name: Concern Worldwide (SHELTER/CAMP/EDUCATION CLUSTERS) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (DIST: FOOD/WATER/SHELTER/WATER SANITATION SUPPLIES) -> Concern Worldwide - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (DIST: FOOD/WATER/SHELTER/WATER SANITATION SUPPLIES)
other_contacts changed.
facility_type: Supply POD -> Info/Hotline

notes: Shelter Cluster Haiti 2010: http://groups.google.com/group/shelterhaiti2010 CCCM Camp Cluster website: http://groups.google.com/group/cccmhaiti ----------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE: CONCERN IN ACTION: OUR RESPONSE Our immediate response includes the following activities: •Water distribution (underway as of Friday, January 15) •Sending in 2 charter cargo planes with supplies of blankets, water purification tablets and water storage containers, shelter materials, emergency therapeutic food for children under five (high-protein biscuits called BP-5, therapeutic milk formula called F100, and plumpy'nut) •Assessment of most urgent survival needs for affected populations in Port-au-Prince, Saut d’Eau, and the island of La Gonave •Emergency health: nutrition support and counselling to mothers, pregnant women, and children under the age of five •Distributing water, food, shelter, and medicine to families in greatest need in slum communities •Continuing to assess and monitor the impact of the crisis and respond as needed in the coming days and weeks ------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE (1/15/10): Concern has launched an urgent emergency appeal to respond to the damage caused by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The capital Port-au-Prince is the worst affected area. Concern has on-going programs here – Health, Nutrition, HIV and Livelihoods and Peace-building. Our other programs (on the Island of La Gonave and the Central Plateau – Saut d’Eau) don’t seem as badly affected. The hospital that houses our CTC Stabilization Centre in Port-au-Prince is still standing. Increasing levels of malnutrition among children are likely to be an issue in the coming days. Concern’s emergency response team in Haiti is being supplemented on the ground by Concern US Operations Director Dominic MacSorley and our Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU). They are involved in supporting community members in search and rescue and will be responding to the situation in the capital Port-au-Prince. Supplies of food, water and fuel will be urgently required to carry out any effective response. Stores in Port au Prince are quickly running out of food supplies and water is extremely scarce. A complete assessment of Concern’s health centers will be carried out during the following days. -> FROM RELIEF WEB: HAITI: CONCERN RESPONDS TO CHOLERA OUTBREAK Source: Concern Worldwide Date: 29 Oct 2010 Since Haitian President Rene Preval confirmed an outbreak of cholera in the rural Artibonite region of Haiti on October 22, the Ministry of Health has confirmed more than 305 deaths and an estimated 3,000 infections. Artibonite was not directly affected by the devastating January 12th earthquake, and it is believed that river water polluted by latrines that overflowed during recent heavy rains was the source of the outbreak. Many of those who became ill with cholera reportedly used the river as a source of drinking water.The outbreak has not spread to Port-au-Prince to date, and the number of new cases in Artibonite and the Central Plateau seem to be stabilizing. Early detection, treatment protocols, cholera treatment units, health and hygiene awareness campaigns to at-risk populations, and measures to protect water supplies and sanitation were among the top priorities of a coordinated response launched by health officials, aid agencies, the United Nations and the Haitian government. Clearly, the situation still poses a serious threat to earthquake-affected populations in Port-au-Prince, and the humanitarian community mobilized immediate efforts to prevent the disease from spreading. Speaking on the day the outbreak was first confirmed, Elke Leidel, Concern Country Director in Haiti, said:"Right now, prevention is possible: our teams in Port-au-Prince are distributing water purification tablets and we are increasing chlorination of water supplies. We have also already launched an intensive, widespread public health and sensitization campaign to prevent at-risk communities from becoming infected. Alerting people living in overcrowded camps to boil their drinking water, use water purification tablets, wash their hands with soap, and where to seek treatment at the first signs of illness – these are simple messages, but they can save lives." Concern in Action 12 year old Santia fights cholera at Concern handwashing station in Boliman Brandt camp in Port-au-Prince. Photo: Ed Kenney, Concern Worldwide Concern is currently providing clean water and sanitation (such as showers and latrines) to over 80,000 people in Port-au-Prince, and is reaching 130,000 