- An epidemiology team coordinated by the MoH is now providing a weekly report which is shared with partners on Wednesdays. An epidemiologist from Epicentre* *has will collaborate with the MoH team. Some 52 sentinel sites for communicable disease surveillance have been established and three mobile teams are conducting field investigations for suspected of communicable disease cases.- Health authorities and PAHO/WHO have completed an evaluation of available equipment (surgery gynaecology and obstetrics x-ray physiotherapy and emergency services) at the General University Hospital the Hpital de la Paix and the maternity hospital in Isaie Jeanty.- PAHO/WHO and the CDC are preparing a consolidated list of organizations that are providing services through mobile health facilities. This will continue to be a priority in the coming months with the arrival of the hurricane and rainy season.- PAHO/WHO visited Fond Parisien and the hospitals Buen Samaritano and General Melenciano to identify risk factors related to water quality the collection and management of solid and hospital waste and vector control.- PAHO/WHO is supporting the design of a mental health work plan and participating in the interagency working group for mental health and psychosocial support.- As of 3 February 45 inter-agency emergency kits (IEHKs) had arrived in the Dominican Republic. Each basic kit contains medicines for 1000 people for three months for common diseases. A further 180 full kits have been ordered to treat 10 000 for three months.- The total pledged contributions (cash and in-kind) to WHO and PAHO for the earthquake in Haiti is over US$ 12 million from Italy Canada Monaco Spain the United Sates the CERF and Eisai Co. Ltd.
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2.Survey shows few Haitians willing to move far to camps outside the city,Oxfam
RV=192.7 2010/02/08 00:00
キーワード:settlement,woman,February,decision
Camp residents have little official information about plans to re-sitePort-au-Prince Haiti: Less than a third of people living in one of the largest camps in Port au Prince say that they are willing to move to camps sited outside the city according to a snap-shot survey carried out by international agency Oxfam. If the new improved camps are established close to where they used to live then the proportion willing to move leaps to nearly three quarters.The survey also revealed that there is little official public information available about plans to move people to new camps. Whilst 63 per cent had heard of the Government plans to resettle people none had heard it directly from the Government and none had been consulted.Some 13 per cent of people had heard of the plans from friends 10 percent from the local radio and just one per cent had heard it from non-governmental organisations.People surveyed said that any new camp would have to provide the very basics of housing food water and medical services as well as employment and schools."Living conditions of people in the camps need to be rapidly improved. Many of the current sites will not suitable due to the coming raining seasons which without adequate drainage and sanitation threatens to wash away shelters and cause health hazards" said Marcel Stoessel Oxfam's Head of Emergency in Haiti.Stoessel: "If new camps are set-up then people should be not be forced to go. The camps should be safe to reduce criminality and protect vulnerable groups such as women and children. They should also be seen as temporary solutions not end up as long term slums outside the city limits."According to Oxfam there is still no clarity on plans to re-site new camps and there needs to be meaningful consultation with camp residents so that they can make informed decisions.NOTE:On 3 February 2010 Oxfam conducted a brief face to face questionnaire survey of those who had lost their homes in the earthquake in order to better understand their opinion about the Government's intention to establish new settlements.Oxfam surveyed 110 persons (56 female 54 male leads of families) at the Petionville Golf Club in Delmas Port au Prince.Oxfam which has worked in Haiti for many years is currently helping 80000 people with water sanitation hygiene promotion emergency shelter cash for work schemes and distribution of essential items. It plans to help a total of 500000 people.
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3.Haiti protesters denounce aid corruption hoarding,Reuters - AlertNet
RV=119.7 2010/02/08 00:00
キーワード:woman,rice,Feb
08 Feb 2010 00:19:21 GMT* Demonstrators say district mayor hoarding quake aid* Food distribution has been sometimes slow chaotic* President estimates some 250000 killed in quakeBy Jorge VegaPORT-AU-PRINCE Feb 7 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Haitian earthquake survivors protested in a suburb of the wrecked capital on Sunday accusing a district mayor of corruption and hoarding food aid provided by relief groups witnesses said.The protest in the Petionville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince was one of the largest since the Jan. 12 quake that killed more than 200000 people and left over 1 million homeless. It reflected still simmering anger among survivors over problems in the massive international relief effort.Aid agencies from around the world have moved tons of rice and other food into Haiti but distributions to the hungry and homeless have been slow and sometimes chaotic.Banging on plastic buckets and waving branches and palm fronds the protesters surged past piles of earthquake rubble -- and a woman bathing by the side of the road -- to the city hall in Petionville where they accused Mayor Lydie Parent of hoarding aid."I am hungry I am dying of hunger. Lydie Parent keeps the rice and doesn't give us anything. They never go distribute where we live" one protester said.Parent was not immediately available for comment.Most of the demonstrators were women. Aid agencies are doling out food to women to prevent men from dominating distribution sites and because they believe women are more likely to share it with children and relatives.Donor nations have poured tens of millions of dollars into the impoverished Caribbean nation and some Haitians have blamed corruption for the sometimes sluggish distribution of aid.Sacks of donated rice have turned up in local street markets. Aid officials said it was inevitable that some aid would find its way to the black market in Haiti which was ranked 10th from the bottom of Transparency International's latest corruption rating of 180 nations.1 MILLION NEED SHELTERHaitian President Rene Preval who has been seen only occasionally in public since the quake has been targeted by some protests and graffiti messages of "Down with Preval" have been scrawled on some buildings and walls."We are all victims. It is a fallen country. It has lost its children husbands homes and family" protester Agustin Michou said.The demonstrators chanted "if the police shoot at us we will burn everything" but the protest ended peacefully and police did not intervene.During a visit by senior Dominican Republic officials to Port-au-Prince over the weekend Preval said he estimated some 250000 people had been killed in the quake and 250000 houses were destroyed.He added that a million homeless people urgently needed to be relocated in temporary shelter before the rainy season which normally begins in March.But he recognized that many quake victims would want to remain close to their original places of residence. "This is their neighborhood their environment they won't want to leave those places" he said.In an interview with CNN's Candy Crowley on Sunday U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she and her husband former U.S. President Bill Clinton who is the United Nations special envoy and relief coordinator for Haiti were committed to helping the earthquake-ravaged country."We have a special place in our heart for Haiti having gone there during our honeymoon many years ago. And it's a place that is captivating. The people are so resilient. And they deserve so much better that what they've gotten over their history" Hillary Clinton said.The U.S. military backed by a flotilla of warships and a fleet of aircraft flying in supplies has been spearheading the international relief effort. (Additional reporting by Manuel Jimenez and Doina Chiacu; Writing by Jim Loney; editing by Pascal Fletcher)For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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4.(MAP) Haiti Earthquake Response - Road Conditions and Distances Map (as of 5 Feb 2010),Logistics Cluster
RV=86.9 2010/02/08 00:00
キーワード:Cluster,Feb
Date: 05 Feb 2010Type: Natural DisasterKeyword(s): Access; Earthquake; Logistics; Natural Disaster; Operations; Reference; TransportationFormat: PDF * 1821 Kb(*)Get Adobe Acrobat Viewer (free) Source(s): - Logistics Cluster
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5.(MAP) Haiti Earthquake Response - Emergency Distribution Points and Landing Zones (as of 4 Feb 2010),Logistics Cluster
RV=86.9 2010/02/08 00:00
キーワード:Cluster,Feb
Date: 04 Feb 2010Type: Natural DisasterKeyword(s): Logistics; Operations; Reference; TransportationFormat: PDF * 1365 Kb(*)Get Adobe Acrobat Viewer (free) Source(s): - Logistics Cluster
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1.Briefing Paper – Unsolicited Donations Haiti,Logistics Cluster
RV=194.4 2010/02/09 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,Cluster,cluster
The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance for governments commercial enterprises NGOs civil society organisations and other entities considering sending donations to Haiti in support of the emergency response to the earthquake.BackgroundExperience of recent emergencies has shown that an international commitment to assist those affected by conflict and sudden-onset disasters whilst vital for rehabilitation of affected nations has also resulted in donations of goods accumulating at ports and airports instead of being delivered to beneficiaries.In order for humanitarian aid to be of the most benefit to affected populations donations should be well-planned with national authorities and the humanitarian community coordinating the relief effort and fully compliant with national requirements for the importation of goods. Cargo that lacks documentation and adequate planning for onward delivery may have an adverse effect on the relief effort by taking up scarce resources such as aircraft landing slots or storage space and can place an additional logistics burden on organisations working on the ground.Humanitarian aid delivered during the initial phase of the response must also correspond with priorities for life-saving supplies set by the government of Haiti and the Humanitarian Country Team and be necessary and appropriate for intended beneficiaries.Within the context of the Haiti earthquake response this paper outlines practical measures donors can take to avoid the build-up of Unsolicited Bilateral Donations (UBDs) in Haiti and to ensure that the intentions of the international community to assist those in need are fully realised.Basic Requirements for Donation of Humanitarian Relief ItemsConsignee – who will receive the cargo?- Humanitarian aid sent to Haiti must be addressed to an entity as the intended recipient (consignee). This can be a local or international NGO or UN agency or other entity who by prior arrangement has agreed to take responsibility for arranging collection of the cargo once it arrives at the port or airport and for onward delivery and distribution to beneficiaries.- Sending goods addressed to "The people of Haiti" will not be sufficient.- Aircraft carrying cargo without a consignee will not be allocated a slot for landing at Port-au-Prince airport. In the past cargo arriving at the airport with no consignee to organise collection took up valuable ramp and storage space preventing other incoming aircraft from offloading.Documentation – does this meet requirements for entry into Haiti?- All cargo including humanitarian relief items arriving in Haiti or the Dominican Republic must be accompanied by the correct documentation in order to be accepted by the port and airport authorities customs and others.- Basic documentation required for relief consignments includes the following:Detailed packing list / manifestAirway bills or bills of ladingLetter of donationHealth certificate (if required)Non-commercial invoiceCertificate of origin- Even though importation taxes and duties do not currently apply to humanitarian cargo entering Haiti and the Dominican Republic there is still a requirement for minimum documentation as stated above.- Lack of documentation may result in cargo being refused entry to Haiti and Dominican Republic or onwards movement being delayed for failure to meet requirements of local authorities such as customs ministry of finance and/or ministry of agriculture etc. - The Haitian Government Department of Civil Protection takes the final decision on whether to allow entry of humanitarian goods into Haiti.Coordination with humanitarian organisations on the ground – is this type of aid a priority?- The humanitarian community in Haiti is responsible for setting priorities for the types of humanitarian aid entering Haiti to ensure that all resources are focused on the delivery of life-saving or life-enabling materials rather than on delivering aid that will be needed later.- The humanitarian community is organised into sectors (called Clusters) such as health water and sanitation shelter etc. Each cluster lead organisation has a focal point who works with a group of similar organisations to coordinate the delivery of specific types of goods. A list of focal points is posted at http://3w.unocha.org/WhoWhatWhere/clusterLeadList.php?uSite=ocha_haiti_earthquake&repId=2- Potential donors should consult the cluster focal point before sending donations to get advice on whether the type of relief item is a priority at that time; is indeed a requirement for the response and is appropriate for the affected population.- Examples of issues to consider: Before sending food it is important to verify whether the necessary cooking equipment is available; Do medicines and vaccines require transportation and storage at specific temperatures in which case they may be unusable upon arrival; Are donations of clothes appropriate for the climate; Is electronic equipment compatible with local power supply?Special note on donations of infant formula- In accordance with internationally accepted guidelines donations and distribution of infant formula bottles and teats and other powdered or liquid milk and milk products should not be made. Any procurement of breast milk substitutes should be based on careful needs assessment in coordination with the Haitian Ministry of Public Health (MSPP) and UNICEF. All queries regarding donations should be directed to UNICEF the designated agency coordinating nutrition in Haiti. Human milk donations require fully functioning cold chains. As these conditions are not currently met in Haiti human milk donations cannot be used at present. The uncontrolled use of these products could endanger infants' lives.Support from the Logistics Cluster – does the donation qualify?- Donors requesting assistance from the Logistics Cluster in the Dominican Republic or Haiti for storage or transport of humanitarian relief must first ensure the above conditions relating to consignee full documentation and coordination with the relevant sector/cluster focal point are met.- Complete information about the sending entity is required; the Logistics Cluster provides support to humanitarian organisations.- Cargo must be packaged to withstand all stages of handling without breaking (e.g. offloading from aircraft; storage; loading onto trucks or aircraft for onward transport and final offloading at point of distribution) and be clearly labelled with full details of the consignee.- At least 48 hours notice must be given for requests for storage or transport.- Information and forms for requesting Logistics Cluster support are posted at http://www.logcluster.org/ops/hti10aFor more information on any of these issues please contact: Haiti@logcluster.org
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2.HAITI: Funding gap for nutrition,IRIN
RV=181.9 2010/02/09 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,woman,February
DAKAR 9 February 2010 (IRIN) - Donors have contributed just 6 percent of the funds sought for post-earthquake nutritional assistance to women and children in Haiti according to the UN.A US$576.9-million flash appeal launched on 15 January is 92.9 percent funded overall according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). But "some sectors of the relief effort have received little funding so far" OCHA said in a 8 February statement. Aside from nutrition these include security (6 percent funded) and agriculture (8 percent).The flash appeal calls for $48 million for nutrition for women and children the third-largest sum for a sector after food aid ($246 million) and water sanitation and hygiene ($58 million).The priorities of the nutrition sector in Haiti include assessments and analyses as well as delivery of various specialized foods such as breast milk substitute high-energy biscuits ready-to-use therapeutic foods and fortified meals. The target beneficiaries are 2.4 million women of child-bearing age 240000 pregnant women and 600000 under-five children.Ensuring proper nutrition among the most vulnerable people chiefly mothers and young children helps prevent opportunistic sicknesses and permanent damage to physical or mental health according to UNICEF."If we do not have enough funds to ensure the nutrition of any vulnerable group being young or old we will run into a high level of acute malnutrition in Haiti" Roshan Khadivi spokesperson for UNICEF lead agency in the nutrition sector told IRIN."This could create another disaster on top of the current one" she said.The earthquake has increased the need for a specialized nutritional response for example to provide counselling to breastfeeding women so as to counter the negative effect trauma has on lactation and to supply appropriate food sources to infants whose mothers have died or become separated from their children.The rainy season - during which the risk of disease is increased - is due to begin in March making nutritional support all the more urgent."Many children were chronically malnourished before the earthquake but not acutely" said Khadivi. "This has now changed."am/np[END]A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org Une s?ection d'articles d'IRIN sont publi? sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.orgThis article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.Cet article ne refl?e pas n?essairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.
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3.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #19,OCHA
RV=167.8 2010/02/09 00:00
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,February
This report was issued by OCHA New York. The next report will be issued on or around 10 February 2010.I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES- The priorities for assistance continue to include the provision of shelter material and improved sanitation in the temporary settlement sites. - Approximately 272000 have received emergency shelter support according to the Shelter Cluster. - Trauma injuries are slowly decreasing but still represent more than 10 percent of cases. No notable increase in infectious diseases is being reported according to PAHO/WHO. - WFP and partners have reached 1.1 million in Port-au-Prince with a two week ration of rice after eight days of the food surge operation. - The food security of the population in outlying departments and along the border with the Dominican Republic is getting worse due to increased demand for food.
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4.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 operations update no. 5,IFRC
RV=167.8 2010/02/09 00:00
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,February
GLIDE EQ-2010-000009-HTIPeriod covered by this Ops Update: 29 January – 8 February 2010Appeal target (current): This Operations Update includes a revised budget for CHF 218.4 million (USD 203478000 or EUR 148989000) in cash kind or services to support the Haitian National Red Cross Society (HNRCS) to assist up to 80000 beneficiary families with basic non-food items and emergency shelter solutions; in addition the Appeal foresees provision of emergency health care fulfilment of basic needs in water and sanitation and livelihoods support for vulnerable populations in the earthquake-affected region. The Appeal coverage listed on the donor response report found on the International Federation web page will not be updated immediately as the revised budget is not yet reflected in the financial systems. However the current unofficial coverage including pledges yet to be registered is of approximately 39 per cent in relation to the revised budget.Of the total budget of CHF 218.4 million required for the operation the International Federation solicits CHF 2.07 million to support its interagency coordination of the Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFI) Cluster.Appeal history:- CHF 500000 (USD 491265 or EUR 338880) was allocated from the International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to jump-start response activities and mobilization of Federation personnel. Non-earmarked funds to replenish DREF are encouraged.- A Preliminary Emergency Appeal for CHF 10.1m was launched on 12 January 2010 to support the Haitian National Red Cross Society (HNRCS) to immediately deliver life-saving assistance to some 20000 families (some 100000 beneficiaries) for 9 months.- A Revised Preliminary Emergency Appeal with a Revised Budget of CHF 105.7 million to assist up to 60000 families (300000 people) for 3 years was issued on 26 January 2010.- This Operations Update presents a Revised Plan of Action for the six-month emergency phase of the operation together with a Revised Budget to support the efforts of the HNRCS in emergency response as well as to implement a recovery plan for the three-year duration of this operation. A comprehensive recovery plan will be developed after the completion of a recovery assessment which will begin in the coming days.Summary:The humanitarian relief needs after the 12 January 2010 earthquake in Haiti continue to be widespread and merit continuous urgent action. Despite the difficulty in ascertaining the exact figures of numbers of dead destruction and damage approximately 700000 people survive in conditions without adequate shelter. The internally displaced population has been estimated at between 800000 and one million people which is putting an array of pressures on receptor regions which were not affected by the earthquake. Demands for shelter sanitation and hygiene childcare food and healthcare particularly hospital capacity to attend post-surgical patients remain high.The Haitian National Red Cross Society tirelessly continues its emergency relief actions which began immediately following the earthquake. Currently participating and coordinating with a wide-range of actors to ensure efficient and effective humanitarian response it is the host to the International Federation and over 35 sister National Societies which are or have been in Haiti to support this operation. The level of mobilized support (human material and financial resources) has made this operation the largest humanitarian operation ever carried out in a single country. More than 70 National Societies are actively involved in supporting the HRCNS in cash kind or services.Twenty-one Emergency Response Units (ERU) composed of 230 people representing 16 National Societies have been deployed in Haiti. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) present in country before the earthquake has dedicated its energies to conducting relief efforts as well as employing its skills in restoring family links and military-civilian relations in the context of the emergency response.The combined Movement response is attending to the humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable earthquake affected population. As of 5 February 2010 the Movement has provided health treatment for at least 13000 people. To date 37054 families (185270 people) have received non-food relief items; furthermore 17007 households have received tarpaulins and rope a shelter tool kit has been provided to 1645 households and 925 households have received a tent. A total of 15 million litres of safe drinking water has been distributed and sanitation interventions are being carried out in 9 transitional settlements.This Operations Update incorporates revised relief objectives based on the recently revised Plan of Action for the relief phase of the Haiti Earthquake Operation to be carried out over six months. However distribution of non-food items will take place in a maximum of three months. The current objectives more precisely respond to the relief needs of the most vulnerable in the earthquake-affected population.For the International Federation the main priorities in the immediate months are as follows:- Secure access to non-food items and cash transfers that enable families to resume essential household activities- Ensure adequate shelter- Improve water and sanitation conditions- Provide curative and preventive basic health care community-based health education and psychosocial support- Strengthen disaster preparedness in anticipation of the forthcoming rainy and hurricane seasonsWhile building the foundations for the early recovery of the most affected population.The Haiti Earthquake Operation will distribute non-food items and emergency shelter materials to 80000 families (400000 people) representing approximately 13 per cent of an estimated overall total of 3 million people who were severely affected by the earthquake. Complementary to the essential non food items targeted households will benefit from cash transfers and some 300000 people from water sanitation and hygiene activities. While the relief objectives have been reformulated to provide humanitarian support for more people the orientation of this operation remains constant. Bilateral support by Participating National Societies (PNS) will boost the quantity and quality of relief actions and enable expanded reach and impact.The Red Cross Red Crescent Haiti Response Summit will be held in Montreal Canada on 9 and 10 February 2010. This Summit has the objectives of better understanding the current context and situation of the Haiti operation agreeing to a consolidated Movement position on priority action areas in relation to relief recovery and support to the HNRCS and establishing approaches and mechanisms for enhancing Movement Coordination and relations with others in the Haiti operation.This operation ensures coordinated humanitarian response with the Haitian government interagency actors non-governmental organizations and other groups including the affected communities themselves. At the request of the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator the International Federation will be taking on the leadership of the Shelter and Non Food Items (NFI) Cluster.The International Federation offers its sincere gratitude to the National Societies governments private donors and individuals who have contributed to this Appeal. Their support contributes to achieving the Appeal's objectives and strategic aim to save lives protect livelihoods and strengthen recovery from disasters.
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5.HAITI A BESOIN DE SERVICES METEOROLOGIQUES AVANT L'ARRIVEE DES PLUIES ET DES OURAGANS,WMO
RV=144.8 2010/02/09 00:00
キーワード:question,des
Communiqu de presse N?74Les communiqu? de presse sont destin? l'information;ils ne constituent pas un compte rendu officiel.Gen?e le 9 f?rier 2010 (OMM) – L'Organisation m??rologique mondiale (OMM) souligne que pour emp?her de nouvelles catastrophes Ha?i doit disposer au plus vite de services m??rologiques op?ationnels. En effet la saison des pluies avec les risques d'inondation associ? devrait commencer d?ut avril et la saison des ouragans commence au d?ut du mois de juin. Afin d'emp?her de nouvelles catastrophes dues aux al?s naturels auxquels le pays est particuli?ement expos? il importe de renforcer sans plus tarder la capacit d'Ha?i de produire et de diffuser des informations m??rologiques et des messages d'alerte. De fait les autorit? nationales les organismes humanitaires et de d?eloppement et les responsables de la planification des interventions d'urgence et des op?ations de rel?ement ont imp?ativement besoin de pr?isions m??rologiques et d'alertes pr?oces ?anant du Centre m??rologique national d'Ha?i.Comme les installations m??rologiques du pays sont devenues inutilisables la suite du tremblement de terre les Membres de l'OMM s'emploient fournir des informations m??rologiques concernant Ha?i. L'OMM conjointement avec plusieurs de ses pays Membres et avec son Bureau r?ional pour l'Am?ique du Nord l'Am?ique centrale et les Cara?es coordonne le flux d'informations m??rologiques destination d'Ha?i aux fins d'une efficacit optimale et d'un acc? ouvert tous. Ainsi un certain nombre de pays de la r?ion dont les ?ats-Unis d'Am?ique le Canada et la R?ublique dominicaine fournissent des messages et pr?isions indispensables pour la s?urit a?ienne et les op?ations humanitaires. L'OMM s'efforce maintenant de faire en sorte que le Service m??rologique ha?ien dispose des capacit? et des comp?ences de base n?essaires pour traduire et diffuser ces informations l'intention des d?ideurs et du public locaux pendant les prochaines saisons des pluies et des ouragans.Le r?ablissement dans les six douze mois venir de services m??rologiques op?ationnels de base compte parmi les objectifs essentiels qui figurent dans la version r?is? de l'Appel ?lair lanc par les Nations Unies et dans diff?ents accords de soutien bilat?aux. Son co? est estim un million de dollars des ?ats-Unis ce qui couvre des moyens essentiels: locaux op?ationnels usage de bureaux (le b?iment du Centre ayant subi des d??s importants lors du tremblement de terre) ordinateurs et imprimantes appareils de communication remise en ?at des stations m??rologiques automatiques groupes ?ectrog?es et s?nces d'initiation l'intention des membres du personnel m??rologique.M. Ronald Semelfort directeur du Centre national de m??rologie Ha?i a lanc un appel pour trouver un bureau ou un abri partir duquel le Centre pourrait fonctionner en toute s?urit quelles que soient les conditions m??rologiques savoir un besoin des plus pressants compte tenu de l'arriv? prochaine de la saison cyclonique. Il a expliqu l'OMM que le bureau situ Port-au-Prince ne constitue plus un lieu de travail s? car il pr?ente de larges fissures. Aussi le Centre op?e maintenant directement depuis le tarmac de l'a?oport et dispose provisoirement d'un petit bureau au Bureau de l'aviation civile. Malgr ces conditions de pr?arit? le Centre fait tout son possible pour fournir des services 24 h sur 24 et 7 jours sur 7. Les stations m??rologiques automatiques ?ant en panne c'est le personnel qui a pris le relais et qui recueille manuellement les donn?s d'observation m??rologique aux deux a?oports d'Ha?i ce qui permet d'affiner les r?ultats que fournissent les mod?es disponibles sur Internet et aupr? d'autres services m??rologique gr?e au r?eau coordonn par l'OMM. moyen et plus long terme l'OMM assurera la coordination avec les responsables publics les agences techniques et les partenaires pour le d?eloppement afin de r?ablir les capacit? m??rologiques et hydrologiques l'appui de la r?uction des risques de catastrophes et des syst?es int?r? d'alerte pr?oce multidanger. Cette d?arche s'inscrit dans l'?aluation des besoins d?oulant de la catastrophe et dans la planification en vue de la reconstruction que les Nations Unies et la Banque mondiale dirigeront en collaboration avec la Banque interam?icaine de d?eloppement et d'autres partenaires.Les 29 et 30 novembre 2009 un mois et demi avant le tremblement de terre le Secr?aire g??al de l'OMM M. Michel Jarraud s'?ait rendu Ha?i pour ?aluer les investissements qu'il faudrait engager pour renforcer les capacit? de r?uction des risques de catastrophes et les syst?es d'alerte pr?oce.Plus de 90% des catastrophes qui s'abattent sur Ha?i sont associer aux al?s m??rologiques hydrologiques et climatiques dont la fr?uence est ?ev?: cyclones tropicaux et ondes de temp?es qui s'y rapportent crues et crues soudaines s?heresse orages et foudre et glissements de terrain et coul?s de boue qu'exacerbent la vaste d?orestation et les changements environnementaux. Chaque ann? le pays conna? deux saisons des pluies: d'avril juin puis d'octobre novembre ainsi qu'une saison cyclonique qui d?ute t? en juin pour se terminer la fin de novembre. En 2008 il a subi des pertes consid?ables sous l'assaut de quatre ouragans (Fay Gustav Hanna et Ike). En2004 les fortes pluies accompagnant la temp?e tropicale Jeanne ont caus des inondations et des glissements de terrain de grande ampleur. Rappelons aussi que les ann?s 1998 1994 et 1963 ont ? marqu?s respectivement par les ouragans George Gordon et Flora.Au cours des r?nions que l'OMM tiendra prochainement dans la r?ion notamment celle du Comit des ouragans (Bermudes 8-10 mars) et l'Atelier sur les syst?es d'alerte pr?oce multidanger l'intention de l'Am?ique centrale et de la r?ion des Cara?es (Costa Rica 22-25mars voir le site http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/drr/events/MHEWSCostaRica/index_en.html) des s?nces sp?iales seront organis?s pour qu'on y examine les besoins d'Ha?i.L'Organisation m??rologique mondiale est l'organisme des Nations Unies qui fait autorit pour les questions relatives au temps au climat et l'eauPour de plus amples renseignements veuillez prendre contact l'OMM avec:Mme Carine Richard-Van Maele chef du Bureau de la communication et des relations publiques T?.:+41(0)22 730 83 15; mobile: +41 794 06 47 30; courriel: cpa@wmo.intMmeGa?le S?enier attach? de presse T?.:+41(0)22 730 84 17; fax: +41(0)22 730 80 27; courriel: gsevenier@wmo.intSite Web: http://www.wmo.int
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1.Special Report: Update on the Health Response to the Earthquake in Haiti - 9 February 2010,PAHO
RV=463.6 2010/02/10 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,Cluster,cluster,woman,February,Wash,breastfeed
1. General OverviewAccording to official statistics from Haiti's Civil Protection the 12 January earthquake killed more than 200000 people caused approximately 300000 injuries and displaced more than one million Haitians. At one point more than 600 organizations were providing humanitarian aid to Haiti and currently 274 organizations are conducting health activities in at least 15 communities. Immediately following the quake the most pressing need was to rescue people buried in the rubble and provide immediate emergency care for trauma patients. Needs have now changed and focus is on post-operative care and follow-up of patients who have already had surgery as well as basic primary health care services such as maternal child health rehabilitation services and chronic diseases including diabetes heart disease HIV and tuberculosis among others. The Health Cluster liaises with other clusters as many specialties have implications on the health of the population. Some of the major issues are as follows:- The World Food Programme (WFP) has reached 1.6 million people in and around Port-au-Prince since the earthquake struck; more than 620000 people have been reached through the new distribution system in the past five days. An additional 48000 people have received food through distributions at hospitals orphanages and community kitchens.- According to the CCCM Cluster there are now seven organized settlements that are being managed by cluster partners with a total of 42569 people. A list of all spontaneous temporary settlements contains 315 sites occupied by 468075 people (91112 families). Sanitation is becoming a major concern at many of the temporary sites- The WASH Cluster continues to provide safe drinking water (5 litres per person per day) to over 780000 people through 300 sites across Port au Prince Leogane and Jacmel. In Jacmel over 260 temporary settlement sites are receiving water through the distribution efforts of cluster partners. The highest priority for the cluster remains sanitation and the strengthening of monitoring systems for sanitation activities.- Some 87 community outpatient care centers/mobile units for the treatment of severely acute malnutrition are open or have re-opened throughout Haiti. Nutrition Cluster partners have indicated plans to open 52 additional sites within the next 2-3 weeks. Within the 2 most affected Departments OUEST and SUD'EST there are an estimated 577246 infants children and pregnant and lactating women have been affected. Women in the informal settlements are also being trained as breastfeeding counselors.- UNICEF says some 23 large-sized tents have been installed in Port-au-Prince to give children a place to seek refuge and play. Families are wary of sending children to school because they fear that another earthquake could strike. UNICEF is working with the Government to distribute messages to Haitians encouraging them to send their children back to school. Schools in unaffected regions opened on 1 February while the Government of Haiti says the remaining will open by 1 March. Forty-percent of the population of Haiti is under 14 years of age and child protection is also an area of grave concern.
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2.Cooking Fuel and the Humanitarian Response in Haiti,WCRWC
RV=239.1 2010/02/10 00:00
キーワード:settlement,technology,cluster,woman
KEY MESSAGES AND GUIDANCE FOR ACTIONEven before the January 12 earthquake cooking fuel was a major concern in Haiti—especially for the poorest segments of the population and for women who are largely responsible for cooking for their families or selling cooked foods to earn a meager income.According to the World Bank before the earthquake 70% of the Haitian population was dependent on woodfuel resources (mostly firewood and charcoal) as its primary source of cooking fuel.(1) However the supply of woodfuel was tenuous at best with large swathes of the Haitian hillsides completely deforested. Moreover burning solid fuels such as firewood and charcoal inside shelters causes indoor air pollution resulting in increased vulnerability to respiratory infections. Haiti has one of the highest rates of tuberculosis in the world at 306 cases per 100000 population.(2)Emergency responseThe World Food Program (WFP) and its implementing partners are now distributing rice hoping to reach up to two million people. Rice however must be cooked in order to be eaten; the ability to cook this food is as important for health and survival as the food itself. Yet in emergencies cooking fuel is typically relegated to the sidelines. Haitian women are resorting to burning trash furniture or scraps of organic materials scrounged from the rubble—just to be able to cook for their families posing significant health and safety risks.The Inter-Agency Steering Committee Task Force on Safe Access to Firewood and alternative Energy in Humanitarian Settings (IASC Task Force SAFE) has developed guidance for the humanitarian community on how to respond to fuel needs in emergencies.(3) These guidelines can be found in English and French at
http://www.fuelnetwork.org. Some of the most relevant points for the Haiti response are:Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) (lead agency: International Organization for Migration)- Incorporate fuel needs into the planning process for temporary settlements; ensure that fuel supply is defined and implemented as a priority within the response strategy.- Conduct a fuel-related needs assessment; establish a fuel strategy for the emergency context.- Undertake short-term direct provision of fuel to meet immediate needs.Emergency Shelter (lead agency: International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)- Distribute fuel-saving items (e.g. tight-fitting lids).- Ensure proper design of cooking areas to reduce fire risk.- Promote re-use of timber from rubble in reconstruction to avoid competition over woodfuel resources for shelter or cooking purposes.Environment and natural resource management- Mandate the undertaking of Rapid Environmental Impact Assessments during the site selection process for temporary settlement locations.- Determine cooking fuel needs via immediate assessments; investigate alternative fuel options (preferably locally-available or producible; imported if necessary in the immediate term).Food and Nutrition (lead agencies: WFP UNICEF)- Include fuel needs and available sources in emergency food assessments.- Provide pre-cooked food (such as biscuits) as part of rations in the immediate term; supply quick-cooking/easy-to-cook foods wherever possible.- Work with camp managers to promote fuel-efficient cooking practices.- Require the use of fuel-efficient stoves in therapeutic/school feeding programs.Health (lead agency: World Health Organization)- Provide technical advice on development and use of cleaner fuels and energy technologies for reducing health risks from fuel collection and use.- Ensure clinical care is available at health facilities for survivors of sexual assault.Information Education and Communication (IEC)- Disseminate information on fuel-related issues and programming across all relevant sectors to inform emergency response including information on fuel and energy technology options available for use in Haiti.- Support relevant partners to use formal non-formal and alternative learning environments school feeding programs food distributions and other venues to ensure that environmentally sustainable fuel-efficient cooking practices and shelter construction techniques are used throughout the humanitarian system.Livelihoods Development and Food Security (lead agency: UN Development Program)- Include fuel needs/available fuel sources in emergency food security assessments.- Assess local options for non-woodfuel-intensive livelihoods programs (e.g. non-wood forest products
farming/fishing/agro-forestry kitchen gardening) including through subsidisation if needed.Protection (lead agency: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)- Include food and cooking fuel needs and available sources in emergency protection assessments.- Conduct participatory assessments on fuel-related protection risks and preferred fuel options.- Undertake awareness-raising campaigns on protection risks associated with fuel collection supply and use; encourage discussion of alternatives.Medium- to long-term responseImmediate response is critical but it is only part of the story. As the humanitarian community works with Haitians and their government to "build back better" the Women's Refugee Commission strongly
recommends that ensuring safe access to appropriate household energy should be a key component of the medium- and long-term reconstruction strategy. This strategy should be based on the guidance created by the IASC Task Force SAFE for all humanitarian response clusters and agencies recognizing their specific areas of expertise.Notes1 World Bank ESMAP technical paper 112/07 "Haiti: Strategy to Alleviate the Pressure of Fuel Demand on National Woodfuel Resources" April 2007.2 USAID "Infection Diseases." www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/id/tuberculosis/countries/lac/haiti_profile.html.3 The guidance comprises a "Matrix on Agency Roles and Responsibilities for Ensuring a Coordinated Multi-Sectoral Fuel
Strategy in Humanitarian Settings" and a "Decision Tree Diagram on Factors Affecting the Choice of Fuel Strategy in
Humanitarian Settings" (click to see guidance).
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3.UNICEF and partners deliver essential supplies to Haiti’s most vulnerable children,UNICEF
RV=202.4 2010/02/10 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,February
PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti 9 February 2010 – Four weeks after the earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince and other parts of Haiti the capital's Toussaint Louverture International Airport never sleeps. Supply flights arrive 24 hours a day with essential aid for those left homeless by the quake including the most vulnerable survivors: orphaned and separated children.Among the thousands of buildings levelled in the 12 January disaster – which decimated the country's already fragile infrastructure – was the UNICEF-assisted Foye Zanmi Jezi interim care centre in the Lilavois neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince. The 90 children who lived there now cram into three tents set up on the grounds of their school which was also destroyed.The children were playing outside at the time of the earthquake and all of them survived. But recovery will take time.Sister Marleine Joseph the centre's director worried about what would happen to her young charges. "They did not have much but whatever little they had is all gone" she said. "They are so traumatized."UNICEF supplies arriveAlthough she appeared distraught Sister Marleine had some cause for hope. Last week a truckload of desperately needed UNICEF supplies arrived at Foye Zanmi Jezi. The truck delivered kits containing sandals clothing blankets mattresses toothbrushes and other basic items.The kits were part of a shipment sent to Haiti by UNICEF and its partners for distribution to a total 50000 quake-affected children in residential care centres; about 6000 have received the kits to date."Everything is gone" said one of the girls under Sister Marleine's care St.-Anne Roger 16. "I was supposed to write exams this year and all my papers are gone. My school is destroyed. My dormitory is destroyed. So I'm happy to receive everything I've been given."Critical interventionsThe children of Foye Zanmi Jezi are among thousands of young earthquake survivors who must be found fed and kept healthy and safe in affected areas of Haiti – where almost 40 per cent of the population is under the age of 14. In response to this children's emergency UNICEF the government and other humanitarian agencies have mobilized on many fronts. For example:- Nearly 200 residential child centres like the orphanage in Lilavois have received essential food medicine and equipment.- Almost 8000 caregivers have received nutritional counselling through community mobilization and education.- Some 1200 mothers and infants have participated in baby-friendly feeding activities in temporary settlements around Port-au-Prince.- In partnership with Save the Children UNICEF has established over 30 child-friendly spaces to protect vulnerable children and one special residential care centre is now up and running.Interventions in the critical areas of nutrition safe water and sanitation are also being brought to scale to prevent malnutrition and disease outbreaks in camps for the displaced. Meanwhile a major immunization campaign for more than 500000 children under seven is ongoing.The needs in the earthquake zone are overwhelming but so is the support that the international community has shown. As aid shipments continue to arrive in Haiti UNICEF and its partners will continue working to ensure that emergency supplies reach those most in need.
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4.Earthquake in Haiti External Situation Report 8 February 2010,WFP
RV=111.8 2010/02/10 00:00
キーワード:Vision,February
OverviewEarthquake Caseload: 2 million peopleCost of WFP Earthquake operations in Haiti: US$279 million (Food operations US$246 million Logistics US$33 million)Time frame: January to December 2010WFP Staff in Haiti: 225 + 221 surge personnel (between Haiti and Dom. Rep.)Current Situation- Through the network of 16 fixed distribution sites WFP and partners are providing a two week food ration to an estimated 2 million Haitians across the most populated areas of the city. Partners have begun to increase the number of people served by each site ensuring a larger number of people are served each day.- Fourteen of the sixteen planned distribution sites were operational on 8 February. Two sites were undergoing operational adjustments either by the implementing partner or the municipality. WFP's partner World Vision continues to distribute in Cite Soleil a densely populous and tense section of the city.- Monitoring of food prices in port au prince indicates that the price of imported rice is 25 percent higher and wheat flour over 65 percent higher than before the earthquake. Even those people in regions previously considered "food secure" reportedly face difficulties.- More than 1000 people are reportedly crossing the Jimani border into the Dominican Republic daily.
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5.Haitian City of Gonaives Struggles to Help Port-au-Prince Residents,VOA
RV=49.7 2010/02/10 00:00
キーワード:February
Mike O'Sullivan | Gonaives Haiti 09 February 2010Hundreds of thousands of people fled the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince after the city was devastated by an earthquake nearly one month ago. At least 35000 headed north to the town of Gonaives. The newcomers have been welcomed but the influx is taking a toll on the city which is still recovering from destructive hurricanes.Gonaives a three-hour drive north of Port-au-Prince is important in Haitian history. It is the place where the nation declared its independence from France in 1804.Although the city of 300000 escaped the earthquake it has faced repeated disasters. In 2004 and 2008 thousands died in Gonaives when their homes were flooded during hurricanes. The economy has not yet recovered.Still Gonaives Deputy Mayor Jean Francois Adolphe says that after the earthquake struck Port-au-Prince Gonaives officials wanted to help and went there to arrange an evacuation.He says many people from Gonaives and surrounding areas who live in Port-au-Prince were brought out. He holds up a chart that details the evacuation plan.Many who were injured including thousands with no ties to this area also came for medical treatment food and other help. Most are staying with local families. Others are hospitalized.Adeclef Woodly a doctor at the local hospital is a Haitian who was trained in Cuba. He says his hospital receives patients with the most serious injuries who need orthopedic care patients who need amputations of arms or hands or who have hip injuries with multiple fractures.Nineteen-year-old patient Logista Floxene was brought here by family members from Port-au-Prince. She says she lost one leg and the other is broken. It happened after concrete collapsed on her.International aid groups including the U.S. Agency for International Development the U.N. Development Program and World Food Program are providing assistance.But business owner Joseph Mathiado-Gustave says most of the help comes from local people.He says we the people of Gonaives are the ones that are helping the people from other places with everything from food to health care until they can get back to their own towns.Some people in Gonaives are able to earn an income. A fisherman at the beach prepares a net to get ready for the day's catch. Street vendors sell their wares across from city hall. A cyber caf is up and running and several young men are surfing the web on laptop computers. But others like Klebert Celestin are living hand to mouth and are out of work."I don't have no job right now. I don't have no job" said Celestin.Haitian Senator Youri Latortue who represents this region wants a plan to decentralize Haiti's government and business and to move many people outside Port-au-Prince"We can't rebuild on the same place" he said. "The government and the parliament and the civil society have to look for a new plan and ask the international community to build a new fund able to finance the new plan."Thousands of earthquake victims still lie beneath the rubble in Port-au-Prince. And Haitians are still burying their dead. A funeral procession makes its way along the highway to Gonaives. And as victims recover they say they are looking for help in rebuilding their country.
