American Red Cross volunteer Winnie Romeril returned from Haiti this past weekend after spending two weeks working on relief efforts there. Here are some descriptions of the work she took part of, and her impressions upon leaving the country.
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You are coming together in an incredible way to support people in Haiti. Check out some of our favorite Tweets and Facebook comments from the last 24 hours:
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Below are two video updates from American Red Cross Emergency Response Unit team members on the ground in Haiti. Watch to get a sense of how distribution at camp sites is assessed and carried out.
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The post below was written by American Red Cross volunteer Winnie Romeril. [...] Yesterday I met Uri Shacham, an Israeli paramedic from the Magen David Adom (MDA, Israel’s equivalent of the Red Cross) working in the Red Cross-administered University Hospital in Port au Prince.
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This is our second report from the ground in Haiti. This weekend, we spoke again with Winnie Romeril, who described the current situation in Port au Prince and shared with us her experience while visiting Red Cross volunteers aboard the USNS Comfort.
Please note that the Red Cross is not able to accept additional volunteers for [...]
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The below was written by American Red Cross volunteer Wilfrid from the Miami Chapter. He’s aboard the USNS Comfort providing assistance to Haiti.
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From a British Red Cross delegate in Haiti:
We visited a camp this morning to assess sanitation needs and within minutes of arriving, several men came over and introduced themselves as the camp committee. They said it was their role to make sure things run smoothly, people treat the camp well, get access to water and [...]
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From American Red Cross President and CEO Gail McGovern:
I can tell you that this is a devastating disaster with widespread extensive damage. Many buildings are pancaked flat, the streets are filled with rubble and people. The infrastructure of the country is in severely damaged – airports, ports and roads – making it very difficult to [...]
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Please visit the Disaster Online Newsroom to see detailed Red Cross response information in Haiti.
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The American Red Cross is supporting the repatriation of Americans and Haitian Americans who were in Haiti and are being evacuated back to this country. We have a long standing agreement with the federal government to support these efforts when Americans need to be evacuated out of foreign countries because of conflict, natural disaster or [...]
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