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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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These days, an earthquake razed Haaiti, one of the poorest countries in the world. Here is a page for the deepening of NGO Act, for those who have the ability and the will can find information on donations:
at 16.53 on Tuesday, (the 22:53 Italian time), the capital of Haiti - Port Au Prince - has been hit by an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale. After the first jolt, which lasted over a minute, there were more than 32 aftershocks shorter and less severe.
The epicenter was located at 16km from the capital and the earthquake hit an area where there are more than 2.5 million people, the majority in absolute poverty.
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and has been recently affected by other natural disasters - a series of hurricanes in 2008 caused the deaths of more than 800 people - as well as serious conditions of political instability which led in 2004 the United Nations to send a peacekeeping mission. While it is still
impossibilequantificare the exact scale of the disaster information from the field merely confirmed the severity of the disaster. The most optimistic estimates speak of 100,000 dead, and many are afraid to move beyond the record of 240,000 registered victims during the tsunami of 2004.
As the hours pass and fade away the hopes of finding people alive under the rubble, are becoming more pressing concerns related to risks to public health. Hundreds are in fact the corpses that have not yet buried, and are likely to become a vehicle for outbreaks in the coming days, in a context in which practically no longer functioning health facilities.
The first emergency teams are on the ground to deliver aid and conduct a needs assessment. At present, the population need of shelter, health kits and water purification, ambulances for emergency medicine, or food.
The international mobilization to help the three million Haitians affected by the disaster was massive, but to address the consequences of the disaster will require extra investment.
For this reason, ACT in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he immediately launched an emergency appeal for mobilization comparable to the crisis we are facing.
Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of the Italians until it was possible to collect more than a million euro which have enabled organizations to ACT to initiate the first steps field, including:
ActionAid, working in the field since 1996, started first-aid activities immediately to the affected population. A team of highly skilled staff is preparing to leave for the island to bring basic necessities such as shelter first aid, blankets, personal hygiene kits and containers for drinking water. The objective of this first phase of action is to reach the needs of about 20,000 people
The head of Save the Children in Port-au-Prince has mobilized its emergency teams, moving mostly on a motorcycle, were able to reach the areas of the city hardest hit by the quake. Save the Children is distributed to households that include first aid kit blankets, mosquito nets, jerry cans as well as toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap and towels needed for personal hygiene. Once the curtains will be installed, Save the Children to carry out safe areas for children, where children can play, deal with the trauma suffered as a result of the earthquake and feel safe again. The
CESVI has mobilized its emergency team that is is moving from the south west of the country to the capital to complete an assessment of humanitarian needs and coordinate the response to the first. This is the testimony of Elisa Rusciani - Regional Manager CESVI in Haiti: "The roads are not viable and do not know if c'e'posto somewhere. I know nothing about my house and where I'm going on my return. I can not get in touch with colleagues of the local staff. But I knew that even in Les Cayes and in our project, there were massive damage and help is needed immediately. I'm tired and I'm trying to go to rest, but continue to get news of friends and relatives of friends who do not have it done. I am speechless. We will have lots of work. It will take years. "Terre des Hommes
, thanks to his staff of some 50 people, has already begun in Port-au-Prince, the distribution of first aid: food kits, water containers and drinking water products for ' personal hygiene. In the next few hours waiting for the arrival of a specialized team to coordinate the resulting actions to protect children.
VIS is intervening in Haiti through the operators of the various Don Bosco centers on the island. The first aid are directed to rescue the 200 orphans buried under the rubble of a home run by the Salesians in the capital Port-au-Prince. The entire Salesian family is mobilizing to reach the island teams and emergency aid.
addition to the organizations mentioned above, thanks to their presence on the island for years have been able to bring immediate relief, other NGOs have decided State to act to intervene, in coordination within the network to provide humanitarian assistance in more effectively and efficiently as possible. Among the latter, INTERSOS, who decided to participate through the provision of basic necessities by acting in cooperation with local partners, and that will GVC island in the coming days with rescue teams and civilian needs.
The other organizations belonging to the network of ACT at the time in the process of mobilization are: the CISP and Coop, which in the coming days on the ground will send its players to ensure widest possible response. From
http://www.agire.it/it/emergenzahaiti/approfon_haiti.html
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