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1.LOGISTICS CLUSTER CONSOLIDATED SITUATION REPORT – HAITI AND SANTO DOMINGO Date: 10/2/2010,Logistics Cluster
RV=314.9 2010/02/11 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,Cluster,cluster,Direct,February
HighlightsA British Naval vessel will be arriving in PAP on February 15th with port enhancement equipment and vehicles for use by NGO partners. This ship will then be made available for tasking by WFP and the Logistics Cluster to shuttle cargo from Port au Prince to Cap Haitien Gonaives and potentially Jacmel.Border Crossing and CustomsOrganizations are having trouble bringing cars into the country through Jimani border crossing if they are on trucks. For now it is advised that all vehicles should be driven across the border with the proper paperwork and necessary identification. The Logistics Cluster raised the issue with the civil protection to address it with the Haitian authorities. A representative of the Department of Civil Protection will be positioned at the border in the coming days to facilitate humanitarian cargo crossing the border. Civil Military CoordinationDaily coordination meetings are being put in place between the US and Canadian Forces MINUSTAH WFP and the Logistics Cluster to address logistics issues and establish what is necessary for the coming period. The meetings take place at the US JTF offices. The Clusters are presenting a report to the coordination support committee regarding the urgent need to remove rubble and associated requirements which will become a major Military police and UN mission civilian focus in order to address the issue before the hurricane season begins. A “specialised planning task force” will be established comprised of JOTC planners including engineers. Assessments will be performed and to identify urgent tasks that the Clusters cannot undertake with civilian means and provide support.Logistics CoordinationPort au PrinceCluster leads are the focal point for non-UN partner access to the MINUSTAH Log Base for access and meetings. A list is submitted to UNDSS on a daily basis with the organizations on each Cluster’s roster. ID is required for entry. Cluster meetings in PAP are now held twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays. The next Logistics Cluster meeting will be held on Friday February 12 at 09:30. To date more than 150 organisations have attended the meetings but attendance is now stabilizing.Air OperationsAir Operations PAPThe UNHAS passenger service to locations within Haiti has begun. Flights take place on Tuesdays to Les Cayes and Jacmel Wednesdays to Hinche and Ounaminthe Thursdays to Cap Haitien Saturdays to Saint Marc Gonaives and Belladere. The schedule can be found at . The flight booking procedure remains the same as the one currently in place for PAP. Forms and details are available on the website at . To date UNHAS has transported some 2200 passengers for over 180 different agencies NGOs governments and media institutions between Santo Domingo and Port-au-Prince. Two helicopter cargo deliveries are planned for tomorrow. One to carry medicine tents and medical supplies for UNICEF to Montagne Jacquot Merlin and a second to deliver medical supplies for Direct Relief to the Albert Schweitzer Hospital Deschapelles. Airport Santo DomingoLas Americas airport is congested. WFP is on behalf of the Logistics Cluster is working to secure dedicated warehouse space at the airport to alleviate the current situation.Surface TransportPAPInteragency transport is running smoothly both within PAP and out of Jacmel Cap Haitien Petit Goave and Gonaives. To date the Logistics Cluster in PAP has transported 3199 m3 (531 mt) of goods within Haiti for 43 different UN agencies and NGOs. A further 286 m3 (83 mt) are planned for tomorrow. Santo DomingoAs of 9 February the Logistics Cluster has transported 6737 m3 of NFIs and some 1400m2 of food from Santo Domingo to Haiti.The trucking capacity of the Logistics Cluster is 85 contracted trucks plus some 30 additional vehicles to ensure that the transport requirements of the humanitarian capacity are met. The number of trucks can and will be augmented if the situation so requires.Sea TransportPort au PrinceA British Naval vessel will be arriving in PAP on February 15th with port enhancement equipment and vehicles for use by NGO partners. This ship will then be made available for tasking by WFP and the Logistics Cluster to shuttle cargo from Port au Prince to Cap Haitien Gonaives and potentially Jacmel. The installation of two floating piers at the port is ongoing. Work is expected to be complete by the end of the week. Current capacity at the port is about 250 containers per day.WarehousingPort au PrinceLand is being prepared at the WFP – Logistics Cluster warehouse nber 1 for the erection of MSUs. Assistance is being given to organizations wishing to use one or install one of their own in the same location. A Logistics Cluster representative is currently in Leogane to assist organizations setting up in this location. The same assistance will be given to Cap Haitien and Jacmel.Santo DomingoThe warehouse in Caucedo is now fully operational. Cargo arriving at Las Americas may be moved to Caucedo due to the limited storage capacity in the airport. PipelineAll organizations operating in the Haiti Earthquake response have been asked to provide their pipeline information to the Logistics Cluster so an overview of assistance can be made available to the humanitarian community the government and donors. This should be forwarded to Global.LogisticsCluster@wfp.org.
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2.Haiti: ACT Sitrep - February 10 2010,ACT
RV=305.3 2010/02/11 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,cluster,February,LWR
General information on the ACT Alliance response:Twelve ACT members are currently participating in the relief efforts in Haiti. They are:Christian Aid (CA)* Church World Service (CWS)* Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)* Lutheran World Federation (LWF)* Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)* Church of Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) DanChurchAid (DCA) Finn Church Aid (FCA) ICCO Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) Lutheran World Relief (LWR).*These members are currently preparing their proposals for the upcoming ACT appeal (HTI101 preliminary version issued on 23 January 2010). The appeal will include both the crisis and post-crisis phase and should be issued in the course of week number 7.In the Dominican Republic Christian Aid (CA) Church World Service (CWS) together with their partner SSID are responding.LWF is the current ACT forum coordinator and as such together with the RST and the other ACT members is ensuring the overall ACT response promotes efficient use of resources through maximized synergies and by avoiding overlaps. It is also working to ensure accountability toward the recipient population by organizations and individuals providing funds.General situation:According to UN OCHA situation report 19 the current estimated number of deaths is 212000 people and injured is more than 300000 people. More than 1.2 million people are living in spontaneous settlements and 467701 have left Port-au-Prince mostly to the Artibonite and Centre departments.According to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America shelter remains a priority as the needs for all displaced are far from being met. Other shelter-related issues are: the lack of space to accommodate all the displaced the upcoming rainy season and the risk that public spaces become permanent slums once current shelters are upgraded to meet transition needs. The removal of rubble will clear land and make more space available. For these reasons advice has been given that assistance for families should as far as possible be provided at the site of their houses. This will also ease the reconstruction of housesWith the rainy season expected to start soon farmers will urgently need seeds tools and fertilizers to start planting in March to benefit from spring planting season which according to UN OCHA accounts for 60% of Haiti's agricultural production.The Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and WHO began an immunization campaign on 2 February targeting 530000 children under the age of seven. Psychosocial needs remain important. Sanitation remains a major challenge with less than 5% of the needs for latrines being met the UN OCHA report states.In-depth evaluation of school buildings in the affected areas is currently being undertaken by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Public Work. A solution to the problem of lack of school buildings will be planned with the UN education cluster for temporary infrastructure. School attendance in non-affected areas is currently low and communications campaigns are planned to encourage the return to school.
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3.Haiti earthquake: displaced people urgently need shelter and sanitation,ICRC
RV=102.8 2010/02/11 00:00
キーワード:February,woman
One month after the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January tens of thousands are still living in the open air. The race is on to get everyone under cover before the rainy season starts in just a few weeks.Squalid living conditionsThanks to the joint efforts of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies other aid agencies and the national authorities people in the camps now have enough water for their basic needs. The ICRC is distributing water daily to 16000 people at ten sites around Port-au-Prince.Despite the efforts of many aid agencies disposing of solid waste and rubbish in the camps remains a huge problem. As well as installing latrines it is essential to maintain and clean them. "The worst thing is the smell from the waste water and sludge running past the front of our tent" commented a grandmother sitting with her grandson on her knee in a camp in Delmas. The ICRC is financing the removal of rubbish in the areas of Place Boyer Place St-Pierre Delmas 60 and Primature.Although local markets are busy prices are high making life just that bit harder. This was confirmed by women doing their washing in front of their tents. "The price of washing powder has gone up by about 20 per cent" said Sherley Cang・ a teacher and mother of two children one of whom broke both her legs in the earthquake.On a positive note people have started to return to their homes in recent days at least during the day. Some are building small shelters using anything that comes to hand for shade. Others are scouring the rubble for possessions they can salvage. "The problem is that we have nowhere to store the things we rescue from the ruins" remarked Marie Rose. The mother of two has been keeping watch over her damaged property since the first day in case of looters.Restoring family linksThe ICRC is working closely with Haitian Red Cross volunteers on tracing first aid water and sanitation and the distribution of food and other aid. The overall international Red Cross and Red Crescent relief effort is being coordinated and led by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. For more details on the overall Red Cross and Red Crescent response to the earthquake please visit the Federation website at www.ifrc.org.The ICRC and the Haitian National Red Cross Society are combining their efforts to trace missing persons and to keep separated families in touch with each other providing a crucial lifeline for tens of thousands of Haitians. Haitian Red Cross volunteers run the tracing posts where people can register their names on the ICRC website www.familylinks.org or make satellite phone calls. The database currently contains over 26000 names including those of 4061 people in Haiti announcing that they are alive.Two new tracing posts were established this week in Port-au-Prince. In addition tracing teams are setting up posts in Cap-Hait・n L駮gane and Gona・es so that people living in areas where communications are still precarious can use the ICRC's tracing services. More tracing posts should be opening in Grand-Go穽e and Petit-Go穽e in the coming days.Aid for detaineesOver the past week delegates visited 700 detainees in nine places of detention in Port-au-Prince and Cap-Hait・n. Repairs to the water supply and electricity system at Port-au-Prince's badly damaged Civilian Prison began on 5 February and are continuing. Thirty workers have cleaned and disinfected four accommodation blocks the prison kitchen and the dispensary. The prison is currently closed but is due to reopen in the coming days.The ICRC has donated a basic health kit and a dressing kit comprising enough medical supplies to treat 1000 patients for three months to the Department of Prison Administration for use in their health facilities in Cap Haitian Fort Libert・and Port de Paix. The organization supplied another dressing kit to a local hospital for the prison in Grande Rivi鑽e du Nord in the north of the country.First-aid posts and water suppliesThe ICRC is supervising 12 Haitian Red Cross first-aid posts in Port-au-Prince and has re-launched a programme of hygiene promotion in collaboration with camp committee leaders. Two first-aid posts have been established in Petit-Go穽e. In the north of the country the ICRC this week delivered medicines to the provincial health authorities for use in local hospitals.ICRC engineers working in cooperation with the Port-au-Prince water board and the local water committee in the impoverished suburb of Cit・Soleil have begun repairing six broken water pipes.Food and household suppliesOver the past week the ICRC has delivered food and household supplies to people living in camps in and around Port-au-Prince. Everyone is anxious for food and on the whole the distributions have gone well. On 5 February 730 families (3900 people) living in an area next to the Prime Minister's office received enough rice beans cooking oil and other basic supplies to last them for two weeks.The ICRC also delivered food to 700 families based at the compound of the Salesian Fathers. The same group will receive tarpaulins buckets kitchen sets and other household supplies in the coming days. On 10 February the ICRC delivered food to the Salesian Nuns enabling them to feed 1500 displaced families currently living in their compound.For further information please contact:Jessica Barry ICRC Port-au-Prince mobile: +509 3456 3392 satellite: +88 165 146 6175Mar軋l Izard ICRC Geneva tel: +41 22 730 24 58 or +41 79 217 32 24For all ICRC reports on Haiti visit our Haiti country pageFor photos from Haiti in high resolution visit our photo galleryFollow the ICRC on Twitter for regular updates on relief efforts in Haiti
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4.Poor coordination biggest problem for relief work - report,AlertNet
RV=101.0 2010/02/11 00:00
キーワード:cluster,Feb
10 Feb 2010 15:54:00 GMTWritten by: Olesya DmitracovaLONDON (AlertNet) - The global humanitarian system enjoys much more funding and manpower than a decade ago but due to poor coordination and leadership in crises it still falls short of needs aid workers say.Despite some progress coordination of relief efforts is by far the biggest challenge to humanitarian action according to a comprehensive survey by ALNAP. The poll is part of a report on the quality of relief work worldwide released this month by the network of major humanitarian organisations and experts."A lot of people are highlighting that strengthening the coordination system is key to making the rest of the system work effectively" Ben Ramalingam head of research and development at ALNAP told AlertNet."Performance is seen as very variable between different sectors and emergencies depending on leadership" he added.The findings chime with criticism of coordination between numerous providers of aid in Haiti after last month's deadly earthquake.Partly as a result of poor communication and lack of clear leadership some planes with life-saving medical supplies were delayed and food failed to reach many survivors in Haiti's devastated capital two weeks after the earthquake struck.Ramalingam agreed that coordination of aid efforts in Haiti was one of the key issues to review but added that the scale of the disaster and the destruction it caused posed unique logistical problems."Even if you had the best-prepared leadership system in the world I think Haiti would still have come as a shock" he said.Leadership within non-governmental relief organisations should also be strengthened some interviewees said."(There is) not a forceful enough group of senior people running emergency responses in the big NGOs. And it's become too managerial - not enough capacity to speak out well on the big issues" the report quoted one respondent as saying.But there are signs of progress it found.The United Nations' cluster system whereby U.N. agencies lead the provision of different types of humanitarian aid in cooperation with non-governmental relief groups has improved coordination since it was set up in 2005 most respondents said.Emergency aid work has been particularly effective when led by the government of the disaster-hit country for example Mozambique's response to floods in 2007 or India's actions during the 2004 tsunami.In situations where the national authorities are less assertive international aid groups do not cooperate enough with local agencies and do not consult local people sufficiently the study said.But coordination and consultation come at a cost.Take this quote from an Oxfam evaluation cited at the launch of the ALNAP study in London:"Whenever an NGO comes to the village they want to form a committee. Now our village has so many committees if we go to them all we don't even have time to cook."Other key findings in the ALNAP report:* In 2008 donors contributed some $6.6 billion to international efforts to help in emergencies - a nearly three-fold increase since the start of the decade after allowing for inflation.But needs of affected populations have also gone up as the number of disasters increased and are still not matched by resources.Humanitarian contributions to appeals by the United Nations governments and aid agencies equalled over 85 percent of total stated requirements in 2008 and 2007 up from 81 percent in 2006 and 67 percent in 2005.* The number of aid staff worldwide has risen by 6 percent a year on average over the past decade to reach a total of about 210800 humanitarian workers in the field.* The problem of corruption in humanitarian aid remains neglected in research and evaluations of humanitarian action.ALNAP polled about 500 people most of them employees of U.N. and non-governmental aid agencies over the past year.For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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5.Race to the rainy season in Haiti: CARE calls for mass tarp distribution and sanitation campaign,CARE
RV=84.8 2010/02/11 00:00
キーワード:blood,Feb
Port-au-Prince Haiti (Feb. 11 2010) – One month after the catastrophic quake that levelled most of Port-au-Prince CARE and other aid agencies are in a race against time to get people waterproof shelter and decent sanitation before the rainy season hits at the end of March. Most people crammed into overcrowded temporary camps are huddled under bed sheets strung between poles or sticks – hardly enough to block out the sun but useless against the torrential downpours of Haiti's rainy season."The coming month will be all about the rain. We need to get these people waterproof shelter. Acute respiratory infection is rising because they are sleeping on the bare ground and they get damp at dawn from the dew" said Lizzie Babister Senior Shelter Advisor for CARE in Haiti. "Drainage will be the next issue partly because of excrement near the sites and partly because they'll have rivers running through their shelters. It's going to be a real push to get this done in time for the rainy season at the end of March."While tents might seem to be the logical solution there simply isn't enough room in downtown Port-au-Prince's limited public spaces. The shelters that have sprung up after the quake are sandwiched in one next to the other often using the same poles as supports."A typical family tent has a floor space of 16m2 which is four times as much space as people are currently squatting on in the urban areas" said Babister. "If we start distributing those in downtown Port-au-Prince we're going to displace three-quarters of the population. The immediate solution for the congested areas isn't tents it's tarps. Lots of them and fast."In the less-crowded rural areas family tents are a temporary solution as people have more access to open space. But shipping in enough family tents for all the people in need would take months – too late to beat the rainy season. By contrast shipments of sturdy re-usable 6m-by-4m tarps (plastic sheeting) can arrive in Haiti in days or weeks. This will keep people dry while aid agencies start implementing a longer-term solution to the shelter crisis.Sanitation is the other half of the ongoing crisis in post-quake Haiti. While organizations like CARE are building latrines in the camps we are doing 'sanitation triage' in camps built on hills or areas without access to latrines said Paul Shanahan CARE's Senior Water and Sanitation Advisor."We're still fighting the latrine battle in the sanitation war but we've also started the second line of defence which is going into the camps and removing the excrement that is piling up. It's not pretty but it needs to be done" said Shanahan. "Our biggest fear at this point is the outbreak of disease. It's one thing to see half your family die in an earthquake but it's another to watch the other half die slowly from diarrhoea. It's more than any flesh and blood can bear."In addition to building 3000 latrines CARE is also providing hand-washing education hygiene kits with soap and cleaning supplies and removal of excrement from the camps. For housing CARE plans to provide emergency shelter for 8500 families (42500 people) and has reached 900 families (4500 people) so far with distributions continuing this week.Despite the challenges great progress has been made by the Haitian people and humanitarian community to assist the nearly three million people affected by the earthquake. To date CARE has reached more than 184737 people with food safe drinking water shelter water and sanitation facilities emergency supplies and reproductive health care for pregnant and nursing mothers. But more needs to be done.The next looming hurdle is the hurricane season which starts as early as June. Port-au-Prince is surrounded by mountains and therefore largely protected from hurricanes but flooding is a huge risk as rain comes streaming down the mountains bringing rivers of mud along with it."We have rubble from the buildings that we can use as flood defences but we need to start planning for this now" said Babister. "Everything is a race against time."-30-About CARE: Founded in 1945 CARE is one of the world's largest humanitarian aid agencies. In nearly 70 countries CARE works with the poorest communities to improve basic health and education enhance rural livelihoods and food security increase access to clean water and sanitation expand economic opportunity and provide lifesaving assistance after disasters. CARE has been working in Haiti since 1954 providing projects in HIV/AIDS reproductive health maternal and child health education food security and water and sanitation.For more information or to arrange interviews with staff in Haiti:Melanie Brooks (in Port-au-Prince): +41 79 590 30 47 brooks@careinternational.orgSabine Wilke (in Port-au-Prince): +49 175 938 7731 wilke@care.de
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1.CHF Haiti Update: Notes from the field – February 11 2010,CHF
RV=440.9 2010/02/12 00:00
キーワード:question,settlement,Cluster,Callaghan,cluster,February,Wash
WHERE WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW: We are working Port Au Prince (PaP) (namely Delmas Petion-Ville Cite Soleil Port Au Prince and Carrefour). We are also working in Grand Goave Jacmel Petit Goave Leogane Petit Guinee Cap Haitien Martissant St. Marc and Gonaives as well as a host of other communities across Haiti. For a map of our operations please visit the website at www.chfinternational.orgON THE GROUND IN HAITI RIGHT NOW:CHF continues to work by aiding first responder groups in emergency response: lending our facilities equipment and logistics to assist in the relief operations. We are supporting numerous first responder organizations and our established network of local partners – we are encouraged by the number of our local partners who have stood up in recent days. CHF is providing support to international organizations including Handicap International IOM Doctors Without Borders IMC Save the Children Habitat for Humanity Partners in Health Spanish French and Haitian Red Cross The Boy Scouts Medecins du Monde Suisse as well as our established network on local and community organizations. * CHF and Caterpillar machines continued to clear truckloads of rubble today – making important strides in clearing areas at Haitian Ministries that will attempt to restart this week. * CHF continues to work with partners Harris Corporation and NetHope to provide wireless connectivity and communications equipment to the international local and government entities. The wireless network now covers the majority of the PaP basin. * Harris also established a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) network with a trunking repeater that services over 250 handheld radios for CHF International USAID the FAA ICE and other emergency responders. To assist CHF International with the command and control of their assets a Situational Awareness Systems was established and is in operation by the leadership on the ground. We have also been equipped with two satellite systems to assist in their mainland backhaul internet connectivity and long distance phone communications at their headquarters and an additional satellite terminal at a remote aid station in Petit Goave * CHF welcomed Terex yesterday to evaluate the ability of integrating crushing into our rubble removal operations – creating usable building material out of the destruction. * CHF has deployed over 110 teams of 14 (employing over 1400 Haitians) in our cash for work programs (HIMO) in five cities – Port Au Prince Carrefour Delmas Peguyville and Petit Goave * CHF has now deployed cash for work teams in Saint Marc Gonaives and Cap Haitien in order to provide economic opportunities for IDPS – internally displaced persons. CHF-Haiti Blog Update - Feb. 11 2010: Haiti Earthquake Survivors Vulnerable to Torrential Rains. This piece is by Joel Rubin and appeared this morning in the LA TIMES.Few things are certain in Jislene Brisson's life these days. The Haitian mother of four lost her husband and her house in the earthquake that ravaged this impoverished country a month ago. She has little money left and the emergency food deliveries that aid groups are still struggling to establish have yet to reach her and her children she said. In fact there is perhaps only one thing Brisson can count on and it terrifies her: The rains are coming to Haiti and she is not prepared. "I don't have a roof I don't have anything" the 49-year-old said slapping the backside of one hand into the palm of the other. "No one has come to talk to us about shelter. When the clouds start closing in I'll be asking God. I'll be putting my arms up in the air and asking 'What am I going to do with my children?' "Next month or in April a punishing rainy season is certain to arrive bringing with it the daily downpours that swamp this downtrodden capital city. Then will come the hurricane season which last year delivered a series of deadly storms. With an estimated 1.1 million people left homeless by the quake which killed an estimated 200000 shelter experts are scrambling in a race against Mother Nature fearing the rain could magnify the humanitarian crisis. Some displaced Haitians have been taken in by family or friends. The majority however are still living in the streets or in densely packed tent camps that have popped up in squares and other open plots in Port-au-Prince and nearby communities. Some have been lucky enough to get one of the durable modern tents being handed out in a helter-skelter fashion by the U.S. military and other groups. Most have been left on their own to cobble together flimsy tents made of bedsheets scraps of plastic and metal and branches hacked from trees. Brisson and her children have set their makeshift shelter on a 6-foot-by-6-foot scratch of land on the edge of a camp where about 600 families are living in the Delmas area of the city. The roof is a faded peach-colored bedsheet and the walls are a mix of tapestries and bed linens. Inside a jumble of thin blankets covers the dirt floor. A foot or two separates her tent from the next one. "This is the front door" Brisson said with a rueful laugh tugging on a blue-striped sheet while she sat outside doing laundry in large metal buckets.These tent villages could easily become disaster zones said Alberto Wilde country director for CHF International an aid group specializing in shelter issues. With many of the city's drainage canals and ravines blocked with the rubble of collapsed buildings concern is deepening that the rains will result in deadly flash floods. "Our fear is not that people are going to get wet when the rains come" Wilde said. "Our fear is that they will get swept away. We are running against time." Disease is another likelihood when the skies open with the downpours sure to leave the camps a fetid morass of mud and human waste. Most of the camps lack sufficient latrines and could easily become breeding grounds for malaria cholera and other deadly illnesses medical experts say. Wilde's group and more than a dozen others like it are trying to jump-start a push to move the huge homeless population into sturdier shelters. Haitian President Rene Preval recently gave the go-ahead for the shelter organizations to pursue a plan to build thousands of one-room structures with concrete floors simple wooden frames corrugated metal roofs and tarp walls. Designed to last about three years the houses are meant for single families. They come with a solar panel on the roof for electricity and can be erected in about four hours Wilde said. Wilde and other shelter experts acknowledged that Haitians may look to stay in these homes longer than intended and could down the road begin to rent them or sell them to others. But such concerns have to take a back seat to the more pressing issue of the coming rains. "Right now we must be thinking beyond these tents" said Tim Callaghan head of USAID's emergency response team in Haiti which is working closely with CHF International on the shelter issue. Each house costs about $900 and aid groups hope that they will be able to hire local labor with donated funds to do the majority of the construction. Similar programs were implemented after the tsunami in Southeast Asia in 2004 and the major earthquake in Peru in 2006. Questions and challenges loom however. One of the most pressing is where to build the houses. The aid groups hope some families will be able to build on the sites of their destroyed houses but that may be impossible in many cases as rubble clearance has been slow. Shelter organizations are considering plans to build houses for about 10000 families at each of several locations in and around Port-au-Prince. One hurdle is finding adequate areas the Haitian government is willing to cede. And the tarp structures are built to withstand hurricanes of moderate strength but not the major storms that sometimes pummel the island. Perhaps most discouraging is that little of the wood needed to build the homes is available in Haiti and it remains unclear how quickly it will arrive because relief agencies are still focused on bringing in food water and medical equipment. Wilde's group had only enough wood and tarps to build fewer than 100 of the structures as of Saturday he said. USAID has imported thousands of tarps but without sufficient wood the structures cannot be built. And even when materials do arrive few construction firms in Haiti have the capacity to build several hundred of the houses at a time Wilde said. "I feel like I have been delivered" said Malikan Dominique a 51-year-old construction worker who had no means to rebuild his family's home after the earthquake and received a tarp house. "I am very grateful."News from Haiti – Compiled from various reportsLOGISTICS * Incoming flights to Port-au-Prince airport continues to drop and now averages 74 per day (from its peak of 160 flights) as incoming air cargo increasingly shifts to sea transport. * The Port-au-Prince port is handling an average of 350 containers per day. The installation of two floating docks at the port will be completed by the weekend and will increase capacity to a possible 1500 containers per day. UNHAS is establishing a passenger service to locations within Haiti in affected and non-affected departments. * The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) has agreed to postpone the implementation of the new access regime until there are clearly articulated procedures in place that are shared with the NGO community in advance. The NGO Coordination Cell will work with OCHA and UNDSS on these procedures. * Government of Haiti Civil Protection Agency assessed number of deaths at 212000 and the estimated number of injured at more than 300000. * More than 1.2 million people are in spontaneous settlements and 467701 people have left Port-au-Prince for outlying departments. Over 162000 people have arrived in Artibonite department and over 90000 in Centre department. * In Leogane approximately 14000 people are living in spontaneous settlement sites while others are living closer to their destroyed homes. An estimated total of 80000 to 120000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Leogane commune.FOOD AND WATSAN * On February 10 relief agencies distributed emergency food assistance benefiting approximately 170000 people in metropolitan Port-au-Prince. Since the earthquake the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and partners have provided emergency food assistance to more than 2.5 million people including more than 1.5 million people to date through the 16-site distribution system. * On February 9 the DART advisors conducted a follow-up to a previous assessment of the Delmas 33 settlement site where more than 8000 people currently reside on the school grounds. The assessment revealed that due to recent increases in the site's population new arrivals now occupy an area previously identified by the USAID/DART for latrine placement compounding sanitation concerns. * On February 9 the USAID/DART WASH advisors also conducted a second assessment of the expanding Petionville Club settlement site. The WASH officers reported progress in ensuring the population's access to sanitation facilities and clean water at the site where Oxfam has installed a small water distribution network and constructed two sets of shower stalls and 61 latrines. * 15 de-sludging trucks are in country (but not all are in affected areas). At least 90 more are needed. Agencies and donors are beginning to look now at procuring more trucks. * Water provision coverage has now reached 72% according to the Cluster lead with coverage of latrines at 5% of the requirement.LIVELIHOODS * On February 9 the GoH approved the establishment of sub-working groups focused on small NGO partnering arrangements for expanded food distributions; rural interventions; food assistance impacts on local economies; cluster coordination with local governments; local food purchase; and food assistance impacts on long-term programs such as cash- and food-for-work among other issue areas. * According to the USAID/DART a team comprising 18 staff members from 11 humanitarian agencies is conducting an emergency market assessment (EMA) to examine the suitability of cash grants market support mechanisms and advocacy for addressing food and shelter needs and providing income-generating opportunities. The team expects to release preliminary EMA results on February 17.SHELTER * On February 10 the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies assumed the Shelter Cluster lead role according to the USAID/DART shelter advisor. The former cluster lead the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will continue to serve as the Non-Food Item Cluster lead. * During the formal cluster lead transition IOM reported that approximately 366335 people or approximately 30 percent of displaced individuals had received shelter assistance as of February 10. IOM noted that the figures are based on reports from 24 humanitarian agencies although the number of individuals having received shelter assistance is likely higher due to ongoing distributions unreported to the Shelter Cluster lead.Erin MoteManager of Resource Development(301) 587-4700 ext 1963emote@chfinternational.orgSkype: erin.moteCHF International8601 Georgia Ave Ste 800Silver Spring MD 20910
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2.Haiti one month on: rethinking the model,CESR
RV=324.0 2010/02/12 00:00
キーワード:question,debt,des,February,woman
"You get up in the morning and it's the fight for food and wood and water." This is how a young widow mother of four children describes the struggle of everyday life in Haiti. She was speaking several years before the recent earthquake. For even before the disaster that hit the capital a month ago the scale of economic and social rights deprivation in the country was already catastrophic.One in five children under five was severely malnourished. Almost half the population did not have access to safe drinking water. Three quarters of the population lived on less than US$2 a day. More than two million people – 86 percent of the urban population – lived in inhuman conditions in squalid slums such as Cit・Soleil.As has been amply commented it was these chronic levels of poverty and deprivation that made the impact of the earthquake all the more devastating. The devastation was far from random: the greatest casualties were among the poorest communities living in the most precarious housing conditions. The risk of hunger disease violence and death in the immediate aftermath continues to fall disproportionately on the most disadvantaged people especially women and girls.In one of the most incisive accounts of the "structural violence" of poverty Paul Farmer's Pathologies of Power shows how the impact of previous catastrophes in Haiti - such as AIDS malnutrition or political violence – has never been random or accidental but structured by economic and social inequalities and by the policies and politics which reinforce them – policies which have been shaped and determined largely by the international community in Haiti's recent history.The devastation wrought by the earthquake and the faltering responses to it should call into question the effectiveness of development policy in Haiti and the extent to which it has tackled the structural factors which have made economic and social rights such an elusive promise for most Haitians.While the international community is understandably focused on immediate recovery efforts voices within Haiti are calling for a critical rethink of the model of development assistance which has been pursued by external actors in the country. Haitian human rights and development organizations are advocating for an alternative humanitarian aid effort which marks a break with past practices which have often failed to respect the dignity and agency of beneficiaries in turn reinforcing dependency on international actors.These voices are calling for humanitarian efforts to be respectful of the forms of economic solidarity that grassroots organizations have struggled to put in place over the decades. Their vision is of a new partnership for reconstruction with economic and social rights at its core.As a recent joint statement by Haitian organizations urged: "We would hope to see the emergence of international brigades working together with our organizations in the struggle to carry out agrarian reform and an integrated urban land reform programme the struggle against illiteracy and for reforestation and for the construction of new modern decentralised and universal systems of education and public health."The cancellation of part of Haiti's external debt and the promised commitment of massive humanitarian aid are to be welcomed given the scale of the disaster. In the United States alone non-governmental donations have so far exceeded $600 million. As Haitian civil society organizations argue however this unprecedented level of aid must be deployed with a much greater sense of accountability – accountability both to the Haitian people and to the principles of human rights which must guide future reconstruction and development policy in Haiti.Haitian civil society voices have too often gone unheard or unheeded in international policy debates on rebuilding Haiti. If indeed a new Haiti is to be built from the rubble the reconstruction process should be informed by their vision. Future development efforts must remedy the structural inequities of the past rather than reproducing or reinforcing them. They must be firmly grounded on the basic standards and principles of human rights – including economic and social rights. And they must be led by Haitians themselves."After the catastrophe: our country can rise again" claim 14 Haitian organizations that make up the Plateforme des Organisations Ha・iennes de Droits Humains (POHDH) and Plateforme ha・ienne de Plaidoyer pour un D騅eloppement Alternatif (PAPDA) on 27 January 2010. The international community should support their aspirations and vision for change.Posted by Ignacio Saiz Executive Director on February 12th 2010
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3.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #20,OCHA
RV=120.5 2010/02/12 00:00
キーワード:Cluster,February
This report was issued by OCHA New York. The next report will be issued on or around 16 February 2010. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES • Sanitation is still a major challenge with not enough latrines available. Distribution of plastic sheeting for emergency shelter remains a priority. • The CCCM Cluster has identified 19 priority sites for decongestion. The total estimated population in these sites is 180000 people. • Over 900000 people are being provided with safe drinking water each day. WFP reports that 1.6 million people have received a two week ration of rice over the past eleven days. • A small number of commercial cargo flights have started arriving at Port-au-Prince airport. The first civilian passenger flight is scheduled for 19 February. • The Government announced a day of mourning for 12 February to mark the one-month anniversary of the earthquake. • The Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mr. John Holmes arrived in Santo Domingo on 11 February to begin a three day visit to the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
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4.Earthquake in Haiti External Situation Report 9 February 2010,WFP
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キーワード:February,woman
OverviewEarthquake Caseload: 2 million peopleCost of WFP Earthquake operations in Haiti: US$279 million (Food operations US$246 million Logistics US$33 million)Time frame: January to December 2010WFP Staff in Haiti: 225 + 221 surge personnel (between Haiti and Dom. Rep.)Current Situation- Through the network of 16 fixed distribution sites WFP and partners are providing a two week food ration to an estimated 2 million Haitians across the most populated areas of the city. Partners have begun to increase the number of people served by each site ensuring a larger number of people are served each day. All sixteen planned distribution sites were operational on 9 February with some 184000 people reached the highest number of beneficiaries reached on a single day since the start of the operation.- WFP and partners began distributing nutritious supplements (supplementary plumpy plumpy doz and corn soya blend) to vulnerable women and children who have settled in spontaneous IDP camps in the Port au Prince area. The activity is targeting 53600 children under five and 16000 pregnant and lactating women.- Monitoring of food prices in Port au Prince has indicated that the price of imported rice is 25 percent higher and wheat flour over 65 percent higher than before the earthquake. Even those people in regions previously considered "food secure" reportedly face difficulties.- The Government of Haiti estimated that US$700million is needed to reactivate the agricultural sector.
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5.Humanitarian aid to Haiti: how much is too much? - Perspectives Feb 2010,DI
RV=78.6 2010/02/12 00:00
キーワード:question
The Haiti earthquake has obviously been an disaster of huge proportions with current UN estimates citing three million affected and 112000 killed placing it in the company of some of the most devastating natural disasters of the last decade second only to the Indian Ocean earthquake-tsunami2004 in terms of numbers killed and just behind the Kashmir earthquake in terms of numbers affected.Not since the tsunami has a natural disaster received such an intense response and not just in termsmedia attention but also in terms of finances with more than US$1.5 billion already going to theresponse. The question is is this outpouring of humanitarian support too much or absolutely appropriate to such a calamitous event? And exactly what is a fair and adequate response?
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1.What We're Doing in Haiti,Mercy Corps
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キーワード:UNICEF,February,Corps
One month after the devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti Mercy Corps' team of emergency response experts is working to meet the immediate needs of survivors. At the same time our team is laying the groundwork for longer-term recovery drawing upon Mercy Corps' three decades of experience helping disaster-struck communities transition from receiving aid to carrying out their own recovery.Haitian authorities estimate that more than 217000 people died in the earthquake and that three-quarters of the capital city Port-au-Prince will have to be rebuilt. At least one million people have been displaced. The Mercy Corps team is coordinating with the United Nations and other aid groups on the ground to ensure the most efficient response.Team of ExpertsMercy Corps has deployed an A-team of humanitarian first responders. These experts from around the world have collective experience that includes responses to the China earthquake Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and Hurricane Katrina.Right Now: Water Trauma Support JobsThe Mercy Corps response is currently focused on immediate humanitarian needs: food to beleaguered hospitals water and sanitation trauma support for children and job creation.Clean Water and SanitationWater and sanitation assessments continue in preparation for securing clean water and safe latrines for at least 42000 people in Haiti's capital. On February 3 our team installed a water filtration unit at a local hospital.Job Creation and Economic RecoveryTo jumpstart the decimated economy and begin rebuilding efforts in earthquake-affected areas Mercy Corps has initiated a cash-for-work program that pays earthquake survivors a daily wage to clear debris restore buildings and repair basic infrastructure. We plan to employ more than 8000 workers in some of Port-au-Prince's poorest and most-devastated neighborhoods. Through the cash-for-work approach survivors carry out their own recovery efforts. Employing survivors gives them the dignity of earning an income they can then spend on the supplies they need for their families. Their purchases in turn help restart local commerce.Trauma Support for ChildrenWhen the earthquake struck all schools in Port-au-Prince collapsed. Haitian children who survived the earthquake experienced trauma that could negatively affect them for life.To help restore children's sense of well-being Mercy Corps is providing post-trauma help using Comfort for Kids. This counseling methodology was first developed in New York by Mercy Corps and Bright Horizons a global workplace childcare provider to help children recover from the trauma of 9/11. Subsequently Mercy Corps has used Comfort for Kids to help children recover from the China and Peru earthquakes and Hurricane Katrina.Mercy Corps recently announced a partnership with Haiti's First Lady Elisabeth Delacourt Pr騅al to implement Comfort for Kids trainings for adult caregivers. The First Lady and UNICEF will organize "safe spaces" in camps to run arts sports and music activities for children while Mercy Corps will run simultaneous sessions — in French and Creole — to educate parents and caregivers about child symptoms of trauma and how they can be addressed.Next StepsMercy Corps will focus on supporting the creation of jobs especially in the provinces around Port-au-Prince in sectors such as agriculture tourism and apparel manufacturing. Mercy Corps also expects to use cash grants to help people rebuild assets like small businesses fishing boats food carts. In addition Mercy Corps is exploring options with microfinance provider FONKOZE and other partners to help small- and mid-size businesses grow using remittances and microfinance.In the coming weeks and months Mercy Corps plans to expand its work to include the provinces surrounding Port-au-Prince particularly the Central Plateau area where approximately 500000 people fled after the earthquake. The agency is striving to make these areas economically viable and provide critical resources to displaced families who have settled there.A Long Track Record of Helping RecoveryThe earthquake in Haiti left three million people in need of aid exacerbating the dire humanitarian situation in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The Caribbean nation suffers extreme hunger and political instability and this disaster only increases the needs of thousands of impoverished Haitian families.Mercy Corps has a long track record of helping people living in the world's toughest conditions to recover and rebuild after natural disasters and conflict. The agency has special expertise in disaster response that establishes a foundation for and leads directly to self-sufficiency.HOW TO HELPMercy Corps is accepting donations toward our earthquake response. Public support thus far has been strong and corporations such as Amazon.com ITT Corporation Best Buy Western Union Gap Nike and Trilogy/Voil・have generously contributed to our efforts.
