*Guest entry by Michael Tomascik, Public Affairs team, Ottawa
Two years ago Haiti was left devastated after by 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Over the past two years the Canadian Red Cross, thanks to the generosity of Canadians, has been working to help communities in Haiti rebuild and recover.
Medical attention, shelter reconstruction, emergency response, and disaster preparedness are just a few aspects of how Red Cross efforts are providing relief in Haiti. Two years on the Red Cross continues to work closely with local communities and the Haitian Red Cross to respond to the needs of survivors and to rebuild a stronger, healthier and more resilient society.
For more information please visit www.redcross.ca/haiti
Eleanore Rose of the Canadian Red Cross holds six-month-old Sebastian Joseph at Hospital General in Haiti. Sebastianâs mother was killed in the earthquake. January 19. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
Being ready for a disaster when it strikes is critical to saving lives. Armand Bobya, logistics delegate for the Canadian Red Cross, manages relief items that have been prepositioned should a future disaster strike.
Haitian Red Cross volunteer Sheila Gabriel visits with Neley Forestal. The injured children suffer from emotional as well as physical trauma. Hopital General, Port-au-Prince. Credit Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross.
One of the hospital’s youngest patients receives care.
When an Earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, the Red Cross responded immediately with what would become its largest ever single country response.
One year after the earthquake struck on January 12, 2010, Haitians gathered in Champs de Mars.
A baby takes her first steps with the help of a Red Cross volunteer.
Workers and Red Cross carpenters erect a transitional shelter in L'Annexe de la Mairie, Port-au-Prince.
Familly Barthélémy, from left to right: Kemehise Ange, 4 years old, Pastor Manès, Max Andrew, 8 years old and Luciana. They live in camp Tabarre Issa in Port-au-Prince since their house collapsed on the 12th of January.
La Piste residents have access to clean drinking water and sanitation services provided by the Red Cross