Past disaster eventsEM-DAT listing of disaster events in HaitiDisaster statistics from UN-ISDR and CREDRisk country profile from Index for Risk Management Disaster response and management data from ReliefWebGovernment policiesHFA Progress Reports, government plans, and government statements and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper – http://www.unisdr.org/partners/countries/htiRed Cross + civil societyIFRC appeals and info bulletins for Haiti
A changing climate and rapidly growing exposure to disaster risk presents the world with an unprecedented challenge. For developing countries, both less able to cope with the impact and more likely to be affected, the challenge is particularly severe. These countries face mounting losses from a range of natural hazards, from earthquakes and tsunamis through […]
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In Haiti, thousands of people live in anguish, unsure whether their relatives are buried under the rubble or alive and unable to communicate. In the first two weeks following the earthquake, Red Cross tracing teams offered over 2000 phone calls to survivors in the largest camps in Port-au-Prince, so they could get in touch with
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The following story was written by Lena Kang, Knowledge Management Intern, GDPC, based from an interview with Tracy Reines, Director of the International Response Operations Center at the American Red Cross. IROC: a nexus for information As Director of the International Response Operations Center (IROC) at the American Red Cross (ARC), Tracy Reines overseas a
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The following story was written by Lena Kang, Knowledge Management Intern, GDPC, based on an interview with Wendy Brightman, Regional Advisor for Cash Transfer Programming in Asia, Middle East, and Europe at American Red Cross. Philippines Red Cross: cash-transfer preparedness When Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in early-November 2013, the International Federation of the Red
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Since the earthquake, the World Bank has significantly increased its support for Haiti, allocating half a billion dollars from the IDA Crisis Response Window. Some of that money is going to housing, while other efforts focus on reducing vulnerability to disaster, improving infrastructure and access to services, and developing the private sector, while also strengthening
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UNEP works through its local and national partners to implement the Eco-DRR Project in Haiti. Our Eco-DRR strategy in Haiti promotes sustainable coastal zone management through ecosystem based solutions that improve local livelihoods and reduce disaster risks.
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This report presents a collective portrait of the Red Cross and Red Crescent plans, achievements and financial expenditure in response to the earthquake on 12 January 2010 in Haiti. It reflects a consolidated picture of the best available data obtained in Haiti and through the participation of Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies and
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This film presents the project for the strengthening of capacity and resources for disaster risk management by the Haitian population financed by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) better known as DIPECHO 9.The DIPECHO project is implemented in Haiti by a consortium including the French, Spanish, German and Haitian Red Cross,
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Disasters such as this earthquake in Haiti have severe psychosocial consequences. The emotional wounds may be less visible than the destruction of homes and physical infrastructure, but it often takes far longer to recover from the emotional and psychological impact than to overcome the material losses.
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The maternity ward at the Red Cross Red Crescent field hospital in Carrefour is perhaps the busiest in town. Located on a sports field, this hospital of field tents averages around 100 live births each month.
Maternal Health in Haiti Read More »