Jan 19 Watch Security Challenges Plague Aid Effort’s Growth in Haiti More much-needed aid arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, but aid organizations reported security has increasingly become a serious obstacle to distribution. ITN's Jon Snow reports. Continue watching
Jan 18 Salvation Army Disaster Chief: ‘Not One More Day Without Food’ By Hari Sreenivasan For an update on earthquake relief distribution and the security situation in Haiti, we checked back this afternoon with Bob Poff, an emergency relief coordinator with the Salvation Army in Port-au-Prince. "There's definitely a sense of anxiousness as there's unrest… Continue reading
Jan 18 Security Fears Prompt Some to Flee Haitian Capital By Jason Breslow The flow of aid workers, troops and medical personnel into Haiti increased Monday, as thousands of quake victims continue to clamor for relief amid the devastation of last week's temblor. Just as extra relief was arriving in Haiti,… Continue reading
Jan 18 Donations to Haiti Relief Effort Top $150 Million By Carolyn O'Hara Charitable and relief organizations have been inundated with donations since last week's devastating earthquake struck Haiti, and a report by the Chronicle of Philanthropy on Saturday suggests that the money raised thus far vastly exceeds what was raised immediately… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch Texting for Charity: Cell Phone Users Sending Relief for Haiti In just five days, the Red Cross has raised more than $21 million for the relief effort in Haiti through text messages. As Tom Bearden reports, cellphones have emerged as the new big player in charitable giving. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Relief Effort Improves in Haiti While Security Concerns Linger In an interview with Jeffrey Brown, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth Merten discusses the pace of the relief effort in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, security concerns in the capital, and complaints about U.S. management at the Port-au-Prince airport. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Aid Groups Look to Break up Bottlenecks After Haiti Quake While 7,000 U.S. forces were scheduled to be in Haiti by the end of Monday, the U.N. is seeking to send additional peacekeepers to help break bottlenecks choking the aid effort. Jon Snow of ITN reports. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch Six Days Without Sunlight: Woman Survives in Bank’s Rubble The arrival of fresh aid was a welcome sight in Haiti on Monday, but aid workers struggled to get food, water, and medical supplies to survivors of last week's earthquake. Bill Neely of Independent Television News reports on one woman's… Continue watching
Jan 18 Haiti’s History Is One of Pain and Perseverance By Talea Miller As Haiti confronts a disastrous earthquake -- which ravaged much of Port-au-Prince -- the country's history, politics and culture are coming to a new light, and may help shape how the country emerges from its latest trial. Continue reading
Jan 17 Obama Authorizes Military Reserves for Haiti Response By Talea Miller President Barack Obama Sunday issued an executive order mobilizing selected military reserves, including medical staff to work from hospital ships and Coast Guard personnel, to bolster aid efforts in Haiti. He wrote it is "necessary to augment the active Armed… Continue reading