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2.CHF Haiti Update Notes from the field – February 12 2010,CHF
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キーワード:settlement,Cluster,February
originally appeared on UK Channel 4 in an interview done by reporter Sarah Smith. Today we want to feature the story of the one of the members of our CHF family - Varnek-Edouard Bazile. Edouard works for CHF and has been assigned to Harris Corporation as their interpreter local expert and jack-of-all-trades as they work to improve telecommunications throughout Haiti for CHF and others. Before the earthquake Edouard was an English teacher in Haiti and on the day of the quake managed to rescue his 20 students with him. He returned to his when the quake hit to see it crumbled with his wife and his children thought to be inside. For the full interview please visit http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/americas/haiti+earthquake+the+lost+families/3508242. "For most people in Port-au-Prince the sheer challenge of daily life is now difficult to imagine with 200000 people feared dead. For one resident Edouard Bazile that reality is even more unimaginable. His house collapsed in the 7.0 magnitude earthquake burying his entire family. He has been speaking to Channel 4 News correspondent Sarah Smith about what happened and how he is now living with overwhelming grief. He described how he managed to pull his wife's body from the rubble. He then spoke to her in her dying moments. He said: "I looked at her body her torso was twisted. I said 'You know I love you right?' "She said: 'Yeah I know but get me out please'." He fears his two children Anniha and Edwin must also have died in the 7.0 magnitude earthquake but he has yet to locate their bodies. He said: "They are still in the rubble here. I miss my kids dearly.".Note from the author: CHF mourns the loss of the families of our staff who have been injured or perished in the earthquake. The tremendous courage and spirit of our staff as they continue to come to work in the face of absolute tragedy inspires us and renews our commitment to helping the Haitian people - not only in the wake of the earthquake but in the long term recovery of the nation. News from Haiti – Compiled from various reports * On 9 February another aftershock (4.0 on the Richter scale) affected Port-au-Prince causing further damage at the Caribbean Market on Delmas Avenue. Several people were trapped by falling debris and later rescued by US and French Military forces * The Dominican Republic Humanitarian Country Team completed an inter-agency assessment of the border area. The team estimates that approximately 168000 internally displaced persons are living along the border on the Haitian side. The majority of them are living with host families. There are some spontaneous settlement sites such as in Anse-a-Pitre where there are more than 1000 people living. Another 400 people are in a spontaneous settlement in Gauthier very near to the road leading to Port-au-Prince. * The security situation throughout the country remains stable despite increased reports of insolated incidents including the looting of one NGO warehouse where Haitian police shot a looter. Security around food distributions remains a concern and requires close coordination between MINUSTAH and humanitarian partners. * The Government's state of emergency period is scheduled to expire on Monday 15 February.LOGISTICS * A small number of commercial cargo flights have started arriving at Port-au-Prince airport. * The first civilian passenger flight is scheduled for 19 February. * Floating docks are being established at the Port-au-Prince port and are expected to raise capacity to a possible 1500 containers a day. A slot system is now in place for incoming ships. * A British Naval vessel will be arriving in Port-au-Prince on 18 February with port enhancement equipment and vehicles for use by NGO partners. This ship will be made available for tasking by WFP and the Logistics Cluster to shuttle cargo to ports within Haiti until 15 March. * The border crossing at Jimani is severely congested. Passage is through a small gate allowing only one vehicle at a time. * The road between Port-au-Prince and Jacmel suffered significant damage from the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks. Landslides have been cleared and work is ongoing by the Canadian military and MINUSTAH but many areas remain at risk of landslides once the rainy season begins.FOOD AND WATSAN * WFP reports that 1.6 million people have received a two-week ration of rice since the beginning of the food surge operation. * On February 10 relief agencies distributed emergency food assistance benefiting approximately 170000 people in metropolitan Port-au-Prince. Since the earthquake the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and partners have provided emergency food assistance to more than 2.5 million people including more than 1.5 million people to date through the 16-site distribution system. * As of 9 February the WASH Cluster reports that 911200 people are being provided with safe drinking water (on the basis of 5 litres per person per day) through water tankering and water treatment in 300 sites across Port-au-Prince Leogane and Jacmel. Water coverage is actually greater than this figure as many other mechanisms to access water are now available. * With a target of 1.1 million persons with 5/l/p/d the estimated gap is approximately 188800 persons in need of the minimum coverage.SHELTER * Distribution of plastic sheeting for emergency shelter remains a high priority. There are now close to 400000 plastic sheets in stock and in the pipeline. As of 11 February over 49000 tarps have been distributed along with 23000 family size tents. * The Petionville spontaneous settlement site (at the golf course) was assessed by a Shelter Cluster team on 9 February and is reported to be one of the most vulnerable sites for epidemics and flooding. The team estimates that 25000 people are living at the site which is very densely populated. A large number of shelters are on unstable slopes and heavy rains will cause them to slide. Low lying areas are at significant risk of flooding with the market area most at risk. The team also found insufficient fire breaks with no fire risk mitigation strategy for the site. The team recommended that new sites are identified for families to move to on a voluntary basis.Erin MoteManager of Resource Development(301) 587-4700 ext 1963emote@chfinternational.orgSkype: erin.moteCHF International8601 Georgia Ave Ste 800Silver Spring MD 20910
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3.American Red Cross Issues One-Month Progress Report for Haiti Earthquake,Am. RC
RV=128.7 2010/02/13 00:00
キーワード:settlement,February
National Headquarters2025 E Street N.W.Washington DC 20006www.redcross.orgContact: Red Cross Public AffairsPhone: (202) 303-5551WASHINGTON Friday February 12 2010 — The American Red Cross today issued a one-month progress report on its efforts to provide food water relief supplies shelter healthcare family services and other assistance since the January 12 earthquake in Haiti."Every day since the earthquake we have been focused on getting aid into the hands of those who need it most" said Gail McGovern president and CEO with the American Red Cross. "The American people have entrusted us with this responsibility and we remain committed to helping the people of Haiti cope with their losses." Since the earthquake the American Red Cross has raised approximately $255 million for the Haiti relief and recovery efforts. To date it has spent or committed $80 million with approximately 69 percent of the funds spent or committed for food and water; 20 percent for shelter; and 11 percent for health and family services. As the response progresses and recovery begins the Red Cross will continue to support these priority areas and longer-term assistance initiatives.Food Water and Other Relief ItemsThe American Red Cross has provided 3 million pre-packaged meals to the United Nations World Food Programme as well as $30 million in funding to help feed an additional 1 million people for a month. To meet the dire need for clean water it has also distributed more than 1 million water-purification sachets as well as containers that allow people to clean and carry water. The American Red Cross is also providing supplies for 130000 people and working with Red Cross teams from other nations distributing relief items such as blankets kitchen supplies hygiene kits and buckets.ShelterMore than 1 million people in Haiti are in need of shelter. Leaders representing more than 20 Red Cross and Red Crescent societies including the American Red Cross gathered this week in Montreal Canada for a two-day summit to develop and coordinate a comprehensive approach to respond to Haiti's immediate and long-term needs. "The challenges to quickly develop and deliver appropriate transitional shelters and to do so prior to the rainy season are immense" said David Meltzer senior vice president of international services with the American Red Cross. "This week's meetings establish both a commitment and process to quickly shelter tens of thousands of survivors." In coordination with other relief agencies the Red Cross aims to address the complex shelter situation in Haiti through a combination of strategies including: * Providing local families with solutions that will encourage them to rebuild safely near their pre-disaster homes * Supporting host families who are housing displaced people * Supporting people in post-quake settlements by providing both tarps and tentsHealth and Family ServicesSince the earthquake American Red Cross has provided nearly 750 units of blood for earthquake survivors more than 50 Creole-speaking interpreters for the USNS Comfort hospital ship and $600000 worth of food for the mobile clinics and hospitals operated by other Red Cross teams in Haiti.In the United States the American Red Cross has been providing welcoming services shelter and other support for repatriated citizens and medical evacuees who arrived home following the earthquake. In addition the American Red Cross is helping people find and reestablish contact with their loved ones in Haiti through its international family tracing service – a form of assistance that is also being provided by the Red Cross in Haiti.Looking AheadIt is clear that what took minutes to destroy will take many years and the collective support from governments and relief agencies across the globe to help rebuild. Because of extraordinary support from the American public the American Red Cross will continue to play an important role in relief efforts in the months ahead. "The needs are great but the generous support of the American people is making a difference every day" said McGovern.To learn more and read the complete report please visit redcross.org/haiti.You can help the victims of countless crises like the recent earthquake in Haiti around the world each year by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross International Response Fund which will provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies technical assistance and other support to help those in need. The American Red Cross honors donor intent. If you wish to designate your donation to a specific disaster please do so at the time of your donation by mailing your donation with the designation to the American Red Cross P.O. Box 37243 Washington D.C. 20013 or to your local American Red Cross chapter. Donations to the International Response Fund can be made by phone at 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or online at www.redcross.org.About the American Red Cross:The American Red Cross shelters feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies nearly half of the nation's blood; teaches lifesaving skills; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization — not a government agency — and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information please visit www.redcross.org or join our blog at http://blog.redcross.org.All American Red Cross disaster assistance is provided at no cost made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. The Red Cross also supplies nearly half of the nation's lifesaving blood. This too is made possible by generous voluntary donations. To help the victims of disaster you may make a secure online credit card donation or call 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). Or you may send your donation to your local Red Cross or to the American Red Cross P.O. Box 37243 Washington D.C. 20013. To donate blood please call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543) or contact your local Red Cross to find out about upcoming blood drives.. ゥ Copyright The American National Red Cross. All Rights Reserved.
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4.Haiti: one month on,DFID
RV=94.0 2010/02/13 00:00
キーワード:DEC
From search and rescue to survivor care and long-term recoveryOn January 12 the Caribbean nation of Haiti – one of the poorest in the western world - was struck by a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake.The worst for more than a century the quake hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince killing at least 230000 people – including many NGO and UN employees injuring 300000 and leaving more than 1.5 million others in need of shelter.One month on the international aid effort has shifted from search and rescue activity to meeting the basic needs of the survivors in the immediate term and its long-term rehabilitation.Following life-saving work by the UK search and rescue (SAR) teams - which reached Haiti 48 hours after the quake - DFID is now focused on co-ordinating a complex relief effort to limit delays and anxiety among Haitians.DFID has already helped get water food and medical supplies to more than 400000 people.There is now the urgent need to provide shelter and sanitation for more than 1 million more people made homeless in Port-au-Prince and rural areas.In a written statement to Parliament last week International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander said: "I would like to pay tribute to the British public for their continued generosity in responding to Haiti's plight."The Disaster Emergency Committee appeal has now raised 」77 million. This is a remarkable achievement."Effective coordination of the relief effort remains vital."DFID is working hard to improve the situation on the ground and overcome logistical bottlenecks that are hampering relief efforts."From survivors to securityn their 11-day operation in Haiti the UK search and rescue (SAR) teams pulled four survivors from the wreckage including two-year-old Mia buried beneath a nursery school and quickly reunited with her mother.Two members of the UK government's Stabilisation Unit are working with colleagues from the US the EU and Canada to revive security and justice systems in Haiti with two more expected there this week.At its peak Port-au-Prince airport was dealing with 160 flights per day but that has dropped as more help arrives by sea.The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ship Largs Bay is carrying vehicles port-handling equipment to rebuild ports and corrugated iron to provide shelters for up to 2000 families.Support the Largs Bay crew in their "race to Haiti" for DEC appealA DFID expert is leading the effort to shelter those affected; providing at least one tarpaulin for every affected family as soon as possible and replacing them with more resilient shelters before the impending threat of Haiti's rainy and hurricane season.ProudHead of DFID's conflict humanitarian and security department (CHASE) Phil Marker said: ""We can be proud of the response we have mounted so far but there are huge challenges ahead."A lot of the roads are damaged and there is the threat of the rainy season just months away."There are shoots of recovery among Haiti's shattered lives.Some schools in unaffected areas have re-opened and the ministry of education is aiming to re-open all schools by the end of March.More than 1 million people now have a two week rice ration thanks to work by the World Food Programme and DFID has also funded an 11-strong medical team from the Merlin aid agency specialising in saving injured limbs and crush injuries.Mr Alexander said: "The international community needs to continue its efforts to address the terrible plight of Haitians and we will play our part through our very substantial support to the multilaterals involved and the continuation of the humanitarian operation now underway."Key facts * The first of two flights carrying the UK's search and rescue team arrived in Haiti 48 hours after the quake. * DFID's funding for Haiti stands at 」20 million including 」2.5 million for three NGOs; ACF (」1m) Oxfam (」1m) and Handicap International (」500000) * The UK public has so far pledged 」77 million for Haiti through the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal. * UK and international search and rescue workers have brought more than 130 people from the debris. * DFID has provided 」300000 to the World Health Organisation (WHO) for monitoring possible disease epidemics. * 」2 million has been given to the World Food Programme for logistics and 」1 million to the International Federation of the Red Cross for urgent aid to 20000 families.
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5.Haiti Earthquake One month later: Prayer and Perseverence,CRS
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キーワード:CRS
On this one-month anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti Catholic Relief Services joins with the Haitian people in three days of prayer commencing today as our brothers and sisters across this country honor the memory of their relatives friends neighbors and colleagues.Among those grieving are members of our CRS Haiti staff as well as our partners in Port-au-Prince and beyond. We join them in their grief and offer heartfelt condolences.The CRS staff in Haiti has been working tirelessly since the earthquake struck to provide vital relief to the suffering survivors. The work has just begun. CRS has been in Haiti for more than 50 years and we will continue to accompany its people through the long process of relief recovery and rebuilding."Haitians lived incredibly precarious lives before the eathquake said Scott Campbell country representative for CRS Haiti. "Now the difficulties they face are much more severe."The generosity of Catholics in the United States many of whom have a personal relationship with Haitian families through parish and diocesan relationships has been overwhelming. This generosity has enabled CRS to accomplish a great deal over the past four weeks: o To date CRS and our local partner Caritas Haiti has distributed food to more than 200000 people. Much of this food has a long-term ration for at least two weeks that was provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development's Food for Peace program. CRS has also helped in a massive rice distribution coordinated by the U.N.'s World Food Program. o We have provided medical supplies to 10000 people. Just days after the earthquake CRS helped to get the nearly destroyed St. Francios de Sales Hospital up and running again. Surgical teams from the University of Maryland are rotating into the country on a regular basis and they are performing more than 20 surgeries every day. o CRS is very concerned about the welfare of children affected by this tragedy. We are setting up child-friendly spaces where they will be free to play and provided with care that will offer peace of mind to worried parents. o Prior to the earthquake CRS Haiti was supporting 101 orphanages and child care centers in Port-au-Prince and Les Cayes which care for more than 9500 children. CRS has been in contact with these centers and others that have been providing care for orphans and vulnerable children since the disaster and we have been providing appropriate relief as quickly as possible. In the long-term CRS will be supporting efforts on child placements within extended families for alternative care outside orphanages and to address the root causes that lead to children being vulnerable and at risk. o CRS is formulating plans to assist families who have migrated to the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic o The CRS/Caritas Haiti health team is fully working in nine sites – predominantly camps and clinics – and looking to expand to 15 sites all in areas in/around Port-au-Prince. The health team has trained 40 people to go out into the camps and other sites to deliver five short public health messages about sanitation personal hygiene small wound care use of latrines and portable toilets and when/where to seek health care. o CRS is intensively working on providing people with better shelter as the rainy season approaches. We have distributed supplies that will enable families to construct safer and more durable temporary shelter to more than 60000 people. We are working on plans for building even more durable transitional shelters which should begin next month.
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1.Haiti Earthquake 2010: Situation Report 1600 hrs 10 February 2010,DFID
RV=352.9 2010/02/14 00:00
キーワード:settlement,cluster,February,Wash,season,rice,rain
Headlines:• Government of Haiti reports that the number of deaths could be as high as 230000. This would be similar to the number of dead after the Asia Tsunami across all affected countries.• Security around the airport operational hub is likely to be strengthened. This could result in greater barriers to participation of national NGOs in cluster meetings located at the airport. Some INGOs are already holding parallel meetings with national partners in other locations.• FAO is currently undertaking an agricultural survey with 3000 households in Nippes.• OCHA reports that in Leogane approximately 14000 people are living in spontaneous settlement sites while others are living closer to their destroyed homes. An estimated total of 80000 to 120000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Leogane commune.• Shelter: The cluster reports that approximately 272000 have received emergency shelter support so far. Whilst there is sufficient stock in country or in the pipeline for one plastic sheet per displaced family cluster partners are reporting low levels of distribution. Under-reporting by partners and continued lack of capacity on the ground are some of the reasons cited for this. The general guidance notes that will include the design and estimated costs of a typical structure is expected to be issued soon by the cluster.• Food: WFP surge operations have reached 1.1m people with a 2 week ration of rice. A new distribution phase begins on 14 February to target 2m people.• Health: In an effort to better coordinate work and manage information the health cluster will dedicate two meetings a week to information management. There has been no significant rise in infections although there has been a slight increase in diarrhoea and urinary tract infections.• WASH: The priority for the cluster remains sanitation and the need to strengthen monitoring systems for sanitation activities. Both the WASH and sanitation strategies are due to be circulated today.• Logistics: The cluster has been discussing the state of the border crossing at Jimani particularly ahead of the rains. Planning for the rainy season to ensure that the movement of aid is not affected by worsening weather conditions will need to move ahead now. Incoming flights to Port-au-Prince airport continues to drop and now averages 74 per day (from its peak of 160 flights) as incoming air cargo increasingly shifts to sea transport.
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2.Tarps toilets are top concerns one month after Haiti's quake,AlertNet
RV=275.3 2010/02/14 00:00
キーワード:settlement,woman,Feb,season,rice,rain
12 Feb 2010 19:28:00 GMTWritten by: Anastasia MoloneyBOGOTA (AlertNet) - A month after the earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince food water and emergency medical care are reaching more and more survivors but shelter and sanitation remain inadequate aid agencies said.As Haiti held a nationwide day of mourning on Friday for the dead -- which number 212270 according to government figures -- hundreds of thousands of survivors were sheltering in the 500 or so overcrowded makeshift camps in the capital. Others were sleeping in the open using bed sheets and scraps of metal strung between branches of trees and poles as shelter.Adequate shelter is becoming an urgent priority with the rainy season looming in late March. The Caribbean's hurricane season follows soon after which means that relief groups are in a race against time to provide tents plastic sheeting and tarpaulins for use as emergency shelter.So far only around 49000 tarps have been distributed along with 23000 family-sized tents according to a report by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)."With rains there's a greater danger of disease spreading" said Nick Guttmann head of Christian Aid's humanitarian division in Haiti. "By the time the rains come and then the hurricanes people will have to have proper shelter. It's key to their well-being."In the densely populated capital finding space to house the homeless is a major challenge.The Haitian government has identified eight sites for temporary settlements outside the city where it hopes to provide shelter for a total of 160000 people. But many Haitians are reluctant to be uprooted from the city in which they were born and where relatives have still to be found and buried.DELIVERING AIDIn the first two weeks following the 7.0-magnitude quake international relief operations were criticised for slow delivery of water food and medical supplies to quake survivors. This was largely blamed on a lack of clear leadership and poor coordination among U.N. agencies the U.S military and a myriad of aid groups working in Haiti.However since then some of the logistical challenges that hampered initial delivery efforts -- such as fuel shortages congested air traffic and frequent power cuts -- have have been largely overcome.Improvements in infrastructure have allowed aid to flow more quickly. At the capital's main port repairs to the dock and a crane facility together with the installation of two floating docks is allowing the port to handle up to 1500 containers a day."I actually think that weve done a good job of speeding up effective distribution of food" Lewis Lucke the U.S. response coordinator for Haiti recently told reporters in Port-au-Prince.But heavy road traffic at the border between Haiti and neighbouring Dominican Republic continues to slow down the flow of aid as does traffic in the capital.With 63 million tonnes of rubble still needed to be removed the clean-up operation is an urgent priority and some roads remain impassable. Over the weeks food distribution has gradually become more organised and coordinated.The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) says it has provided food to more than two million people while 1.6 million have received a two-week ration of rice in the past 11 days.In its latest report on the situation OCHA said over 900000 people are being provided with drinking water each day five litres for each person every day at 300 water distributions sites across the capital and other quake affected cities including Leogane and Jacmel.But the emergency phase is not over and the pace of aid distribution remains slow says medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) (Doctors Without Borders)."It's still hard to obtain access to food and shelter both of which are limited" said Dr Marie-Pierre Alli president of MSF after a recent field visit to Haiti."Overall basic needs are not yet being met which inevitably creates tensions and possibly security risks in the long term" she added.She said providing mental health healthcare to deal with trauma experienced by quake survivors was another challenge as was getting aid to the 263000 survivors who fled the capital to seek refuge in surrounding rural areas."There are challenges I think every day with ensuring we get the aid to all the locations it needs to go" U.S. Lieutenant General Ken Keen Commander of the Joint Task Force in Haiti recently told reporters in Port-au-Prince.Here's a snapshot of the latest in various sectors:* HEALTHA U.N. vaccination programme is underway while some of the 300000 or so injured according to official figures are being treated in over 90 hospitals.Doctors are treating fewer patients with trauma injuries which now account for around 10 per cent of cases. But there is growing concern among aid agencies that medical supplies and over-stretched hospitals will not be able to cope with the estimated 63000 pregnant women who were forced to leave their homes following the quake.* SANITATIONWith one toilet available for every 50 people and with only five percent of the needed toilets built clearing human waste and ensuring enough toilets for people living in streets and in camps is another major challenge. Port-au-Prince was left without sanitation. Excretia disposal in particular remains of great concern and as conditions only worsen so does the risk of potential epidemics of water-borne disease according to a report by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) published on Friday.* RISING FOOD PRICESHaitians in and around Port-au-Prince are struggling to buy what food there is available as food prices rise due to an increase in the demand for staple foods. The price of imported rice is 25 percent higher and wheat flour over 65 percent higher than before the quake according to the WFP.Acute malnutrition rates among children are expected to rise in the coming months the U.N. says.The coming harvests are expected to be poor placing further pressure on dwindling food supplies.It is feared that because of lack of rain the February/March harvest will be comparatively poor in the bread basket of the region according to the latest IFRC report.Aid groups are now focusing on ensuring farmers have enough seed stocks to sow crops in time for the planting season in March.In the capital's streets though life is gradually getting back to normal. Banks and some businesses are open while trade is picking up every day on the streets and in the city's markets.Some schools in unaffected areas have re-opened and the Haitian government hopes to get children and teachers back to school by the end of March.For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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3.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #32 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010,USAID
RV=120.1 2010/02/14 00:00
キーワード:cluster,February
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated February 12 2010.KEY DEVELOPMENTS- On February 12 USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) members and other key humanitarian donors met with U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Kim Bolduc and staff from the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to discuss gaps in sectoral programming strategic direction and overall coordination issues in Haiti. Donors acknowledged that the strong operational presence and senior surge support capacities that OCHA exhibited immediately following the earthquake proved instrumental in the prompt activation of a robust cluster system.- On February 11 members of the L.A. County Fire Department urban search and rescue (USAR) team donated supplies on behalf of USAID/OFDA to a non-governmental organization (NGO) and a local clinic. The donation comprised 3 large tents 14 four-person tents 9 generators 45 sleeping pads 12 cots 1 air conditioner 3 water purification systems 2 water distributions systems 10 portable latrines and emergency relief supplies.- Between February 11 and 12 more than 1610 rolls of USAID/OFDA-provided plastic sheeting—benefiting nearly 64500 individuals—arrived in Port-au-Prince via overland transport from Santo Domingo. To date USAID/OFDA has provided more than 5300 rolls of plastic sheeting for earthquake-affected populations benefiting more than 212000 individuals.
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4.Rain-drenched camps are sign of worse to come for Haitians,AlertNet
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キーワード:question,rain
By Richard MearsPORT-AU-PRINCE (AlertNet) - Thin sheets and clothes were drying out well in the makeshift camps after Haiti 's first big rain since the earthquake but the bedspreads cushions and other luxuries looked set to stay damp for days.Soggy cardboard - used as a bed and a roof by some - was already starting to fall apart.People with a plastic sheet over their head shared their space with less fortunate neighbours though all still saw themselves as lucky to have survived the quake a month ago that killed over 200000 people and devastated the capital."My husband and I had to sit through the rain on buckets with two children each on our laps " said Jeanne Vital 30 camped out in the town square park in Petionville a better-off suburb of Port-au-Prince.The recent downpour just added another layer of discomfort for an estimated 1 million people now living in the city 's streets and was a reminder that time is not on the side of the relief effort with rains and hurricanes due in the weeks and months to come.Emergency medical care and delivery of water and food is now well in hand but the one thing nearly all the homeless ask for first is shelter."Please send us a tent " asked Senita Mazile a 43-year-old living in the same camp as Vital with her three children. All her neighbours said the same.FRUSTRATION SET TO GROWThe United Nations says it has delivered enough tents and tarpaulins to put some kind of a roof over perhaps 300000 people with enough rudimentary shelter for all those in need on the way in the next few weeks."We 're pumping this stuff out. If we grabbed everything from the warehouse and dumped it in the middle of the road we could do this in a day " said Mark Turner spokesman for the U.N. 's International Organisation of Migration."But we have to get it to the people who need it. "Refugees generally expressed gratitude for the outside relief effort even those who said they had not received anything.Many are used to hardship and many saw the quake as God 's will something to be accepted stoically. Yet frustration is sure to grow - the rain prompted an anti-government protest demanding shelter.Downtown at the Champs de Mars a landscaped public space between the collapsed National Palace and Haiti 's big museums pools of rainwater mixed with rubbish and urine began to reek in the hot sun that followed."When it rained everyone got up and waited for it to stop. We couldn 't lie down " said mother of seven Jeanne-Pierre Nourette who now lives there with 16000 other people in increasingly squalid conditions.Only four mobile toilets were visible from one side of the area. Fly-covered faeces lay in polystyrene fast-food boxes in growing rubbish mounds or just on the ground.Homeless people in Petionville - in a camp overlooked by villas of the rich in the hills - said they go the toilet in plastic bags which they dump in a ravine.TARPS OVER TENTS"The two biggest problems are shelter and sanitation. It 's urgent that we get people with reasonable waterproof shelter over their heads " U.N. disaster chief John Holmes said on Friday on a visit to Haiti.He said the U.N. still needed another 25000 latrines and favoured tarpaulins as a more flexible solution than tents.They can be used to set up home-made shelters along with ropes poles and corrugated iron that might if well built better survive the tropical rains due in a few weeks and - just perhaps - the hurricanes that start to sweep through in June."With tents you are back to square one in a few months " said the IOM 's Turner.There is no easy or perfect solution either for the looming problems of the rain and hurricanes that could wash away many shelters or the longer-term need to rehouse people now destitute after the loss of around a quarter of a million homes.The 500 or so improvised tent camps that have sprung up across the city - some of them on precarious sites on the sides of ravines - may be here for years to come turning into slums in a city that was already poor run down and ringed with shantytowns.The government says it has plans to move their inhabitants to new sites perhaps out of the city altogether though finding space for them - as well as employment - will be a huge challenge.While an estimated half a million have left already for the provinces many people will not want to leave their homes far behind."The question if they move somewhere else is for Haitians to decide " said Turner.For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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5.(MAP) USG Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti for the Earthquake (as of 13 Feb 2010),USAID
RV=45.0 2010/02/14 00:00
キーワード:Feb
Date: 13 Feb 2010Type: Natural DisasterKeyword(s): Affected Population; Damage Assessment; Earthquake; Education; Health; Logistics; Natural Disaster; Protection; Rehabilitation; Shelter and Non-food Assistance; Water and SanitationFormat: PDF * 315 Kb(*)Get Adobe Acrobat Viewer (free) Source(s): - United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Related Document:- HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #32 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
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1.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #33 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010,USAID
RV=267.4 2010/02/15 00:00
キーワード:CRS,settlement,February,Wash
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated February 13 2010.KEY DEVELOPMENTS- On February 12 USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah visited U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters in Miami Florida to discuss U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) coordination with U.S. Government (USG) humanitarian operations in Haiti. SOUTHCOM Commanding General Douglas Fraser accompanied the Administrator to Haiti on February 13 where the Administrator visited a cash-for-work site and met with Government of Haiti (GoH) officials and representatives of U.N. humanitarian agencies including U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Sir John Holmes.- On February 14 USAID/OFDA committed nearly $21.3 million to Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to support water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions and shelter and settlements activities for displaced persons in metropolitan Port-au-Prince. CRS plans to provide 200000 individuals with emergency and transitional shelter materials as well as construct temporary latrines and bathing areas and engage in debris removal and solid waste management benefitting 50000 people. This program will create more than 350000 work-days of temporary employment through cash-for-work programs that engage individuals in shelter construction and WASH activities.- As of February 11 the International Organization for Migration (IOM) had distributed emergency relief commodities to nearly 689000 affected individuals. Commodities included 24000 water containers 23000 pieces of plastic sheeting and 12000 hygiene kits provided by USAID/OFDA. Nearly 40000 additional water containers to benefit 100000 people and approximately 4700 pieces of plastic sheeting to support the basic shelter needs of 23500 individuals—among other USAID/OFDA commodities in-country—await imminent distribution by IOM and sub-partners.
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2.On-the-Record Briefing: enneth H. Merten Ambassador to Haiti,US DOS
RV=206.7 2010/02/15 00:00
キーワード:question,season,rice,rain
Washington DCFebruary 12 2010View VideoMR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State. For those of you out there in our viewing area wondering where the heck have you guys been for the past week obviously we in Washington D.C. have been experiencing an unusual amount of snow. So rather than doing briefings here from the podium all of us have been home shoveling and doing other things just to survive Snowmageddon here in Washington D.C. But we have had intrepid members of the State Department press corps with us during the course of the week and we've been able to try to continue business under arduous circumstances relative to Washington D.C. I know there are some people out in the Midwest when I say you guys don't get anything out there. But anyway so we're back in business and obviously pleased to see many familiar faces here back in the briefing room.We are at one month beyond the Haiti earthquake and we thought it was a wonderful opportunity having Ambassador Ken Merten here in Washington this week to bring him down just to kind of really give you a sense from the ground view of what is happening in Haiti how Haiti has been able to cope and begin to recover from the devastating earthquake of a moment ago – of a month ago.Haiti is now experiencing a three-day period of national mourning. Obviously we stand with Haiti as it goes through this difficult timeframe. But I thought it would be a wonderful opportunity to have our intrepid ambassador who's been leading an extraordinary effort on the ground in Haiti begin the briefing and just kind of give you a sense of where we are here 30 days on.Ken thanks for joining us.AMBASSADOR MERTEN: My pleasure. Thanks P.J. Some of you I've seen down in Haiti. It's nice to see you back all in one piece. I thought it might be useful for you all if I could give you a little picture of sort of where I see our efforts one month after the quake and give you obviously a chance to ask some questions on things that are of interest to you.I'd like to start out however by giving a brief plug to my colleagues at the Embassy. I think those of us here from the United States can be really proud of our American diplomats aid professionals and soldiers on the ground who have helped deliver an immense amount of aid and relief to very very needy people. I would ask you to keep in mind that in many cases the people providing this assistance certainly amongst the Embassy and some of the AID staff these are people who in many cases lost everything they owned that's down in Haiti. They had their houses completely flattened. They've lost clothes momentos pictures. We've lost some colleagues down there. We have one of our Foreign Service colleagues died in the crash – in the earthquake. We have others that are still hospitalized. So it's been a difficult period for us as well but I've been very very proud of everybody in the U.S. Government who's down there doing I think fantastic work in terms of getting aid and relief to the needy Haitians.One month on where are we? I think we are in a very good place in terms of food distribution and water distribution and getting medicines out to needy hospitals. We working with our international partners particularly the World Food Program we've been able to almost routinize the distribution of food in the greater Port-au-Prince area to the 16 sites where it is delivered on a daily basis. We're giving people two-week rations of food. We've giving people things they like to eat things like rice things like bulgur wheat beans that sort of thing. That's an improvement at least in terms of the Haitian perception of our effort.Obviously we face ongoing challenges. I think our next issues we're most concerned about are sanitation issues and shelter issues particularly regarding short-term shelter. As I'm sure you probably all heard people talk about we're coming up in the coming weeks onto the rainy season. We want to do the best we can to make sure we've reached and touched as many people as possible as many families as possible with plastic sheeting which is what we are distributing so that they can take that sheeting and either put it where they are currently staying or take that to where they ultimately plan on moving permanently and they can use that as a construction material.Sanitation issues as you obviously know there are many people who are not in their houses who are in these temporary camps at various open spaces around Port-au-Prince whether it's the soccer stadium or the park in front of the national palace or many other places. We're working to provide those people with sanitation latrine facilities or portable toilets where appropriate. We're not where we want to be with that yet but it's an ongoing effort and we are working day and night to get those facilities as good as they possibly can be for the Haitians who have been displaced from their houses.Again I think in terms of international cooperation I've been very very pleased at the cooperation on the ground not only interagency amongst the United States agencies and NGOs on the ground but with our international partners. We're working hand in glove with MINUSTAH down in Haiti both the civilian and the military wing.In terms of humanitarian aid delivery we are working very closely with many other big donors down there – thinking first come to mind the French Canadians EU many others. I'm sure there are many others I'm not mentioning.And I think frankly it's working really well and I believe that this will be something that people will be able to look back on in the future as a model for how we've been able to sort ourselves out as donors on the ground and responding to an earthquake.Beyond that I will stop my own remarks and let you ask whatever questions you might have. Yeah go ahead.QUESTION: Mr. Ambassador I'm Bob Burns from AP. I wonder if you could give us a rundown on the communications you've had contacts you've had with President Clinton over the last couple of days. There was a report that he was on a Haiti conference call even while he was in the hospital yesterday. Were you part of that? Have you talked to him today?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: I was not part of that conference call. I've not talked with him. I read the same reports in the newspaper you have on that particular issue.QUESTION: If he's actually sidelined for some period of time what do you think would be the effect on the effort to help Haiti?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: President Clinton brings a tremendous amount of personal popularity and respect to the whole international effort in Haiti. The Haitian – he's very popular in Haiti. I'm sure all Haitians join me in wishing him a speedy speedy recovery. Beyond that there's not much more I want to say on the issue. I think it's pure speculation at this point so --Yes.QUESTION: Hi Mr. Ambassador nice to see you --AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Hi good to see you again.QUESTION: Mary Beth Sheridan from The Washington Post.AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Yep.QUESTION: There was a report in the Miami Herald yesterday that the U.S. had given the Haitian Government sort of a draft plan to look at that talked about some sort of reconstruction authority. Could you describe what is envisioned or you know what's laid out in that draft?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Yeah. There are – President Obama has asked us to be as thoughtful as possible in getting ideas to the Haitian Government and the Haitian people. We are trying to do that. Other donors are trying to do that. I'm sure that there are other donors that have shared thoughts with the Haitian Government. In terms of the specific there are – specifics there are ongoing conversations. Frankly at this point I've been out of Haiti since Monday morning; I'm not sure I want to characterize it more than that because I'm probably somewhat behind the curve in the ongoing discussions. Ultimately it's going to be the Haitians who decide on what they want to do in terms of their reconstruction effort and any sort of architecture so it will be their decision at the end.Yeah.QUESTION: Hi. We had a reporter today at the airport who said a pretty key tent that the U.S. was using for agents to process people for evacuations to the U.S. is being brought down. Is that an indication of what's happening with the evacuation effort? Is that winding down?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: What I know is that the numbers of Americans asking to be evacuated from Haiti has gone down in recent days frankly probably since last week sometime. I would note that up until now as of Tuesday I believe we'd evacuated over 15000 Americans from Haiti which as far as I know is a record. It beats the Lebanon evacuation of 2006 so that's a lot of people. But the numbers have gone down. I don't know about the tent I don't know about the status of the tent but our American citizens services operation in country has been able to go back to doing other – providing other services for American citizens who were there such as providing passports and notarizing documents in cases of lost houses property and so forth because that demand for evacuation has tapered off. So I don't know the specifics on the tent but that's the situation on the ground.Yeah.QUESTION: Ken nice to see you.AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Good to see you again.QUESTION: Forgive me if you – if this was raised as I was walking into the room but I wanted to ask you about the discussions regarding the 10 American citizens who were initially charged. Can you be crystal clear with us about the nature of the discussions that the U.S. Government had with the Haitian Government about their fate? Did the U.S. Government or U.S. officials ever make any kind of request that they be released? Was there any detailed discussion about the facts of their cases and the circumstances surrounding their arrests and so on? Just walk us through that if you would.AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Sure. I mean as I understand it these people – this group of 10 citizens has – had been arrested by Haitian authorities. To the best of my knowledge that the arrest and incarceration of these people has been done according to Haitian law. We have had an appropriate level of consular access to people. We've been able to determine that they're being fed kept safe and that they're getting their medicines.Beyond that we have had – told the Haitian Government that if they want to have any conversations with us about these people and their situation we are open to that. But beyond that they've engaged legal counsel and the process is working its way through the Haitian courts. Beyond that I'm not sure there's really much else to tell quite frankly.QUESTION: Did the Haitians ever – did the Haitian Government ever express a desire to talk to the U.S. Government about the – their cases or not?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: A desire to talk about it? I wouldn't characterize it as a desire. We told them that we are – if they find themselves at a point where they want to have a discussion with us about that we're happy to talk with them.QUESTION: But there has been no such discussion?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Not that I can recall. Not with me in any case.QUESTION: Okay. Thank you.QUESTION: Mr. Ambassador can we just follow up? Charley Keyes CNN.AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Yeah.QUESTION: From where you stand has the case of the 10 Americans become a distraction to the overwhelming needs – emergency assistance needs of the Haitian people?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: I'm not sure it would cause a distraction. I'm sure to the families – to those 10 individuals and their families and loved ones it's not a distraction. I'm sure it's an issue of high importance to them which is as it should be. I would just ask people to remember the fact that there are up to a million and a half Haitians in the Port-au-Prince area who are out of their houses and who are homeless and who are desperate for humanitarian aid and medical care. So I think I certainly would not categorize this as a distraction but I think we also have to realize there is a large large humanitarian issue that's out there as well.Yeah.QUESTION: On that same issue can you just update us on the status of the 10 Americans right now? And what's your understanding – if and when they are released will they – do you have any idea if they're going to face any kind of repercussions or legal action in the U.S. anything?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: I don't know on that last question. As to where they are right now to the best of my knowledge – and keep in mind that I've been out of Haiti since Monday midday – my understanding is they're still in the jail where they've been kept safe and getting their food and so forth. So --QUESTION: And if they are in fact released or when they are released U.S. Embassy personnel – your staff – will take custody of them essentially and help them get out of the country? Is that correct?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Yeah. I'm not a consular specialist but typically I believe – I know that we monitor cases of Americans who were incarcerated. And presumably if they need assistance in getting out of the country we would probably do our best to provide them with that assistance. Beyond that I would ask you maybe to go check with our Consular Affairs Bureau to make sure what exactly we are permitted to do according to the law. I just don't want to mislead you on that and give you some incorrect story that – just because of my own ignorance so – yeah.QUESTION: It's my understanding that about 49000 tents were delivered of about 200000 expected and those deliveries have now stopped. Why not focus on tents instead of plastic sheeting?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: I'm not going to agree or disagree with your numbers. I'm not sure that they're right. We are mostly delivering plastic sheeting and the reasons for that are several. First of all as I understand it the plastic sheeting is actually more effective in protecting people from rain number one.Secondly tents especially small pup tents are good for one thing and that's sleeping. The plastic sheeting can be used effectively as a building material. For example when people are – as they currently are at a temporary location they can either use blocks or sticks to put up the tent. We're giving them out in most cases with a kit which explains to people the various ways they can use them. This plastic sheeting can be used in their temporary location to provide shelter against the rain. When they move to construct new houses – in many cases these folks are going to have to do – they can take the sheeting. And as they build their house before they actually put a roof on a room or two – they can use the sheeting as part of the new house as a temporary part. So it serves in sort of two phases.Secondly if you're talking about larger tents where you're having sort of six people inside or larger I think most people would agree that you don't have the sort of privacy and dignity that you might have in your own sort of self-constructed shelter. And I think that's another advantage because we're giving these out to families so that people can be amongst themselves in a family.Under these things under the plastic sheeting you can sit you can stand you can cook. It's a much more flexible tool than the tent. And again it's – as from my understanding is better in terms of protecting from rain given the thickness of the plastic.QUESTION: So how many of these sheets do you expect to give out? And then after the sheets are delivered what's the next step as far as helping with housing and rebuilding?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Again as I understand it we're in the process of delivering the sheets. We have a lot of the plastic that's already been – that is already in country. What needs to be done now is we hope to use local labor and to continue to cut the sheets in the appropriate size so that people can use. It's going to take a number of weeks at least to get this out to everybody who needs it. I would remind you that we're not the only people on the ground doing this. There are others providing this type of assistance as well. We're coordinating with them to make sure we're not duplicating our efforts. But it's something that we're working on now.QUESTION: Do you have an idea of a number?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: I don't off the top of my head. I'm sorry.QUESTION: So what's the next step?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: After the shelter? I mean I think the next step is a broader question of which obviously the Haitians are going to need to make some determinations on in terms of where people can rebuild again where they're allowed to rebuild are they allowed to rebuild. If you've been in Port-au-Prince I think you will know that there are places where houses have been built before in various steep hillsides where if we were to have another earthquake at some point in the future might not be the best place to build. Again that'll be a determination that'll need to be made by the Haitian Government not by us.There are also people who in the past built on areas that are likely to flood. And as we know in previous rainy seasons hurricane season there's been loss of life. If I were in the Haitian Government I would want to discourage people from rebuilding in those areas. But those will be the next steps where the Haitian Government is able to determine okay – (a) the rubble has been cleared from this section of town and you can go back and build here. I mean that's how I imagine it moving forward.Yeah.QUESTION: Who is doing that kind of city planning where – I mean is there a ministry in Haiti that did that kind of thing before? And do they have enough people who have survived and who have those skills and so on?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: There are several entities that do that kind of work. There's the ministry of plan and economic development which would have a role in that. However in the past their role has been largely focused on working with international donors and trying to coordinate their efforts in the country writ large. They also have a ministry of public works. Oftentimes you'll see it – the anagram is TPTC. They are the ones who are most involved in terms of urban planning in terms of building streets widening streets that sort of thing.Thus far I think the ministry of public works is going to have a role – a key role in that. President Preval has also named three individuals one of whom is the current minister of tourism but is an architect and an urban planner by training by background. His name is Patrick Delatour. He is involved in this working through their ideas of reconstruction. There's also a man named Charles Clermont who is involved in that as well who is from the private sector. And there's another individual whose name is not coming to me right now involved in that.So they are gripped with these issues. They are thinking them through. We have offered our assistance to them. And I say "we" – I use that as the very broad "we" as in we the international community. Where appropriate we have resources upon which they can draw I think. We have been in discussions with them. I'm not sure how far advanced or how – I hate to use the word "concrete" – those plans are but that's an ongoing effort.Yeah.QUESTION: I heard you say in your opening remarks that you thought that eventually the response to the earthquake might be seen as a model. And I realize it's only a month since it happened but I would be interested in your sort of lessons learned thoughts. Are there things that would have been helpful to you the first day the first week the second week? Are there other ways that this could have been handled perhaps even better?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Being completely frank with you I have not really had a chance to sort of sit back and think through my lessons learned list at this point. There are some things I'm very thankful that we did do as an embassy community. I can tell you those. Those are probably too much of a micro level for you to be interested in. But I will say and at the risk of sounding like I'm patting myself on the back but I will say that I think the fact that we had very good relations with all the other international players on the ground prior to the earthquake has really helped smooth the relationship on the ground with all these new actors that have come in not only from the U.S. but from elsewhere – U.S. military the USAID DART team and all these other people from various agencies of the U.S. Government.Similar governments have had other interagency responses. France for example has had their gendarmerie come they've had some soldiers come they've had fire and rescue workers come. I'm sure they've had other people come that I don't know of. Canada as well. Canada has had a large interagency presence.And I think the fact that we had a very frank and open and I think well working mechanism for coordinating amongst ourselves prior to the earthquake has allowed us to sort of allow that to continue at a larger level. So again maybe that's a bit self-serving but that's my one takeaway I have for you at this point. I'm sorry.Yes.QUESTION: I'm wondering if you can update us on the cash-for-work program if you have any updated figures. And if the people who are participating are they still mainly engaged in removing rubble?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: At this point to the best of my knowledge people are – the cash-for-work is focused on removing rubble. USAID as I recall has two separate $50 million programs out there which will be run over the coming months focused at (a) providing money for people to buy food and keep themselves in clothing and so forth but also to actually help clear the rubble which is a gargantuan task.I mean simply step number one is going to be keeping the streets clear or getting the streets clear. Again I don't know how many of you have been down there to see it but in many cases these buildings simply collapsed into the street and a lot of these roads are impassible. So you see a lot of these folks working out there with sledgehammers and picks and shovels and brooms and they're putting the stuff together and ultimately dumping it in these big dump trucks and clearing the roads.You had one other aspect to the question which I don't think I answered.QUESTION: Just if you – the number of people an update on the number of people who might be participating?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: I'm afraid I don't have that at the top of my head. I don't want to mislead you or give you a wrong number.Yeah.QUESTION: Can you just give us a snapshot of the operations of the Embassy now as compared to before the earthquake and what's some of the things that are being done that weren't being done before and vice versa?AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Well as I mentioned on the consular side which is in a case like this where we obviously put a huge amount of effort because the primary goal is going to be to look after the well-being of American citizens who are overseas. As I said early on the first two weeks plus our effort was people who wanted to get out they wanted to get out with their families so our effort was focused on that.As time has passed we're having people come in American citizens come in who are either from other parts of the country or for whatever reason they've decided to stay; they feel they have a role to play in the rebuilding effort and the cleanup effort or they feel that they've made their lives there and they want to stay. They may need help in replacing lost passports which is going to be a problem for everybody there because many people lost in some cases all the documentation they had in the earthquake. Some people need to prove that they own property if they're going to start rebuilding a house so they need to get papers notarized et cetera that sort of thing.Early on most of our people were focused on aiding in any way we could. We had pushed a lot of people out of our political and economic sections into the consular section to help with that effort. Now as those things have taken something of a step back we're having our officers going back to working on issues like political reporting working with the various political actors in country figuring out their ideas for moving forward and reporting that back to Washington.On the economic side our folks are working on things like what's it going to take to get American carriers back up and running at the airport and whatever support they may need in that regard.The Embassy management section and public affairs section – public affairs I'll talk about first. I mean we've obviously had a huge wave of public affairs interest lots of press people down in country. Thankfully across the board we've had a lot of help from our colleagues in Washington and other embassies in the region who volunteered to come and work there and in many cases dispel our colleagues who had been there basically for three weeks without a break.And the management section down there the administrative section has just had a huge job keeping body and soul together keeping the Embassy frankly simply running under very difficult circumstances. We had a situation where we had many hundreds of people on the Embassy compound many more than the place was ever designed for. We had things like – we had over a hundred surgeries done in our main conference room including four amputations. I mean this is the kind of atmosphere we had in the Embassy.So trying to get the place in some semblance of normalcy after that is going to be a huge task. And again just making sure that people can go back to their houses in the fullness of time those that still have them. I don't want to leave out our colleagues in the security section as well at the Embassy. They have done a terrific job in terms of making sure that various neighborhoods are safe for us to go back to and frankly enabling a lot of the search-and-rescue workers who came down especially in the immediate weeks after the earthquake to go out and do their job with some semblance of security and safety. And then our USAID colleagues are going to be bearing the brunt of a lot of this work as we move forward. There's going to be as you can imagine a huge effort of reconstruction and rebuilding and they'll be in the forefront of that.So anything else?MR. CROWLEY: Thank you very much.AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Thank you.MR. CROWLEY: Ken thanks for the great work. Appreciate it.AMBASSADOR MERTEN: Oh it's my pleasure.
