Haiti Earthquake Response
Thanks to the generosity of Canadian individuals, corporations, provincial and all levels of government, the Canadian Red Cross raised over $199 million to support relief efforts in Haiti.
The Red Cross has been committed to supporting earthquake affected communities in Haiti through the initial critical period, by providing emergency health care, relief items, shelter and support, but also throughout the recovery, reconstruction and development phases are required to build stronger, healthier and more resilient communities. This includes, developing and building the capacity of the Haitian Red Cross, reconstruction of social infrastructure, livelihoods and communities and investment in disaster risk reduction.
International Red Cross response to date:
- Over 1 million relief items (hygiene kits, kitchen sets, buckets, blankets, mosquito nets and sleeping mats) have been distributed.
- Over 14,400 tonnes of shipments have arrived by air, sea and road from all over the world.
- Approximately 2.5 million litres of water was being produced and distributed each day, providing over 320,000 people in Port-au-Prince with safe drinking water.
- Almost 19,000 families were provided with tents, tarps and tools to help rebuild their homes.
- More than 230,000 people have received medical care from the Red Cross.
- As part of the earthquake emergency response, 21 emergency response units were deployed in the areas of health, water/sanitation, logistics, relief and telecommunications. This includes the Norwegian-Canadian Red Cross field hospital that was originally set up in Port-au-Prince, and later moved to Petite-Goave.
- Over 2,300 patients have been treated at Canadian Red Cross cholera treatment centres.
- To date, the Red Cross has built over 5,000 earthquake and hurricane resistant shelters in Haiti.
