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Red
Cross Response to Haiti Disaster
As of January 17th - Red Cross Haiti Disaster Relief Update
* The
American Red Cross is performing first aid, delivering water,
addressing urgent needs and mobilizing a massive response operation
in Haiti.
* First
aid posts have been set up in the streets, where Red Cross workers
and volunteers from Haiti and other countries are working
side-by-side to clean and stitch up wounds amidst the rubble.
* More
than 100 Red Cross staff from two dozen nations are supporting
several thousand local volunteers, and more Red Cross teams from
around the world are en route.
* Red
Cross workers from around the world will be providing a wide range of
help and support, including food, water, field hospitals, emotional
support, telecommunications, sanitation facilities and helping
restore links between families.
* On Sunday, the Red Cross is setting up a field hospital in Jacmel
which will be able to treat approximately 200 people per day.
* The
Red Cross has already supplied medical kits to treat 2,000 patients,
and hundreds of blankets and plastic sheets have also been
distributed.
* A
Red Cross water trucking program is now providing clean water for
about 1,000 people living in a makeshift camp in the Delmas
neighborhood. Latrines have also been built in the same area to help
address sanitation issues.
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