people in Saut d'Eau and La Gonâve with a rural recovery program that includes water and sanitation, shelter, and livelihoods. Port-au-Prince •Targeting 155,000 people in camps •Supplying safe drinking water (876,620 gallons since October 22) •Distributing soap, water purification tablets, and Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) •Deploying community health workers, volunteers, and staff to disseminate health messages to at-risk populations •Educating people on ways to prevent cholera through intensive public sensitization campaigns, with information on boiling drinking water, washing hands with soap, how to identify first signs of the illness, and where to seek treatment immediately if they become ill. •Distributing hygiene kits •Installing hand washing stations •Testing water at household level •Cleaning water tanks •Disinfecting latrines •Removing waste Saut D'Eau •Targeting one health center and 30,000 people in two villages •Distributing rations of soap, water purification tablets, and Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) •To date, have distributed 24,500 bars of soap; 295,000 water purification tablets, and 1,000 sachets of ORS La Gonave • Targeting 7,500 people with hygiene kits and prevention information • Targeting an additional 84,170 people with prevention information with partner PLATFORM • Distributing 38,884 f pamphlets on cholera have been distributed to over 16,000 households in 41 villages Concern Worldwide Overseas Director Paul O'Brien emphasized the efforts of aid agencies, international partners, and the Haitian government in response to the earthquake: "Our coordinated efforts thus far to prevent a major public health crisis from developing in Port-au-Prince after the earthquake have been successful, and this is hugely noteworthy. We are now working to support partners responding to the outbreak in Artibonite, while at the same time re-doubling water treatment and other prevention efforts to prevent the outbreak from spreading to Port-au-Prince." Concern has a team of over 400 staff working in Haiti, and has emergency response and long-term recovery programs in health, nutrition, education, camp management, water and sanitation, and livelihoods. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Shelter Cluster Haiti 2010: http://groups.google.com/group/shelterhaiti2010 CCCM Camp Cluster website: http://groups.google.com/group/cccmhaiti ----------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE: CONCERN IN ACTION: OUR RESPONSE Our immediate response includes the following activities: •Water distribution (underway as of Friday, January 15) •Sending in 2 charter cargo planes with supplies of blankets, water purification tablets and water storage containers, shelter materials, emergency therapeutic food for children under five (high-protein biscuits called BP-5, therapeutic milk formula called F100, and plumpy'nut) •Assessment of most urgent survival needs for affected populations in Port-au-Prince, Saut d’Eau, and the island of La Gonave •Emergency health: nutrition support and counselling to mothers, pregnant women, and children under the age of five •Distributing water, food, shelter, and medicine to families in greatest need in slum communities •Continuing to assess and monitor the impact of the crisis and respond as needed in the coming days and weeks ------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE (1/15/10): Concern has launched an urgent emergency appeal to respond to the damage caused by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The capital Port-au-Prince is the worst affected area. Concern has on-going programs here – Health, Nutrition, HIV and Livelihoods and Peace-building. Our other programs (on the Island of La Gonave and the Central Plateau – Saut d’Eau) don’t seem as badly affected. The hospital that houses our CTC Stabilization Centre in Port-au-Prince is still standing. Increasing levels of malnutrition among children are likely to be an issue in the coming days. Concern’s emergency response team in Haiti is being supplemented on the ground by Concern US Operations Director Dominic MacSorley and our Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU). They are involved in supporting community members in search and rescue and will be responding to the situation in the capital Port-au-Prince. Supplies of food, water and fuel will be urgently required to carry out any effective response. Stores in Port au Prince are quickly running out of food supplies and water is extremely scarce. A complete assessment of Concern’s health centers will be carried out during the following days.
other_contacts changed.

name: Concern Worldwide (SHELTER/CAMP CLUSTERS) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (DIST: FOOD/WATER/SHELTER/WATER SANITATION SUPPLIES) -> Concern Worldwide (SHELTER/CAMP/EDUCATION CLUSTERS) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (DIST: FOOD/WATER/SHELTER/WATER SANITATION SUPPLIES)
other_contacts changed.