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3.Web-based information tool for food security for Haiti,FAO
RV=136.3 2010/02/15 00:00
キーワード:February,season,rice
An EC-funded tool developed at FAO is used to aggregate and disseminate food security informationRome 15 February 2010 - In the face of extreme food price volatility and food shortages in Haiti following the January 12 earthquake FAO has developed an interactive tool to guide international agencies and NGOs involved in food security across the country.The Haiti Food Security Emergency Tool aggregates data from a variety of authoritative sources and presents that information in an interactive map form. Subjects covered include useable roads crop calendars land use livelihood zones and damage information.The project is based on the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) Workstation funded by the European Commission under the EC-FAO Food Security for Decision Making Programme.Food prices upPrices for some food commodities have sharply increased in Haiti following the devastating earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince and its West and South-East provinces a month ago destroying the country's main port roads and other agricultural assets."Although Haiti had an excellent harvest in 2009 damage to roads and means of transport have disrupted marketing channels pushing prices up" said Henri Josserand of the Global information and early warning system."We're also concerned about implications for the upcoming agricultural season starting next month" he added. The price of wheat flour has risen 70 percent from average December prices and imported rice by 20 to 30 percent. Local maize and black beans the main commodities produced in Haiti have risen by around 30 to 35 percent.Import dependenceAround 60 percent of the food eaten in Haiti is imported making the country highly vulnerable to external price shocks.Together with food assistance shelter water and sanitation the immediate priority is to keep up domestic food production and farm incomes by supporting farmers for the upcoming planting season in March which accounts for 60 percent of annual food production. FAO estimates one dollar invested in agriculture will produce $40 to $60 worth of food.Despite its ongoing programme in Haiti FAO is concerned about the lack of funding for the agricultural component of the UN Flash Appeal. Out of the initial $23 million called for to respond to the food security crisis and step up food production only 8 percent has been received so far.
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4.Education Was Also Leveled by Quake in Haiti,NY Times
RV=100.8 2010/02/15 00:00
キーワード:February,article
By MARC LACEYPublished: February 13 2010PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti — Christina Julme was scribbling notes in the back of a linguistics class at the State University of Haiti when in an instant everything went black."You're in class your professor is talking you're writing notes and then you're buried alive" said Ms. Julme 23 recounting how her semester came to a halt on the afternoon of Jan. 12 when the earthquake turned her seven-story university into a towering pile of wreckage with her deep inside.Read the complete article on the New York Times
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5.UNDP boss on rebuilding Haiti,ABC
RV=59.1 2010/02/15 00:00
キーワード:February
Updated February 12 2010 21:59:49The head of the United Nations Development Agency's Helen Clark says job creation in Haiti is critical to get families back on their feet to revitalise the local economy and to reduce social tension.Ms Clark says the aim is to create 220000 jobs over the next few months indirectly benefitting around 1 million people. Major aid donors are expected to meet within the next few weeks to decide on an action plan to guide long-term reconstruction and development.Presenter: Jemima GarrettSpeakers: Helen Clark former New Zealand Prime Minister and now head of the United Nation's Development AgencyListen: Windows Mediaゥ ABC
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1.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #34 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010,USAID
RV=331.5 2010/02/16 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,Cluster,February,Wash
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated February 14 2010. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - On February 11 the Government of Haiti (GoH) National Direction for Potable Water and Sanitation (DINEPA) in cooperation with the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) released the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster strategy for accelerated latrine construction. To support the WASH Cluster strategy USAID/OFDA plans to procure 3000 portable toilets and 20 de-sludging trucks for consignment to UNICEF in order to meet urgent sanitation needs in locations where trench latrines are not viable. USAID/OFDA also plans to provide an additional $2.5 million to UNICEF for portable latrine operations maintenance and management. - According to shelter material distribution estimates released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) nearly 100000 households or approximately 500000 people had received some form of shelter material as of February 14. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) shelter and settlements advisor notes that the figure represents an increase from an estimated 32 percent of the affected population with basic shelter coverage as of February 11 to approximately 42 percent as of February 14 due to augmented distribution in recent days.
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2.Deadly school collapse adds to Haiti's misery,AFP
RV=148.6 2010/02/16 00:00
キーワード:February,woman,rain
By M.J. Smith (AFP) PORT-AU-PRINCE — A school partially collapsed in north Haiti after a mudslide killing four children and bringing further catastrophe to a country already devastated by last month's massive earthquake.The collapse occurred in Cap-Haitien Haiti's second city located along the Atlantic Coast that was largely unaffected by the quake which left the capital Port-au-Prince in ruins a civil protection service official said.It came after a rare positive sign earlier in the day with news that commercial flights into the main Port-au-Prince airport were set to resume this week for the first time since the disaster.The civil protection official said heavy rains were to blame for the mid-afternoon school collapse."The accident was caused by four days of rain that caused a mudslide" said the official on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give out the information.He said the primary school partially collapsed leaving "four dead and two injured." All were children he said.The government began allowing schools outside of areas hard-hit by the earthquake to reopen at the start of February.Firefighters and UN rescue workers called off a search at the school after determining there was no one else inside the official said.The incident was a new blow to a country already struggling to recover from last month's 7.0-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 200000 people and signaled the dangers that lie ahead as more rain arrives.Haiti has begun to see downpours ahead of the heavy rainy season which typically starts around May.Officials warn that the rainy season threatens to worsen already squalid conditions in camps where an estimated 1.2 million people made homeless by the earthquake now live in and around the capital.As a result aid groups have been seeking to distribute tarps for up to 1500 families per day but more than a month after the quake UN officials said only about 272000 people have received materials to build shelters.Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper flew in Monday to give a boost to the relief effort in Haiti.Harper said Canada would set up a semi-permanent 11-million-dollar operations base for the Haitian government kitted-out with computer hardware and communications systems.The government is currently operating out of a concrete block police building near the airport with the National Palace and many government ministries having collapsed in the quake.Such an operations base could be a welcome boost to beleaguered Haitian officials as would the reopening of commercial flights at the airport which the US military took control of in the chaos immediately after the quake."We are in the process of repairing part of it to start traffic again on Friday" said a source at the airport which has been the hub of the massive international aid operation.Prosecutor Joseph Manes Louis said he finished writing his opinion on whether the Americans should be granted provisional release but a power outage kept it from being printed and delivered to the judge.The judge who has final say in the case left the court in the mid-afternoon -- spending much of the day in darkness in his office and without running water in the building -- and did not return before it shut down just before 5:00 pm.The Americans could now remain in detention until at least Wednesday because Tuesday is a holiday for Carnival although festivities have been cancelled following the quake.A police investigation in El Salvador is also underway into their Dominican former legal adviser.The adviser Jorge Puello now back in the Dominican Republic denied the allegations of sex trafficking and said anyway he had no contact with the Americans prior to their arrest on January 29.Salvadoran police say Puello could actually be Jorge Torres Orellana accused of running an international sex trafficking ring that lured women and girls from the Caribbean and Central America into prostitution with bogus offers of modeling jobs."They are accusing me of something that I don't even know myself" Puello told AFP. "It could happen that two people could have the same name. Whatever the case may be I'm not afraid of anything."Copyright 2010 AFP. All rights reserved.?FP: The information provided in this product is for personal use only. None of it may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without the express permission of Agence France-Presse.
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3.E-mail Message to ICVA Members from ERC - Haiti Earthquake Response,ICVA
RV=132.0 2010/02/16 00:00
キーワード:cluster,Cluster
Dear ColleaugesExactly one month after the earthquake I visited Haiti to measure progress in the humanitarian operation and to gain a better understanding of the challenges we continue to face as a community in our efforts to support the national authorities in their emergency response. It is clear that thanks to the collective efforts of so many people and organizations we have achieved a great deal. However it is also clear that there remain major unmet humanitarian needs particularly in critical areas such as shelter other NFIs and sanitation. With the rainy season looming these unmet needs are taking on additional urgency not least from the health and protection points of view and given the potential consequences in terms of both politics and security of large demonstrations in some sensitive places.Part of the problem relates to our overall operational capacity. I fear we have simply not yet injected the necessary resources in some areas in terms of capacity to implement practical programmes and deliver on the ground. The magnitude and complexity of the disaster are such that all major organisations need to deploy their most experienced disaster response staff and to make sure they are procuring delivering and distributing what is needed as quickly as possible. This is a major test for all of us and we cannot afford to fail. So I ask you all to take a fresh hard look at what you are able to do in the key areas and pursue a much more aggressive approach to meeting the needs.Regarding coordination I was disappointed to find that despite my calls for the Global Cluster Lead Agencies to strengthen their cluster coordination capacity on the ground very little progress has been made in this critical area. In most of the twelve clusters established cluster coordinators continue to struggle without the capacity required to coordinate efficiently the large number of partners involved in the operation. One month into the response only a few clusters have fully dedicated cluster coordinators information management focal points and technical support capacity all of which are basic requirements for the efficient management of a large scale emergency operation. This lack of capacity has meant that several clusters have yet to establish a concise overview of needs and develop coherent response plans strategies and gap analyses. This is beginning to show and is leading others to doubt our ability to deliver.Among the many lessons already identified from this disaster is the need for robust cluster coordination teams with adequate seniority to take charge of cluster coordination at the outset of the response. To place one person as a cluster coordinator is simply inadequate and falls critically short of what Global Cluster Lead Agencies have committed to.We cannot however wait for the next emergency for these lessons to be learned. There is an urgent need to boost significantly capacity on the ground to improve coordination strategic planning and provision of aid. Good coordination between clusters and within each cluster is needed not only to channel the contributions of UN agencies the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement IOM and NGOs but also: (1) to ensure close coordination with the efforts of national authorities; (2) to channel the contributions of the private sector; and (3) to make maximum use of the logistical support and other assistance provided by the military. OCHA stands ready to assist and can provide further support and advice when needed.I would therefore like to repeat my request to Global Cluster Lead Agencies to boost their cluster coordination teams immediately and to provide sustained coordination capacity on the ground. I would also like to request NGOs to look at ways of strengthening their own capacity on the ground and to consider contributing personnel to support cluster coordination efforts.The scale of the devastation in Haiti has overwhelmed everyone. Despite the untiring efforts of so many people we are still struggling to provide enough basic assistance in some vital areas to Haitians affected by the earthquake many of whom remain in life-threatening situations. We can scale our efforts up further and we must do so urgently.With best regardsJohn Holmes
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4.PM announces Canada to build Haitian Government Administrative Base,Govt. Canada
RV=121.1 2010/02/16 00:00
キーワード:technology,February
15 February 2010Port-au-Prince HaitiPrime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that Canada will support the construction of a Temporary Government Administrative Base for the Haitian Government in Port-au-Prince. The Prime Minister made the announcement following a meeting with Ren Pr?al President of Haiti and Jean-Max Bellerive Prime Minister of Haiti."The support that Canadians and the international community extended to Haiti is a testament to the compassion that unites humanity in the face of catastrophe" said Prime Minister Harper. "The establishment of a Temporary Government Administrative Base is an important step towards early recovery and reconstruction efforts. Canada will continue to support the Haitian Government as it moves forward with its reconstruction and development agenda."The Base will accommodate key ministries and Haitian public servants for up to a year. The Base will enable the Haitian Government to create a centralized operational centre from which they can more effectively manage and coordinate the hard work ahead.Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in Haiti for a two-day visit his first visit since the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12.Canada is currently the second largest donor in response to the Haiti Earthquake after the United States.Backgrounder: Temporary Government Administrative Base in HaitiPort-au-Prince HaitiAs a result of the January 12 earthquake most government buildings in Port-au-Prince have collapsed or have been severely damaged. Jean-Max Bellerive Prime Minister of Haiti made a formal request for Canada's assistance to establish facilities where key government officials can work together..Canada is responding to this request with support to establish a Temporary Government Administrative Base in Port-au-Prince. The Government of Canada will provide up to $12 million to support the establishment of the Base for up to one year. The Base will accommodate key ministries and Haitian public servants. It will consist of:.Semi-permanent modular shelters and soft-sided air inflatable sheltersAdministrative materials and equipment including office equipment (computers desks) and office suppliesInformation technology and communication equipmentElectricity water and cooling systemsSanitation equipment and facilitiesA preliminary assessment of the feasibility and cost of transportation installation operations and maintenance of the Base has been completed..Once the site location is confirmed by the Haitian Government construction of the Base will begin.
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5.IOM Partners Offer Mental Health Psychosocial Help to Haiti's Earthquake Survivors,IOM
RV=119.6 2010/02/16 00:00
キーワード:settlement,woman
IOM is working with some 40 agencies in the field of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support to provide emergency help to tens of thousands of earthquake survivors living in spontaneous settlements in the capital Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas.The programme which is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) aims to provide comprehensive psychosocial first aid to some 150000 individuals and follow-up counselling for up to 10000 distressed individuals over the coming months.Immediate support will include group and one-on-one counseling sessions and the provision of recreational activities such as sport art therapy and traditional handicraft activities for vulnerable women.Six psychosocial mobile teams consisting of Haitian psychologists social workers educators art therapists and cultural animators will deploy in settlements where needs have been identified."The massive loss of life has brought grief and guilt towards the ones who died. The loss of homes and belongings is also contributing to the emotional destabilization of individuals and families which can lead to withdrawal confusion and anxieties about the future" says Guglielmo Schinina IOM's global coordinator for mental health and psychosocial response."Although these are normal consequences of natural disasters but they need to be taken care of otherwise they can lead to the breakdown of family ties and social structures and in some cases to anger and violence."As part of the six-month programme IOM and its partners from the Faculty of Psychology of Port au Prince University and other international experts will train some 550 humanitarian workers religious leaders and community health professionals to increase their understanding of the psychosocial consequences of the earthquake and to provide them with the knowledge and skills to manage the short medium and long term needs of affected individuals."It is particularly important to ensure humanitarian responses to natural disasters integrate mental health and psychosocial assistance for victims at the earliest possible stage" says Schinina. "This paves the way for long term responses that will help the entire population take part in the reconstruction of the country."IOM's psychosocial track record includes similar post-emergency interventions in various countries including Lebanon Sri Lanka Kenya Myanmar and Indonesia.For more information please contact Guglielmo Schinina at IOM Port-au-Prince Tel. +509 380 32 446 Email: gschinina@iom.int or Mazen Aboul Hosn Tel +509 380 32564 Email: maboulhosn@iom.intCopyright IOM. All rights reserved.
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1.Emergency Operations Center Situation Report #20 - Haiti Earthquake,PAHO
RV=275.1 2010/02/17 00:00
キーワード:settlement,cluster,Cluster,February
GENERAL OVERVIEWo There are 260 registered partners of the Haiti Health Cluster. A revised Flash Appeal for Haiti is being prepared and will be launched on 18 February. Under the revised Flash Appeal health cluster activities will focus on: - Coordination of the health sector response and needs assessment monitoring and evaluation in cooperation with national health authorities.- Outbreak control and disease surveillance.- Water supply and environmental health. - Reactivation of basic health care services for a more integrated health system based on primary health care. - Treatment and rehabilitation of injured patients. - Availability of essential drugs and medical supplies. o The Government estimates that over 470000 people have left Port-au-Prince for outlying departments. Assessments by the MINUSTAH regional offices in the South Grand Anse Nippes and the Central Plateau departments confirmed an estimated 15-20 percent increase in the population of the respective departments. Prices of basic commodities such as rice and sugar are rising due to the influx of new populations and support to host families is a priority in these areas. Medical institutions are facing a shortage of equipment and stock for emergency care and the number of mobile health centers needs to be expanded according to MINUSTAH.o Approximately 43000 radios have been distributed to people in Port-au-Prince by the US as part of an overall effort to reach the people of Haiti via broadcasting of Haiti public service. Announcements and key health messages (e.g. water sanitation handling patients etc.) can also be disseminated using this mode of communication. o Ten organized sites have been established by the Camp Coordination/Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster hosting over 75000 people and run by cluster partners that work on improving site conditions. The CCCM cluster has identified 19 priority sites (of the more than 300 spontaneous settlement sites in Port-au-Prince) which host a combined total of 180000 people for decongestion. o The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is presently in phase two of its three-phase targeted health sector intervention in Haiti - a transitional period from emergency and specialized care to primary health care services (from 5 February to 5 March). To date over 70 medical and health personnel have been deployed comprising orthopedic and general surgeons anesthetists general practitioners nurses emergency medical technicians and orthopedic / plaster technicians. Over 900 new patients have been seen. o The multi-agency rapid needs assessment (IRA) is being finalized and will be presented to all clusters on Thursday. o Along the border surgical activities are giving way rehabilitative care. The following are current statistics from health facilities in the area: - Good Samaritan Hospital: 75 patients - Cabral Hospital: 4 patients - Good Samaritan: 115 patients - General Melenciano (Jiman?: 16 patients - Bethel Church: 74 people- Nutrition Center San Jose: 8 - Love a Child (Fond Partisi) as of 15 February has 258 patients in post-operative monitoring care (540 + persons accompanying patients) and 120 Staff. The number of new patients per day mostly from the USNS Comfort ranges from 20-30 cases. It is expected that in the coming weeks the number of people in "Love Child" over a thousand. - Camp Hope: 125 people
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2.CHF Haiti Update Notes from the Field - February 16 2010,CHF
RV=259.2 2010/02/17 00:00
キーワード:settlement,cluster,February,Feb
WHERE WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW: We are working Port Au Prince (PaP) (namely Delmas Petion-Ville Cite Soleil Port Au Prince and Carrefour). We are also working in Grand Goave Jacmel Petit Goave Leogane Petit Guinee Cap Haitien Martissant St. Marc and Gonaives as well as a host of other communities across Haiti. For a map of our operations please visit the website at www.chfinternational.org <https://email.chfhq.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://email.chfhq.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.chfinternational.org/>ON THE GROUND IN HAITI RIGHT NOW:CHF continues to work by aiding first responder groups in emergency response: lending our facilities equipment and logistics to assist in the relief operations. We are supporting numerous first responder organizations and our established network of local partners - we are encouraged by the number of our local partners who have stood up in recent days.CHF is providing support to international organizations including Handicap International IOM Doctors Without Borders IMC Save the Children Habitat for Humanity Partners in Health Spanish French and Haitian Red Cross The Boy Scouts Medecins du Monde Suisse as well as our established network on local and community organizations.- CHF participated in hosting a Congressional Delegation led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and 12 other members in and around Port Au Prince. The delegation visited Gheskio Hospital and given the observance of the national day of mourning there was symbolic handing over of plastic sheeting from CHF to Hospital's administrator Dr. Pap.- CHF also hosted USAID Administrator Dr. Shah on his visit to Petit Goave - see more information from the trip below. Dr. Shah also met with many of the people undertaking cash for work and rubble removal activities in Petit Guinee and participated to get a sense of the work by hauling a large piece of rubble from the site and throwing it on the collection pile.- With our partners Harris Corporation CHF hosted other USAID implementers for a demonstration of the situational awareness system and also hosted continued meetings for coordination in PaP.- CHF continues to support several orphanages with the construction of transitional shelters and has identified several sites for the construction of clusters of transitional shelters.- CHF has identified two sites for a large transitional shelter deployment with local partners and local mayors. These settlements will aim to preserve the social fabric of communities.- CHF has deployed over 140 teams in our cash for work programs (HIMO) in 8 cities - Port Au Prince Carrefour Delmas Peguyville and Petit Goave Saint Marc Gonaives and Cap Haitian. One specific project that we are focusing on is clearing of drainage canals and an assessment of the Gheskio Hospital for issues resulting from structural integrity and drainage.- CHF hosted a 3 person DART assessment team to Petit Goave to survey the downtown area Petite Guinee Beatrice and several medical centers including Notre Dame Hospital the Wesleyan Center and the Red Cross clinic at Beatrice. The team later joined in at the nightly coordination meeting hosted by CHF at the Fort Royal Hotel.- In Gonaives CHF has partnered with the local fisherman's association to continue to promote livelihoods and handed over materials to the fisherman to assist in supporting fishing livelihoods.CHF-Haiti Blog Update - Feb. 16 2010: Dr. Shah USAID Administrator visits CHF's work in Petit GoaveOn February 12 2010 Dr. Rajiv Shah the recently appointed Administrator of USAID headed a delegation of US government officials visiting CHF International's relief work in Petit Goave. The delegation also included Ms. Carleene Dei the new USAID Mission Director in Haiti; Ambassador Lewis Lucke US Response Coordinator for Haiti and representatives of FEMA the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The objective of the visit was to see CHF's recovery efforts in the hard struck but largely under reported area of Petit Goave. The delegation toured the downtown area of Petit Goave as well as the community of Petit Guinee-the two hardest hit areas of Petit Goave.CHF's rubble removal teams were out in full force and the delegation were able to see firsthand the work that they are doing to clean up the city. Work teams were cleaning up the local court house and the public library as well as the plot of the former Le Relais de l'Empereur-a 250 year old building that was once an imperial home and later a hotel. Dr. Shah met with some of the local residents in Petit Guinee including Jean Pierre Thielly whose home had literally been sucked into the sea as the earthquake pulled down the land on which his house had been standing. Dr. Shah expressed the solidarity of the American people to the people of Haiti and in particular Petit Goave. He expressed that he had come to see what the situation first hand to see how USAID can best respond. To date CHF has 586 people working in Petit Goave-240 of them are women. Over 1300 cubic meters of rubble have been removed to date.News from Haiti - Compiled from various reports- On Friday 3 days of national mourning were held from 12 - 14 February; large crowds gathered on Champs de Mars for days of prayer and worship- Heavy rains yesterday and today. One example of the situation that this is creating is that our staff reported a wall to collapse at a school in Cap Haitian; there are 4 children confirmed killed and 4-5 injured. No one is trapped inside. Croix Rouge PNH and MINUSTAH are on scene- Government has presented a draft plan for reviving the agricultural sector- The Flash Appeal is 99% fundedSECURITY- Street traffic in Port Au Prince continues to be really heavyEDUCATION- In some areas close to the border with Haiti such as Jiman? students have not returned to school out of fear of another earthquake. Some teachers are reportedly giving classes outside.- The Dominican Republic has donated 15 mobile schools with a capacity of 40 students each.- An assessment mission is needed to understand the conditions of schools located in the border area especially in Jiman where schools have been severely affectedSHELTER- Ten organized sites are being managed by the cluster. The ten sites host an estimated 76000 people and are run by dedicated cluster partners that are working on improving site conditions.- Some of the organized sites have been included in the list of 19 priority sites that require decongestion (Champ de Mars Aviation/Parc de la Paix Place de la Paix Terrain Acra).- Transitional shelter items intended for the medium term are needed urgently to support the process of reconstruction; major procurements have yet to be placed. Joint procurement options are being discussed.- UN-HABITAT will be working with the CCCM Shelter and Protection Clusters to identify sites for transitional shelters.- UN-HABITAT is also working to coordinate agencies planning to conduct building assessments and inspections. Clear and informative public information regarding structural safety as well as building inspections are needed to provide people with the reassurance to return home where possible.Erin MoteManager of Resource Development(301) 587-4700 ext 1963emote@chfinternational.org <mailto:emote@chfinternational.org>Skype: erin.moteCHF International8601 Georgia Ave Ste 800Silver Spring MD 20910
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3.Haiti: Australians Provide Health Sanitation Education,ADRA
RV=216.3 2010/02/17 00:00
キーワード:Adra
Wahroonga New South Wales — Australian supporters of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) are providing much-needed health sanitation and education activities for people in Haiti affected by last month's devastating earthquake.Through their support of ADRA Australia's Haiti Earthquake Appeal Australians are providing two mobile medical clinics including medical equipment and primary health supplies 50 shower wash stations 15 solid waste disposal areas and 15 classrooms including teaching supplies for thousands of earthquake-affected people in Port-au-Prince. ADRA Australia is also supporting the operations of the ongoing response efforts."On behalf of the people of Haiti we say 'Thank You' to the many Australians who have supported ADRA's response efforts through donations to our appeal" said ADRA Australia's Director of Emergency Management Chris Olafson. "Australians are a compassionate and generous people. Their outpouring of support for ADRA's work in helping Haitians recover from such a terrible disaster is evidence of that. Their gifts are helping with medical and health activities and important schooling for affected children. Australians are doing their bit to help these people begin to rebuild their lives and again we say 'Thank You!'"In addition to the activities funded by ADRA Australia the international ADRA network will provide a further 15 school classrooms 1500 school kits 400 latrines 50 hand wash stations 15 laundry stations health and hygiene training and essential household items including blankets tarps cooking utensils mattresses soap shampoo toothpaste toilet paper wheelbarrows spades and mosquito nets. ADRA will also continue to provide clean water including Trekker water purification units shelter and food supplies from the World Food Program and other donors. This entire response project including ADRA Australia's contribution is valued at more than $3 million dollars and will provide vital support to approximately 36000 people for three months. The ADRA network including ADRA Australia will continue to work with affected people in the long-term and provide additional support as the efforts move into the reconstruction phase.To read more about ADRA's response in Haiti including photos and stories or to make a donation visit ADRA Australia's website or call 1800 242 372.ADRA Australia is a non-government organisation (NGO) engaging in sustainable development projects and emergency management activities for people in need in Australia the Pacific Asia and Africa. It is a member of the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) and has full accreditation with the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). It is a member of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) and is a signatory to ACFID's Code of Conduct. ADRA Australia is part of the international ADRA network which has a presence in 125 countries. ADRA is the worldwide humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. For more information about ADRA Australia or to sign up for email updates visit www.adra.org.au.
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4.Haiti: Earthquake Health Response - 17 February 2010,WHO
RV=212.7 2010/02/17 00:00
キーワード:settlement,cluster,Cluster
SummaryMore than a month after the 12 January earthquake that devastated swathes of Haiti particularly its capital Port-au-Prince in excess of 300 000 people are suffering from injuries and over one million are living in temporary settlements or host families after losing their homes.Immediately following the quake which killed more than 200 000 people the most pressing need was to rescue people buried in the rubble and provide immediate emergency care for trauma patients. Now in the second month health needs have changed. The focus today is on post-operative care and followup of patients who have undergone surgery rehabilitative services for people with disabilities providing primary health care services to people living in overcrowded conditions with poor shelter and sanitation such as maternal child and mental health care control of chronic diseases including diabetes heart disease HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Outbreak control and environmental health interventions are also crucial to prevent and control epidemics.More than 50 staff from the World Health Organization/Pan-American Health Organization (WHO/PAHO) Office in Haiti responded to health needs in the wake of the earthquake. To support incountry operations WHO/PAHO has since deployed more than 60 international experts in disaster management epidemiology public health communicable diseases water and sanitation and communications among others. A field office has also been established in the Dominican Republic city of Jiman? on the border with Haiti to facilitate logistic operations.WHO/PAHO is working with UN agencies and nongovernmental organizations in Haiti and coordinating the Health Cluster response to the emergency. More than 396 national and international organizations have registered with the Cluster providing evidence of the enormous need for coordination. The Cluster has established sub-groups chaired by cluster members focusing on specific areas including hospitals medical supplies primary health care/mobile clinics reproductive health disabilities HIV/AIDS treatment and care mental health and psychosocial support gender violence and health information management.
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5.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #35 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010,USAID
RV=186.6 2010/02/17 00:00
キーワード:cluster,February,Corps
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated February 15 2010. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - On February 15 relief agencies distributed emergency food assistance to approximately 120000 people in metropolitan Port-au-Prince through seven fixed distribution sites. Since January 13 the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and partners have provided emergency food assistance to an estimated 3.4 million people including more than 2.4 million people that have received food aid through the 16-point distribution system. On February 16 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) plan to reach nearly 127300 additional beneficiaries through distributions at eight sites. - On February 16 USAID/OFDA provided International Medical Corps (IMC) with more than $2.5 million for emergency health and nutrition programs in metropolitan Port-au-Prince including support for mobile health clinics infant and young child feeding and malnutrition prevention and surveillance activities. - According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) the international community has committed more than $619 million to the U.N. Flash Appeal for the Haiti earthquake representing approximately 107 percent of total funding requested through the appeal. OCHA indicated that six of the 13 clusters in the flash appeal are currently fully funded including the camp coordination emergency telecommunications health logistics protection and coordination and support clusters.
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1.Tzu Chi Foundation Distributes Relief Goods to Over 15000 Quake Survivors in Haiti Starts Relief Work Program Provides Medical Care,Buddhist Tzu Chi
RV=339.2 2010/02/18 00:00
キーワード:Tzu,Chi,February,woman
Tzu Chi relief team has conducted several small- and large-scale relief goods distributions benefitting over 15000 survivors in Haiti as of February 11. Tzu Chi medical team has started providing medical and dental services in Haiti serving hundreds of patients in the area and will continue to send in doctors to provide help on a weekly basis. A relief work program has officially launched on February 8 providing cash and meals to the participants hoping to bring love and hope to the people in Haiti. The CEO of Tzu Chi USA also met with the Prime Minister of Haiti to discuss plans for long-term relief work in Haiti.Relief Goods DistributionSince late January Tzu Chi has conducted several small- and large-scale relief good distributions. The most recent ones were at the St. Mary Church and the Impact for God Church.On February 10 Tzu Chi distributed rice beans buckets and reusable utensils to 458 families benefitting 2290 people at the St. Mary Church. A total of 62 volunteers (including Tzu Chi volunteers medical doctors local church volunteers) were mobilized to assist with the distribution.On February 11 a large-scale distribution was held at the Impact for God Church benefiting 1700 families of approximately 8500 people in the city of Tabarre. Goods distributed including 10kg of rice in a bucket 5kg of red bean in a bucket two sets of reusable utensils and bowls. A total of 85 volunteers were mobilized including 16 Tzu Chi volunteers from the relief team five Tzu Chi medical team personnel four Tzu Chi volunteers from Haiti and 60 participants from the relief work program.To ensure the distributions will go smoothly the volunteers conducted many surveys and walkthroughs. The mayor of Tabarre Jean Frantz Theodat was impressed with what he sees. "Even outside I saw people very calm. They all have their food coupons and are ready to take their supplies. I feel that this is a very orderly distribution and am proud it is being done in this way."Tzu Chi will continue to conduct large-scale relief goods distributions on a weekly basis.Medical & Dental ServicesTzu Chi medical and dental team started providing medical and dental services in Haiti on February 6. Within three hours on February 6 the medical team provided services to 118 people. Not only did the Tzu Chi medical and dental team provided services to the survivors the team also provided services to the peacekeepers who were helping to provide relief work and security protection.On February 8 members from the Tzu Chi International Medial Association (TIMA) provided medical treatment to quake survivors. A doctor specializes in Chinese medicine worked with Jordanian peacekeepers. Doctors specialize in western medicine conducted free clinic at St. Mary's Church and a dentist participated in a joint free clinic with the International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF).TIMA doctors are also working with Medicine du Monde (MDM) in providing medical treatment to quake survivors in Port-au-Prince.Tzu Chi medical and dental team will continue to send in teams of doctors and medical personnel to Haiti to care for the survivors.Relief Work ProgramTzu Chi has initiated a relief work program near the Impact for God Church providing the participants meals and cash in exchange for clean-up work in their local communities. Participants work in the morning earning approximately US$5 per day and receiving hot meals for their family members and themselves. Tzu Chi is employing 150 quake survivors plus 30 women at the Impact for God church. The women cook hot meals for all 180 people. Participants are given tools such as brooms spades picks wheelbarrows gloves and face masks to clean up the church and the surrounding streets. The program gives the survivors not only urgently-needed food and cash but also a sense of hope and respect.Education & Sharing love and kindnessBesides providing food relief goods medical and dental services and work opportunities Tzu Chi volunteers try to educate the people in Haiti. For example while the survivors wait in line for medical and dental services or for receiving goods Tzu Chi volunteers take the opportunity to provide sanitary and health education. Tzu Chi volunteers also encourage the relief work program participants to line up and wait patiently before receiving meals.In addition a Tzu Chi volunteer told a story to the relief work program participants regarding sharing kindness and love to everyone around us. Before the story the relief work program participants were reluctant to share their food with others who were also starving; however after the Tzu Chi volunteer shared the story with the participants the participants opened their heart and said that they would help other people in need.Meeting with the Prime Minister of Haiti to Discuss Long-Term Reconstruction PlanThe CEO of Tzu Chi USA met with the Prime Minister of Haiti to discuss the possibility of long-term reconstruction work. The Prime Minister remembered Tzu Chi from the relief work in January 2008. The CEO of Tzu Chi USA William Keh told the Prime Minister about Tzu Chi's reconstruction work of building permanent housings in different parts of the world after disasters such as the Southeast Asia tsunami in Sri Lanka the earthquakes in Indonesia the earthquakes in El Salvador and the mudslides in Kaohsiung County after Typhoon Morakot. Tzu Chi respects each area's religions ethnic traditions and cultures when building the permanent housings. The Prime Minister hopes that Tzu Chi can assist with the reconstruction work in Haiti as well.In the next few weeks Tzu Chi will gradually enter into mid-long term relief phase in Haiti and will continue to assess the situation and develop a detailed long-term reconstruction plan.
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2.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #36 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010,USAID
RV=196.3 2010/02/18 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,February,Wash
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated February 16 2010. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - On February 16 relief agencies distributed emergency food assistance to approximately 116400 people in metropolitan Port-au-Prince through seven fixed distribution sites. Since January 13 the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and partners have provided emergency food assistance to an estimated 3.6 million people including more than 2.5 million people that have received food aid through the 16-point distribution system. - On February 16 USAID/OFDA provided CHF International with nearly $21 million in support for cash-for-work and economic recovery activities through rubble removal and rehabilitation of market infrastructure as well as transitional shelter and water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs in earthquake-affected areas and cities hosting displaced families. - In response to increasing sanitation concerns on February 17 USAID/OFDA provided the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) with $2.5 million in funding for WASH activities aimed at reducing the health risks associated with unsafe drinking water lack of sanitation and poor hygiene practices among affected populations. - On February 17 USAID/OFDA provided Partners in Health (PIH) with more than $1.4 million for emergency health activities in earthquake-affected areas including support for mobile health clinics to serve displaced populations in metropolitan Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas.
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3.Haiti Earthquake 2010: Situation Report 1600 hrs 15 February 2010,DFID
RV=144.1 2010/02/18 00:00
キーワード:settlement,cluster
Headlines:• The GoH is frustrated at the level of information being received on the rate of shelter material being distributed. There is a need to pressure partners to accurately report distributions as well as manage GoH expectations. Some NGOs are over-reliant on in-kind pipelines and slow in setting up their own operations.• Agencies are increasingly raising concern regarding conditions of the displaced in rural non-affected areas such as Gonaives and St Marc. No assessments have been undertaken to date and so conditions are unknown as to how many are with host families and how many are in temporary settlements.• The distribution mechanism for food (in Port-au-Prince) is now clearer with the city being divided into geographical zones for which each major INGO is responsible. It is possible this mechanism may have to be introduced for the shelter cluster• The media in Haiti has continued to stress the continued risk of a more significant earthquake - drawing on the USGS report from a few weeks ago. The continued emphasis on more earthquakes maintains a heightened fear amongst the population and many who might otherwise return to relatively intact homes are remaining displaced• DFID and the donor group met with the ERC John Holmes on Friday. Donors thanked him for the lead OCHA had shown in deploying staff early and their success in coordinating the formation of clusters early.
