Latest bullet points on Haiti
Global Philanthropy Group
Haiti Situation Report – 19 January 2010
GENERAL
· European Commission has doubled previous death-toll estimates to around the 200,000 mark. The number of homeless is currently estimated at 1.5 million. (Miami Herald) [http://tinyurl.com/y86p4lt]
· The U.N. Security Council granted Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s request for 2,000 more peacekeepers and 1,500 more police, bringing the total in-country officers to 9,000, and 3,600 respectively. (CNN) [http://tinyurl.com/yar52gy]
· U.S. is temporarily allowing orphaned Haitian children into the US. Before the quake struck there were at least 300 pending adoptions in the US alone. Haiti has around 380,000 orphans, a number that is expected to have increased in the wake of the earthquake. (BBC) [http://tinyurl.com/ydmlcg9]
· Full rescue efforts continue in Haiti as survivors are found alive. Search efforts are usually called off after 5 to 7 days but instances of surviving longer exist. (BBC) [http://tinyurl.com/yekvj72]
AID
· Major AID Pledges to Haiti (BBC) [http://tinyurl.com/ycl3llf]
- EU - $604M (420m Euros; £371M)
- US - $100M pledged in immediate aid, with promise of more later
- Canada - $58M
- UK - $32M
- Norway - $17.6M
- France - $14.4M
- World Bank - $100M
· More U.S. troops land with aid at Haiti presidential palace. Total U.S. on the ground military personnel now roughly 5,000, with thousands more expected. (NYT) [http://tinyurl.com/y8acwkb]
· Much discussion over the role foreign aid should play in the relief and reconstruction of Haiti. (NYT) [http://tinyurl.com/yaor2yt]
· Many challenges face the international aid effort; fuel, roads, security, etc. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being funneled into Haiti from countries around the world but the problem isn’t getting there its getting in and in a timely manner. (AlertNet) [http://tinyurl.com/ydjjvrg]
· Major U.S. wireless carriers plan to speed up delivery of text-to-give donations pledged to the American Red Cross for Haiti relief efforts – Verizon, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and AT&T, promised to get donated funds to the Red Cross within a week. (WSJ) [http://tinyurl.com/ydkobh8]