name: Concern Worldwide (Shelter Cluster) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (DIST: FOOD/WATER/SHELTER/WATER SANITATION SUPPLIES) -> Concern Worldwide (SHELTER/CAMP CLUSTERS) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (DIST: FOOD/WATER/SHELTER/WATER SANITATION SUPPLIES)
notes: Shelter Cluster Haiti 2010: http://groups.google.com/group/shelterhaiti2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE: CONCERN IN ACTION: OUR RESPONSE Our immediate response includes the following activities: •Water distribution (underway as of Friday, January 15) •Sending in 2 charter cargo planes with supplies of blankets, water purification tablets and water storage containers, shelter materials, emergency therapeutic food for children under five (high-protein biscuits called BP-5, therapeutic milk formula called F100, and plumpy'nut) •Assessment of most urgent survival needs for affected populations in Port-au-Prince, Saut d’Eau, and the island of La Gonave •Emergency health: nutrition support and counselling to mothers, pregnant women, and children under the age of five •Distributing water, food, shelter, and medicine to families in greatest need in slum communities •Continuing to assess and monitor the impact of the crisis and respond as needed in the coming days and weeks ------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE (1/15/10): Concern has launched an urgent emergency appeal to respond to the damage caused by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The capital Port-au-Prince is the worst affected area. Concern has on-going programs here – Health, Nutrition, HIV and Livelihoods and Peace-building. Our other programs (on the Island of La Gonave and the Central Plateau – Saut d’Eau) don’t seem as badly affected. The hospital that houses our CTC Stabilization Centre in Port-au-Prince is still standing. Increasing levels of malnutrition among children are likely to be an issue in the coming days. Concern’s emergency response team in Haiti is being supplemented on the ground by Concern US Operations Director Dominic MacSorley and our Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU). They are involved in supporting community members in search and rescue and will be responding to the situation in the capital Port-au-Prince. Supplies of food, water and fuel will be urgently required to carry out any effective response. Stores in Port au Prince are quickly running out of food supplies and water is extremely scarce. A complete assessment of Concern’s health centers will be carried out during the following days. -> Shelter Cluster Haiti 2010: http://groups.google.com/group/shelterhaiti2010 CCCM Camp Cluster website: http://groups.google.com/group/cccmhaiti ----------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE: CONCERN IN ACTION: OUR RESPONSE Our immediate response includes the following activities: •Water distribution (underway as of Friday, January 15) •Sending in 2 charter cargo planes with supplies of blankets, water purification tablets and water storage containers, shelter materials, emergency therapeutic food for children under five (high-protein biscuits called BP-5, therapeutic milk formula called F100, and plumpy'nut) •Assessment of most urgent survival needs for affected populations in Port-au-Prince, Saut d’Eau, and the island of La Gonave •Emergency health: nutrition support and counselling to mothers, pregnant women, and children under the age of five •Distributing water, food, shelter, and medicine to families in greatest need in slum communities •Continuing to assess and monitor the impact of the crisis and respond as needed in the coming days and weeks ------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE (1/15/10): Concern has launched an urgent emergency appeal to respond to the damage caused by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The capital Port-au-Prince is the worst affected area. Concern has on-going programs here – Health, Nutrition, HIV and Livelihoods and Peace-building. Our other programs (on the Island of La Gonave and the Central Plateau – Saut d’Eau) don’t seem as badly affected. The hospital that houses our CTC Stabilization Centre in Port-au-Prince is still standing. Increasing levels of malnutrition among children are likely to be an issue in the coming days. Concern’s emergency response team in Haiti is being supplemented on the ground by Concern US Operations Director Dominic MacSorley and our Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU). They are involved in supporting community members in search and rescue and will be responding to the situation in the capital Port-au-Prince. Supplies of food, water and fuel will be urgently required to carry out any effective response. Stores in Port au Prince are quickly running out of food supplies and water is extremely scarce. A complete assessment of Concern’s health centers will be carried out during the following days.
other_contacts changed.

