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Haiti News Archive

June, 2010

January - February, 2010

More News shortly after the Earthquake

Feb. 25: Doctors in Haiti report significant increase in the number of cases of malaria. In Port au Prince, 1.5 million people are living in tent camps, many of which do not have toilets or clean water.

Feb 20: Haiti's main airport has received its first commercial passenger flight since the devastating earthquake that hit the country on January 12.

Feb 19: CasXpress has started sending cargo by air into Port-au-Prince.

Feb 17: Eight of the ten US missionaries accused of kidnapping children in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti are to be released. By order of investigating judge, Bernard Sainvil, two others will be held for further questioning.

Feb 16: Cost of rebuilding Haiti now estimated at close to 14 billion.

Feb 16: American Airlines says it will resume regular flights to Haiti on Friday, Feb 19.

Feb 12: Haiti's government cancelled Carnival this year. Instead, the president called for 3 days of national prayer, Friday Feb. 12 through Sunday Feb. 14.

Sat Feb 6: The G7 group, which includes the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, has canceled all of Haiti's debt.

Sun Feb 7: Emergency measures being taken to prevent rape of girls and women in tent camps along with theft of food coupons.

School News: School officials looking for places to hold classes for damaged schools; hope to reopen in March.

Mon Feb 8: Experts estimate that as many as 40,000 people underwent amputations in the quake's aftermath. Healing Hand, the only place in Haiti that makes artificial limbs and teaches people how to use them was destroyed in the earthquake. They intend to rebuild and to build at least one more new prosthetic factory. The goalis to train workers to use local material to produce limbs at a cost residents can sustain—about $35 to $75 each for materials and labor.

USAID Fact Sheet Feb 3

Mon. Feb 1: Schools outside damaged areas reopen

Sun. Jan 31: The White House said it would resume a United States military airlift of Haitians seriously injured in the Jan. 12 earthquake

Sat. Jan 30: Hundreds of thousands still need food and shelter. • Stoves are needed to prepare dry rations. • Tetanus cases reported • Sources: varied

Friday Jan. 29: Rescue workers have recovered nearly 170,000 bodies so far. the 7.0-magnitude quake left more than 170,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless, injured 200,000 and affected a third of Haiti's 9 million inhabitants. Source: Haitian Sun

Monday Jan. 25: Some banks are open now in Carrefour.

Sunday Jan 24: Hope Outreach International teams from Florida now working in a tent hospital near the airport.

Friday Jan. 22: First shipment of Breedlove Dyhydrated Foods to Haiti.

Friday Jan. 22: Some Western Union offices are now open in Port-au-Prince and Carrefour. Lines are LONG. We do not know whether the $50 per person restriction has been lifted. Western Union will not split transfers; if transfers are more than the limit, senders must send a new transfer less than the current limit. They are currently charging no transfer fees for money sent to Haiti. Western Union Locations open in Haiti, January 22.

Thursday Jan 21: The military made a food distribution at Christian Haitian Outreach, in Mariani, a division of Carrefour, a western suburb of Port-au-Prince. Source: Haitian Director of Operations, Haiti Share

Thursday, Jan 21: Several thousand people are being evaculated to Jeremie,on the western coast of Haiti. Source: Director of Le Gentil Orphelin, an orphanage in Jeremie.

January 20 Update: The children of the Christian Haitain Outreach orphanage are getting food and water and some is being shared with the thousand or more community people who have come streaming into the walls of the orphanage. Money is still difficult to access and supplies are dangerous to transport. There is word that banks will open next week.

January 15: Email to Haiti Share prayer supporters: Dear friends, Finally we have news that all of our nine Haitian team members are safe. But many many others are not, Our Haitian Director of Operations, wrote in an email this morning: "WE A LOT OF DEATH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ANYMORE. MY TEARS MY TEARS. PLEASE MAY GOD WILL HELP AND BLESS HAITI."

January 13, written by someone in touch with the Christian Haitian Outreach orphanage: "just talked to everyone at CHO - they are all good, however the ground is constantly shaking, Franco says NO ONE is allowed in the buildings, as they are still moving with the ground - they said the tremors are just as bad as the real thing, very scared, all sleeping outside the church on the ground, on the field everywhere except inside the buildings." Looking outside the cho walls is utter chaos, hundreds of people are sleeping inside the walls of cho, the children are all very frightened they still have water, but the supplies are slim. Franco will check to see if Western union is even still standing, or even open, or even have cash if we were to send any. I can keep you posted on that - The oldest boys are scared even to walk the streets as the crying, and screaming is horrific. it's absolutely devastating they said to me on the phone. They said all we can do is pray, pray pray pray - the ground is still moving and the noise is enough to make you cry ! i"m quoting their words!