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4.Sarkozy visits Haiti unveils major aid package,Reuters - AlertNet
RV=124.4 2010/02/18 00:00
キーワード:debt,Feb
17 Feb 2010 19:24:37 GMT* Package includes new funds, equipment, debt annulment* Sarkozy is first president of France to visit Haiti* France to participate in March donors' meeting on HaitiBy Pascal FletcherPORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 17 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a financial and aid package of nearly half a billion dollars on Wednesday to assist quake-hit Haiti, as he became France's first head of state to visit the former French Caribbean colony.The support package totaling 326 million euros ($447 million) included cancellation of 56 million euros of debt, 100 million euros of fresh funds to be provided over two years and 65 million euros to be channeled through the European Union."I have come to tell Haiti's people that they are not alone ... France will be at your side in the long term," Sarkozy told a news conference in the grounds of the Haitian presidential palace which partly collapsed in the Jan. 12 earthquake.More than 200,000 people were killed and more than a million left homeless by the quake, one of the most destructive in modern history, which has triggered a big international relief effort and reconstruction plans by foreign donors.Speaking alongside Haitian President Rene Preval, Sarkozy said his visit, the first ever by a French president to Haiti, aimed to "turn the page" on France's long history of troubled relations with its former Caribbean territory.Haiti wrested its independence from France in 1804 after a bloody revolt by black slaves against their white masters.Speaking earlier at the French embassy in Port-au-Prince after flying by helicopter over the worst-damaged areas of the city, Sarkozy ruled out any idea of "international stewardship" over Haiti while foreign donors assisted in its recovery."International aid must be massive and be there for the long term," he said, while stressing that the recovery project would remain under the control of the Haitian government.In a sprawling tent city housing thousands of quake survivors in front of the palace, a group of demonstrators, supporters of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, staged a protest against Preval's government and against the French president's visit.But other Haitians said they were happy Sarkozy had come to help Haiti rebuild after the catastrophic natural disaster."Our ancestors built our independence and France was angry, but that's forgotten now and Mr. Sarkozy has come to give millions to Haiti. That will encourage other leaders to come to help us," said Guillaume Imondial, 29, as he peered through the iron railings of the damaged palace."REFOUND" HAITIThe French presidency said in a statement French assistance would include the supply of 1,000 tents and 16,000 tarpaulins to shelter 200,000 homeless people during Haiti's rainy season, which typically begins in late March or April.France also will provide 10 experts to work with Haiti's Prime Minister and his staff on the recovery effort for two years. Other experts will undertake short-term missions.In addition, France will rebuild a university hospital and carry out a preparatory study to reconstruct the badly damaged ornate, white presidential palace in Port-au-Prince.Preval thanked Sarkozy for France's support."You came, you listened, you saw," said the Haitian president, who on Monday held talks with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.International donors are providing emergency aid to victims of the quake but are also looking to support Haiti's long-term recovery to try to pull the Western Hemisphere's poorest state out of a cycle of poverty and political instability."We're not going to just reconstruct the country, we're going to build it again, refound it," Preval said, adding the recovery would seek to bring development to rural areas to ease the pressure on the crowded, shattered capital Port-au-Prince.France, along with the United States and Canada and many other governments, will participate in a high-level donors conference for Haiti next month in New York.Economists from the Inter-American Development Bank have estimated the cost of rebuilding Haiti after the quake could reach nearly $14 billion, making it proportionately the most destructive natural disaster in modern times.Preval has said his government is discussing the creation of a common fund for Haiti's recovery to be managed in partnership with donors. Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez has estimated this fund could total $10 billion over five years. Other leaders say a decade will be needed for rebuilding. ($1=0.735 euro) (Additional reporting by Emmanuel Jarry; Editing by Tom Brown and Eric Walsh)For more humanitarian news and analysis, please visit www.alertnet.org
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5.Secretary-General in Message to IFAD Governing Council Hails Agency’s Focus on Centrality of Country-led Investment in Agriculture Rural Development,UN SG
RV=111.1 2010/02/18 00:00
キーワード:February,woman
SG/SM/12750SAG/430Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message to the thirty-third session of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Governing Council held in Rome today 17 February:I send warm greetings to the thirty-third meeting of the IFAD Governing Council and to all those who are so integrally involved in putting smallholders and rural producers at the centre of efforts to overcome global hunger and poverty.Despite the hardships of the global recession last year saw an upturn in investment in agriculture along with promises from world leaders of large additional increases over the next three years. Eight African countries have reached or exceeded the Maputo Declaration target by allocating 10 per cent or more of their national budgets for agriculture.The growing international recognition of the role of agriculture and rural development in poverty reduction is helping to build the Global Partnership for Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition. I was pleased to join delegates at last year's summit on World Food Security in Rome where the five principles of this evolving partnership as well as a revitalized Committee on Food Security were established. It is no coincidence that the first of the Rome principles -- emphasizing the centrality of country-led approaches -- is also how IFAD seeks to work.With more than 1 billion people now suffering from hunger -- the highest number in human history -- there is simply no time to lose. The food emergency in the Horn of Africa the plight of the population of Haiti and the early warnings coming from other parts of the world remind us that our actions for food security must be both comprehensive and sustained. We must also better address the interconnections between climate change and agriculture. And we need to continue creating diverse and innovative partnerships that can help people and communities achieve greater productivity nutritional health and self-reliance. In this respect we must give pre-eminence to the interests of women who juggle their time between food production processing marketing child care and balancing the household budget.When world leaders gather in New York in September for the Millennium Development Goals Summit I will urge them to focus on strategic actions that promise the most impact. I will count on IFAD and its partners to shine a global spotlight on the strategic potential of investing in smallholder farming systems as a contribution to sustainable development. Please accept my best wishes for a productive session.For information media • not an official record
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1.IOM Appeals for Funds Seeks Solutions for Haiti's Congested Camps,IOM
RV=219.8 2010/02/19 00:00
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,cluster
IOM is appealing for US$ 123 million as part of the revised US$1.4 billion UN Flash Appeal for Haiti earthquake victims which was launched yesterday in New York.It has already received the US$ 30 million it requested in the immediate aftermath of the January 12th disaster.Of the US$ 123 million some will go towards US$ 62 million towards displacement camp coordination and management; US$ 42 million will go towards providing emergency shelter; and US$5 million towards creating temporary cash-for-work jobs for thousands of people in areas like rubble removal and drain clearing.US$ 6.4 million will provide support to the procurement warehousing transport and distribution services that IOM Haiti is currently providing to other aid agencies involved in the emergency response.US$ 3 million will fund water sanitation and hygiene projects for displaced families; and US$ 3.6 million will go towards health projects including mental health support for survivors and help for earthquake victims and their families returning home following hospital treatment.IOM and its partner agencies working in the area of camp coordination and camp management (CCCM) have now identified 332 spontaneous settlement sites in and around the capital Port-au-Prince hosting more than 104000 families (543000 individuals). These sites range from a few dozen to several thousand families.An estimated 460000 individuals have left Port-au-Prince to areas less affected by the earthquake. A further 200000 individuals have been displaced in areas such as Jacmel and Petit Goave where IOM and its partners continue their distribution of shelter materials and non food relief items.In Port-au-Prince CCCM agencies are working on improving shelter and creating drainage and latrines focusing on a group of 19 sites each hosting more than 5000 persons.IOM and CCCM partners have also started sample profiling of displaced families to identify needs gaps. Initial findings indicate that displaced families still have difficulties accessing basic services and commodities including drinking water and adequate sanitation shelter and food. In a majority of sites camp committees have been set up to manage and maintain existing services.The government has taken the lead in identifying land for rubble disposal and the resettlement of people now living in congested sites. A minimum of 450 hectares of flat non-flood plain land is needed to settle up to 100000 displaced people. To date only 19 hectares have been identified and made available.Efforts are currently being made to reduce over-crowding at the Champ de Mars displacement site which is now home to over 20000 people displaced from the neighbouring commune of Delmas."Large areas of the Champ de Mars are prone to flooding and sooner or later people will have to be moved to organized settlements once the government has made land available" says Vincent Houver IOM's Chief of Mission in Haiti. .IOM and its partners are also expanding their camp coordination and camp management operations to Petit Goave Jacmel and L?gane which suffered massive destruction in the quake.According to recent estimates 98000 people in the commune of L?gane lost their homes. A majority are now living close to the remains of their former homes while an estimated 26000 are live in camps of over 100 people. IOM is working with agencies including Save the Children and Care to deliver help to some 64000 people.In the Jacmel region IOM is providing camp management support to two camps with populations of 2000 and 5000 respectively.Meanwhile IOM is continuing to work with partners in the Shelter Cluster delivering shelter materials including tarpaulins tents and household necessities.It is also planning for transitional shelters to replace tents and tarpaulins and has formulated a procurement plan for materials including corrugated iron (CGI) roofing sheet and fixings.As part of on-going efforts to promote early recovery and economic revitalization IOM is also working with municipalities and neighbourhood committees to resume some of its pre-earthquake cash-for-work activities in areas outside Port-au-Prince including Jeremie Port de Paix and Cap Haitian.IOM's USAID-funded cash-for-work activities are carried out in coordination with the UNDP's led early recovery working group which currently employs more than 60000 people in drain cleaning and debris removal.For more information please contact Mark Turner at IOM Port-au-Prince Tel 509 3643 79 14. Email mturner@iom.intFor more information on the latest cluster reporting and data from Haiti please go to the following link: http://oneresponse.info/disasters/haiti/Pages/default.aspxCopyright IOM. All rights reserved.
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2.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #22,OCHA
RV=215.5 2010/02/19 00:00
キーワード:settlement,cluster,February
This report was issued by OCHA New York. The next report will be issued on or around 22 February 2010.I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES- The Haiti Revised Humanitarian Appeal for Haiti was launched in New York on 18 February by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon UN Special Envoy Bill Clinton and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes.- The Appeal aims at addressing the humanitarian needs of three million directly affected people as well as communities hosting the large numbers of displaced. Unmet requirements under the Appeal amount for $ 768 million.- The Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) was officially launched in Port-au-Prince on 18 February in a ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Bellerive. The PDNA will focus on sanitation food security water debris management and removal and transitional shelter.- WFP and partners have reached over 3.7 million people with food assistance since the start of the response; some 102 community out-patient care centres for the treatment of severely acute malnutrition along with 18 mobile units are operating throughout the country.- WASH partners are currently reaching 850000 people with 5 litres of water a day covering 83 per cent of the target population. A 75 per cent gap remains however in the provision of latrines.- The Health cluster warns that there is a risk of a large-scale outbreak of diarrhea given the present overcrowding poor sanitation and lack of effective waste disposal systems in spontaneous settlement sites.
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3.Haiti: ‘Baby tents’ offer Haitian mothers a safe place to breastfeed,UNICEF
RV=147.8 2010/02/19 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,February
By Thomas NyboPORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti 18 February 2010—Amidst the collapsed buildings and temporary camps of this battered city stand 12 special tents dedicated to providing mothers and their infant children a safe and calm place to breastfeed.VIDEO: Watch nowThe 'baby tents' are run by Action Against Hunger with support from UNICEF.Anastasia Saint Joseph 19 gave birth 12 days after the January earthquake. Her home in Port-au-Prince was destroyed and she's now living under a plastic sheet with a dozen family members in one of the city's many temporary housing camps. She's been coming to the baby tent for the past three days."I came here because they offered me nutritional advice for my two children" said Anastasia. "I didn't breastfeed my first child so they taught me how to do it for my second. They taught me that if I breastfeed my baby girl exclusively for the first six months it will help her stay healthy."Action Against Hunger estimates that hundreds of lactating mothers like Anastasia are using the baby tents. Workers are spreading word of the service throughout nearby housing camps.Myths about breastfeedingMany Haitian mothers stopped breastfeeding as a result of myths that arose after the quake including that stress makes a mother's milk dry up. Another myth is that if a mother is not eating properly her milk is not good.These misconceptions triggered a massive influx of donated powdered infant formula into Haiti which has created a dangerous situation. Because many Haitians lack clean water they're tempted to mix the formula with dirty water which can leave their infants with life-threatening diarrhoea.UNICEF Nutritionist Ali Maclaine says people need to be aware of the consequences before sending powdered infant formula."You think you're saving babies but you are actually risking their health and lives" she said.In the cases of young children who've lost their mothers to the earthquake UNICEF and Action Against Hunger are providing ready-to-use infant formula. Because there's no mixing involved there's no risk of getting diarrhoea from contaminated water. However the formula must be administered under controlled conditions to avoid other contaminants and to preserve its freshness.As more women like Anastasia discover the baby tents UNICEF and Action Against Hunger are hoping to expand the programme.Helping the most vulnerable"There is a huge need of this kind of tent everywhere in Port-au-Prince because there are a lot of children in Haiti" said Action Against Hunger's Lucile Grosjean. "And with the earthquake a lot of mothers stopped breastfeeding so it's really important for the well-being of the children to have this tent. And also the psycho-social support is really important in the moment."As in any emergency Haiti's infants and young children are the most vulnerable survivors of the quake. Breastfeeding is an affordable and vital way to help keep them alive and healthy.
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4.IFRC says more land must be made available for Haitians who lost homes in 12 January earthquake,IFRC
RV=147.7 2010/02/19 00:00
キーワード:settlement,cluster
More land must urgently be made available as close as possible to the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince so that people who want to leave the improvised settlements that sprang up after last month's earthquake can do so the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said today.There are more than 300 such settlements all over Port-au-Prince and many more in Leogane which was almost completely destroyed in the 12 January disaster and the southern port of Jacmel which is less seriously damaged.In Port-au-Prince the UN has identified 19 settlements which need urgent "decongestion" ahead of the rainy season which starts on average at the beginning of April. So far work on organized resettlement has begun at one new site: La Piste a disused airport.The Haitian National Red Cross Society (HNRCS) has at least 5000 volunteers available who can help make new sites safer by helping with water and sanitation work. Several other Red Cross societies active in the earthquake operation will provide basic water and sanitation and health services at La Piste.An increasing proportion of the people in the improvised settlements now live under shelter materials – mainly tarpaulins – fixed to the ground or to the ruins of their houses using stakes and tools included in shelter-relief kits.The shortage of available land in and around Port-au-Prince is the principal reason why it has not been possible to move more people into tents as many Haitians have understandably demanded. If people in an improvised settlement were to be moved in situ into tents spaced far enough apart to be safe a significant proportion would have to vacate the site.Tents are regarded as unsatisfactory within the humanitarian community for a number of reasons:• If not generously spaced they are notorious fire hazards• They are expensive: within a given budget the number of people who can be helped with tents is much lower than with tarpaulins• They cannot be used for any other purpose once alternatives become available• Their manufacturing quality is erratic and they are often not waterproof• They have short life-spans.Tarpaulins by contrast are practical and versatile; they are easy to buy ship and distribute; they can be used as homes kitchens and to shelter small businesses; and people can stand up under them.However the IFRC's overall emergency-shelter strategy includes the provision of 10000 tents outside the capital says IFRC Head of Operations for Haiti Nelson Casta?."We will provide tents in Jacmel and Leogane and near Port-au-Prince when we are sure the locations are safe and where adequate space is available.""The focus of our operation of necessity has to be tarpaulins" he adds. "But outside Port-au-Prince especially we will do tents in parallel." To date the IFRC has distributed nearly 1000 tents nationwide and a consignment of several hundred tents from the Danish Red Cross is due shortly in Leogane where space is less of an issue than in the capital.Neither tents nor tarpaulins however will provide more than minimal protection from the Haitian rainy season which peaks in May when Port-au-Prince gets an average 230 mm of rain and sometimes as much as 50 mm in two hours. The hurricane season which begins later in the year is of special concern.In the longer term the IFRC – which earlier this month took over from the International Organization for Migration as the coordinator in Haiti of the multi-agency shelter "cluster" under the UN system – is moving as fast as possible to provide "transitional housing".A prototype transitional house built with local materials and labour is nearing completion in an area of the IFRC base camp in Port-au-Prince and full-scale procurement is underway. It is hoped work on construction of the first houses will begin before the rainy season.The Red Cross and Red Crescent plans to build eventually at least 20000 transitional houses in quake-affected regions of Haiti and hopes to complete a significant number before the hurricane season later in the year.The IFRC's regional base camp in Leogane has begun contingency planning for the rains using an early deadline of mid-March looking for ways to raise the generators that power water-purification equipment off the ground and move staff tents to well-drained locations inside the camp.For further information or to set up interviews please contact:Alex Wynter IFRC Port-au-Prince + 509 34 91 98 13 or 44 77 17 47 08 55Jean-Baptiste Pericles Haitian Red Cross Port-au-Prince + 509 37 06 54 69Paul Conneally IFRC Geneva + 41 79 308 98 09Pilar Forcen IFRC Panama + 507 66 72 31 70
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5.Meeting Haiti's changing health needs,WHO
RV=143.9 2010/02/19 00:00
キーワード:settlement,February
More than one month after the earthquake that devastated swathes of Haiti in excess of 300 000 people are suffering from injuries and around one million are living in temporary settlements or host families after losing their homes.Immediately following the 12 January quake the most pressing need was to rescue people and provide life-saving care for patients suffering from major trauma hundreds of whom underwent amputations. It was also crucial to ensure free access to medicines and provide emergency basic and secondary care.But today there are new health needs. The focus is on post-operative care rehabilitating people with disabilities and injuries and providing basic and primary health care services such as maternal child and mental healthcare controlling chronic diseases and restarting vaccination programmes. Controlling diseases and ensuring clean water is available are also critical for the hundreds of thousands of people living in temporary shelters ahead of the coming rainy and hurricane seasons. Strengthening coordination of health partners and making medicines and other supplies available are also up utmost importance to the health sector response and recovery.To respond to these needs for the next 12 months the humanitarian community on 18 February launched a revised Flash Appeal. WHO and partners are seeking more than US$100 million to implement projects to meet these needs.Read the photo story
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1.Haiti: Diseases Threaten IDP Camps Sanitation Critical,ADRA
RV=305.6 2010/02/20 00:00
キーワード:Adra,cluster
SILVER SPRING Md.—The possibility of an outbreak of deadly diseases in quake-affected Haiti is growing making the need for clean water and basic sanitation even more critical reported the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA).The number of temporary shelters already a staple in Haiti has increased dramatically in the aftermath of the earthquake resulting in internally displaced people (IDPs) clustering together in open spaces creating IDP camps that have populations reaching into the tens of thousands."With so many people sleeping in the streets and impromptu temporary camps the threat of a possible epidemic increases daily" said Ulrick Beaussejour sanitation coordinator for ADRA Haiti. "ADRA is providing appropriate access to clean water and basic hygiene and sanitation facilities to constantly improve the living environment for survivors."On the campus of the Adventist University of Haiti where an estimated 15000 survivors are currently residing ADRA has installed 60 bathing stations for personal hygiene and 80 latrines with hundreds more in process. Beneficiaries have also received training on how to keep latrines clean and operable adding to the sustainability of the project.ADRA is also running a trash collection campaign at the site of the IDP camp implementing a cash–for-work program that utilizes local volunteers to clean up the campus grounds. The first phase of this project is funded by the Florida Adventist Community Services and the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and will run for one month. Currently ADRA expects to run the campaign for at least three months."Our biggest concerns [for the temporary camp] are to control the spread of communicable diseases" said Sandra Golles health coordinator for ADRA Haiti. "Providing adequate sanitation facilities and clean water is crucial in our effort to prevent the spread of waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid."ADRA through its partnership with Global Medic has already distributed more than 4 million water purification tablets which are used to prevent the use of contaminated water for survivors as well as oral rehydration salts water bottles and other water supplies. This is in addition to the 12 water points that ADRA has installed providing clean water for approximately 55000 Haitians. Also through the work of partners such as ADRA Germany and ADRA Portugal hundreds of thousands of survivors are also receiving access to clean water through the utilization of several water purification units the largest of which can provide 17 gallons (or 64 liters) of water per minute.In total ADRA is reaching nearly 500000 people a day with clean water.To learn more about ADRA's work to provide water for survivors click here.Preventing diseases and creating a healthy population is critical to the long-term survival of the displaced communities. In collaboration with the U.S. Public Health Service ADRA has launched a campaign that is providing free immunization for residents of the temporary camp. The campaign seeks to provide access to vaccinations that will protect adults against tetanus and diptheria and prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as measles rubella diptheria tetanus and pertussis also known as whooping cough among children. Vitamin A which helps regulate the immune system will also be available for children and anti-parasitic medications.ADRA Public Health nurses are implementing the immunization campaign with the assistance of the U.S. Public Health Service the U.S. Navy medical teams as well as senior medical students for the University of Haiti and U.S. Marines who are providing security.The World Health Organization is providing necessary medical supplies including vaccines syringes soap cotton and other essentials.To ensure the long-term health of residents ADRA is also planning to provide residents with health care education including personal hygiene food safety sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV and infant and child health building the capacity of the local population to sustain ongoing health efforts as recovery efforts continue.If you would like to support ADRA's relief efforts give to the Haiti Earthquake Response Fund at www.adra.org/haiti or by phone at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372).To donate through a mobile phone text the word "ADRA" to 85944 reply "YES" and donate a one-time $10 gift to ADRA's Haiti response.Follow ADRA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest information as it happens.ADRA is a non-governmental organization present in 125 countries providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association age gender race or ethnicity.For more information about ADRA visit www.adra.org.Author: Nadia McGillFor more information contact:John Torres Senior Public Relations Manager301.680.6357 (office)301.680.6370 (fax)John.Torres@adra.orgDonate to Haiti Earthquake Response FundOnline: http://www.adra.org/haitiMobile: 85944 Text the word "ADRA" reply "YES"Phone: 1.800.424.ADRA (2372)
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2.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #38 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010,USAID
RV=202.3 2010/02/20 00:00
キーワード:settlement,February,Vision
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated February 18 2010. KEY DEVELOPMENTS - On February 18 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Special Envoy William J. Clinton and Emergency Relief Coordinator Sir John Holmes launched the Revised Humanitarian Flash Appeal for Haiti which estimated humanitarian assistance needs at $1.44 billion over a 12-month period inclusive of the original $562 million appeal launched on January 15. - On February 19 USAID/OFDA provided World Vision with more than $19 million for shelter economic recovery and market systems and water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) activities at six spontaneous settlements in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. - As of February 17 USAID/OFDA partner the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and sub-partners had distributed emergency relief commodities to more than 945000 affected individuals. IOM-distributed commodities provided by USAID/OFDA included more than 55000 water containers nearly 39000 plastic sheets and more than 21000 hygiene kits. Among other USAID/OFDA-provided commodities in-country more than 18000 plastic sheets which may meet the basic shelter needs of up to 90000 individuals await imminent distribution by IOM and sub-partners.
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3.HAITI Earthquake Response - Bulletin 1 19-02-10,Logistics Cluster
RV=164.3 2010/02/20 00:00
キーワード:question,Cluster
1. Border/Customs• Questions continue to arise about customs especially regarding registration. There have been reports that it can take up to two months through the Ministry of Planification and may not even be possible at this time since the building was destroyed in the earthquake and the division does not appear to be fully functional.• The Logistics Cluster has been informed that the Direction of Civil Protection (DPC) can assist unregistered organizations in clearing their goods. The Logistics Cluster can be contacted to facilitate this.• Another solution may be for organizations to import goods via a registered partner organization which could act as the consignee.• Registered organizations with customs declarations which are taking a long time to clear can address the matter at the "cellule d'urgence" (emergency cell) at the main customs office to expedite the process. The best way is to have a broker go in person.• WFP the Logistics Cluster and UNOPS have established a system to expedite goods out of the Varreux terminal at the port. However while clearance may be granted faster the original documents will still be required.• An updated customs brief will be disseminated along with these minutes.
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4.Emergency Operations Center Situation Report #21 - Haiti Earthquake,PAHO
RV=142.7 2010/02/20 00:00
キーワード:Cluster,February
GENERAL OVERVIEW- More than a month after the earthquake over 300000 people are suffering from injuries but there have been no confirmed outbreaks of diseases.- Health assessments undertaken so far have revealed that 29 hospitals and other health facilities have been partially damaged or destroyed. With the rainy season approaching mobile clinics are crucial in order to serve those displaced.- The humanitarian situation is also gradually improving on a daily basis. Some of the essential infrastructure in Haiti such as the port airport government institutions electric and telecommunications networks and roads is beginning to be more operational. However it is also clear that major unmet humanitarian needs remain particularly in critical areas such as shelter other non-food items and sanitation. The government estimates that 97294 houses were destroyed and 188383 were damaged across all affected areas.- The revised UN Flash Appeal was launched on 18 February and will cover programs up to 12 months after the earthquake. The total amount required for the health sector is US$ 134 million.- UNDP and partner agencies are supporting spontaneous recovery initiatives by affected communities. Approximately 66672 people have been employed under the UNDP cash-for-work program indirectly benefiting 333360 people (on the basis of 5 persons per family).- The WASH Cluster estimates that a total of 1.1 million displaced people in Port-au-Prince Leogane Petit Goave Gressier and Jacmel require emergency latrines. The interim plan is to provide 12950 latrines by April (for approximately 650000 people using 1 latrine for 50 people ratio in acute phase) and 21000 more within 6 months (moving towards goal of 1 latrine for 20 people). Poor sanitation and crowding increases the risk of communicable diseases.- Over 1700 Cuban health professionals are presently in Haiti 1300 of who arrived after the quake. Cuba has pledged to send as many doctors as it can.
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5.Govt to ship 2nd lot of rice to Haiti,Govt. Thailand
RV=126.5 2010/02/20 00:00
キーワード:February,Thai
BANGKOK 19 February 2010 (NNT) – The Thai government will send the second lot of rice of more than 3500 tons to Haiti on 12 March said Prime Minister's Office Minister Virachai Virameteekul. As the chair of the Thais Help Haitian Victims Center of the government the minister elaborated on the shipment saying that the World Food Program of the UN would sponsor all expenses. Regarding the third lot of rice Mr Virachai said 1203 tons of rice would be sent by ship as well with the New Zealand government to bankroll the delivery cost worth one million NZD (about 23.8 million THB). He noted that the shipment would likely take place end of March. The Thai government earlier shipped 100 tons of rice to Haiti via a special humanitarian flight provided by Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) on 1 February 2010. The public is also invited to aid the quake-hit country by donating cash through the "Ruam Nam Jai Chao Thai Chuai Phu Prasoppai Haiti" Fund the Krung Thai Bank's Government House branch savings account number 067-0-05765-7 as well as deposit accounts of other banks opened to relieve the Haitians. A magnitude 7.0 quake rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010 killing more than 200000 people according to the Haitian government. The quake is considered more destructive than the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. News ID: 255302190003 Reporter : Sarun SaeleeNews Date : 19 Febuary 2010
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1.HAITI: Disasters fuel migration diaspora fuels economy,IRIN
RV=244.6 2010/02/21 00:00
キーワード:February,les,article,remittance,Guard,pour
NAIROBI 21 February 2010 (IRIN) - With eight natural disasters in Haiti since 1994 January's earthquake is likely to see hundreds of thousands more Haitians emigrate not only to escape the impact of the latest disaster but also to avoid the next one - as well as political strife and poverty.The cost of rebuilding Haiti after the earthquake on 12 January which killed 217000 people and displaced 511405 could reach US$14 billion according to a new study by the Inter-American Development Bank. http://www.iadb.org/features-and-web-stories/2010-02/english/haiti-reconstruction-cost-may-near-14-billion-idb-study-shows-6528.htmlAn exodus of Haitians fleeing legally or otherwise has begun; in addition there are more than 500000 internally displaced according to the UN.Mark Turner an official of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Haiti said: "Large numbers of Haitians migrated abroad in the past 10 years but we knew that the diaspora will grow faster after January's earthquake."According to Kathleen Newland and Elizabeth Grieco of the Migration Policy Institute the principal destinations are the US and Dominican Republic. Others historically include Guadeloupe France French Guyana the Bahamas and Martinique.Statistics compiled by the World Bank in 2009 http://go.worldbank.org/QGUCPJTOR0 show about a million Haitians were living overseas in 2009 about half of them in the US.According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) a few days after the January earthquake foreign governments started tightening border controls and putting in place more secure procedures in anticipation of the expected influx from Port-au-Prince http://www.unhcr.org/40324c474.html .Media reports say a million Haitians were living in the neighbouring Dominican Republic before 12 January. After the earthquake the country suspended repatriation of illegal Haitians and opened its borders to let in the injured. The country also processed documents for Haitians seeking to legalize their stay so they could visit family in Haiti.Media reports estimate that 30000-50000 Haitians could have entered Dominican territory in the past month including 15000-20000 injured.Strength of remittancesWorld Bank economists say that allowing a larger number of Haitians to reside abroad would actually help the nation's economic development as a strong diaspora would send remittances home while decreasing domestic pressures on the Haitian government.According to Dilip Ratha lead economist at the World Bank http://blogs.worldbank.org/peoplemove/node/1233 Haiti receives $1.5-$1.8 billion in remittances each year. With a 20 percent increase in the average remittance per migrant another 200000 migrants could remit an extra $360 million in 2010.According to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey the US hosted 535000 migrants from Haiti in 2008 of whom only 230000 were lawful permanent residents.The survey indicated that in 2008 Haitians comprised the fourth-largest immigrant group (in the US) from the Caribbean after Cuba (975000) the Dominican Republic (771910) and Jamaica (636589).Special measures in the USOn 15 January the US Department of Homeland Security http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=e54e60f64f336210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e54e60f64f336210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD announced that Haitian nationals residing in the US before 12 January could apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Another 200000 Haitians immigrants are expected.So far TPS is granted to qualifying citizens of Haiti El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Somalia and Sudan.Haitians applying for TPS would receive a work permit for 18 months on the basis that their personal safety would be endangered by returning to Port-au-Prince.According to the US Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services http://www.uscis.gov/ as of 12 February 12000 Haitians had applied for TPS status. Another 50000 have been approved to reunite with family in the US but are in Haiti awaiting a visa.Not refugeesAlthough there are no official figures for the total number of people who have fled Haiti since January in the past 10 days alone the US Coast Guard is reported to have stopped two large boats with 78 and 88 Haitians respectively http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-rescues-and-repatriates-88-haitians/2010/02/17/ .The two groups were immediately repatriated to Cap Haitien amid international criticism because of a lack of asylum screening. This led to an appeal by UNHCR on 12 February urging governments to suspend all involuntary returns and grant interim protection to Haitians regardless of their legal status on the basis of the emergency.According to UNHCR http://www.unhcr.org/40324c474.html some countries neighbouring Haiti were planning to force Haitians to return home despite the fact that with over 1.2 million still homeless the conditions are not conducive.The technical definition of refugees according to the 1951 Refugee Convention includes people feeling persecution but not those fleeing natural disasters; hence Haitians moving because of the earthquake are not considered refugees.Loren B Landau director of Forced Migration Studies Programme at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg told IRIN: "While some Haitians are clearly not victims of political persecution and fled only as a result of the earthquake there are both moral and political imperatives to ensure that people are protected either within the country or elsewhere. Even if this is not an example of climate change-related displacement the world's response to this crisis may set the stage for how wealthy countries that border poor or island states will respond when those homelands are no longer able to sustain their populations."cp/bp/mw[END]A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org Une s駘ection d'articles d'IRIN sont publi駸 sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.orgThis article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.Cet article ne refl鑼e pas n馗essairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.
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2.Haiti president pleads for shelter for quake's homeless,AFP
RV=185.0 2010/02/21 00:00
キーワード:rain,season,woman,latrine
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian President Rene Preval on Saturday pleaded for the world to urgently help provide shelter for some 1.2 million people left homeless by last month's devastating earthquake.In comments after meeting visiting Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on the grounds of the destroyed National Palace Preval warned that the heavy rain season which begins around May posed a major risk to those without shelter."It is urgent today that those who are in the streets exposed to the storms ... find shelter right away" said Preval who added that his country did not have the resources to do it alone.He urged Bachelet to pass along the message at a summit of Latin American and Caribbean countries in Mexico next week."We are putting the highest priority on finding the means and the methods to allow families to be sheltered in decent conditions as rapidly as possible" said Preval.Bachelet offered Chile's expertise in dealing with the aftermath of earthquakes including in reconstruction."This tragedy must be turned into an opportunity for Haiti's development with the support of the international community but under the leadership of President Preval and the Haitian government" she said speaking in French.Aid officials are rushing out tarpaulins in a bid to provide some kind of shelter to all those made homeless but only about 30 percent have received materials so far according to the United Nations.Preval said Saturday only 24 percent of the homeless have tents but he did not explain the discrepancy in the figures including whether he was including those sleeping under tarpaulins in his total.Occasional downpours have already worsened squalid conditions in makeshift camps dotting the ruined capital following the January 12 quake that killed more than 217000 people.Heavy rains arriving in a couple months threaten to turn the camps into a nightmare health scenario if latrines and drainage are not constructed aid officials say.Preval met Bachelet under a vine-covered pergola on the grounds of the National Palace the crumbled walls of the ornate building only a short walk away. Tents belonging to palace employees were set up behind the building.Bachelet who leaves office next month was recently appointed by the United Nations to help advocate for women who were victims of Haiti's quake.The Chilean president met with a group of women on the palace grounds on Saturday after her talks with Preval.Copyright ゥ 2010 AFP. All rights reserved.ゥAFP: The information provided in this product is for personal use only. None of it may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without the express permission of Agence France-Presse.
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1.SOS Children's Villages emergency aid efforts up to speed in Haiti,SOS
RV=416.5 2010/02/22 00:00
キーワード:SOS,UNICEF,cluster,February,Vision
22/02/2010 - Now providing temporary care for around 290 unaccompanied and orphaned children the capacity of the SOS Children's Village in Santo is nearly exhausted. On 17 February alone 126 children from emergency camps were taken in and 100 more may follow. Currently 66 community centres are supplying over 9000 children with food and medical treatment if required every day. The aim in the coming weeks is to ensure that the basic needs of around 40000 children are met.Caring for unaccompanied and orphaned childrenOn 17 February 126 children arrived in the SOS Children's Village in Santo; in total there are now 287 children who have been taken in and that number is growing daily. For many of the children it is still not clear who will take care of them in the future whether or not they have any relatives who can take custody of them or whether anyone from their families survived the earthquake. For some of the children it is certain that they have no relatives left; the disaster has orphaned them completely. Some children on the other hand were brought into the SOS Children's Village by their relatives because they are currently not able to provide adequate care for children in the terrible conditions of the tent cities. In the SOS families up to 20 children are looked after (instead of the usual nine) and each family has one SOS mother and two family helpers. All other unaccompanied children who arrive in the coming weeks and months will be accommodated in stable lightweight prefabricated houses which are currently being built on the football field of the SOS Children's Village.The children who have arrived most recently - 62 girls and 64 boys - were registered in emergency camps where they had to live in what were sometimes life-threatening conditions. Not all these children are unaccompanied or orphaned but all of them desperately need a safe and secure environment and adequate nutrition. Of the 126 newly-arrived children alone 25 had to be treated in a nearby Brazilian hospital and many children will also receive psychotherapy. In their visits to the tent camps the SOS teams register many children who are seriously malnourished and dehydrated a great deal of whom are so ill that it is feared that they will die. Yet in certain districts community leaders have stopped taking children into temporary care because there would then be fewer food and water rations for their communities. Alongside the children who were already living at the SOS Children's Village in Santo in the outskirts of Port-au-Prince before the earthquake 437 children are now being cared for at the location in Santo.Guaranteeing basic supplies for up to 40000 childrenBefore the earthquake SOS Children's Villages provided family assistance via 16 community centres. On the one hand these centres rely heavily on the self-organisation and self-help of districts and local communities and on the other hand SOS Children's Villages is there to give advice and support and also offers assistance to families via a social centre. After the earthquake the number of these centres dramatically increased and now there is a total of 66 such sites which cater for the needs of 9000 children every day. When the SOS Children's Villages emergency aid programme has reached its full extent in the coming weeks there will be around 266 centres providing around 40000 children with basic supplies.Every one of these centres has its own committee of up to seven people which acts as an SOS Children's Villages contact point. A written contract is drawn up with the committees which governs the responsibilities of both parties. SOS Children's Villages assumes responsibility for the food supply provides advice and support and networks with other organisations - for example when medical intervention is required. The committee in turn guarantees the food that is delivered is used appropriately i.e. that the children receive enough food every day. The committee organises a collection and issuing office as well as cooking facilities keeps detailed records with the data of all the children (name address age family status) and ensures proper hygienic conditions and their safety.One SOS employee is responsible for multiple centres and ensures relief efforts are being carried out correctly. Centres are visited everyday and supplied with food for several days. The community meets up and everyone cooks and shares the food out among the children. If SOS teams are there there is the opportunity for individual attention and conversations and if a child is in need of medical care SOS Children's Villages sees to it that he or she receives it. Through this networking and shared responsibility it is also possible to identify those children who have no direct carer and/or are particularly in need of help. If necessary SOS Children's Villages puts children like this in a temporary protection programme in Santo.On many visits to the centres after the food is given out the Teams play sing and dance with the children. Even on the days when the SOS teams aren't present the process remains the same. This participatory approach has proved a success in the past and in many other countries. In the context of the emergency aid programme in Haiti this approach will ensure that the aid goes directly to the child that relief goods aren't used elsewhere communities develop a structure and shared responsibility is taken. In the medium and long term social services are to be further expanded and developed.Rebuilding with provision for children's aidAfter the acute emergency and the medium-term aid phases which are to guarantee the provision of materials to meet children's basic needs (fixed for a period of two years) SOS Children's Villages is planning a comprehensive reconstruction programme over a period of ten to twelve years. The main focus areas are: family-based alternative care models and facilities for children with no parental care; the building of family houses and the creation of child-friendly spaces (playgrounds etc.); the construction and commissioning of schools as well as the development of expertise in the education sector; health care centres with particular emphasis on mother-child-care; knowledge transfer and training in the public sector in the field of children's rights and child protection supportive measures for children and law in consideration of children's rights.Cooperation with other organisations and authoritiesSOS Children's Villages participates in countless partnerships and joint initiatives with other aid organisations (for example UNICEF and the Red Cross) and the local authorities. SOS Children's Villages also regularly takes part in the UN's "cluster meetings" where all the large aid organisations coordinate their activities. SOS Children's Villages has received donations in kind from other organisations many times such as the supply of food to children in the SOS Children's Village as well as for aid measures in various locations in the surrounding districts from water to medical help to tents. Regular deliveries of various relief supplies come to Haiti from many countries which are either generously funded by companies and private donors or which can be purchased by SOS Children's Villages with monetary donations. Most of the supplies are food and water but there are also tents medicines blankets mattresses hygiene items cooking appliances building materials and so on.SOS Children's Villages also participated in a big meeting in Panama with representatives from UNICEF Save the Children World Vision and Plan International where the main focuses were the issue of child protection and measures for securing the future of children in the context of the reconstruction of Haiti.
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2.Haiti Earthquake 2010: Situation Report 1600 hrs 17 February 2010,DFID
RV=271.5 2010/02/22 00:00
キーワード:Cluster,cluster,February,Wash
Headlines:• As of 15 February the national Civil Protection Agency estimates that 217366 people died from the 12 January earthquake an increase of 5000 people since the last estimates were released on 6 February• The number of people who have left Port-au-Prince for outlying departments has increased to 511405 people from the previous figure of 467701.• The Health Cluster the Ministry of Public Health and Population has confirmed that medicines and medical products will be provided free of charge to all public health facilities nationwide until 12 April.• The WASH Cluster is considering a planning figure of about 1.1m people who are in need of immediate/emergency WASH needs.• The Logistics Cluster is concerned that a large withdrawal of assets provided through bilateral military aid might seriously hamper humanitarian response operations especially at the sea port. Some continued support would be required especially in terms of equipment and handling materials as well as port management and coordination.• The GoH is frustrated at the level of information being received on the rate of shelter material being distributed. There is a need to pressure partners to accurately report distributions as well as manage GoH expectations. Some NGOs are over-reliant on in-kind pipelines and slow in setting up their own operations.• The distribution mechanism for food (in Port-au-Prince) is now clearer with the city being divided into geographical zones for which each major INGO is responsible. It is possible this mechanism may be introduced for the shelter cluster
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3.Haiti Earthquake 2010: Situation Report 1500 hrs 19 February 2010,DFID
RV=200.2 2010/02/22 00:00
キーワード:Cluster,February,Wash
Headlines:- UNOCHA's Revised Flash Appeal for $1.4 billion over 12 months has been launched.- There are some indications that people are moving to towns from rural areas and from towns to Port-au-Prince where assistance is most widely available.- Emergency shelter transitional shelter where appropriate refuse clearing hygiene promotion faecal and waste management needs are immediate and continuing priorities.- As of 15 February the national Civil Protection Agency estimates that 217366 people died from the 12 January earthquake an increase of 5000 people since the last estimates were released on 6 February- The number of people who have left Port-au-Prince for outlying departments has increased to 511405 people from the previous figure of 467701 people- The Health Cluster the Ministry of Public Health and Population has confirmed that medicines and medical products will be provided free of charge to all public health facilities nationwide until 12 April.- The WASH Cluster is considering a planning figure of about 1.1m people who are in need of immediate/emergency WASH needs.
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4.Five weeks on and work continues in Haiti,Trócaire
RV=127.5 2010/02/22 00:00
キーワード:settlement,season
Last weekend Haitians across the country took time to observe the one-month marker of the earthquake in a three-day period of prayer. Singing could be heard across the city from formal and make-shift churches in camps and settlements as people walked to and from prayer service and even in the offices where Tr?aire is working where a handful of Haitian staff worked over the weekend.It is now more than five weeks since the earthquake ripped Haiti apart. For hundreds of thousands it is five weeks since they lost a loved one; five weeks since they lost normality; five weeks since they slept indoors.Last weekend Haitians across the country took time to observe the one-month marker of the earthquake in a three-day period of prayer. Singing could be heard across the city from formal and make-shift churches in camps and settlements as people walked to and from prayer service and even in the offices where Tr?aire is working where a handful of Haitian staff worked over the weekend.And as the rubble is cleared the death toll continues to rise. 217366 people have died following the earthquake on the 12th of January and that the number of people who have left Port-au-Prince for outlying departments has increased to 511405 people.The rainy season is now not far away and the hundreds of thousands of homeless need to get shelter as a matter of urgency. Tr?aire and our partners in Caritas have distributed emergency shelter kits to an estimated 6500 families (approximately 32500 people) in the camp at P?ionville Club and will be distributing to 10000 more families this week in smaller camps and settlements especially around the Champs de Mars area of the city.Sir John Holmes the United Nation's humanitarian chief visited a Tr?aire emergency shelter distribution at the P?ionville Club and he was very complimentary to the organisation and effectiveness of the work.After the quake prices spiked and the World Food Programme indicated that the price of imported rice has increased by 25% and wheat flour by 65%. This is a huge problem in a country where two-thirds of people live on less than $2 per day. Tr?aire staff have been hearing reports from orphanages about children being given up by their parents who simply can't afford to feed them.Tr?aire with our partners in the international Caritas federation have also distributed roughly ready-to-eat food kits and other dry food rations that have reached 277818 people. Our partners have also distributed rice to another 51562 families or 257808 people in a special distribution.The Haitian government has decreed that schools will re-open on March 10. To help reach that goal millions of tons of rubble must be cleared. Space is needed for the schools – but also for homes and rebuilding. The workload is huge but five weeks after the quake the response is only gathering pace. The media attention may be dwindling but the work is certainly not.
