Jan 15 Watch Ambassador: ‘We’re Going to Have Some Order in Haiti’ Haiti's ambassador to the U.S., Raymond Joseph, discusses how the Haitian government is responding to the crisis even though many of its workers are quake victims as well. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch Brazil Spearheading U.N. Peacekeeping Efforts in Haiti U.N. Undersecretary-General Alain Le Roy discusses the 9,000-person U.N. force in Haiti, which is being led by Brazilian soldiers. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch U.S., World Assembling Help for Haiti Kwame Holman reports on how the United States is responding to help Haiti, and then Jeffrey Brown talks to a Los Angeles Times reporter about international efforts on the ground. Continue watching
Jan 14 Salvation Army Disaster Chief: Bodies ‘Piled Up Like Cordwood’ By Dave Gustafson We spoke this afternoon with Bob Poff, the Salvation Army's divisional director of disaster services in Haiti, via Skype. Poff's apartment was destroyed and he and his wife lost most of their belongings. Quake victims have been pouring into… Continue reading
Jan 14 Hours From Epicenter, ‘Secondary Stresses’ for Haitian Hospital By Dave Gustafson We received an e-mail Wednesday from Ian Rawson, managing director of Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti -- a 100-bed referral hospital in central Haiti's Artibonite Valley three hours north of Port-au-Prince -- about what he was witnessing: We were not… Continue reading
Jan 14 Haiti at Risk for Disease Outbreaks By Talea Miller Treating the injured is still the first priority in Port au Prince, but experts are raising the alarm about the urgent need to address other health issues before it's too late. Dr. Tammam Aloudat, of the International Federation of Red… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch Haiti’s Cruel Twist of Fate Just as Haiti was beginning to turn the economic corner, disaster struck. Judy Woodruff examines how the timing of the earthquake is especially catastrophic considering the country's slow recovery from its rocky past. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch In U.S., Haitian Expats Relying on Each Other for Support Ray Suarez takes a look at Haitians living in the United States and how they are coping with the devastating earthquake, which has made contacting loved ones on the island nearly impossible. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Global Humanitarian Response Critical to Haiti The death toll in Haiti is on the rise, with some 50,000 people feared dead and three million more injured or homeless. Judy Woodruff talks to Helene Gayle of Care USA about the humanitarian effort underway. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Haitians Start Burials, But Basic Needs Still Lacking Judy Woodruff gets on-the-ground reports from Tony Winton, a broadcast reporter for the Associated Press, and Bob Poff, divisional director of disaster services for the Salvation Army. Continue watching