town: Multiple - See Area Served -> Multiple Haitian Cities - See Area Served
address: 104 East 40th Street, Suite 903, New York, NY 10016 -> 104 East 40th Street, Suite 903, New York, NY 10016

notes: Shelter Cluster Haiti 2010: http://groups.google.com/group/shelterhaiti2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE: CONCERN IN ACTION: OUR RESPONSE Our immediate response includes the following activities: •Water distribution (underway as of Friday, January 15) •Sending in 2 charter cargo planes with supplies of blankets, water purification tablets and water storage containers, shelter materials, emergency therapeutic food for children under five (high-protein biscuits called BP-5, therapeutic milk formula called F100, and plumpy'nut) •Assessment of most urgent survival needs for affected populations in Port-au-Prince, Saut d’Eau, and the island of La Gonave •Emergency health: nutrition support and counselling to mothers, pregnant women, and children under the age of five •Distributing water, food, shelter, and medicine to families in greatest need in slum communities •Continuing to assess and monitor the impact of the crisis and respond as needed in the coming days and weeks ------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE (1/15/10): Concern has launched an urgent emergency appeal to respond to the damage caused by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The capital Port-au-Prince is the worst affected area. Concern has on-going programs here – Health, Nutrition, HIV and Livelihoods and Peace-building. Our other programs (on the Island of La Gonave and the Central Plateau – Saut d’Eau) don’t seem as badly affected. The hospital that houses our CTC Stabilization Centre in Port-au-Prince is still standing. Increasing levels of malnutrition among children are likely to be an issue in the coming days. Concern’s emergency response team in Haiti is being supplemented on the ground by Concern US Operations Director Dominic MacSorley and our Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU). They are involved in supporting community members in search and rescue and will be responding to the situation in the capital Port-au-Prince. Supplies of food, water and fuel will be urgently required to carry out any effective response. Stores in Port au Prince are quickly running out of food supplies and water is extremely scarce. A complete assessment of Concern’s health centers will be carried out during the following days. The death toll, currently at nearly 100,000 is expected to keep climbing after the quake. Haiti was hit just before 5pm EST on January 12, wreaking havoc in the congested capital of Port au Prince, just 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter in Carrefour–a mountainous suburb of shantytowns that extend a mile up from the valley floor—located just minutes from where Concern works. Most of the structures in Port-au-Prince’s vast and overcrowded slum communities are built with raw concrete walls and metal roofs, and the majority have been utterly razed, causing widespread devastation. Hundreds of thousands of traumatized residents in the surrounding areas of Port-au-Prince have now been forced onto the streets with nowhere to go, in a disaster that has affected an estimated three million people, according to the Red Cross. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere: in 2008, four back-to-back hurricanes affected 800,000 people and resulted in catastrophic damage to homes, crops, schools, roads, and communications infrastructure. Wednesday’s aftershocks measured 5.9 and continued to rattle the city hours after the quake; the capital Port-au-Prince was said to be in total darkness, with thousands of people left without any form of shelter and thousands more buried under rubble. Telephone and power lines were down, making it difficult to communicate and assess the full extent of the damage, although attempts are being made to dig people out from the rubble of fallen buildings, among them, the five-story United Nations building in which at least 36 UN staff have been confirmed dead with 150 more missing, a three-storey hospital in Petion Ville, the presidential palace, and several more government buildings and international embassies. Haiti’s envoy to the US said the cost of the damage could run into billions. --------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT US (FROM THE WEBSITE: Concern Worldwide US, Inc. is an affiliate of Concern Worldwide and supports the Concern network by recruiting staff, supporting program development, creating public awareness of humanitarian issues and financially supporting programs. Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Since its foundation in 1968, Concern Worldwide—through its work in emergencies and long-term development—has saved countless lives, relieved suffering and provided opportunities for a better standard of living for millions of people. We work primarily in the countries ranked in the bottom 40 of the United Nations Human Development Report. Concern implements emergency response programs as well as long-term development programs in the areas of livelihoods, health, HIV&AIDS, and education. -> Shelter Cluster Haiti 2010: http://groups.google.com/group/shelterhaiti2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE: CONCERN IN ACTION: OUR RESPONSE Our immediate response includes the following activities: •Water distribution (underway as of Friday, January 15) •Sending in 2 charter cargo planes with supplies of blankets, water purification tablets and water storage containers, shelter materials, emergency therapeutic food for children under five (high-protein biscuits called BP-5, therapeutic milk formula called F100, and plumpy'nut) •Assessment of most urgent survival needs for affected populations in Port-au-Prince, Saut d’Eau, and the island of La Gonave •Emergency health: nutrition support and counselling to mothers, pregnant women, and children under the age of five •Distributing water, food, shelter, and medicine to families in greatest need in slum communities •Continuing to assess and monitor the impact of the crisis and respond as needed in the coming days and weeks ------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE (1/15/10): Concern has launched an urgent emergency appeal to respond to the damage caused by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The capital Port-au-Prince is the worst affected area. Concern has on-going programs here – Health, Nutrition, HIV and Livelihoods and Peace-building. Our other programs (on the Island of La Gonave and the Central Plateau – Saut d’Eau) don’t seem as badly affected. The hospital that houses our CTC Stabilization Centre in Port-au-Prince is still standing. Increasing levels of malnutrition among children are likely to be an issue in the coming days. Concern’s emergency response team in Haiti is being supplemented on the ground by Concern US Operations Director Dominic MacSorley and our Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU). They are involved in supporting community members in search and rescue and will be responding to the situation in the capital Port-au-Prince. Supplies of food, water and fuel will be urgently required to carry out any effective response. Stores in Port au Prince are quickly running out of food supplies and water is extremely scarce. A complete assessment of Concern’s health centers will be carried out during the following days.