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5.Haiti death toll could reach 300000 Preval says,Reuters - AlertNet
RV=107.2 2010/02/22 00:00
キーワード:Feb,season
22 Feb 2010 00:16:53 GMTBy Mica RosenbergPLAYA DEL CARMEN Mexico Feb 21 (Reuters) - The death toll from last month's devastating earthquake in Haiti could jump to 300000 people including the bodies buried under collapsed buildings in the capital Haitian President Rene Preval said on Sunday."You have seen the images you are familiar with the pictures. More than 200000 bodies were collected on the streets without counting those that are still under the rubble" Preval told a meeting of Latin American and Caribbean leaders in Mexico. "We might reach 300000 people."That would make Haiti's earthquake one of the most lethal natural disasters in modern history more than the 200000 people killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004.The cost of rebuilding the impoverished country after the 7.0-magnitude quake could be as high as $14 billion according to the Inter-American Development Bank.Preval's plea for aid will be at the top of the agenda at the regional summit being held near the Mexican resort town of Playa del Carmen.With 250000 houses destroyed and 1.5 million people living in tent camps made with bed sheets and plastic scraps in nearly every open space in the collapsed capital of Port-au-Prince Preval said the most urgent need is for emergency shelter.Aid workers worry that squalid conditions in the camps many which have no latrines or source of clean water could lead to disease outbreaks when the rainy season begins in earnest in March."The first rainy days that have started falling in Port-au-Prince have made it impossible to enjoy a dignified life and this is the reason for the request for shelters" Preval said.Looking ahead to a meeting with international donors to determine the overall shape of rebuilding plans Preval suggested Haiti should decentralize away from Port-au-Prince which suffered the heaviest damages."We will not try to reconstruct but rather to refound the country where we don't concentrate ourselves in one capital" Preval said. He encouraged Latin American countries to step up investments in industry to help Haiti free itself from dependence on international aid. (Additional reporting by Miguel Angel Gutierrez; editing by Chris Wilson)For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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1.Young people enlisted to help meet sanitary needs in quake-stricken Haiti,UNICEF
RV=329.5 2010/02/23 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,February,season,rainy
By Thomas NyboPORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti 22 February 2010 – Sanitation is among the most urgent concerns in Haiti following January's earthquake. UNICEF estimates that overall 1.1 million displaced people require emergency latrines. The agency and its partners plan to install over 10000 latrines in the short term and another 20000-plus within six months.To help achieve this goal UNICEF has enlisted its non-governmental partner the Haitian Out-of-School Youth Livelihood Initiative (known by its French acronym IDEJEN) to construct 1000 sanitary blocks which include latrines showers and handwashing facilities.IDEJEN was launched in Haiti seven years ago to provide education and vocational job training for at-risk young people between the ages of 15 and 24. One of its staff Guerda Previlon recently showed visitors the new sanitary facilities being constructed at a camp for people displaced by the quake.'We'll take care of everything'"What you are seeing here is a sanitary block made by IDEJEN youth" she said pointing to a unit with three latrines which will also have a hand-washing station and a shower. "We'll take care of everything in terms of management of the sanitary block in terms of management of the excreta and in terms of evacuation of used water."Ms. Previlon noted that IDEJEN will also provide education on hygiene and sanitation at the camp level.The initiative has enlisted 1200 young participants to build the sanitary blocks. Fidel Frantzy 22 is one of them. Before arriving at IDEJEN he had trouble reading and faced limited job prospects because of his lack of education. Since then he has become proficient in reading writing and mathematics and also learned the trade of carpentry which he's putting to use building the latrines.Service to the community"I know that people need this service" Mr. Frantzy said of the latrines. "This is a rewarding project for me because we are helping people who urgently need toilets."You know it's not the only sanitation project we're working on" he added. "We have a team of youth that clean the streets around the camps too. I'm so proud to be a part of this effort in Haiti – to help other young people and the community."IDEJEN will install the first sanitary block in a camp within the next week. The units have a lifespan of about two years.Closing the sanitation gap"UNICEF provided the financial support to build the latrines and also they will provide some training" said Ms. Previlon.As the rainy season draws near in Haiti health experts are warning of a potential large-scale outbreak of diarrhoea due to overcrowding and poor sanitation in makeshift settlement sites. The work of IDEJEN is reducing that threat by helping to close the sanitation gap for children and families in desperate need."We are so proud to come with this product. It is new in Haiti and it is made by the youth" Ms. Previlon said adding that the effort is changing the way people look at young people: "The community thinks that youth in difficult situations cannot do anything. Now we want to show they have the capacity they have the skills to do a good thing that can be in the service of the community."
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2.Registration Surge Aims To Identify Displaced Decongest Haiti Camps,IOM
RV=303.1 2010/02/23 00:00
キーワード:settlement,cluster,rain,season,rainy
Spokesperson: Chris LomRegistration Surge Aims To Identify Displaced Decongest Haiti Camps - IOM is supporting the Haitian government in a new surge to register people displaced by the earthquake and to identify their home areas.The registration is part of a broader strategy to address the issue of congested temporary settlements throughout Port-au-Prince. The objective is to enable as many people as possible to return to their places of origin.The registration exercise will focus on priority temporary settlements which have been identified as suffering from over-crowding. It will begin in the Champ de Mars settlement a large public park which faces Haiti's destroyed presidential palace.Champ de Mars is currently home to an estimated 16000 people many living in shelters made from plastic sheeting and local materials. They have access to water and latrines but camp management experts warn that the situation is unsustainable in the long term.This afternoon teams of IOM staff will fan out through the Champ de Mars and distribute colour coded tokens signifying age bracket to every resident.Heads of families will be asked to go to a series of registration points with their tokens on Wednesday where they will provide their family details and home address as well as details of whether they were owners or tenants. They will also be issued with a temporary identification card.Organizers stress that the cards are purely for the purpose of denoting place of origin and do not imply any other entitlement at this stage.This latest strategic surge reflects a sense of urgency ahead of Haiti's rainy season which begins mid March.The goal is to find shelter solutions for as many Haitians as possible focusing upon priority areas before the rains begin. Solutions include: Where possible the government and partners will enable displaced people to return home and rebuild. People should seek shelter in the premises of a host family such as relatives or friends. If neither of the above is possible the government and its partners will plan and sanitize the largest ad hoc settlements where people have gathered since the earthquake. Where none of these alternative options are possible IOM will support the government in the establishment of new planned sites.To date 415 spontaneous sites with a total population of 551140 individuals (110285 families) have been identified in the following communes: Bel Air Bourdon Carrefour Cite Soleil Croix des Bouquets Delmas Deprez Grand Goave Gressier Kenscoff Lasile Leogane Nazon Petionville Port-au- Prince and Tabarre.This represents an increase of 84 sites since the last report as identification is progressing. In addition nine sites with a total population of 48074 individuals or 9715 families have been identified and designated by the government as transitional settlements sites.Out of the total 415 sites 21 sites have been prioritized for decongestion. The total population in those sites is 217960 individuals and 44 470 families which is about half the size of the population in all the spontaneous sites identified so far.In Leogane 83 sites have been identified with a total population of some 51095 individuals (9679 families). In Jacmel approximately 80000 families are living without shelter on four large sites as well as many smaller ones. In Petit Goave 98989 displaced people are living in 367 sites. A further 88 sites have been identified in Grand Goave.For more information please contact Mark Turner at IOM Port-au-Prince Tel. 509 3643 79 14. Email mturner@iom.int Or Jean-Philippe Chauzy Tel. 41 22 7179361. Email pchauzy@iom.intFor more information on the latest cluster reporting and data from Haiti please go to the following link: http://oneresponse.info/disasters/haiti/Pages/default.aspxCopyright IOM. All rights reserved.
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3.Haiti response shifts gear as rainy season looms,Trócaire
RV=231.9 2010/02/23 00:00
キーワード:settlement,rain,season,rainy
Almost six weeks after the dramatic earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince the coming rainy season presents another major challenge to Tr?aire and other aid agencies.Almost six weeks after the dramatic earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince the coming rainy season presents another major challenge to Tr?aire and other aid agencies.The rainy season could start as early as next week. It is threatening to cause landslides and bring about health problems in the makeshift camps where more than half a million people are living. Rain is already falling and afternoon showers are becoming more and more frequent in Port-au-Prince."The rainy season is our biggest concern at the moment. It will affect people's well-being and security" said Maurice McQuillan Tr?aire's head of emergencies."As well as landslides and deteriorating sanitary conditions it will cause a lot of misery. We will give out as much plastic sheeting as possible in the coming days" he said.The quake killed 217000 people and left over one million Haitians homeless. Most of the quake's survivors are living in overcrowded temporary settlements crammed into makeshift huts made of bed sheets and plastic sacks.The combined response has already provided emergency shelters and tents to over 16000 families in the capital Port-au-Prince and the outlying towns of Jacmel and L?g?e."With the start of the rainy season health and sanitary conditions will deteriorate dramatically in most camps and spontaneous settlements. It is essential we continue to provide them with latrines and clean water which will reduce disease. Typhoid salmonella diarrhoea are the kind of epidemics that could breakout" said Robert Cruickshank a water and sanitation adviser working on the response.As of today the Tr?aire/Caritas team have installed 400 portable latrines in a camp in downtown Port-au-Prince. These latrines will be fully serviced and cleaned everyday. Tr?aire/Caritas has been carrying out water and sanitation activities in ten sites including latrines drainage clearing and hand-washing stations. Water tanks and other water sources have been set up in about six sites within Port-au-Prince.But none of this work addresses the key problem: the proximity within which people are being forced to live in the spontaneous camps throughout Haiti. What is needed is land so that people can spread out a little and be less exposed to unsanitary conditions and transmittable diseases. Port-au-Prince is already heavily overcrowded and massive tracts are now simply covered in the rubble that serves as a marker to lives now gone forever.NGOs and the Haitian government are advocating to fast track the temporary expropriation of large quantities of private land within and outside the city to build better camps for people. In order to prevent outbreaks of diseases new sites need to be found that take flood risk congestion clearance of rubble and proximity to services into consideration."In urban Port-au-Prince big spontaneous settlements like the ones we are working with in Champs de Mars or Petionville Club will not be safe when it rains" said Maurice McQuillan."There is too little physical space available. Most of the camps have inadequate services in terms of water sanitation or fire hazards. Smaller sites present the same problems. When the rain comes life will become unbearable in those camps."To tackle the problem he said "Caritas has started collaborating with other international agencies and the mayors of the different municipalities in order to move people from these inherently dangerous settlements and identify potential relocation sites."We will prepare them and arrange the basic services needed to make these places sustainable and healthy for the foreseeable future."
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4.Shakira World Bank Launch US$300 Million Early Childhood Initiative,World Bank
RV=152.6 2010/02/23 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,February
Press Release No:2010/264/LACContacts:The World BankStevan Jackson (202) 437 6295sjackson@worldbank.orgALAS FoundationRuth Infarinato (786) 267-0579ruth.infarinato@fundacionalas.orgWASHINGTON DC February 22 2010- Grammy Award-winning artist Shakira and World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick today launched a US$300 million joint initiative aimed at expanding development programs for young children in Latin America and the Caribbean.The "Early Childhood Initiative: An investment for life" seeks to focus cost-effective policies and resources in the region while mobilizing public support to improve opportunities for its young citizens and thereby help overcome deep inequalities said Zoellick during a signing ceremony of the partnership agreement between Shakira's ALAS Foundation Columbia University's Earth Institute and the World Bank held at the Bank's Washington D.C. headquarters.Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs provide children with adequate nutrition healthcare and stimulating environments from the moment of conception through age six –a period of development crucial for achieving a child's full potential. The initiative will help expand ECD programs in a region where 9 million children under five suffer from chronic malnutrition and 22 million lack access to early basic care."If we want to build a better world we have to give children the chance to improve their lives no matter where they are born or how difficult their circumstances. By giving every child a fair start in life we are improving our collective future" Shakira told the an audience of 100 VIPs including Latin American and Caribbean ambassadors and officials from the education sector along with representatives from other international organizations.The Colombian artist is a leading activist for children and the founder of ALAS -a coalition of Latin American artists and business leaders promoting the adoption of comprehensive ECD programs in the region.The groundbreaking initiative will provide over the next two years US$300 million in loans grants and trust fund resources as well as technical support towards the design and implementation of ECD policies in Latin America and the Caribbean. It will also expand a learning community of practitioners to exchange knowledge and experiences."ALAS – and Shakira in particular – have made an enormous contribution to placing young children at the heart of the public policy priorities in Latin America " said Zoellick."We are pleased to work with her ALAS and the Earth Institute to offer hope and opportunity for children who deserve a better future."Zoellick and Shakira explained that investments in ECD programs are among the most effective –and cost-effective– a country can make as participating children demonstrate improved health and academic outcomes while showing higher productivity and income in later years. They noted that delays in early childhood interventions are difficult and costly to reverse later in life as the Bank's recent publication The Promise for Early Childhood Development in Latin America illustrates.Citing Haiti's emergency response as a timely example of working with partners Zoellick said that ECD initiatives will play a key role in Haiti's reconstruction where attention will be placed on rebuilding not only the country's infrastructure but also the potential of its people. He stressed the importance of partnering with UNICEF UNESCO and the World Food Program among others to provide urgent relief to the Haitian children and mitigate the long-term impact of the January 12 earthquake on an entire generation of Haitians.One of the initiative's first programs will be a partnership with Mexico's state agency CONAFE to provide training for parents and caregivers to improve their competencies and practices in caring for children 0-4. The initiative will focus on the poorest 172 municipalities in Mexico located primarily in its southern states.In addition to providing funds to participating countries the Early Childhood Initiative will work with the ECD Secretariat for Latin America and the Caribbean a project of ALAS the Earth Institute and the governments of Mexico Colombia Chile Panama Paraguay and Argentina to develop best practices and identify promising pilot projects for children under 6. This work will be presented at the UN's Millennium Development Goals Summit in September and the XX Ibero-American Summit of the regional Heads of State in November in Mar del Plata Argentina.Over the last 20 years the World Bank has been helping governments from over 50 countries invest in Early Childhood Development. In Latin America and the Caribbean the Bank has financed over 30 ECD projects including technical assistance research and program funding. At present private and public investments in ECD initiatives range from less than 1 percent to roughly 12 percent of the total educational expenditures of countries in the region according to World Bank estimates.Note to editors: In 2009 ALAS in a partnership with the Earth Institute at Columbia University created the ECD Secretariat for Latin America and the Caribbean with delegates from international organizations and representatives of the governments of Chile Colombia Mexico Argentina Panama and Paraguay. Last December Shakira addressed the XIX Ibero-American Summit alongside economist Jeffrey Sachs. Together they secured a commitment to make early education a central topic of this year's Summit in Mar del Plata Argentina. (www.fundacionalas.org) Shakira founded the 'Fundaci? Pies Descalzos' in 1995. Today it supports 6 schools in Colombia and over 6000 students and their families with nutritious meals education and psychological support services all of whom have been affected by poverty and population displacement. In 2008 Shakira founded the Barefoot Foundation a U.S. 501(C)(3) dedicated to universal education. In January 2010 the Barefoot Foundation and Board Member Howard Buffett announced plans to build a Barefoot School in Haiti to support recovery efforts. (www.barefootfoundation.com)Other World Bank ECD initiatives in the region include:Brazil: The Bank is cooperating with researchers at Brazil's Institute for Applied Economic Research to conduct an evaluation of publicly provided daycare centers (for children age 0-4 years) taking advantage of a lottery system to allocate limited spaces in municipal daycare centers (creches). Initial results show effective support for mothers under stress as a result of the centers. A policy program with Rio municipality is under preparation to support ECD policy reforms.Chile: Working in close cooperation with a local Chilean researcher the Bank is preparing a policy note for the Ministry of Finance on appropriate institutional arrangements for investing in ECD. The study focuses on the institutional framework for supporting accrediting and assuring the quality of ECD services by providing an analysis of "good practice" examples from around the world that exemplify a range of different approaches relevant to the Chilean context.Colombia: Preliminary discussions include providing quality Early Childhood Development services among poor Colombian families as part of the World Bank's technical assistance program with Colombia.Dominican Republic: Since 2002 the Bank has financed the ECD project ($42 million) in the Dominican Republic increasing the availability of high quality educational services for young children and creating 17 Regional Model Centers for early childhood education and care. In addition it has supported more than 60 subprojects through a competitive Grant Program for inter-institutional support for child development.Jamaica: In Jamaica the Bank is co-financing the implementation of the National Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Development (NSP). Specifically the NSP improves the monitoring of children's development the screening of household-level risks and the systems for early interventions. Another key focus area is enhancing the quality of early childhood schools and care facilities as well as strengthening early childhood organizations and institutions.
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5.Peacekeeping Chief Tells of Secretary-General’s ‘Ambitious Agenda’ for Post-Conflict Rebuilding as Special Committee Opens Session,UN GA
RV=150.5 2010/02/23 00:00
キーワード:technology,woman,Council
GA/PK/203Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations 212th & 213th Meetings (AM & PM)Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Calls Mission's Frontline Role in Haiti Test Case for Speedy Flexible ResponseWith the United Nations peacekeeping architecture stretched and under increasing stress Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had developed an "ambitious forward-looking" agenda to better enable it to contain violence protect civilians and help national actors build peace after conflict the head of the world body's peacekeeping operations said today as the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations opened its 2010 substantive session.The new partnership agenda based on the recommendations of the Brahimi Report and lessons learned would focus on planning and oversight field support and policy and capability development said Alain Le Roy Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. It would aim to fill critical gaps in peacekeeping operations while ensuring that troops were well-prepared well-equipped and able to deliver on reasonable performance expectations. "I hope 2010 will set us on a path towards providing our personnel with the necessary guidance resources and political and operations support structures to deliver all of their mandated tasks effectively" he added.The Under-Secretary-General said the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Department of Field Support (DFS) were hammering out strategies to build and sustain all aspects of peacekeeping capabilities and to forge peace early on through rule-of-law activities mine action security-sector reform as well as disarmament demobilization and reintegration programmes. The Departments intended to work with experienced troop- and police-contributing countries and other interested Member States to create baseline operational standards for specific uniformed peacekeepers.Susana Malcorra Under-Secretary-General for Field Support described the Organization's work in earthquake-ravaged Haiti saying that DFS was working with the Secretariat and Member States toimprove services while calibrating tools and procedures to needs on the ground. The Secretary-General's Acting Special Representative in Haiti the Assistant Secretary-General for Field Support and strong reinforcement teams had been deployed to replace the 92 staff of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) killed in the 12 January quake Ms. Malcorra said. The Mission was on the frontlines of search-and-rescue as well as humanitarian aid efforts and would continue to play a lead role in reconstructing Haiti.The tragic deaths of more than 100 United Nations civilian military and police personnel in Haiti had created a vast gap she said adding that 2000 more troops and 1500 police personnel would be sent to the Caribbean island nation. " Haiti has proven to be a formidable test case of our ability to respond with speed and flexibility" she said. MINUSTAH had the difficult task of combining counselling for survivors and families mortuary services forensic identification and assistance to traumatized personnel with targeted joint efforts by DPKO and DFS to overcome logistical and support challenges.Ms. Malcorra said DFS also faced challenges in Afghanistan where last October's attack on the Kabul guesthouse in which five United Nations personnel had been killed and many others injured had prompted an immediate review of housing arrangements for all United Nations personnel as well as a temporary relocation of non-essential staff to Dubai pending the strengthening of security measures. DFS supported peacekeeping personnel deployed in 15 missions worldwide -– the most in the Organization's history. It provided logistical administrative and management support to 14 special political missions. Its Global Field Support Strategy aimed to ensure more efficient effective service delivery in four key areas: financial management and oversight; human resource management; creation of global and regional service centres; and innovations in logistics including modularized service packages.Among the more than other 20 speakers taking the floor today Norway's representative described civilian protection as the most critical task in need of clarification. "We must come to grips with this issue to be able to deliver more effectively in the field. This is vital to uphold faith in the [United Nations] not only in countries wracked by conflict but also in contributing countries" she said.Calling for greater attention to sexual and gender-based violence and emphasizing the need for more women peacekeepers to gather information about violence in local communities she said United Nations peacekeeping missions were too often "resourced on the basis of the best-case scenario". While the Security Council had improved its dialogue with the Secretariat and troop- and police-contributing countries in respect of collective oversight of missions its recent meeting on transition and exit strategies had not been open to all contributing countries she pointed out.Echoing the concerns about civilian protection South Africa's representative said mandates must be clearly prioritized and the necessary equipment and resources deployed pointing out that the high mobility and sophisticated weaponry of rebel forces called for a paradigm shift in United Nations peacekeeping practice. Timely consultations with troop-contributing countries before mandate renewals more interaction between the Peacebuilding Commission and the Council and stepped up cooperation between the Council and regional organizations had helped address some of those concerns.Nigeria's representative said many missions lacked the mobility and air assets to meet their mandates. Robust peacekeeping -– a strategy to use force only when necessary to ensure implementation of a mission's mandate -– required effective command-and-control structures adequate equipment and mission unity he said adding that modern technology responsive logistics support and the delegation of authority to make difficult decisions in the field were crucial for that strategy's success.
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1.Tzu Chi Foundation Haiti Relief Operation,Tzu Chi
RV=427.3 2010/02/24 00:00
キーワード:Tzu,Chi,February,rain,season
The Tzu Chi emergency relief team in Haiti is looking for the possibility of constructing permanent homes for the quake survivors who lost their homes in the earthquake of January 12. Last week Tzu Chi volunteers began looking for suitable land for building permanent housing for quake-affected families. They visited two possible sites around the Ganthier municipality east of Port-au-Prince. One of the plots is a 26-hectare piece of land owned by the government. It was originally planned to build a housing project there. Another piece of land surveyed was a 30-hectare plot located near Haiti's largest lake.Apart from planning mid- and long-term relief effort Tzu Chi's relief operation in Haiti also focuses on the following areas: relief goods distribution medical and emotional care assistance and relief work program (food for work program).In the latest distribution Tzu Chi distributed tarpaulin sheets instant rice corn powder and reusable eating utensils to 338 families. To prepare for the raining season Tzu Chi plans to distribute 5000 tarpaulins and tents. As of February 18 Tzu Chi's relief distributions have benefited around 16560 people.Last week Tzu Chi began the second food-for-work relief program at Croix des Mission employing 65 people to clean up the city.Tzu Chi also continues to provide medical care to the quake survivors. Our volunteer doctors discovered that many people are suffering from respiratory conditions which are caused by dust from collapsed buildings. Dehydration and hunger are also two biggest problems in the crowded tent areas. In treating a patient one TIMA doctor said "She [the patient] also has a very fast heartbeat and she didn't really drink anything today. And I'm not sure how much she's really able to drink. I don't know how much she has food and water. I think she'sactually dehydrated that's why she has headache and stomachache." Poor sanitation conditions in the quake affected areas are prone to communicable diseases. Tzu Chi's medical team has provided anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics to the patients treated.Copyright ゥTaiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation. All Rights Reserved
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2.Japan commits $2 million to boost immunization in Haiti bringing post-quake total for UNICEF to $8.5 million,UNICEF
RV=199.6 2010/02/24 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,February,woman
TOKYO/JAPAN 23 February 2010 – The Government of Japan committed US$2 million (JPY180 million) to UNICEF to reinforce immunization services for children and women in Haiti. The timely contribution provides UNICEF with the much-needed equipment for the cold-chain system and funds for vaccines and immunization activities.Since before the earthquakes the Government of Haiti UNICEF PAHO/WHO (Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization) and other partners have been collaborating to immunize children against infectious diseases including polio tuberculosis and measles in order to reduce the under-five mortality rate as part of the efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. According to the statistics in 2008 72 children out of 1000 died before they reach the age of five.The contribution by the Japanese government through its bilateral aid agency JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) is expected to reduce the mortality rate for under-fives and pregnant women across Haiti. In addition the provision of the equipment for the cold-chain system and training will increase the immunization capacity of the medical and health institutions within the country. Moreover the strengthening of the immunization system will contribute to the management of risks related to outbreaks in post-quake Haiti.The latest grant follows the US$6.5 million of emergency grant assistance for UNICEF already committed by the Government of Japan for water and sanitation assistance as part of its response to the earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January.The ceremony for the signing of the Exchange of Notes was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on 22 February with Hon. Koichi Takemasa State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan and H.E. Jean Claude Bordes Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the Republic of Haiti in Japan.The Grant Agreement was then signed by Mr. Bunkichi Kuramoto Director-General for Latin America & the Caribbean Department of JICA and June Kunugi Director of UNICEF Tokyo."This valuable grant from the Government of Japan will make a much-needed contribution in re-establishing and strengthening Haiti's immunization system nationwide including rehabilitating the cold chain and providing essential vaccines." said Ms. Kunugi. "Routine coverage in Haiti was historically low; even before the earthquake only 42 per cent of children 12-23 months of age were receiving routine measles vaccine and Haiti had the highest rates of infant under-five and maternal mortality in the Western Hemisphere.""Japan's assistance to the survival and health of children and its major support to emergency response efforts in water and sanitation will help Haiti's recovery by attending to the needs of children who are always among the most vulnerable of every population."about UNICEFUNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive from early childhood through adolescence. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries UNICEF supports child health and nutrition good water and sanitation quality basic education for all boys and girls and the protection of children from violence exploitation and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals businesses foundations and governments.For further information please contact:Naoko Iwasaki UNICEF TokyoTel + 81-3-5467-4431niwasaki@unicef.org
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3.Haiti: HelpAge to oversee running of municipal nursing home,HelpAge
RV=155.1 2010/02/24 00:00
キーワード:rain,season,rainy
HelpAge is taking on the day-to-day management of the Port-au-Prince Municipal nursing home also known as the "Asile Communale".The nursing home was crushed in last month's earthquake and four residents died. HelpAge will oversee the care of the 75 surviving older people who are living in what is now essentially a tent city.Through an agreement with the mayor's office we will manage all aspects of caregiving for the next six months. This includes food provision medical care staff supervision security and sanitation.Health concernsInternational media highlighted the plight of the nursing home residents following the earthquake. They were left without shelter food water and in some cases clothing for several days. During that time three more residents died.The situation has improved since the arrival of donated tents food and water but grave concerns remain. In particular we are worried about the health risks associated with the upcoming rainy season."Time and time again in disasters HelpAge sees horrible situations like those the municipal nursing home residents have experienced" said Margaret Chilcott HelpAge's Emergencies Programme Coordinator. "Those who are most vulnerable are last to receive aid."Protecting privacy dignity and rights"Older people – especially those who are frail or unwell – are not the loudest in demanding emergency relief food or assistance."Our priority at HelpAge is to ensure that humanitarian organisations include this vulnerable group in their short and long-term efforts. Their privacy dignity and rights must be protected."Makeshift camps overflowing with adults and children have sprung up around the home. Ensuring that older people get food and maintain their dignity has been a real challenge in such overcrowded conditions.Even securing their individual belongings and group food stock against possible theft has proved difficult.Project Concern International is another organisation providing humanitarian assistance to around 600 families in the nursing home complex.We are collaborating closely with them to address these issues.A top priority is to fence off the nursing home's half dozen tents for exclusive use by its residents and to hire security guards.More meals medicine and emotional careResidents have been getting only one or two meals a day since the earthquake. HelpAge will provide enough food to prepare more regular nutritious meals.Margaret Chilcott said: "We will also arrange for medical and emotional care. A geriatric specialist from the United States will examine each resident diagnose ailments recommend treatment and prescribe medication as needed."Older people's tents are now sitting in pools of muddy water due to the heavy rains. For the past month residents have been bathed in the open often to the jeers of children and passers by. The latrine is unusable.We will remedy these problems by constructing shelters latrine blocks and a bathing area.Over 1000 older people have been reachedHelpAge has also dispensed food age-friendly "wellbeing" kits and medication to nearly 250 other nursing home residents in L駮g穗e and Petit Goave and to more than 200 older people living in the Croix des Pr鑚 neighbourhood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.In total we have distributed food and other essential items to over 1000 older people and their families in the last month.A needs assessment of displaced older people living in camps in Port-au-Prince L駮g穗e Petit Goave Grand Goave and other areas further from the epicentre will help us develop a longer term plan for Haiti.
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4.HAITI: Price Update for Port-au-Prince and Jacmel February 23 2010,FEWS NET
RV=125.8 2010/02/24 00:00
キーワード:February,rain
In Port- au Prince and Jacmel staple food prices have been generally stable since February 18 although on average they remain higher than before the earthquake (26 and 29 percent in Port- au- Prince and Jacmel respectively). In Port- au Prince - The Croix-de-Bossales market is well supplied with cereals beans tubers fruits and vegetables. - The price of imported rice has decreased seven percent from 150 to 140 HTG/6 lbs since last Thursday allegedly due to the arrival of commercial rice imports. However imported rice is still 17 percent above the pre-earthquake level as of February 22. - The price of black beans has been declining since late January. FEWS NET and CNSA believe that this reflects the liquidation of the large stocks from the above- normal harvest of 2009 the marketing of the new harvest (which started in late January and will peak between mid- February and mid- March) and availability of pigeon peas. - The price of wheat flour has remained high most likely due to the closure of the flour mill after the earthquake and the higher cost of imported flour. - Food aid rice was reportedly selling for around 100 HTG/6 lbs on Monday February 22. The Government has announced on the radio that it will enforce the ban on selling food aid. Ten to fifteen percent of traders are reportedly selling food aid on the market though not all are selling this food aid openly.In both Port-au-Prince and Jacmel the price of sorghum has risen for the past two weeks despite the harvest having taken place in January and February. As of February 22 it reached levels 43 and 67 percent higher than before the earthquake in Port- au Prince and Jacmel respectively. Retailers are reportedly having difficulty sourcing this commodity; the yields have been below average because of insufficient rains in November and December.
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5.Haiti: Semi-temporary shelters built to last,HI
RV=99.0 2010/02/24 00:00
キーワード:season,rainy
The people of Haiti urgently need shelters capable of resisting the coming hurricane season.The earthquake of 12th January left hundreds of thousands - perhaps even a million - people without shelter. The first storms of the rainy season have already begun and the most vulnerable people urgently need a roof over their heads. Handicap International has already distributed tents and shelter boxes (i) to one thousand families in the areas of Petit-Go穽e and Mornes. The shelter boxes distributed by the association were supplied by the Rotary Club. They contain basic equipment for people who have lost everything.The next phase will consist of building scalable semi-temporary shelters. At least 200 will be built over the next few days. They will need to immediately stand up to the hurricane season which starts in early August and to last until a permanent home can be built.Covered with a sheet metal roof designed to resist gusts of wind they will have a wooden base and a raised floor equipped with a ramp for easy access. For the sake of speed the walls will initially be made from plastic sheets and woven mats. These temporary walls will then be replaced by more durable materials to create longer-lasting and more comfortable shelters.These shelters are small houses measuring around 20 sq. m. which the association will provide to the most vulnerable families. These families will help build these shelters to ensure they take ownership of them and are able to move them to another site if necessary.(i) Shelter boxes are small containers that are easy to transport and consist of a tent for 10 people floor mats blankets a multi-fuel stove cooking utensils liquid containers a water purification system and tools including a saw an axe a spade rope mosquito nets and even an activity pack for children.
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Emergency appeal no. MDRHT008 Operations update no. 7,IFRC
RV=349.6 2010/02/25 00:00
キーワード:settlement,Cluster,February,technology,rain
Summary: Despite substantial progress in meeting the most immediate needs of the earthquake-affected population in Haiti – including an increase of 50% in distribution of shelter materials over a ten-day period and constant distribution of water to up to 320000 people daily --- much remains to be done and a sense of urgency continues to prevail particularly with the approach of the rainy season. Providing emergency shelter and sanitation facilities are the key priorities at the moment whilst continuing to pursue on-going and still necessary medical water and relief interventions.The rapid pace of relief distributions continues. Distribution of emergency shelter material including tarpaulins plastic sheeting tents and shelter tool kits is proceeding as a matter of priority and is being closely coordinated amongst Movement and external partners through the Emergency Shelter and NFI Cluster. As of 21 February 2010 the combined Red Cross Red Crescent actors had provided over 28176 families (140880 people) with shelter materials consisting of tarpaulins and rope. In addition nearly 1860 families have now received tents.Overall shelter-related distributions have increased by some 50% over the 10 day reporting period.Movement water production and distribution activities continue to reach between 290000 and 320000 people per day with 5.3 litres of water. Red Cross Red Crescent interventions thereby account for close to 40% of all WASH partner distributions. As of 21 February a total of 30000000 litres of safe drinking water had been distributed by the ERUs.In parallel with water provision sanitation activities continue to advance although this area remains a major challenge – in particular due to crowded conditions the fluctuating population in camps and settlements and the rains which have eroded trench latrines and flooded camp premises. Some 2605 latrines have been completed by WASH Cluster partners for 130250 persons representing 12 per cent coverage of the target population. The overall aim is to provide 12900 latrines and hand-washing facilities before the end of March and the beginning of the rainy season and a total of 21000 before the end of June. Of these 574 latrines (over 20%) have been installed by Red Cross Red Crescent partners in 20 camps. Hygiene activities are ongoing and over 20 million text messages have been sent to raise awareness amongst the population on health and hygiene-related issues.Red Cross health care facilities and mobile teams have treated more than 28800 people in post-earthquake Haiti as of 21 February. Between 1000 and 1300 people continue to be seen every day by basic health care units (BHCU) and integrated mobile clinics. The number of earthquake-trauma cases is continuously decreasing as expected whereas the number of cases of malaria watery diarrhoea and respiratory ailments is rising. There has also been an increase noted in cases of post traumatic stress disorder. Although there have not yet been outbreaks of communicable diseases the situation continues to be an epidemiological time-bomb due to the over-crowded and inadequate living conditions insufficient sanitation facilities and an extremely vulnerable population. Vector control will be one of the main priorities in the coming weeks and discussions are ongoing with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on how best to address the situation in camps.The International Federation has increased its response capacity by strengthening its stock with cholera and malaria kits. Hygiene promotion is integrated in the water and sanitation activities. A mass vaccination campaign is now well underway in Port-au-Prince aiming to protect 140000 children from diphtheria tetanus whooping cough measles and rubella. As of 21 February Red Cross Red Crescent partners had vaccinated 44000 people. The Red Cross is one of the key implementing partners for this campaign with invaluable assistance from some 150 HNRCS volunteers. Members of the Alternative NFI/Cash Transfer Team met HNRCS management to present and obtain feedback on their Relief Cash Transfer Programme (CTP) using mobile phone technology. The objective is to help 80000 targeted households meet basic needs and replace assets through a scaleable secure cash transfer programme which complements IFRC non-food (NFI) distributions.The International Federation offers its sincere gratitude to the National Societies governments private donors and individuals who have contributed to this Appeal. Their support contributes to achieving this Appeal's objectives and strategic aim to save lives protect livelihoods and strengthen recovery from disasters.
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2.Emergency Operations Center Situation Report #22 - Haiti Earthquake,PAHO
RV=301.3 2010/02/25 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,February,technology
PAHO/WHO RESPONSE- PAHO/WHO together with the Ministry of Health and strategic partners (ARC CDC UNICEF UNF) is developing a two-phase post-disaster vaccination response plan. Phase 1 is presently taking place in temporary settlements where as of 22 February more than 10% (85500 persons) of the target population has been vaccinated. These include 4353 children aged six weeks – eight months with DTP vaccine; 14509 children aged nine months – seven years with DTP and MR vaccine; and 66714 people over eight years with dT. Phase 2 will target the rest of the country once the situation stabilizes.PAHO/WHO is also coordinating a task force comprised of personnel from PAHO UNICEF and CDC to support vaccination activities and strengthen surveillance to rapidly detect and investigate suspected cases.- PAHO/WHO is part of an interagency working group focusing on the issue of health care waste management a particular concern due to the health risks associated with exposure to medical waste. The group will help to develop a medium and long-term plan to replace temporary measures instituted following the earthquake.- In consultation with more than 100 humanitarian organizations working in or providing donations to Haiti following the earthquake PAHO/WHO developed and issued new guidelines on drug donations for Haiti. Basic principles include:o Drugs donated should be those most needed by Haiti that is based on expressed needs;o Donor countries should offer only medicines acceptable in their countries. Donated drugs should come from reliable sources and meet the quality standards of both donor and recipient countries;o Drugs should be valid for at least one year from their arrival in Haiti;o Donations should fully respect the wishes and authority of Haiti's health officials and should comply with the health polices and administrative procedures existing in that country.These and other guidelines on how to be a good donor are available at www.saberdonar.info and www.paho.org/disasters- PAHO/WHO is presently investigating the quality of some donations of medicined that arrived in Haiti after the earthquake and will continue to monitor donations to ensure compliance with the guidelines.- PAHO/WHO continues to support Haiti's Ministry of Health to strengthen its epidemiological capacity and has recruited two local epidemiologists in addition to the many international PAHO/WHO experts providing technical support.o Respiratory infections are the main cause of illness followed by trauma/injury diarrhoea and suspected malaria. Data received from selected IDP camps not part of the sentinel sites is showing higher than normal cases of hypertension.o Treatment for HIV/AIDS and TB remains an important issue particularly with the increased likelihood of multi-drug resistance the magnitude of which was unknown before the earthquake. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission is also critical considering the number of deliveries (approximately 6000) in the last thirty days and that generally 5000 babies are born each year with HIV.o Attention must be maintained on rabies which was an important pubic health problem before the earthquake. Maintenance of domestic dog and cat vaccination programs and post exposure prophylaxis for people bitten by animals is recommended.o There have been no confirmed disease outbreaks. The following has been reported:Two isolated cases of typhoid fever and two cases of malaria all laboratory confirmed;Ten suspected cases of measles; five have been discarded and five are currently pending laboratory results;One unconfirmed case of diphtheriaOne case of flaccid paralysis which is being investigated- Malaria and dengue cases tend to increase in Haiti during the rainy season. PAHO/WHO has a stock of 15000 long-lasting impregnated bed nets for hospitals and health care centers to protect patients and families from vector. Although approaches and interventions to prevent control and manage the diseases should be anchored by the reality on the ground key points to note include:o Early diagnosis and prompt access to effective treatment are two basic elements of malaria and dengue control which can shorten the duration of the infection and prevent further complications. Re-establishing access to disease management services particularly in high-risk areas is therefore imperative. P. falciparum is responsible for almost 100% of malaria in Hispaniola and is still sensitive to Chloroquine the recommended first line treatment in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. While all four dengue serotypes circulate in the Caribbean area DEN-1 and -2 predominate.o Long-lasting insecticidal nets can be used to provide personal protection to groups at risk for malaria in high transmission areas especially young children and pregnant women. The nets can also protect communities when more than 80% of people in a target community are sleeping inside them. The nets are effective for 3 to 5 years depending on model and conditions of use. o The following websites provide additional information:Latest map on malaria risk areas in the Americas (please click on the section on Haiti) http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2459&Itemid=2000 WHO documents regarding insecticide-treated materials http://www.who.int/malaria/vector_control/itm/en/index.htmlLatest WHO recommendations on malaria diagnosis http://www.who.int/malaria/diagnosis_treatment/diagnosis/en/index.htmlWHO documents regarding malaria and complex emergencies http://www.who.int/malaria/epidemics_emergencies/emergencies/en/index.htmlGuidelines on dengue diagnosis treatment prevention and control http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241547871_eng.pdf WHO documents on dengue: http://www.who.int/topics/dengue/en/index.html- PAHO/WHO began distributing fuel to public health facilities on Monday 22 February.- The MSPP with the assistance of PAHO/WHO is establishing a clinical coordination center to improve the patient referral process.- PAHO and WHO are collaborating with the IAEA to provide basic radiology services to a number of hospitals within and outside Port au Prince. The IAEA purchased most of the technology while PAHO and WHO provided additional devices (voltage regulators etc.) materials (training books) and services (installation training logistics etc.). This joint IAEA/PAHO effort which also seeks to ensure safety of patients and workers proper and efficient use of the technology and protection of the technological investment is expected to also provide more complex radiology services.- PAHO/WHO and the MSPP are creating an emergency health information management cell (IM) which over the next 12-18 months is expected to provide real-time situational awareness health threat assessments gap analyses needs assessments information fusion and other relevant information. The cell will eventually merge into a more robust health information management system. PAHO/WHO will merge various databases to help the IM Cell gather and disseminate information.- WHO/PAHO has developed guiding principles for managing WHO/PAHO human resources in Haiti and a mid-term communication strategy for the PAHO/WHO country office in Haiti.
