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“We are committed to long-term recovery support for Haitians.” On 12 Jan 2010, Haiti was hit by the most powerful earthquake to strike the country in 200 years. More than 220,000 people were killed; 300,000 injured and more than one million made homeless. In 2011, Oxfam reached 532,000 beneficiaries: providing safe water and sanitation facilities; supporting small businesses; rebuilding communities and carrying out advocacy work with communities and partners on governance and protection issues.
Oxfam Updates Haiti
CARE Emergency in Haiti
Emy Merci, 39, was holding her newborn baby in the hospital soon after delivery, when she felt the earth start to shake on January 12. She received a hygiene kits (background) from CARE. (2010 Evelyn Hockstein/CARE) Devastation from the January 12 earthquake in Haiti was massive. But so was the outpouring of public support for relief and recovery efforts.
Doctors Without Borders | MSF USA
MSF's Month in Focus brings you reports on Somali refugees in Dadaab, Novartis' attempts to stifle production of generics, and the fights against TB, sleeping sickness, and maternal mortality.
January 17, 2010 MSF teams are working to provide surgery and basic care to as many patients as possible, but needs continue to outstrip available resources.
Slideshow: Haiti: MSF Working to Meet Medical Needs | Doctors Wi
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, negligence, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. MSF reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises, to challenge inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and to advocate for improved medical treatments and protocols.
Chaîne de MSF