I just received the following recap and thought it was a great perspective, as well as summary. Thought you all might enjoy the facts!
The Big Picture
- 212,000 people dead, the government reports
- 3 million of 9 million affected, 1 million now living in 492 makeshift shelter camps
- 250,000 houses destroyed
Food
- UN World Food Program says it is providing food rations to an estimated 2 million Haitians, nearly a quarter of the population, through 16 distribution sites. Nearly 1.3 million have received a two week ration of rice in the past nine days
- Price of imported rice is 25 percent higher and wheat flour over 65 percent higher than before the quake, causing difficulty for people considered "food secure," WFP says
- Supplementary food programs launched for 53,000 children under 5 and for 16,000 pregnant women nursing mothers
- Florida based Food for the Poor said it has acquired and delivered more than 7,100 tons of food, medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, building materials and other goods, and provided Haitians with more than 20 million meals of rice, beans, canned goods and water.
Health and Welfare
- The Red Cross/ Red Crescent, as of Feb. 5, had distributed 15 million liters (4 million gallons) of drinking water, provided medical treatment for 13,000 people, provided cooking sets, blankets, jerry cans, mosquito nets, and hygiene kits to 37,054 families (185,270 people), tarps and rope to 17,000 households, tents to 925 households.
- Doctors without Borders in its most recent report had 19 locations set up, treated 12,924 patients, performed 1,427 surgeries, had 353 foreign staff and 1,280 Haitian staff at work on the ground.
US Military
- More than 13,000 US military personnel assigned to Haiti relief along with 17 ships and 120 aircraft
- Has delivered 2.4 million bottles of water, 2.4 million rations, 9.1 million pounds of bulk food, 120,700 pounds of medical supplies as of Feb. 9.
Jobs
- Haitian government has declared job creation one of its most important goals. Before the quake officials said two-thirds of Haitians did not have formal jobs.
- UN Development Programs (UNDP) injecting $175,000 a day into economy with a cash for work program clearing streets of rubble and garbage, employing 34,885 workers as of Feb. 6
- US Agency for International Development (USAID) employing 6000 people in cash for work programs, hopes to reach 20,000 soon
Clean Up Challenge
Edmond Mulet, acting head of the UN mission in Haiti, said 63 million tons of rubble need to be removed. "If you lined up the dump trucks, our shelter experts feel that there would be enough rubble to go from Port au Prince to Moscow. That's a lot of rubble," said Tim Callaghan of USAID.
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