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In an operation that has involved more emergency response teams than any other single-country disaster in global Red Cross history, the American Red Cross in the National Capital Region has worked in our community to answer the need for help.
Along with a multitude of other assignments, the Region provided transportation and logistics support in the deployment of disaster specialists to Haiti. The delegates have a variety of specialized skills and international experience. Charles Blake, former ARC Director of Emergency and International Services in the National Capital Region and Colin Chaperon, the former EIS Director in Arlington, were among those deployed.
The American Red Cross is currently focusing on three areas through its emergency responders and partners: - Sending food to those in need, including 3 million pre-packaged meals and funding for World Food Program efforts that will enable them to feed up to 1 million people for a month.
- Providing clean drinking water, including 3.5 million liters distributed to date in 68 settlements. Each day, the Red Cross is distributing enough water for 100,000 people.
- Distributing shelter items, such as blankets, tarps, sleeping mats and tents, to families who have been left homeless.
The Red Cross is also meeting the health needs of Haitian survivors and providing support to Haitian families in Haiti and the US. This includes providing relief supplies, shipment of blood products, family linking services and providing Red Cross volunteers to the USNS Comfort, which have been in Haiti for one week.
More than 49 flights carrying Red Cross aid have arrived in Haiti. Additional planes, ships and trucks carrying Red Cross humanitarian assistance are en route. Although the current focus is on addressing urgent needs, the American Red Cross is looking ahead and applying experience gained after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
For the past five years, the American Red Cross has been working with partners in Southeast Asia to construct water and sanitation systems, provide emotional support and health care, build shelters, restore livelihoods and prepare communities for the next disaster.
The American Red Cross plans to offer a similar level of support in close collaboration with Red Cross partners and other international and local aid organizations in Haiti. CLICK HERE |
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