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3.Providing water and sanitation for earthquake survivors beyond Haiti’s capital,UNICEF
RV=294.2 2010/02/25 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,settlement,February,rain
By Guy HubbardLEOGANE Haiti 24 February 2010 – Pierre Fuijee used to be a lawyer in the small town of Leogane an hour's drive from the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. But like many others in the town he lost everything in the 12 January earthquake.VIDEO: Watch nowLeogane was close to the epicentre of the powerful quake and large parts of it were flattened. Mr. Fuijee now lives in a makeshift shelter with his wife mother and two children."Since the event it has been very hard for us because eight people died in our family" he said. "The situation is really difficult especially with the small one and now the rain is threatening and we can't protect ourselves because we live in tents."While the focus of many aid agencies and media organizations has been on the capital other areas were also seriously affected. UNICEF and its partners have been working to deliver vital services to children and families living in camps throughout the country.Preventing the spread of diseaseThe most urgent intervention in the camps has been the provision of safe water and sanitation. UNICEF and its partners have been setting up collapsible tanks known as water bladders and digging latrines to keep the camps clear of human waste in improvised settlements throughout Haiti."We're in an emergency phase which means that we need to deliver water and we need to deliver emergency sanitation" said UNICEF Water and Sanitation Specialist Rolando Wallusche Saul. "You have a big likelihood of spreading of diarrheal diseases; that's why it is very important to build latrines."For Mr. Fuijee and his family the water and sanitation aid has provided a semblance of normalcy in an otherwise abnormal and stressful setting.Aid for the displaced in JacmelThe pretty southern coastal town of Jacmel – once a popular tourist destination – was also severely damaged by the earthquake and thousands are now living in camps here.In the largest camp the Venezuelan Army has been able to provide compartmentalized tents for residents. In addition UNICEF and its partners are providing water and building latrines to supply the still-growing displaced population in the settlement.Malepa Oliali was living in the ruins of her home before coming to the Jacmel camp. "It's OK for me' she said speaking about life in the camp. "I use the water for drinking cooking and washing. The toilets are being built and I have a tent for me my husband and my children."While survivors of the earthquake attempt to rebuild their lives UNICEF and partners are doing all they can to ensure that everyone is able to live as normal a life as possible. By delivering safe water and improved sanitation aid workers hope to ensure that children and adults who survived the earthquake can also survive its aftermath.
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4.Haiti: senior UN official stresses need for realistic goals before rainy season starts,UN News
RV=198.1 2010/02/25 00:00
キーワード:cluster,February,rain
24 February 2010 – The United Nations remains strongly committed to doing everything possible to help the people of Haiti but is realistic about what it can accomplish before the rainy season begins in earnest on 1 May said a senior official with the world body."When the rains come the UN will still be there in solidarity with the people of Haiti living in conditions not so dissimilar from many of them and working hard to help them" Anthony Banbury Acting Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General at the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) told journalists in New York.Mr. Banbury – who is scheduled to return to Haiti tomorrow – admitted that while plans are underway to provide more than one million homeless people with some form of shelter and sanitation not everyone will have "good shelter" or "good sanitation" before the heavy rains start.He praised the UN response effort as "truly impressive" given the challenges and said that the expectation that "people were just going to be housed overnight" was beyond the scope of any group or organization.More than 66000 families (330000 people) have received emergency shelter materials about 30 per cent of the estimated need. More than 250000 tarpaulins and tents are in the pipeline and will be distributed immediately upon arrival according to the latest report from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).In addition to distributing shelter materials there is a critical need for rubble removal as well as for the identification of suitable land for the construction of transitional shelter to alleviate decongestion in overcrowded sites.Comparing the recovery effort in Haiti with those he experienced following Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar in 2008 and the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 Mr. Banbury said the complexity of the situation in Haiti made it the "most challenging disaster response that that the United Nations has ever faced in its history."The most serious problems currently in Haiti – sanitation and shelter – are interconnected in a way that makes it impossible to solve one without the other posing challenges for the UN system of clusters in which one agency takes a lead on managing a humanitarian issue Mr. Banbury said.He also praised the UN peacekeepers for taking on a new role as emergency first responders during the 12 January earthquake."The UN peacekeeping apparatus is not designed for and really has very little experience dealing with sudden onset natural disasters. So we had to do – in this case – something that we have never done before" Mr. Banbury said.As relief efforts continue the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced it has started distributing aid to quake survivors and host families in a poor region of Haiti near the border with the Dominican Republic.Local officials and Haitian Red Cross staff began distributing the UNHCR aid on Saturday in the town of Fonds-Verrettes where the local population has been swollen some 10 to 15 per cent by the arrival of people fleeing from the devastated capital Port-au-Prince.Each family including many hosts was given an aid pack that contained a blanket a bucket five bars of soap a flashlight a cooking pot five spoons matches and sanitary pads."This small-scale aid is intended to help meet some of the most basic non-food item needs of those host families whose already very limited resources are being stretched to the absolute limit" said UNHCR spokesman Gonzalo Vargas Llosa adding that the agency hoped this would also help prevent further displacement.
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5.A further €1 million in funding to support the international response to the earthquake in Haiti,Irish Aid
RV=123.9 2010/02/25 00:00
キーワード:Irish,Vision
Minister of State for Overseas Development Peter Power announces significant funding for shelter in HaitiThe Minister of State for Overseas Development Mr Peter Power T.D. today announced a further €1 million in funding to support the international response to the earthquake in Haiti.The funding will be channelled through the United Nations and international humanitarian organisations which are tasked with providing urgently-needed shelter and child protection services for those affected by the disaster of January 12.This €1 million is in addition to €3 million in assistance which the Government has already committed to Haiti. This included €2 million in direct emergency funding to the United Nations Red Cross and Irish aid agencies including Concern Haven and World Vision and two consignments of emergency humanitarian aid totalling 130 tonnes which were provided to Concern Goal and Trcaire for distribution on the ground.Announcing the funding today Minister Power said:"This is a very challenging crisis which requires a targeted and well-coordinated response by the international community. The UN has issued an emergency appeal for $1.4 billion to respond to life-saving and early recovery needs in Haiti over the next twelve months. In light of this appeal and the enormous humanitarian needs on the ground I have decided to increase Irish Aid's support to the emergency response by €1 million.The funding pledged today will assist our partners to meet the pressing needs of the Haitian people in a number of priority areas including the provision of shelter. This is absolutely vital now as the rainy season approaches and some 1.2 million people in dire need of shelter.The funding of €1 million will also support cash-for-work schemes which will provide payment to local people in exchange for work to assist the recovery effort. This will support the Haitian people to rebuild their lives and lay the foundations for the difficult road to recovery which lies ahead."Minister Power also paid tribute to the many humanitarian workers who are leading the recovery effort including six members of Ireland's Rapid Response Corps who have deployed to the country."I wish to recognise the tireless efforts of those in the international humanitarian community and among Haitian society who have been working so hard to alleviate the suffering of the hundreds of thousands affected by this terrible earthquake."They can be assured that Ireland in close cooperation with our partners in the UN EU and US is committed to ensuring that Haiti's recovery is sustainable and led by its own people."Notes to the editor• Irish Aid is the Government's programme for overseas assistance. It is a division of the Department of Foreign Affairs.• Today's announcement is in addition to €2 million in direct funding which has been provided to the Concern World Vision Haven the International Federation of the Red Cross and UN agencies including the World Food Programme.• The Government has supplied 130 tonnes of emergency humanitarian aid which was distributed in Haiti by Concern Goal and Trcaire. The supplies provided more than 12000 families with shelter and basic sanitation equipment.• Irish Aid maintains the Rapid Response Corps a register of 130 highly-skilled individuals who are willing to be deployed at short notice to assist in an emergency relief effort. Six members have deployed to Haiti since the disaster struck.• Ireland contributed €20 million to the United Nation's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in 2009 and a total of €73 million since it was set up in 2006 following the Asian Tsunami. The CERF provides immediately-accessible funds to the UN for use in a crisis such as that in Haiti. Ireland is the seventh largest donor to this fund.For further information please contact Fionnuala Quinlan press officer Irish Aid the Department of Foreign Affairs on 01-4082653 or 087-9099975. For further information on Irish Aid visit www.irishaid.gov.ieENDS+++
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1.Haiti: Solar Lamps Bring Added Stability to Displaced,ADRA
RV=442.5 2010/02/26 00:00
キーワード:Adra,rain,season,rainy,woman
PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti—There is no time like the night to be reminded that being an earthquake survivor in a camp for displaced Haitians is difficult."When you have darkness it's sad" says Silvina Lizaire 65 a woman who is staying in a makeshift shelter rigged with bed linens and tree branches in a camp in Carrefour a residential area located in southwest Port-au-Prince.Since Thursday darkness has become less oppressive for thousands of families who began receiving some 3000 solar powered lamp kits. This latest assistance donated by U.S.-based Geneva Global through the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has also allowed displaced Haitians to carry out basic activities in a more comfortable and safe manner."The lamps help us move about more freely and safely at night even to go to the toilet" says Stephanie 24 a mother of two children aged three and five. Her shelter is located beside some large trees and to get to the latrines she must pass by the makeshift homes of several neighbors. In the dark the obstacles are not readily apparent. The tarps and sheeting covering much of her shelter cause the darkness to be more intense.Yolette Pierre Marie 46 who moved to the camp the day of the quake after her house collapsed killing a relative sees the convenience of having a source of light readily available each night."We lit candles before" says Yolette. "It's so much better now."Each evening after the LED lamp has recharged she hangs it with the attached swiveling hanger from one of the corners in her shelter. When she sets it to the highest intensity the lamp casts a white light that allows Yolette and her family to do other activities until they go to sleep around 9 o'clock in the evening.But the benefits of using these sun-powered devices go beyond the convenience of its owners to see at night."Look our house is made of tarps and sheets and blankets" says Stephanie. "Using a candle is dangerous."Because the homes are built in close proximity to each other a candle or kerosene lamp could tip over and cause a fire to quickly spread through the camp. Less critical but nevertheless important is the cost of purchasing batteries as keeping expenses low remains a constant concern for displaced Haitians."We used flashlights but batteries are expensive" she says. "The sun is free."The lights are also able to illuminate areas inside and in the immediate perimeter of shelters that could have posed a concern for residents before. This provides families a better way to monitor their space and property."Sometimes our clothes that we had laid outdoors to dry went missing at night" says Stephanie.Personal safety can be compromised as well without proper lighting due to the fact that large areas of the camp and Port-au-Prince itself remain without electricity."Having a light source at night also provides increased security especially for vulnerable women and girls in makeshift camps" says Doug Balfour CEO of Geneva Global.The solar lamps are robust; they will resist multiple falls and are built to remain in working condition long after they have been distributed. According to ToughStuff™ the manufacturer of the device the product has an expected life of 10 years. Each lamp and solar panel is water-resistant and unaffected by rain a feature that will prove especially important in the upcoming rainy season. The amorphous flexible solar panels are almost impossible to break and they are resilient up to 176 F (80 C). More importantly the lamps provide between six to 30 hours of lighting after a full day of charging in sunlight. The kits which have a $20 value also include radio and cell phone connectors and rechargeable battery packs."ADRA's parnership in the distribution of these solar kits was crucial to Geneva Global" adds Balfour. "With ADRA's assistance thousands of Haitian families are now benefitting from ToughStuff™ solar kits."If you would like to support ADRA's relief efforts give to the Haiti Earthquake Response Fund at www.adra.org/haiti or by phone at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372).To donate through a mobile phone text the word "ADRA" to 85944 reply "YES" and donate a one-time $10 gift to ADRA's Haiti response.Follow ADRA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest information as it happens.ADRA is a non-governmental organization present in 125 countries providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association age gender race or ethnicity.For more information about ADRA visit www.adra.org.Author: Hearly Mayr with reporting by Michelle OetmanFor more information contact:John Torres Senior Public Relations Manager301.680.6357 (office)301.680.6370 (fax)John.Torres@adra.orgDonate to Haiti Earthquake Response FundOnline: http://www.adra.org/haitiMobile: 85944 Text the word "ADRA" reply "YES"Phone: 1.800.424.ADRA (2372)
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2.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #24,OCHA
RV=205.7 2010/02/26 00:00
キーワード:settlement,February,season
HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES- Food assistance is moving into a second surge phase with a planned distribution of full food baskets.- A total of 86403 workers will be engaged in cash-for-work activities including clearing small debris drainage/irrigation of canals and solid waste management by 26 February. The task of debris removal is enormous as an estimated 285000 houses were damaged or destroyed by the earthquake.- Through the ongoing vaccination campaign in temporary settlements over 8000 children under seven years of age have been vaccinated against diphtheria tetanus and pertussis and over 5000 against measles and rubella.- Together with the decongestion of spontaneous settlement sites creating adequate sanitary conditions will be crucial in order to mitigate the risk of a large-scale outbreak of waterborne diseases in the coming weeks.- The Agriculture sector remains only 8 percent funded. More resources are needed to ensure that seeds can be purchased ahead of the planting season in March in order to prevent longer- term dependency on food assistance.- An additional $10 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will be allocated to Haiti. The Emergency Relief Coordinator Mr. John Holmes has appealed to support the revised Haiti Humanitarian Appeal at a Member States meeting held in New York on 24 February in view of the continued urgent humanitarian and early recovery needs in Haiti.
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3.World Environment Ministers Signal Resolve to Realize Sustainable Development,UNEP
RV=114.5 2010/02/26 00:00
キーワード:February,woman
World Environment Ministers Signal Resolve to Realize Sustainable DevelopmentAccelerating a Green Economy to Cooperative Action to Protect Human Health and Combat Climate Change Gets Support at Bali Meeting11th Special Session of the UN Environment Programme's Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment ForumBali 26 February 2010 - In the first landmark Declaration issued by ministers of the environment in a decade governments pledged to step up the global response to the major environmental and sustainability challenges of this generation.The wide-ranging Nusa Dua Declaration agreed today in the closing session of the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum underlines the vital importance of biodiversity the urgent need to combat climate change and work towards a good outcome in Mexico later in the year and the key opportunities from accelerating a transition to a low-carbon resource-efficient Green Economy.The statement also highlights the need to improve the overall management of the global environment accepting that that 'governance architecture' has in many ways become too complex and fragmented.An important step forward was made earlier in the week in the areas of chemicals hazardous wastes and human health. Governments agreed at an Extraordinary Meeting to have more cooperative action by the three relevant treaties--the Basel Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions -- as a first step to boosting their delivery within countries.Achim Steiner UN Under-Secretary and UNEP Executive Director said: "The ministers responsible for the environment meeting just over a month after the climate change conference in Copenhagen have spoken with a clear united and unequivocal voice.""Faced with the continued erosion of the natural environment the persistent and emerging challenges of chemical pollution and wastes and the overarching challenge of issues such as climate change the status quo is not an option and change is urgently needed" he added."This change starts with recognition that the way we are managing the environmental dimension of sustainable development is currently too complex and fragmented. Change is needed here and the ministers signaled their determination to realize this through a political process" said Mr. Steiner."But the ministers also recognized that action towards a Green Economy --one able to meet multiple challenges and seize multiple opportunities-- is taking route in economies across the globe. Accelerating this is a key element of the Nusa Dua Declaration and one that can direct future action towards realizing the kinds of transitions needed on a planet of six billion people rising to nine billion by 2050" he added.The Declaration the first by world environment ministers since they met in Malm・ Sweden in 2000 will be transmitted to the UN General Assembly later this year.There governments will begin preparations for a landmark conference in Brazil called Rio plus 20.Rio plus 20 comes two decades after the first Rio Earth Summit which gave birth to many of the key treaties ranging from climate change to biodiversity which to date have defined the international response to environmental challenges.Green EconomyCase studies illuminating the multiple benefits of a Green Economy were presented to delegates in advance of a landmark Green Economy report to be released later this year.Uganda- The area of land under organic agriculture has risen from 185000 hectares in 2004 to close to 300000 hectares in 2008 with a 360 per cent rise in the number of farmers engaged in the sector – from 45000 certified farmers to 207000.- Certified organic exports have risen from US$3.7 million in 2003-2004 to US$22.8 million in 2007-2008.- The country is also contributing to combating climate change. C02 emissions per hectare are up to 68 per cent less than on conventionally farmed land with studies indicating that organic fields sequester 3-8 tonnes more carbon per hectare.China- More than 10 per cent of Chinese households rely on the sun to heat their water with more than 40 million solar water heating systems in place.- The renewable energy sector as a whole generates output worth US$17 billion and employs 1 million workers of which 600000 are employed in solar thermal panel making and installing products such as solar water heaters.- The warm water from solar water heaters is also reducing rheumatoid arthritis among women as they now have hot water for laundry and dishwashing done by hand instead of only cold water.Brazil- The city of Curitiba has through sustainable urban planning and transport cut per capita loss from severe congestion. It is about 6.7 and 11 times less than per capita losses in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.- In 2002 Curitiba's annual fuel losses from severe traffic congestion equaled R$1.98 million (US$930000). On per capita terms this loss is about 13 times and 4.3 times less than those in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.- Curitiba's fuel usage is also 30 per cent lower than in Brazil's other major cities.Other Highlights of the UNEP GC/GMEFThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)The delegates were addressed by Dr. Rajendra Pachauri chair of the IPCC which is co- hosted by UNEP and the World Meteorological Organization.Ministers re-affirmed the central importance of the IPCC and the importance of sound science upon which to base a response to climate change.However as a result of recent criticism of the IPCC and some key errors in the body's fourth assessment report several governments called for an independent review of the IPCC.Full details of the review and its scope will be announced next week with the report to be presented to the IPCC Plenary taking place in the Republic of Korea in October.Several key decisions were adopted including ones on oceans put forward by the Government of Indonesia and the strengthening the environment via the Environmental Management Group which UNEP hosts.Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)Many experts believe a science panel or platform for biodiversity and ecosystems is needed to assist governments in combating the erosion of plants and animals and ecosystems such as forests freshwaters and soils.Governments agreed to a final meeting in June 2010 halfway through the UN's International Year of Biodiversity to decide whether to establish such a body.HaitiDelegates also backed UNEP's support to Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010 and called on the organization to assist the UN country team to incorporate environmental issues in the rehabilitation and reconstruction and restoration phases.GazaDelegates asked UNEP to assist in implementing recommendations from its environmental assessment of the Gaza Strip compiled following the escalation of hostilities in December 2008 through to January 2009.The assessment covers issues such as solid waste management pollution and the acute decline of Gaza's underground water supplies.Notes to EditorsFor the full list of decisions and the full text of the Nusa Dua Declaration please go to http://www.unep.org/gc/gcss-xi/For More Information Please Contact:Nick Nuttall Spokesperson/ Head of Media Office of the Executive Director UNEP HP: +254 733 632 755 email: nick.nuttall@unep.org
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4.Helping Haiti rebuild its aids response - 2010,UNAIDS
RV=114.5 2010/02/26 00:00
キーワード:February,woman
New UNAIDS report calls for coordinated approach to support Haiti the country most affected by HIV in the CaribbeanGENEVA 26 February 2010 – UNAIDS calls for a coordinated approach in supporting Haiti the country most affected by HIV in the Caribbean to rebuild its AIDS response in the wake of the 12 January earthquake. Following an initial rapid assessment of the situation with the Ministry of Public Health and Population UNAIDS has released the concept note Helping Haiti rebuild its AIDS response. The report explains the current situation in Haiti and what may be required to meet the immediate and intermediate AIDS response needs. UNAIDS will continue to revise and update this assessment as new information becomes available."It is unprecedented to have such a huge natural disaster in a country with a high HIV prevalence" said Mr Michel Sidib・ Executive Director of UNAIDS.There were an estimated 120 000 people living with HIV in Haiti before the earthquake. Haiti's epidemic is mostly driven by heterosexual sex and an estimated 53% percent of people living with HIV are women.Most of the structural damage happened in the three departments (Ouest Sud-Est and les Nippes) that accounted for nearly 60% of the population of people living with HIV."Now more than 1 million people are living in temporary shelters putting them at greater risk of violence that includes sexual and gender based violence" added Mr Sidib・ "Programmes are urgently needed to reduce vulnerabilities to HIV and ensure protection."The three most affected areas also had more than half of all the antiretroviral treatment sites. Assessment teams have noted make-shift clinics under tents popping up to help increase treatment access however the Ministry of Health estimates that less than 40% of the 24 000 people living with HIV who were on treatment before the earthquake have accessed them.Civil society networks of people living with HIV as well as many of the organizations providing HIV services have been affected by the earthquake and will need to be strengthened.Currently Haiti is experiencing a critical interruption of HIV services and programmes and will need comprehensive and sustained support for the country to regain momentum towards universal access targets to HIV prevention treatment care and support.Seven priority actions have been identified:1. Rebuild health systems (including antiretroviral and PMTCT services);2. Protect displaced people from HIV;3. Rebuild the national and local network of people living with HIV;4. Support social protection measures;5. Revitalize HIV prevention programmes;6. Re-establish comprehensive coordination mechanisms for the AIDS response; and7. Develop a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation mechanism.UNAIDS is currently working with its partners to integrate HIV into the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment process and ensure the HIV-related needs identified will be part of the ongoing humanitarian assistance efforts and upcoming recovery plans. The rebuilding of Haiti's national AIDS programme will need to link the current humanitarian HIV needs and actions with the longer term strategic goal of building back an even better AIDS response.The annual national AIDS budget of Haiti was US$ 132 million prior to the earthquake. UNAIDS estimates that an additional US$ 70 million will be needed for the next six months to meet Haiti's immediate AIDS response needs.
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5.Haiti aid effort marred by slow U.N. response,Reuters - AlertNet
RV=108.9 2010/02/26 00:00
キーワード:Feb,Corps
* Peacekeepers offered little immediate help to Haitians* First responders handled security but gave no relief* Juggling competing needs of law enforcement and aidBy Tom BrownPORT-AU-PRINCE Feb 26 (Reuters) - Clutching automatic assault rifles truckloads of U.N. troops patrolled the streets of Haiti's shattered capital on the day after the earthquake hit last month seemingly oblivious to the misery around them.Cries for help from people digging for survivors in collapsed buildings were drowned out by the roar of heavy-duty engines as the troops plowed through Port-au-Prince without stopping to join rescue efforts much less lead them.A common sight since they were deployed in 2004 the U.N. troops huddled in the shade of their canopied vehicles.There were about 9000 uniformed U.N. peacekeepers stationed in Haiti when the quake struck on Jan. 12 and they were the logical "first responders" to the disaster in the impoverished Caribbean country whose notoriously weak central government was overwhelmed by the scale of the tragedy.Initially however none of the peacekeepers appeared to be involved in hands-on humanitarian relief in what emergency medical experts describe as the critical first 72 hours after a devastating earthquake strikes.Their response to the appalling suffering was limited to handling security and looking for looters after the magnitude 7.0 quake leveled much of the capital and took what Haitian President Rene Preval says could be as many as 300000 lives.There was looting in the capital but it paled in comparison with the severity of the humanitarian crisis.Horribly-injured patients flooded overstretched hospitals forcing medical staff to decide which patients to treat and which were already too far gone to try saving."Doctors played God" said Tyler Marshall a veteran former Los Angeles Times correspondent working with an international aid group that helped out in a tent city erected at the height of the carnage on the grounds of Port-au-Prince's University Hospital the country's largest.Scores of U.N. personnel died in the quake including Hedi Annabi head of the U.N. mission that was set up in 2004. That helps explain what many have criticized as a glacially slow kickoff of relief operations after one of history's worst natural disasters.But in the days and weeks that followed it often seemed that lessons from other disasters were ignored in Haiti as fears of rioting or lawlessness overshadowed concerns about getting aid out quickly.The U.N.'s top humanitarian aid official John Holmes is among those who have chided relief agencies including the United Nations itself for doing too little to help Haiti."We cannot ... wait for the next emergency for these lessons to be learned" Holmes wrote in a confidential email first published on the website of the journal Foreign Policy."There is an urgent need to boost significantly capacity on the ground to improve coordination strategic planning and provision of aid" said Holmes.Edmond Mulet acting head of the U.N. mission acknowledged in an interview that it played a limited humanitarian role in the first few days after the earthquake since its operations were effectively decapitated."At the very beginning it was very difficult because all the headquarters was completely destroyed and all the leadership of the mission was killed" Mulet told Reuters.'CRIMINALS AND BANDITS'Mulet gained notoriety for wielding an iron fist during a previous stint as head of the U.N. mission when he led mostly Brazilian "blue helmet" troops in a successful crackdown on Haiti's heavily armed gangs.And he has made no secret about juggling the competing needs of relief operations with law enforcement in his bid to track down the more than 3000 inmates who took advantage of the earthquake to escape from its main prison."We are here also to provide security" he said when asked about the failure of convoys of rifle-wielding U.N. troops to search for people trapped in the rubble of the ruined capital."I still have to patrol I still have to go after all these criminals and bandits that escaped from the national penitentiary the gang leaders the criminals the killers the kidnappers. I cannot really distract myself from doing that."The relief mission shifted into higher gear after U.S. troops deployed in large numbers and set up a supply chain to get food and medicine into areas crying out for aid.But there were still many bottlenecks and setbacks often involving U.N.-linked food distributions hobbled by inadequate organization supplies and crowd control.Unfortunately U.N. troops in Haiti have over the years gained a reputation for toughness and abuse more than for easing suffering in the poorest country in the Americas."The only time I've seen one of these U.N. troops jump out of the back of a truck was to beat up on somebody or take a shot at them" said a member of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division as he worked security during a recent aid handout."These guys have given all of us in uniform a bad reputation here" he said asking not to be identified.Haiti's wrecked infrastructure and poor transport links made it difficult to get aid out and keep it flowing but that hardly made the situation different from that in other recent disasters around the globe.'POOREST AND MOST VULNERABLE'"The poorest and the most vulnerable people tend to live in the regions that are hit the most by natural disasters" said Solomon Kuah an emergency medical physician based in New York who spent four weeks in Port-au-Prince after the quake.There are no reliable estimates for the number of survivors who died from injuries due to inadequate medical supplies.But Henriette Chamouillet the World Health Organization's representative in Haiti said everything from staff shortages to bureaucracy and a lack of packing lists snarled the delivery of containers full of medicines from Port-au-Prince's airport to doctors on the ground.Port-au-Prince sits just 700 miles (1100 km) off the coast of Miami which is home to a large Haitian-American community and it seemed absurd that so few of the U.S. troops rushed there spoke French or were accompanied by translators.One gripping image of chaotic food distributions came when U.S. helicopters offloaded boxes of MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) at a site in the capital. Many Haitians opened them up only to toss them away in disgust because no French or Creole-language instructions were included with the apparently useless packets of dust explaining that they needed to be mixed with water as part of their preparation.Rajiv Shah head of the U.S. Agency for International Development has touted the Haiti relief mission as "the largest and most successful international search and rescue effort ever assembled in history."But more than six weeks after the quake hit the mission is still largely in an emergency response mode. The U.N.'s World Food Program is limiting its food rations to 55-pound (25 kg) bags of rice and the Haitian government estimates that a million quake survivors are still living in the streets in makeshift encampments with no running water or toilets.Doctors are almost done dealing with traumatic injuries but rehabilitation for some 40000 amputees and rebuilding Haiti's health infrastructure are among long-term challenges."This is really a disaster of Biblical proportions" said Lewis Lucke who was the USAID director in Iraq before coming to Haiti as U.S. ambassador.U.N. and other officials have said the global response to Haiti's quake was quicker and more effective than in other recent disasters including the Asian tsunami that killed 226000 people in 13 countries in December 2004.But experts say the United Nations has a lot to learn from smaller more nimble medical groups like International Medical Corps or IMC and Paris-based Medicins Sans Frontieres along with charities more experienced in distributing aid such as CARE and Catholic Relief Services.Kuah who coordinated relief efforts for IMC a California-based group that had highly skilled doctors treating patients in Haiti 23 hours after the earthquake struck stressed the "need for speed" when it comes to saving lives."When you ask yourself if there were ways you could have prevented more mortalities or diminished excess mortality with earthquakes in particular it's more timing than anything else" said Kuah. (Additional reporting by Catherine Bremer Jackie Frank Patricia Zengerle Mica Rosenberg and Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Kieran Murray)For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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1.FEWS Haiti Food Security Update February 2010,FEWS NET
RV=252.8 2010/02/27 00:00
キーワード:settlement,season,rainy,rice,remittance
Executive SummaryThe current food security situation which rapidly deteriorated following the January 12 earthquake has recently improved in response to 1) the provision of emergency food and non- food aid; 2) increased remittances; and 3) increased labor opportunities through cash- for- work activities and the resumption of casual labor and small business activities.Although current conditions are dynamic CNSA and FEWS NET estimate that approximately 2.5 million people are food insecure of which one million require emergency food and non- food assistance. The remainder require longer- term assistance to address chronic poverty and food insecurity. Most of the food insecure population is located in the metropolitan area of Port- au- Prince the Northwest and in isolated and degraded mountainous areas in all departments.Local availability of basic commercial food stocks is good in the metropolitan area of Port- au- Prince augmented by the large- scale distribution of food aid rice (approximately 10000 MT) over the last two weeks. However the commercial supply of imported foods such as rice is insufficient which could create shortages and price hikes in the months ahead.The spring season starting in March contributes about 60 percent of domestic crop production. Domestic production covers about 45 percent of the national food needs (commercial imports cover 52 percent and food aid the remaining 3 percent). The hunger period in rural areas normally in April- May may start sooner this year because of the impact of the earthquake. At harvest time in June- July availability will improve significantly and prices may go down depending on international prices and the volume of food aid.The immediate impact of the earthquake has been the decline in market demand for food principally due to decreasing purchasing power attributed to the loss of employment opportunities and assets. At the same time two factors may have caused a contraction in supply: 1) civil insecurity which has led to an increase in marketing costs and 2) uncertainty faced by importers regarding future demand after the distribution of substantial volumes of food aid.In some respects food utilization has improved in comparison to the first two weeks after the earthquake due to the distribution of water purification kits in affected areas and medical assistance has increased. However the extremely poor sanitation and hygiene conditions in temporary shelters set up after the earthquake are a major concern and could encourage the spread of disease and increased malnutrition and mortality. This is of particular concern as the rainy season begins in less than a month and is typically associated with an increase in morbidity.The massive population displacement from Port- au- Prince to other parts of the country has slowed following the gradual recovery of economic activity and humanitarian responses in Port au- Prince. The Government of Haiti has estimated that about 500000 IDPs have left Port- au Prince. This estimate is likely high and the resumption of economic activities and food aid in Port au Prince are attracting people back to the capital though it is difficult to know how many have returned.Household- level vulnerability has worsened due to a considerable loss of physical and human capital and the lack of access to basic social services. The scale and speed with which Port- au- Prince and other affected areas are rebuilt will be crucial for reducing food insecurity and vulnerability in the medium and long term.CNSA and FEWS NET recommend that the government and its partners: (1) increase efforts to improve environmental health and sanitation conditions in IDP settlements and points of sale for food products; (2) increase deliveries of inputs to farmers with the planting season fast approaching; 3) emphasize the provision of non- food aid particularly temporary shelters and psychological support for earthquake victims; and 4) develop contingency plans for the upcoming rainy season and hurricane season.
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2.CARICOM OUTREACH TO ISOLATED HAITI COMMUNITY,CARICOM
RV=113.9 2010/02/27 00:00
キーワード:woman,rice,neighbourhood
(CARICOM Secretariat Turkeyen Greater Georgetown Guyana) Residents of an isolated community on the outskirts of the town of Leogane Haiti on Thursday were overjoyed at receiving medical attention and supplies of food from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) contingent.Led by the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) the contingent carried out a medical outreach exercise in their neighbourhood as part of an on-going daily programme that began forty days ago.The town of Leogane and its environs were earmarked by Haitian authorities for CARICOM's health intervention following the 12 January earthquake.The community which was targeted on Thursday was identified by the Mayor of Leogane and is about five miles from the town. Some 90 percent of Leogane itself has been devastated by the earthquake. Many persons made homeless by the earthquake have sought refuge on the outskirts of the town fearful of the continuing tremors.The persons in the area were alerted in advance to the arrival of the CARICOM contingent and 1500 tickets were distributed as part of a very organised and orderly distribution of food and the provision of primary health care.Each person with a ticket was given a 10-lb sachet of rice a bag containing canned foodstuff and three half-litre bottles of water. The items were part of relief supplies provided by CARICOM Member States. Men women and children of all ages took advantage of the medical services and supplies providedThe reward for those providing the services? The heartwarming smiles of the men women and children who benefitted form the exercise. The soldiers expressed their pleasure at being a part of such humanitarian activities.CONTACT: piu@caricom.org
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3.OAS Reaffirms its Commitment to Women in Haiti,OAS
RV=111.3 2010/02/27 00:00
キーワード:woman,Council,DB
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) today held a special session in the framework of the Inter-American Year of Women at OAS headquarters in Washington DC to welcome Marjorie Michel Haiti's Minister of Women's Affairs.During the meeting the goal of which was to publicize the needs of women and girls in Haiti the minister submitted a detailed report on the situation of women emphasizing that after the earthquake "the living conditions have deteriorated significantly and it is women and girls who daily care for the injured and sick."According to information from the Haitian government violence against women has grown in the camps there has been a rise in rapes and prostitution is often the sole means of obtaining food.For his part the Secretary General of the OAS Jos・Miguel Insulza said that "we want to make real the idea that gender issues should be a priority in our organization and Haiti is a real opportunity to show it not only with words but with actions.""Gender must be taken into account in all emergencies what happens to women and girls cannot be left to chance. We must care for the most vulnerable and keep them in safe places" Insulza said.CIM President Wanda Jones thanked the Secretary General for his quick response after the January 12 earthquake "committing the OAS taking its resources and working with other organizations for the reconstruction of Haiti.""Our success at CIM has been in large part in your hands over the last couple of years and your presence here represents the commitment of the OAS to collaborate in the reconstruction of Haiti" she said.It is worth noting that at the beginning of the meeting the President of the Permanent Council and Representative of Costa Rica to the OAS Ambassador Jos・Enrique Castillo asked for a minute of silence in memory of women and girls who did not survive the earthquake and added that "we have the responsibility of making sure that our efforts of support and cooperation respond to the rights needs and demands of the women of Haiti."Information about the initiatives of various agencies in the reconstruction of Haiti was also presented during the meeting including those of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF).For more information on the CIM click here.For other information related to OAS activities please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org
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4.Supplies On The Way For Haiti,Govt. Barbados
RV=70.4 2010/02/27 00:00
キーワード:February
A further shipment of relief supplies left Barbados yesterday Wednesday February 24 bound for Haiti via Jamaica.Word of this has come from the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) which stated that the shipment of one 20-foot and two 40-foot containers comprised the following items: clothes food supplies water toiletries bedding tents cots and pharmaceuticals. It is scheduled to arrive in Jamaica on March 1 for trans-shipment to Haiti.Another consignment of relief supplies and equipment (tents - which are being trans-shipped from Grenada pharmaceuticals and clothing) for Haiti is at present being cprepared for shipment.The DEM has informed that persons still desirous of making donations that the supermarket deposit points will be closed after Friday February 26. Thereafter any donations of relief supplies may be made directly to the Barbarees Hill or Six-Roads warehouses.The Department of Emergency Management has thanked the Barbadian public as well as all those private and public sector entities which gave selflessly for their continued support to the Haiti Relief effort.
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1.Haiti Seeks More Support for Women’s Health Needs,PAHO
RV=211.9 2010/02/28 00:00
キーワード:Cluster,Feb,woman,sexual
Post-quake problems range from sexual violence to lack of obstetric servicesWashington D.C. Feb. 26 2010 (PAHO) - Haiti's top government official for women's issues visited Washington D.C. this week to seek new support for efforts to address the special health needs of women following the January 12 earthquake. Minister of Women's Affairs Marjorie Michel told officials at the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) on Thursday that women and girls in Haiti face special problems ranging from incidents of rape and sexual exploitation to shortages of food and lack of access to basic obstetric services.PAHO Assistant Director Dr. Socorro Gross pledged that PAHO would work with other agencies to better address these unique challenges. "There are special needs for women in Haiti and these needs are urgent." Michel noted that a number of institutions that addressed women's needs prior to the quake were destroyed or crippled leaving women without access to skilled medical attention during childbirth for example or with little protection from sexual exploitation. She noted that Haitian women and girls were already subject to high rates of sexual violence and the earthquake has now increased their vulnerability. She added that Haitian women and girls are often hesitant to report rapes because of the risk of stigmatization or possible retaliation. In other cases women may consent to sexual exploitation in exchange for protection. This is especially true of those who have been left homeless or who have lost family members in the quake. Michel said interviews with migrant girls indicate that many of them left Port-au-Prince in the aftermath of the quake precisely to escape these risks. While there are no good data available health workers say that sexually transmitted infections have increased among girls since the quake Michel noted.To address these problems Michel's ministry is supporting and training "brigades" to help prevent violence in tent communities and to help women who have been raped or who need reproductive care to get the appropriate services.Michel noted that psychosocial support is also important particularly for women who suffered permanent injuries during the quake as well as for women who are caring for disabled family members or who otherwise must shoulder the burden of caring for others under adverse conditions.Michel also made a general appeal for better coordination of relief efforts and greater respect for Haitians' leadership in the reconstruction of their country. PAHO this week dispatched a specialist on gender issues to Haiti to work with the PAHO-led Health Cluster to ensure that women's special needs are being addressed by agencies providing health-related relief.PAHO was established in 1902 and is the world's oldest public health organization. It works with all the countries of the Americas to improve the health and quality of life of the people of the Americas and serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO).CONTACTS: Donna Eberwine-Villagran email: eberwind@paho.orgThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots you need JavaScript enabled to view it tel. +1 202 974 3122 Knowledge Management and Communication Area PAHO/WHO – http://www.paho.org/ LINKSDonate to Haiti Earthquake Relief:www.pahef.org/haiti Are Haitian Women and Children Getting Less Earthquake Aid?PAHO Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief www.paho.org/disastersOCHAWeb page on Haitihttp://ochaonline.un.org/tabid/6412/language/en-US/Default.aspxhttp://twitter.com/pahoeochttp://www.youtube.com/pahopinhttp://www.facebook.com/PAHOWHOhttp://twitter.com/pahowho
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2.Much more needs to be done to help Haiti’s children says UNICEF Deputy Executive Director,UNICEF
RV=156.6 2010/02/28 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,February
PORT-AU-PRINCE February 26 2010 - Six weeks after the massive earthquake that devastated parts of Haiti UNICEF is urgently scaling up its response on behalf of children according to the agency's Deputy Executive Director Hilde Johnson.Johnson said that the challenges UNICEF faced in Haiti were unprecedented but that every effort was being made to find creative solutions to help Haiti's children.Ms. Johnson was speaking during a three-day visit to Port-au-Prince during which she saw first-hand UNICEF's emergency relief efforts since the January 12 earthquake which killed more than 200000 people and displaced over a million. She also held extensive talks with Government leaders UN and other partners on the longer-term recovery and reconstruction phases."Some progress has been made but clearly the international community must put its fullest efforts into assisting Haiti and especially children even more" said Ms. Johnson.During her stay UNICEF's Deputy Executive Director met children at a newly-established tent school in Cite Sportif de Carrefour one of more than 400 camps for displaced people that have sprung up in earthquake-hit areas of the country. The camp is the first to be provided with the full range of UNICEF educational protection health water and sanitation services."Learning spaces like this give children who have been through a terrible experience the chance to get back to normality allowing them to resume learning activities as well as to play and have fun" said Ms. Johnson.The earthquake destroyed more than 3000 school buildings around the country. In response UNICEF the Ministry of Education and other partners have begun to set up learning spaces supported by the distribution of 600 school-in-a-box 1414 Early Childhood Development Kits and 866 recreation kits.Ms. Johnson said UNICEF and the rest of the international humanitarian community was confronted with a situation as complex as any emergency of recent years anywhere in the world."Haiti is a unique challenge – not just because of a huge natural disaster but because of its pre-existing problems of internal conflict and institutional fragility. At the same time we have a unique opportunity to make a new start -- a transformation indeed -- to create a Haiti fit for children."UNICEF had extensive experience to draw on from its work during and after previous major emergencies elsewhere Ms. Johnson added. She said the agency was beginning to develop long-term plans for rebuilding support services for children even as it continued working with the government and other partners on the immediate emergency response.For further information please contact:Patrick McCormick UNICEF Media 1 212 326 7426 pmccormick@unicef.orgSimon Ingram UNICEF Haiti + 1 646 651 2492 singram@unicef.org
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3.Relief aid sent to homeless families in Haiti,WAM
RV=135.8 2010/02/28 00:00
キーワード:SOS
Etihad Airways has shipped more than 6700 kg of aid that was donated by members of its staff in the UAE to victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The donations were deposited in special collection boxes which were placed around Etihad's head office training academy and crew accommodation buildings in Abu Dhabi over a four week period. The relief aid which included blankets food stuffs and first aid kits has now been distributed by the "SOS Children's Village" organisation which cares for children who have little or no parental care. "SOS Children's Village" is providing food water medicine personal hygiene products and materials to create a temporary shelter in Santo which is 20 km away from the epicentre of the earthquake. More than Dh25000 was given in a combined donation from Etihad staff and the airline to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders the international humanitarian organisation which is operating extensively in the relief work in Haiti. In the past month MSF teams treated more than 18000 patients and performed more than 2000 surgical procedures in different locations severely affected by the earthquake. James Hogan Etihad Airways' chief executive said: "There was a tremendous response from members of staff from the moment we announced that we were collecting aid to send to Haiti. "As an airline we were proud not only to be able to donate money and relief aid but to also carry the cargo directly to the people in Haiti." In January Etihad's cargo division Etihad Crystal Cargo operated a special Red Crescent and Khalifa Welfare Foundation charter flight to Haiti carrying medical and humanitarian supplies. The charter flight was part of the "Care By Air" initiative founded by Maximus Air Cargo Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabi Airport Services which provides cargo space ・#8364;˜at cost' to deliver relief aid to disaster-stricken areas around the world. - Emirates News Agency WAM
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4.Grave' flooding in quake-hit Haiti kills 11: officials,AFP
RV=115.0 2010/02/28 00:00
キーワード:rain,season
By Clarens Renois (AFP) – 8 hours agoPORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti — Flooding triggered by heavy rain killed at least 11 people in Les Cayes Haiti's third most populous city and an area unscathed by the devastating January 12 earthquake that flattened much of the country's capital.Heavy rains washed more than 1.5 meters (60 inches) of water into Les Cayes flooding the city's hospital and prison Haiti's civil emergencies service said.Witnesses said homes collapsed and people were fleeing for safer areas."The situation is grave.... Whole areas are completely flooded. People have climbed on to the roofs of their homes" a local senator Francky Exius told AFP by telephone.UN peacekeepers and Haitian police evacuated 500 inmates from the local prison officials said while hospital staff moved patients to the safety of higher floors.Exius said five people were killed in Les Cayes's Gelee district when rising waters flipped their vehicles.Another three were killed in the nearby village of Torbeck where the water "has carried away portions of the asphalt of the road" a parliamentary deputy Guy Gerard Georges told AFP.The deaths added to one other fatality in the town of Baraderes recorded by the emergencies service and two others in the region relayed by a local journalist also contacted by AFP."Several towns and villages in southern Haiti are flooded" a spokesman for the civil emergency unit said. "Continuous rain has forced people to abandon their homes."The coastal city of Les Cayes on a peninsula 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of Port-au-Prince has an estimated permanent population of 70000.That number has swollen as survivors of the January 12 earthquake that leveled 70 percent of Port-au-Prince fled to untouched Haitian cities and towns.The heavy rains were a portent of what Port-au-Prince could face within weeks when the Caribbean's wet season will wash over the exposed capital and its huddled residents.ゥAFP: The information provided in this product is for personal use only. None of it may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without the express permission of Agence France-Presse.
