HAITI CARE is working to prevent sexual violence in the aftermath of the quake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (February 3, 2010) – CARE is working to prevent sexual and gender-based violence in the aftermath of Haiti’s devastating earthquake.
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HAITI CARE calls for rehabilitation funding and debt relief to rebuild Haiti
GENEVA (January 24, 2010 ) – As foreign ministers gather for a donor conference on aid for Haiti this Monday, CARE International calls for balanced, long- term funding that will meet the country’s emergency and rehabilitation needs and debt relief to…
HAITI CARE Works With Women in Haiti to Keep Disease at Bay
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (January 18, 2010) – CARE’s disaster-response teams find themselves in a race against time in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, coaching survivors how to purify contaminated water and preparing hygiene kits to help prevent a secondary…
HAITI Tens of thousands of pregnant women at risk
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (January 16, 2010) – CARE warns that pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and young children are at greatest risk after Tuesday’s devastating quake that devastated the capital city of Port-au-Prince left nearly three million people…
HAITI CARE launches USD 10 million appeal
GONAIVES, HAITI (January 14, 2010) – CARE has launched a global appeal for US$10 million to help the survivors of Tuesday’s devastating quake in Port-au-Prince. The exact death toll is unknown, but aid groups are estimating that three million people are…
HAITI CARE deploys additional emergency team members to Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (January 13, 2010) – CARE is deploying additional emergency team members to the devastated city of Port-au-Prince in Haiti, where the worst earthquake in 200 years destroyed houses and left thousands homeless. While the exact death…
HAITI Earthquake
HAITI (January 13, 2010) – A massive earthquake has hit Haiti. Help is urgently needed for the hundreds of thousands likely affected by the disaster, especially for the most vulnerable - women and girls.
HAITI CARE provides emergency relief
GENEVA (October 13, 2008) – Since being hit by four successive tropical storms, particulaly Hanna and Ike in September 2008, Haiti has been grappling with the damages caused by these hurricanes in cities like Gonaives.
HAITI CARE distributes hygiene kits to storm survivors
PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI (October 8, 2008) – In response to grave sanitary conditions in flood-affected regions of Haiti, CARE is distributing hygiene kits to 1,500 families, or about 7,500 people, in the greater Gonaïves region. These kits contain personal…