ADRA - Hope in Haiti
Changing the world one life at a time.
Bill Santos interviews the director of ADRA in Canad, Ronald Kuhn, who explains ADRA's amazing response to the Haiti earthquake.
The ADRA Network Commits $1 Million to Haiti Earthquake Relief
As the humanitarian crisis continues to grow in quake-hit Haiti, the ADRA network has expanded its relief efforts by committing $1 million worth of emergency aid to assist survivors in the hardest hit areas. ADRA network offices including ADRA Canada, have already committed an estimated $98,000 toward the Haiti response.
As part of the network’s immediate response, an emergency assessment team traveled to Port-au-Prince to begin coordinating the distribution of aid in the region. The group is expected to arrive in Haiti on Friday, January 15, to support the operations on the ground.
"On our way to Haiti, the expressions of solidarity from everyone we've met have been inspiring. People are encouraging and genuinely emotional regarding the events surrounding the earthquake,” said John Torres, a member of the team headed to Haiti.
ADRA is partnering with Toronto-based Global Medic to provide medical aid for survivors through four mobile medical clinics, each of which can assist up to 1,000 patients a day. Survivors will receive other emergency items, such as water purification tablets, water treatment packets, and oral rehydration salt units. Water purification units and a portable water tester will also be available. These water treatment methods will provide clean drinking water for an estimated 90,000 people a day.
A donation of medical supplies from Heart to Heart International will help ADRA provide assistance to as many as 800 people. Supplies include antibiotics, vitamins, vinyl gloves, and over-the-counter pain relief medication.
The quake is the strongest to hit Haiti in more than 200 years. It was followed by two powerful aftershocks registering at a magnitude of 5.9 and 5.5, respectively. As a result, the damage to infrastructure, including bridges, buildings, phone and power lines, has been severe.
Ketteline Israel, Administrative Assistant for ADRA Haiti writes: “The situation is catastrophic. We already gave water, medicines, bedding, and erected tents in . . . some zones in Carrefour, but all the country is devastated. Some people in the government are victims, ADRA employees are victims. Until now, there are a lot of deaths under the destroyed building and houses. Some injured persons are in the streets or/and next to destroyed houses without any care. . . . Please pray and help.”
"There are people digging with their hands, searching for people in the rubble. There was unimaginable destruction." - Bernice Robertson, Crisis Group Senior Analyst, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, The New York Times, 13 January 2010.
For more information visit www.adra.ca
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