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5.HAITI Earthquake Response Bulletin 2 25-02-10,Logistics Cluster
RV=104.9 2010/02/28 00:00
キーワード:Cluster,Guard
SSea Transport:The main port of Haiti suffered severe damage during the earthquake. The largest North pier was destroyed and the piles under the South pier crumbled leaving only part of it fit for use. With the assistance of the US Coast Guard Navy and Army who took over management of the port in support of the Autorite Portuaire Nationale two crane ships were deployed which can load and unload cargo without facilities and then transport to shore on smaller landing crafts or lighters. The US Military has now completed the installation of two barges and placed them against the old wharf to serve as floating docks. These will be critical to operations following the redeployment of US assets. Interim repairs to the South pier are ahead of schedule and are expected to be finished as of the second week of April after which full repairs will begin.Currently the transition of port management back to the APN and commercial operators is underway and the handover of port operations and security will be complete by March 1. The US will continue support in a coordination and management role for the coming month. To ensure continued capacity WFP is donating a 16 mt forklift to the Port Authorities. The Logistics Cluster will be providing a list of agents at the port which can be used for future shipments to facilitate the transition period.
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1.(MAP) Urban Settlements Need and Nutrition Service Delivery Responce - Port au Prince Haiti (as of,Haiti Nutrition Cluster
RV=191.2 2010/03/01 00:00
キーワード:Cluster,Feb,Assistance,Shelter,Persons
Date: 25 Feb 2010Type: Natural DisasterKeyword(s): Internally Displaced Persons; Shelter and Non-food Assistance; Health; Affected Population; Operations; Earthquake; Natural Disaster; FoodFormat: PDF * 960 Kb(*)Get Adobe Acrobat Viewer (free) Source(s): - Haiti Nutrition Cluster (Lead by Unicef)
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2.HEALTH CLUSTER IN HAITI: HAITI EARTHQUAKE BULLETIN N° 24 1 March 2010,PAHO
RV=137.0 2010/03/01 00:00
キーワード:Cluster,revise,Flash,planning
HIGHLIGHTS- The launch of the revised Flash Appeal extends humanitarian planning to 12 months and calls for $134 million for health.- Health Cluster partners are working closely with the government on the health aspects of the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment which will lay the groundwork for reconstruction- Eight X-ray machines and other radiology equipment arrived in Haiti and will be distributed to hospitals.
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3.13 dead in Haiti flooding: officials,AFP
RV=72.5 2010/03/01 00:00
キーワード:rain,evacuation
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Weekend flooding in a part of Haiti untouched by January's devastating earthquake claimed 13 lives and forced the evacuation of 3000 people emergency service officials have told AFP.Another three people are listed as missing after the heavy rains Saturday in and around Haiti's hird biggest city of Les Cayes 160 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of the quake-ruined capital Port-au-Prince.The natural disaster put added strain on humanitarian aid distribution in Haiti because the 3000 people evacuated from their homes were in need of water and food officials said.Crops and roads were badly damaged by the downpour and flooding. Several mudslides also occurred.Copyright ゥ 2010 AFP. All rights reserved.ゥAFP: The information provided in this product is for personal use only. None of it may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without the express permission of Agence France-Presse.
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1.Readout of President Clinton’s call with UN Cluster Heads,UN Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti
RV=384.2 2010/03/02 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,cluster,season,rainy,woman,latrine,UNDP
New York 1 March 2010 – President Bill Clinton the United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti today convened a teleconference with UN officials leading the emergency and humanitarian response in Haiti to assess relief operations highlight unmet needs on the ground - particularly in areas outside of Port-au-Prince and in advance of the rainy season - and encourage closer coordination with the Government of Haiti and with each other.During the call President Clinton encouraged the provision of shelter and sanitation for larger numbers of Haitians the development of hurricane-proof safe houses in each temporary camp and the expansion of cash-for-work programs to involve more Haitians in relief operations. President Clinton also highlighted specific ideas to strengthen agriculture in advance of the rapidly-approaching planting season; provide fuel-efficient stoves for Haitian households that use recycled materials for fuel and employ Haitian women in the assembly of the stoves and the recycling process; strengthen the protection of women children and other vulnerable groups; procure more tents and latrines; and expedite the payment of Haitian doctors and civil servants.Call participants included Francesco Del Re of the UN's Food and Agriculture (FAO) of the agriculture cluster; Judith Thimke UN Word Food Program of the food aid cluster; Gregg Giovanni McDonald International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) of the shelter cluster; Adrian van der Knapp UN World Food Program of the logistics and emergency telecommunications cluster; Roger Guarda UNDP of the early recovery cluster; Souleymane Sow UNICEF of the water sanitation and hygiene cluster; Pilar Aguilar UNICEF of the education cluster; Stefano Fedele UNICEF of the nutrition cluster; Josep Zapater UNHCR of the protection cluster; Henrik Haggstrom UNICEF of the child protection cluster; Lina Abirafeh UNFPA of the gender-based violence cluster; Dan van Alphen WHO of the health cluster; and Dr. Paul Farmer Deputy UN Special Envoy for Haiti.Today's call builds on President Clinton's long-standing efforts on Haiti. In May 2009 building President Clinton's commitment to the people of Haiti United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Haitian President Ren・Pr騅al asked him to become the UN Special Envoy for Haiti. In this role he has worked with UN agencies NGOs government and multilateral donors the international business community the Haitian Diaspora around the world and the Haitian people to help implement the Haitian government's plan to develop a more modern economy and secure future.After the earthquake in January 2010 President Clinton was asked by the UN to provide strategic guidance to the UN's involvement at the international level in Haiti's recovery and reconstruction efforts. In this role President Clinton represents the UN at the highest level of international coordination efforts at the policy level and is working to garner the support of and mobilize the international private sector civil society and donors to advance the Government of Haiti's plans to rebuild. He is bringing to the attention of the Secretary-General any gaps in the international response from the emergency relief phase and beyond while advancing the principle of building Haiti back better - "build back better" - than it was before the disaster. Moreover President Clinton is working to ensure that the commitments to and disbursements for Haiti's long-term recovery and rebuilding effort are realized and sustained and that assistance is channeled to communities and peoples most in need.In addition at the request of President Obama President Clinton is directly supporting relief and recovery through the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and also the Clinton Foundation Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund which already have allocated $4 million and $3 million respectively to 23 organizations on the ground that are urgently expanding the delivery of food water medical care shelter and education assistance to earthquake survivors. President Clinton also continues to encourage members of CGI to become involved in Haiti; he also is utilizing the Clinton Foundation to respond to urgent needs on the ground issuing calls for donations to support recovery efforts as well as shipping and delivering food water medical supplies shelter and vehicles to support aid distribution in Haiti.Since the earthquake the Clinton Foundation has delivered over 20 tons of medical supplies over 45000 lbs. of water 5 GE SunSpring units capable of producing up to 5000 gallons of water per day more than 4000 tents 4 pallets of plastic sheeting 70 trucks 1000 portable toilets along with 20 cordless drill sets to support assembly over 1000 stoves and more than 6900 flash lights. En route to Haiti are an additional 30200 tents 52 pallets of women's clothing 18000 pieces of men's clothing an additional 3000 solar flashlights and at least 50 more trucks.
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2.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #25,OCHA
RV=256.3 2010/03/02 00:00
キーワード:settlement,February,season,rainy
I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES- Heavy rainfall in Nippes and Sud departments led to flooding on 27 February killing at least 13 people and causing the temporary evacuation of 3428 others.- The road at Malpasse by Lake Azuei remains at risk of flooding once the rainy season begins causing a threat to the main land corridor from Dominican Republic into Haiti.- The registration process at Champ de Mars is complete; a total of 26658 people (4943 families) were registered between 24 and 26 February.- The Prime Minister of Haiti has approved five plots of land to set up transitional settlements as well as eight plots to collect and treat debris in the metropolitan area.- WFP and partners have provided food assistance to more than 4.3 million people in Port-au- Prince and the rest of the country. General food distributions will gradually be replaced by food-for-work and cash-for-work programmes targeting an estimated 1.1 million people.- There is an urgent need to allocate funds to the Agriculture sector in time to support the forthcoming planting season. This will not only provide food and income in the rural areas but will also contribute to alleviate a deteriorating food security and nutritional situation in the country.- Six child protection messages on prevention of violence exploitation and abuse have been transmitted by SMS in Creole to over 1 million cell phone owners and will be disseminated further through national radio broadcast and printing on posters and leaflets.- The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Ms. Catherine Ashton and the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Ms. Kristalina Georgieva are visiting Haiti to meet Haitian Government authorities evaluate the impact of European humanitarian aid on the ground and assess needs to be addressed in the future.
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3.World Vision warns Haiti's rural communities risk chronic food water shortage as burden to care for displaced grows,World Vision
RV=56.4 2010/03/02 00:00
キーワード:Vision
- Haiti's rural communities already faced poverty lack of infrastructure before quake- World Vision providing food and other essential items to rural communitiesPort-au-Prince HAITI March 2 2010 – World Vision warns Haiti's rural communities are
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1.IFRC ‘decongests’ Haiti camp,IFRC
RV=323.4 2010/03/03 00:00
キーワード:settlement,February,rain,season,rainy
By Alex Wynter in Camp Fondsable Leogane The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) yesterday “decongested” an improvised settlement on the outskirts of Leogane where 635 families who lost their homes in the 12 January earthquake had taken refuge. It’s believed to be the first exercise of its kind in the international humanitarian response to the quake. The Danish Red Cross relief Emergency Response Unit (ERU) has resettled 126 families in a new tented encampment on privately donated land alongside the old site. The other 509 families were given a choice of a family-size tent or emergency shelter materials – timber tarpaulins and toolkits – and are returning to the general areas from which they came. It was all done on an entirely voluntary basis. The number of sites identified by the UN as priorities for decongestion in Port-au-Prince has now risen to 21 but an acute shortage of land is making this difficult. Water sourcesThe new Camp Fondsable is on significantly higher ground than the old one which floods every rainy season. “[The original site] is really a swamp” said Peter Rasmussen one of the Danish relief delegates who helped the local residents’ committee organize what was in effect an evacuation. “During the rainy season there are three separate water sources feeding the low-lying area where these people built their camp” said Harold Dimitry Romulus 28 whose family donated the land for the new settlement and who chairs the committee. “Old abandoned irrigation systems that now just drain to the lowest point the rain itself and water cascading down the embankment the road is built on.” Rainy seasonLast year the rainy season hereabouts was judged to have begun in February according to Cim・Walkis a 35-year-old local man whose house was damaged in the quake but not destroyed. “The flooding started immediately it rained.” Romulus a Haitian-American who has served in the US military only spends winters in Haiti. “I came down last September and was starting to think about going back when the quake happened” he says. “I just decided to stay on and help.” Romulus lost his own business in the quake – a barbecue restaurant in the centre of Leogane – and can now rely on a steady income only for the half-year he spends in the US. “People came from all over” he says. “Small farmers taxi drivers carpenters - a real mix. They gathered here two weeks after the quake because aid wasn’t getting through to them where they were.” But now only about half the original “linen and twig” shelters remain; they all should be gone by the end of the week under the deal that was struck for the camp’s voluntary dispersal. “For every ten tents at the new site we distributed one toolkit specifically for digging drainage gulleys” Rasmussen added. The Leogane-based French-Finnish relief ERU will now install new latrines. ResettlementThe vital business of water and sanitation has been fully dovetailed with resettlement at Camp Fondsable and the Haitian National Red Cross Society has some 5000 volunteers on standby for the rainy season to dig and clear drainage gulleys nationwide. Sherly Dalc・ 31 and her 8-year-old son Yodley are among those whose lives will have been helped significantly possibly even saved by the move. Widowed by the quake – her husband died in Port-au-Prince and now lies either under rubble or in a mass grave – she worries for the future without an income and without a trade. “I studied to be a beautician” she says “but I had to give it up.” The deep lines under Dalc・#8217;s eyes tell of grief and stress but for the moment she and Yodley are safe – and in Haiti this March that is an advance. New tentDalc・#8217;s neighbour in the new Camp Fondsable Carmen Joseph 34 sits with her cousins Jean and two called C駘idon in the new tent they all share. Like so many people in this most religious of nations she turned to God as the quake struck. “I just thought that whatever it was it was God’s work” she says and as the earth shook and cracked beneath her “I got to my knees and prayed”. “When it stopped I fled to the countryside and spent eight days there just recovering from the shock near people I knew. Then I came here.” Joseph lost her two small businesses in the quake – a food stall and a small furniture store – but her loved ones survived. “I know there are people who lost more” she says. “I’ve heard on the radio that entire families were lost.” The supreme equanimity of the Haitian people seems to belie the seriousness of the humanitarian crisis they face from the looming rainy season. The small breakthrough at Camp Fondsable this week may or may not mark the start of a trend – the humanitarian community will hope it does. But Haiti needs more Camp Fondsables and it needs them fast.
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2.HAITI: After the quake the deluge,IRIN
RV=243.1 2010/03/03 00:00
キーワード:February,rain,season,rainy
PORT-AU-PRINCE 3 March 2010 (IRIN) - Thirteen dead. Submerged houses. Fields and banana plantations waterlogged. Drowned livestock. Impassable roads. Fresh trauma for quake-displaced thousands. This is the plight of Les Cayes a city on Haiti's south coast after an unseasonal deluge. And hurricane season is not far off.Trucks loaded with 4030 meals left Port-au-Prince on 2 March for emergency distribution in and around Les Cayes. Food has also been sent to Nippes region north of Les Cayes which has experienced bad flooding.The UN World Food Programme with local authorities and NGOs plans to supply 10-day rations to affected populations including some 3000 people evacuated from their homes."The poor state of the sewers caused flooding in every [district] of the city" said the regional president of the Haitian National Red Cross Society Jean-Yves Placide."In some places the waters rose to ceiling level in people's houses" he said. "The situation will be really worrying if it continues to rain. The sun is out now but the storm clouds come and go.""People are used to dealing with floods just not this early" one aid worker in Les Cayes told IRIN.A mother of two in the city's Solon disrict told IRIN her family had lost everything to the flooding. "All our belongings were destroyed - our beds our clothes everything."Rains hit the area on 27-28 February. On 2 March many homes still had standing water the aid worker told IRIN."Many many people have told us they lost their crops [including banana trees and sugar cane] and their animals" he said.Local NGOs who work with Christian Aid are assessing damage to agriculture Prospery Raymond the charity's head in Haiti told IRIN.According to Haiti's Department of Civil Protection agriculture has been "heavily affected".The rainy season proper usually starts in the beginning of April and peaks in May.According to Iain Logan head of operations for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Port-au-Prince Haiti is ill-equipped to cope."The early floods in Les Cayes are a sharp reminder that the very significant disaster preparedness effort we started after the 2008 hurricanes will have to be expanded and adapted" he said in an IFRC release."We face an almost unique set of circumstances generated by a catastrophic quake a rainy season and a hurricane season one after the other in rapid succession" he added.np/am/mw[END]A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org Une s駘ection d'articles d'IRIN sont publi駸 sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.orgThis article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.Cet article ne refl鑼e pas n馗essairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.
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3.ADRA Post Trauma Program Helps Young Haitian Survivors Deal with Disaster,ADRA
RV=239.3 2010/03/03 00:00
キーワード:Adra
PORT-AU-PRINCE Haiti--"The children are traumatized. We want to help them go back to being the way they were before the earthquake" says Edna Francois a staff member of the Post Trauma Program that the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) launched in a camp for displaced Haitians in Port-au-Prince.In a less frequented corner of the 20000-person camp ADRA set-up a child friendly space to provide children a place to play and interact safely with each other. The program which is currently assisting approximately 1200 children has focused on the camp's youngest residents as most have received no post trauma assistance since the disaster and limited access to educational activities."They were like ants" says Elcy Delly a Haitian teacher working with ADRA referring to the number of unattended children that were in the camp before the program began. "Because parents are busy during the day finding food they lose track of their children. We're trying to reintegrate them."At 8 o'clock in the morning from Monday to Thursday children arrive from all over the camp to participate in the activities. In the camp itself there are more than 2400 children between the ages of three to seventeen. Promptly trained personnel--16 teachers and eight assistants--organize them in small groups of approximately 30 then guide each group through four interactive areas including recreation art reading and health education. The activities which take place in two shifts of two hours each include on average 250 children each morning.In the reading area a teacher shows the children an image from a book and asks "How many legs does the wolf have?" She turns the pages and talks to the children to ensure she has their full attention. They also discuss the human body; she teaches them about the different parts through a song. "La bouche voici la bouche. Le nez voici le nez-The mouth here's the mouth. The nose here's the nose" they sing in French pointing with their fingers to their mouths and noses."This develops their minds" says Francois who has nine years of experience teaching kindergarten students.While the program has only been in operation for a few days the impact on children is starting to be noted."Now they're beginning to speak" adds Delly. "The first day they were stressed; they didn't want to speak. It was as if they were fearful of something."One of those children is Lhynn an 8-year-old girl who came to live in the camp with her mother just hours after the earthquake struck and partially damaged their house. The January 12 quake came to her as a second blow in just as many months. One morning in November her father went jogging in the neighborhood and didn't come back. When her mother went looking for him she found him sitting on the ground near the house dying."Because she suddenly lost her father I brought her here to be with other children to share her grief" says Lhynn's mother. "That will help her deal with the loss not completely but it will help." She adds "She was very close to her father."The combination of her father's death and two months later the deadly earthquake caused great anxiety to Lhynn. She didn't understand why he would die so meaninglessly while they could survive such a terrible disaster unharmed."After the death of her father" says her mother "I told her that he's sleeping in the arms of Jesus. I told her that only God knows why he left first."Lhynn also didn't want to sit idly especially since school had been closed indefinitely. She asked her mother for help."I want to read and do activities" her mother recalls Lhynn saying. So she accompanied her daughter to the program."It is very important for the children who have suffered the effects of the seism to be able to have a space where they can express themselves socialize and develop the values that will help in their healing" says Patricia Muller coordinator of ADRA's Post Trauma Program.Since its launch the program has become very popular in the camp and among the children."They make a lot of friends here" adds Francois. "Some children say 'I want to return to the tent.' They find that this is a safe place."The activities have also helped provide a way for teachers to be hopeful and stay busy as they have not been able to return to work because schools have been destroyed or remain closed."I was also stressed. My heart was sad" says Delly "but working with the children I was able to relax. I found my place again."
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4.UNICEF HAITI EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE : 1 MARCH 2010,UNICEF
RV=221.1 2010/03/03 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,February,rain
HEADLINES: Heavy rainfall led to flooding in Nippes and Sud departments on 27 February as rains could not be absorbed due to drainage canals being blocked by earthquake debris. Eight people are reported killed in Cavaillon (3) and Les Cayes (5) two were missing in Cavaillon and 3428 people were evacuated from Arniquet and Les Cayes. The rain has stopped and water has gradually subsided but an inter-agency assessment mission is currently underway organized by OCHA with the support of MINUSTAH on 1 March to survey the area of Baraderes which was reported still under water on 28 February. The mission includes representatives from the DPC OCHA WFP IFRC and WHO. UNICEF Executive Deputy Director Hilde Johnson completed her mission to Dominican Republic and Haiti on 25 February. While in mission she attended a series of planning workshops held on 24 January for revision of the UNICEF One-Year and One-Month Humanitarian and Early Recovery Action Plans for Haiti.
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5.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #41 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010,USAID
RV=178.8 2010/03/03 00:00
キーワード:February,Vision,Corps
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated February 25 2010.KEY DEVELOPMENTS- On February 26 the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) confirmed plans to start the second phase of food assistance operations on March 6 rather than March 1. WFP revised the start date in coordination with the Government of Haiti (GoH) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to allow for time to refine beneficiary numbers and determine the number of Port-au-Prince distribution locations. - On March 1 USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) staff USAID/Haiti staff and representatives from NGOs World Vision and Mercy Corps assessed humanitarian conditions in Mirebalais and Hinche Center Department. Staff noted that local organizations and communities are providing for some displaced population needs but local resources remain limited. Local authorities and interviewed relief organizations noted shelter emergency food assistance livelihoods and sanitation and hygiene needs indicating that displaced persons have placed additional strains on infrastructure. - On February 25 7000 USAID/OFDA-funded kitchen sets and three USAID/OFDA-funded surgical kits arrived in Port-au-Prince.
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1.Tzu Chi Foundation Expands Relief Effort in Haiti,Buddhist Tzu Chi
RV=336.4 2010/03/04 00:00
キーワード:Tzu,Chi,February
Tzu Chi relief team in Haiti is assessing long-term reconstruction plans for the quake survivors; the team continues to look for suitable pieces of land for reconstruction. As part of its mid-term relief effort Tzu Chi has signed an MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) with the City of Tabarre to build public toilets to improve the sanitary conditions in the area.Immediate ReliefTzu Chi's immediate relief operation in Haiti is currently focusing on the following areas: relief goods distribution medical and emotional assistance relief work program (food for work program) and is active in Tabarre Delmar and Leogane. Along with the local Tzu Chi volunteers in Haiti teams of Tzu Chi volunteers and medical personnel from the Americas arrive in Haiti on a weekly basis providing continuous help in Haiti. Tzu Chi relief team provides medical care and goods directly to the hands of the survivors with respect a bow and a smile.Relief WorkIn addition to the series of aid distributions taking place in Port-au-Prince Tzu Chi's relief work program in the capital city is helping to put food on the table of many families.Last week at the San Alejandro church 36 more residents took part in the relief work program to clean up the neighborhoods around the church which are filled with debris from the damaged houses. Next to the church is a busy market. The workers use brooms and shovels to clear away the rubbish on the street.A local resident said "It's a wonderful program. The environment of the market is not so good but you have come to help us clean up the area and make the place cleaner. That is very important to us."Jean Denis Petit Phoa the relief work program team leader said "This project is very important for Haiti. Without cleaning the zone you can be the people who in the area are gonna be sick. With the cleaning of the zone it's good for us because when there's no water on the ground there are gonna be less mosquitoes and it's gonna be good for us."Building public toiletsSince the massive earthquake struck Haiti survivors have been living in unsanitary conditions. The shortage of public toilets has become a serious problem after the quake. As part of its mid-term relief effort Tzu Chi has signed an MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) with the City of Tabarre to build public toilets. In constructing the toilets workers first dig a large wide hole in the ground to the depth of about 1.8 meters and build a holding tank with bricks and cement to prevent excrement from seeping into the soil. The hole will hold about 4000 liters of excrement. When the hole is full a sewage truck will come and take away the excrement.Medical ServicesTzu Chi International Medical Association (TIMA) continues to provide medical care to the quake survivors. As of February 26 Tzu Chi has provided medical services such as general medicine oriental medicine dental services and chiropractic care to approximately 5550 patients. Tzu Chi's volunteer doctors discovered that most patients suffer from skin conditions (due to poor water sanitation) respiratory conditions communicable diseases dehydration and malnutrition.
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2.100000th Red Cross-assisted vaccination in Haiti,IFRC
RV=231.6 2010/03/04 00:00
キーワード:UNICEF,February,latrine,Canadian
By Marco Jim駭ez in Port-au-Prince"One of the people vaccinated today will be the 100000th of the campaign" says Dr. Bath駘駑y Guibert the director of the municipal health office at Fonds-Verrettes – a municipality in the Croix-des-Bouquets arrondissement in Haiti's quake zone."These vaccinations are another opportunity for people to survive the tragedy children above all" he says.Vaccinations used to be carried out yearly by the health ministry but it was all brought to a halt by January's devastating earthquake.The hundreds of thousands of displaced people left behind meant vaccination was an urgent priority – one the Haitian health ministry was anxious to get back on the agenda in an effort to prevent disease.The IFRC was one of the first organizations to respond – making its human and material resources available to protect at least 150000 children and adults from measles diptheria pertussis and tetanus.Big taskCoordination is complex bringing the health ministry together with the Haitian National Red Cross Society (HNRCS) UNICEF (which provided vaccines and refrigeration) community organizations and other humanitarian partners."The work is complicated and challenging in this environment" said Marie-Claude ノlie the Canadian vaccination team leader."Coordinating many actors complying with local procedures and infrastructures and above all convincing people of the importance of vaccination for the future of their families is a big task if you put it all together."The new round of vaccinations got underway on 8 February including the HNRCS – with 120 volunteer vaccinators on the ground – and seven National Societies from Finland France Germany Japan the Republic of Korea and a joint Canadian-Norwegian team."Fortunately there are more partners joining" said Marianne Monclair medical coordinator for the IFRC Field Assessment and Coordination Team in Haiti."We hope this will help the health ministry and UNICEF reach their objective of vaccinating 700000 people as soon as possible."DignityIn Villambetta a poor neighbourhood on the slopes above Port-au-Prince residents are puzzled at the arrival of the first vaccination team.Some 3000 people moved to makeshift camps in this area after their homes were destroyed or damaged in the quake.Humanitarian organizations have installed latrines and distributed tarpaulins and tents but conditions still seem dire."I don't have money or a job" says 36 year-old Gino Lamas a father of five. "All I want is for my family to be happy a small house to live in a school for my children to recover a little dignity. Is that too much to ask?"Before the earthquake I did not have any of that and now it's all further away than ever."Fighting backThe vaccination campaign in these circumstances has not been easy to sell.As the vaccination posts are installed the Red Cross gently reminds people that by vaccinating themselves and their children they are fighting back against the extreme vulnerability into which the earthquake threw them."We have done everything we can to support our community" says Noel Ylmond leader of Villambetta's displaced."Our priority has been to put children first from the very beginning. But it's difficult for people to accept that when other priorities seem more pressing."These children are our hope our future".Five vaccination teams have been operational since 8 February vaccinating as many as 10000 in a single day.Low ratesThe vaccination consists of five different components: measles diptheria pertussis and tetanus as well as albendezol – a deworming agent – and vitamin A."We still have 50000 more people to vaccinate" says Dr. Guilbert a former professor at the university medical faculty and the nurses school both destroyed in the earthquake."The experience our volunteers gathered working with the multinational teams is a valuable asset that can benefit the whole Haitian health system especially now that medical education has been destroyed."It's very satisfying to have reached all these people in Haiti where low vaccination rates are chronic."
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3.More Than $3.4 Million in Aid Sent to Haiti This Week,Direct Relief
RV=171.3 2010/03/04 00:00
キーワード:Direct,season,rainy
Direct Relief has sent more than $3.4 million (wholesale) in medical material aid to Haiti this week.Hpital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) is receiving more than $510000 of medical aid it has specifically requested to help care for Haitians affected by the earthquake. Materials include wheelchairs braces antibiotics and surgical supplies among others. The hospital in Deschapelles north of Port-au-Prince has surgical and orthopedic wards and it has been caring for large numbers of people injured in the earthquake.To help supply other partners treating earthquake patients Direct Relief has airlifted a shipment of more than $2.9 million (wholesale) in medical material to its secure warehouse in Port-au-Prince. The 53-pallet shipment includes valuable needed items such as wheelchairs wound-care supplies analgesics and antibiotics. Staff in Haiti is managing inventory there and delivering aid in quantities carefully tailored to partners' needs. Having essential medical materials readily available allows healthcare providers to concentrate on their patients' needs instead of spending valuable time managing supplies.Care for people injured in the earthquake continues; as many Haitians are left homeless and the rainy season approaches an increasing health concern is to prevent disease outbreaks in camps. People living in situations with compromised water and sanitation are at risk for diarrheal diseases and other conditions that can be life-threatening if not treated. As partners identify needs for patient care Direct Relief continues to supply them with materials they need to provide care to vulnerable people.
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4.Haiti wants more information on foreign aid,Reuters - AlertNet
RV=33.1 2010/03/04 00:00
キーワード:March
03 Mar 2010 23:38:16 GMT* Haiti says concerned over lack of aid coordination* EU foreign policy chief Ashton visits Haiti* Donor conference on reconstruction set for late MarchBy Matthew BiggPORT-AU-PRINCE March 3 (Reuters) - Haiti's prime minister demanded more information on Wednesday about foreign aid pouring into the earthquake-stricken country and urged that his government not be sidelined in reconstruction efforts.The issue is sensitive for international donors who considered corruption a major problem before a Jan. 12 quake that killed as many as 300000 people according to government estimates.The quake also killed many civil servants and left government structures in ruins.Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive decried a lack of coordination by aid donors with his government but stopped short of saying all bilateral aid should be funneled through the government."We don't know who has given money to NGO's (nongovernmental organizations) and how much money have they given. ... At the moment we can't do any coordination or have any coherent policies for giving to the population" Bellerive told a news conference.His remarks came as European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton visited the country to discuss reconstruction aid before a donor conference in New York at the end of the month.Ashton criticized by some European politicians for waiting until now to make her first visit to the country since the quake toured an Italian rubble removal project and visited an Italian hospital ship and a Spanish ship off the city of Petit Goave.ENSURING AID REACHES PEOPLEThe EU and its members have together pledged about 609 million euros ($834 million) to Haiti since the quake including 120 million euros ($164 million) from the EU Commission in immediate humanitarian aid and a further 300 million ($411 million) in the medium term a Commission spokesman said.That money also includes 100 million euros ($137 million) in direct support to the government."There is a capacity problem that has been exacerbated by this earthquake. When I met the president and the prime minister it was to talk about the long-term plan and to see that we are able to support them economically" Ashton said."One of the issues that all governments have to tackle is making sure there is a system in place to ensure that the aid reaches the people it's intended for. We will work with them (the government) to try and make sure that that happens" Ashton said.In one measure of the amounts of aid flowing into the country about $70 million has been donated to the Catholic Relief Services charity since the quake and a further $35 million was donated by U.S. dioceses in a single Sunday collection senior U.S. Catholic officials said.Those sums are a fraction of the total amount given by the Catholic Church to Haiti since the quake they said. (Editing by Jane Sutton and Peter Cooney)For more humanitarian news and analysis please visit www.alertnet.org
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1.Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #26,OCHA
RV=218.8 2010/03/05 00:00
キーワード:cluster,February,rice,March
This report was issued by OCHA New York. The next report will be issued on or around 8 March 2010.I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES• The Government and humanitarian actors are coordinating to determine the scale of humanitarian needs in Nippes and Sud departments following floods on 27 February. President Ren・Pr騅al flew to the affected areas on 4 March in order to survey the damages.• Priority needs following the earthquake of 12 January continue to be emergency shelter site management sanitation and food.• WFP and its partners will start its surge operation of general food distributions on 5 March. The operation will target 1.9 million beneficiaries with a two week ration of rice and a one month ration of beans corn-soy-blend oil and salt.• Protection monitoring teams are visiting an average of eight displacement sites per day;• Around 300 experts from Haiti and abroad have been working in Port-au-Prince on the Post Disaster Needs Assessment and Recovery Framework (PDNA).• The Clinton Foundation has donated through the logistics cluster 40 International (Penske) trucks of 10-15 metric tons capacity for inter-agency use. Another 140 smaller 1.5 -2.5 metric tons vehicles were also donated and will be registered and insured by WFP for use by organizations with mid- to long-term projects in Haiti as well as by government partners.
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2.Haiti: United Nations Expert body establishes group to advise on the Situation of the Disabled,UN HCHR
RV=139.8 2010/03/05 00:00
キーワード:February,March,decision
GENEVA (5 March 2010) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities announced Friday the creation of a working group to follow up on the situation of the disabled in Haiti who have been disproportionally affected by the earthquake that hit the country in January.Last month the group of human rights experts called on the authorities to ensure that persons with disabilities fully participate in the decision-making process for the country's recovery and reconstruction and that sustained efforts be centred on the long-term development needs of disabled persons in Haiti.The Committee's working group will also follow the situation of persons with disabilities in other countries affected by devastating natural disasters such as in the case of Chile where some two million Chileans are believed to have been affected by Saturday's 8.8-magnitude earthquake.Announcing the creation of the working group the UN expert's body reminded that according to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities "states are to take all necessary measures to ensure the protection and safety of persons with disabilities in situations of risk and natural disaster like the occurrence of this earthquake."The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities agreed on the launching of the working group on Haiti during its Third Session in Geneva from 22 to 26 February 2010*.The 12-member Committee is the body of independent experts monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which so far has been endorsed by 140 countries. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities was adopted on 13 December 2006 by the UN General Assembly and entered into force on 3 May 2008.(*) Third Session Statement by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=9868&LangID=E
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3.HAITI – Earthquake Fact Sheet #42 Fiscal Year (FY) 2010,USAID
RV=115.5 2010/03/05 00:00
キーワード:settlement,March
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTBUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated March 2 2010.KEY DEVELOPMENTS - On March 2 the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported completing registration of displaced individuals at the Champs de Mars settlement site in Port-au-Prince. In total IOM registered 5000 families or more than 25000 individuals significantly higher than the previous estimate of 3300 families residing at the site. - On March 1 USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) and USAID/Haiti staff conducted a rapid assessment of humanitarian conditions in Mirebalais municipality Center Department followed by a March 2 rapid assessment in Hinche municipality Center Department. The assessments identified the need for food assistance provision of emergency relief supplies and interventions in water shelter agriculture livelihoods and health among displaced and host populations. Communities reported priority needs for food hygiene kits water and transitional shelter assistance as well as concerns related to the strain of displacement on resources and livelihoods.
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4.The plight of restavec"" children in Haiti after the earthquake"",UN Radio
RV=106.0 2010/03/05 00:00
キーワード:adoption,sexual,mother
Listen to the InterviewWhen Jean Robert Cadet was just a child his mother died and he was sent to live with a wealthy family in the capital of Haiti Port au Prince. He slept under the kitchen table and he suffered physical and emotional abuse. When he was 15 he moved to the US with his "family" and for the first time was enrolled in school only because it was mandatory in the American system. Although he was kicked out of the home shortly after and was homeless for days education is what saved him for a life of servitude and violence. In turn he has been a tireless advocate for Haitian children who are in domestic servitude or "restavecs" as they are commonly called in Haiti. He started a foundation to fight child slavery in his country and change the mentality. Cadet has just returned from Haiti where he visited the tent cities to see how his prot馮駸 were doing post earthquake. He speaks to our colleague Jocelyne Sambira about their plight.CADET: In the morning I saw Restavec children children in filthy conditions leaving the tents with buckets that the adults used to urinate in the middle of the night to throw out and called that "jeter pipi" you know to throw out the urine. Some would be carrying plastic bags that the adults in the tents in the tents use to defecate and those children have to do that and they are beaten with a cowhide which I witnessed children have been offered to me because some people with Restavecs they decided they don't want them because they have to move to the countryside and they don't want to pay the bus fare for those kids. I knew 3 or 4 I've counted for people who offered me children in tents Restavec children in particular in the tent cities.SAMBIRA: So what do you think is going to happen now I mean children already in Haiti now after the earthquake are very vulnerable. There have been many stories about illegal adoptions and people worried about trafficking and sexual predators what about these children who are already vulnerable who don't have any rights?CADET: Well I have seen many children who are amputees. I think these children are much more vulnerable because if they lost their parents to the earthquake people will not take care of them because they cannot be of service to anyone especially if they're double amputees. So I think these children will be severely neglected maybe in cases would be just thrown out totally discarded. And then you have the Restavec population who are being used in the tent cities it's like business as usual nothing has changed. As long as the families are living in the tent cities and they need water the children are still going to fetch water they will still do the laundry they will still do everything for the family. But what about the children who lost their parents their mothers and fathers and they're not amputees. These children are going to become vulnerable to the point where they will be absorbed into the communities where Restavec will be needed. People will use them and they will become Restavec. So there's a great chance that the Restavec population will probably double if not triple.SAMBIRA: So what do you think should be done to discourage this phenomenon?CADET: Well I think awareness should continue to be raised because the Restavec problem is a Haitian problem and I believe that this is something that the Haitians can solve themselves. For them to do that the community leaders the church leaders should take action. They shouldn't tolerate that especially the pastors the pastors have tremendous powers into their communities and some of them have even distributed food so they have a tremendous relationship with their congregation. I think they can raise awareness but awareness by itself will not solve the problem until there are laws against child labors there are laws against cruelty to children because these children are treated badly physically emotionally and sexually by Haitians. So this is a problem that Haitian people should take ownership of in order to move forward because I am sure everybody knows that the children of a country are the foundations of that country and if these children are being abused then you're not going to have a solid foundation you're going to build a country with abused and broken people. And then when they reach adulthood they will not be able to serve their country they will not be able to maintain a sustainable society.PRES: Jean Robert Cadet Haitian-American high school teacher in Ohio and founder of the Jean Cadet Restavek Foundation. www.restavekfreedom.orgProducer: Jocelyne SambiraDuration: 3'34"
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5.Food agency gearing up for spring planting in Haiti,UN Radio
RV=59.7 2010/03/05 00:00
キーワード:season
Listen to the NewsIn Haiti with two weeks to go before the spring planting season begins the UN and its partners are rushing to provide tools and seeds to farmers to help avert a national food crisis.Haitian family tends gardenWith many Haitians having migrated to rural areas following January's devastating earthquake the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) finds that many "host families" caring for displaced people are spending their meager savings to feed the new arrivals and using up precious food stocks.In many cases the poor are resorting to eating the seeds they have stored for the next planting season and eating or selling their livestock in particular goats.Alex Jones FAO's Emergency Response Manager for Haiti just back from Haiti said the country's food situation was insecure even before January's earthquake."It had a major deficit in food production even before the crisis. I don't think we can achieve an ideal situation under the best of circumstances. We can improve the situation and we're working very hard to get as many high quality seeds from local producers into the market as quickly as possible. But our forecast now is that we will still fall short of what we'll need."Jones says the main problem is funding to buy seeds and other inputs.FAO has kick-started a small cash-for-work programme cleaning out irrigation canals in L駮g穗e and the humanitarian organization CARE will work to scale it up in the coming days from 600 to 4 000 people.As part of the recovery phase CARE plans to support community-based organizations in activities such as water management product marketing and capacity building.Diane Bailey United Nations(duration: 1'41")
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