[net-gold] COUNTRIES: HAITI : DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES: Haiti Earthquake
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- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:38:30 -0500 (EST)
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COUNTRIES: HAITI :
DISASTERS: EARTHQUAKES:
Haiti Earthquake
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
HAITI Earthquake
<http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rls/fs/2010/135246.htm>
Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 January 14, 2010
Note: The last fact sheet was dated January 13, 2010.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
. The 13 USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) members in
Haiti continue to assess priority humanitarian needs and identify
emergency relief supplies for immediate delivery to Port-au-Prince from
the USAID/OFDA warehouse in Miami. The USAID/DART also continues to liaise
with U.N. representatives regarding humanitarian coordination, and the
USAID/DART team leader continues to coordinate with international donors
until the full U.N. Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team
arrives in Port-au-Prince.
. As of 2330 hours local time, U.S. urban search and rescue (USAR)
personnel had rescued or assisted in rescuing nine individuals trapped
under rubble. As of January 14, more than 300 USAR personnel had arrived
in country, including a 72-person team from the Fairfax County Fire
Department, a 72-person team from Los Angeles County Fire Department, an
80-person team from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, and an 80-person team from
Miami City. An additional 42-person team from Fairfax County is expected
to arrive in Haiti early on January 15.
. As of the morning of January 14, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) was coordinating the deployment of six additional U.S. USAR
teams.
. With $13 million in USAID/OFDA assistance, the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) plans to deploy a 35-person Incident Response
Coordination Team (IRCT), five 35-member Disaster Medical Assistance Teams
(DMATs), and a Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) of
experts in victim identification and mortuary services. The HHS response
includes the provision of four medical equipment caches.
NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE
Estimated Number of Deaths At least 100,000 GoH1 January 13
Estimated Affected Population Approximately 3.5 million people IFRC2
January 14
FY 2010 HUMANITARIAN FUNDING PROVIDED TO DATE
Total FY 2010 USAID/OFDA Assistance to Haiti for the
Earthquake.....................................................$36,599,572
Total FY 2010 USAID/FFP Assistance to Haiti for the
Earthquake.........................................................$18,000,000
Total FY 2010 USAID Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti for the
Earthquake........................................$54,599,572
1 Government of Haiti (GoH)
2 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
CURRENT SITUATION
Background
. Preliminary assessments from the IFRC indicate the earthquake affected a
total of approximately 3.5 million individuals.
. Humanitarian organizations expect a considerable number of affected
individuals to require emergency shelter assistance and other relief
items. Access to affected populations remains limited at present due to
extensive debris and damaged roadways.
. Priority assistance, according to the GoH, includes search and rescue
capability, offshore vessel medical units, electricity generation
capability, and communications equipment to facilitate GoH coordination
and response efforts. The GoH has also requested assistance in evacuating
patients from a damaged hospital in Petionville to hospitals in Miami,
Florida.
. According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (OCHA), nine of 13 UNDAC team members have arrived in Haiti, and
one additional UNDAC team member will be deployed to Santo Domingo to
coordinate relief efforts transiting through the Dominican Republic. The
U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator and most U.N. agencies have established a
logistics base near the airport to coordinate incoming search and rescue
teams.
Haiti Earthquake January 14, 2010
Search and Rescue Operations
. Priority locations for USAR operations on January 14 include the Montana
Hotel, the Caribbean Market, Citibank
building, and a high school building.
. To date, U.S. USAR personnel have conducted multiple operations in
Port-au-Prince, including at least five search
and rescue missions and at least eight reconnaissance missions along Route
de Delmas and Pan-American Avenue.
. At approximately 0720 hours local time, a Fairfax County USAR team
successfully completed one live extraction
from the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).
. USAR personnel have identified multiple trapped individuals at College
Marianne in Bourdon neighborhood.
USAR teams deployed to the school and immediately began rescue operations.
. Joint USAID/DARTUSAR teams continue to conduct assessments of heavily
damaged areas in downtown Portau-
Prince and Carrefour areas to determine future search and rescue
priorities.
Emergency Food Assistance
. USAID/FFP is providing approximately 14,500 metric tons (MT) of P.L. 480
Title II emergency food assistance
valued at approximately $18 million intended to feed an estimated 2
million disaster-affected individuals during the next six months. In order
to expedite delivery, the food aid will come from Title II prepositioned
stocks in Jacinto, Texas. The contribution will include 7,000 MT of rice,
4,550 MT of corn soy blend, and 3,000 MT of vegetable oil. Food aid will
be transported in multiple shipments, with the first shipment expected to
arrive on January 28th.
The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) plan to distribute emergency
food aid.
