Jan 13 Outpouring of Aid Follows Enormous Haiti Quake By Talea Miller Pledges for financial aid and rescue workers for Haiti are pouring in from around the globe, as aid organizations on the ground start to assess the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis left in the wake of Tuesday's devastating quake. Country… Continue reading
Jan 13 Creedon: Just Before Quake, ‘Signs of Progress’ in Haiti By Simon Marks Father Gerry Creedon, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Arlington, Va., has been visiting Haiti for 19 years and left Port-au-Prince Tuesday morning -- just hours before the massive quake struck there. Creedon arrived in Haiti on… Continue reading
Jan 13 Obama: U.S. Coordinating Swift Response to Haitian Earthquake By Quinn Bowman President Barack Obama pledged this morning that the United States would offer a rapid response to help Haiti dig out from the "especially cruel and incomprehensible" 7.0 earthquake that shook the Caribbean nation on Tuesday. "I have directed my administration… Continue reading
Jan 13 Haiti Relief Effort: How to Contribute By Jason Breslow For readers looking to contribute to the relief effort in Haiti, here are a few of the organizations collecting donations. NPR has also compiled a list, which you can find here: Hope for Haiti Now Action Against… Continue reading
Jan 13 Haiti Braces for Massive Casualties in Aftermath of Earthquake By Jason Breslow Haiti is bracing for massive casualties Wednesday morning as international aid groups scramble to piece together a response to the devastating magnitude-7.0 earthquake that struck the island nation late Tuesday afternoon. The quake, the worst to hit Haiti in… Continue reading
Jan 13 Exclusive | Haitian Presidential Adviser: ‘The Damage is Enormous’ By Mike Melia The massive earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday afternoon devastated the capital Port-au-Prince, crumbling buildings and leaving roads nearly impassable due to debris and people flooding the streets. "The damage is enormous," Gabriel Verret, an economic adviser to Haitian President… Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch U.N.: Humanitarian Response Will be Swift Jim Lehrer speaks with United Nations Undersecretary-General John Holmes, who is in charge of humanitarian affairs, about the U.N. plan to help Haiti recover from the earthquake. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch U.S. Pledges ‘Full Support’ to Earthquake Victims in Haiti Margaret Warner explores how international groups are mobilizing emergency help for Haiti, and then Jim Lehrer speaks with Dr. Rajiv Shah of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Medical Aid Unable to Reach Many Earthquake Victims Gwen Ifill speaks with two guests about the logistical challenges of getting medical care and other aid to quake victims in Haiti. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch In Haiti, Scenes of Despair and Devastation Hari Sreenivasan speaks with journalist Ansel Herz who has lived in Haiti for the past four months and was on the scene of the disaster in Port-au-Prince. Continue watching