. On January 13th, WFP distributed high energy biscuits (HEBs) to 3,000
beneficiaries in Jacmel. On January 14,
WFP expects to reach 2,400 beneficiaries in Port-au-Prince with HEBs.
. USAID/FFP has contacted all active Title II implementing partners in
Haiti to determine the availability of
commodity stocks in-country and the capacity of organizations to reach
earthquake-affected individuals.
. The U.N. recently reported that previous reports indicating that WFP
warehouses had been looted were erroneous.
Emergency Relief Supplies
. The U.N. Childrens Fund (UNICEF) reported plans to transport emergency
relief supplies valued at $500,000 from Panama to Haiti. The first flight
via an IFRC aircraft is scheduled to depart for Haiti during the evening
of January 14, carrying 10,000 tarpaulins, 4,600 water containers, 5.5
million water purification tablets, 556,000 oral rehydration sachets, 21
GPS receivers, 2 portable warehouses, tents, trauma kits, and water tanks
to benefit 10,000 affected families. A boat with a UNICEF relief supply
shipment from Panama sufficient for 20,000 families is also due to arrive
in Haiti during the evening of January 14. Logistics and Transportation
. A January 13 U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) preliminary port assessment
indicated blockage due to significant debris and a collapsed crane, as
well as considerable damage to port piers. A January 14 USCG assessment of
the Gonaives port, located approximately 69 miles north-northwest of
Port-au-Prince, indicates that the port is currently functional. The
Gonaives pier allows a 21- to 30-foot draft and has a 180-ton functional
crane. Under normal driving conditions the port is approximately three
hours travel by land to Port-au-Prince. The U.S. Department of Defense
(DoD) expects to release the results of a formal January 14 assessment of
the port facility at Port-au-Prince in the coming hours.
. USAID/OFDA is coordinating with DoD to establish an air bridge for daily
transportation of emergency relief supplies on C-130 aircraft. U.S.
GOVERNMENT (USG) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
. On January 12, USAID/OFDA stood up a Washington D.C.-based Response
Management Team (RMT) to support the USAID/DART that deployed to Haiti
early on January 13 to assess humanitarian conditions and coordinate
activities with the humanitarian community.
. To date, USAID has provided nearly $55 million in humanitarian
assistance for the Haiti earthquake.
. USAID/OFDA continues to communicate with partners on the ground to
assess and prioritize humanitarian needs, including for emergency relief
supplies, shelter and food assistance, and health and water, sanitation,
and hygiene services. The humanitarian community is currently focusing on
life-saving search and rescue operations.
. On January 13, U.S Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth H. Merten declared a
disaster due to the effects of the earthquake. In response, USAID/OFDA
provided an initial $50,000 through the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince for
the implementation of an emergency response program. USAID/OFDA is
providing additional assistance in accordance with the findings of
USAID/DART and humanitarian community assessments, as access to affected
groups expands over the coming days. Haiti Earthquake January 14, 2010
USAID HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI FOR THE EARTHQUAKE
FY 2010
Implementing Partner Activity Location Amount
USAID/OFDA ASSISTANCE1
HHS Health Affected Areas $13,000,000
FEMA Search and Rescue Affected Areas $23,500,000
TBD Emergency Response Activities Affected Areas $50,000
Administrative Costs Affected Areas $49,572
TOTAL USAID/OFDA $36,599,572
USAID/FFP ASSISTANCE2
WFP and NGOs 14,550 MT of P.L. 480 Title II Emergency
Food Assistance Affected Areas $18,000,000
TOTAL USAID/FFP $18,000,000
FY 2010 HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO DATE
USAID/OFDA $36,599,572
USAID/FFP $18,000,000
TOTAL USAID HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI $54,599,572
1 USAID/OFDA funding represents anticipated or actual obligated amounts as
of January 14, 2010.
2 Estimated value of food assistance.
PUBLIC DONATION INFORMATION
. The most effective way people can assist relief efforts is by making
cash contributions to humanitarian
organizations that are conducting relief operations. Information on
organizations responding to the humanitarian
situation in Haiti may be available at www.reliefweb.int.
. USAID encourages cash donations because they allow aid professionals to
procure the exact items needed (often in
the affected region); reduce the burden on scarce resources (such as
transportation routes, staff time, warehouse
space, etc); can be transferred very quickly and without transportation
costs; support the economy of the disasterstricken
region; and ensure culturally, dietary, and environmentally appropriate
assistance.
. More information can be found at:
o USAID: http://www.usaid.gov Keyword: Donations
o The Center for International Disaster Information:
http://www.cidi.org
or
(703) 276-1914
o Information on relief activities of the humanitarian community can be
found at
http://www.reliefweb.int
USAID/
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
<http://daviddillard.businesscard2.com>
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