mission: Our mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives that last and spread without ongoing support from Concern. Our role is to ensure that people living in extreme poverty are able to meet their basic needs, achieve their rights and manage their own development. We do so by working with communities and by using our shared experience and knowledge to address the root causes of extreme poverty. To achieve this mission we engage in long-term development work, respond to emergency situations, and seek to address the root causes of poverty. -> Our mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives that last and spread without ongoing support from Concern. Our role is to ensure that people living in extreme poverty are able to meet their basic needs, achieve their rights and manage their own development. We do so by working with communities and by using our shared experience and knowledge to address the root causes of extreme poverty. To achieve this mission we engage in long-term development work, respond to emergency situations, and seek to address the root causes of poverty. ABOUT US (FROM THE WEBSITE: Concern Worldwide US, Inc. is an affiliate of Concern Worldwide and supports the Concern network by recruiting staff, supporting program development, creating public awareness of humanitarian issues and financially supporting programs. Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Since its foundation in 1968, Concern Worldwide—through its work in emergencies and long-term development—has saved countless lives, relieved suffering and provided opportunities for a better standard of living for millions of people. We work primarily in the countries ranked in the bottom 40 of the United Nations Human Development Report. Concern implements emergency response programs as well as long-term development programs in the areas of livelihoods, health, HIV&AIDS, and education.

name: Concern Worldwide (Shelter Cluster) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (DISTRIBUTION: FOOD/WATER/SHELTER/WATER SANITATION SUPPLIES) -> Concern Worldwide (Shelter Cluster) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (DIST: FOOD/WATER/SHELTER/WATER SANITATION SUPPLIES)

areas_served: Marssant, St. Martin, Port-au-Prince, Saut d’Eau, and the island of La Gonave, Haiti -> Marssant, St. Martin, Port-au-Prince, Saut d’Eau, Petionville, Sodo, Tabarre and the island of La Gonave, Haiti

name: Concern Worldwide - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (DISTRIBUTION: FOOD/WATER/SHELTER/WATER SANITATION SUPPLIES) -> Concern Worldwide (Shelter Cluster) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (DISTRIBUTION: FOOD/WATER/SHELTER/WATER SANITATION SUPPLIES)
notes: FROM THE WEBSITE: CONCERN IN ACTION: OUR RESPONSE Our immediate response includes the following activities: •Water distribution (underway as of Friday, January 15) •Sending in 2 charter cargo planes with supplies of blankets, water purification tablets and water storage containers, shelter materials, emergency therapeutic food for children under five (high-protein biscuits called BP-5, therapeutic milk formula called F100, and plumpy'nut) •Assessment of most urgent survival needs for affected populations in Port-au-Prince, Saut d’Eau, and the island of La Gonave •Emergency health: nutrition support and counselling to mothers, pregnant women, and children under the age of five •Distributing water, food, shelter, and medicine to families in greatest need in slum communities •Continuing to assess and monitor the impact of the crisis and respond as needed in the coming days and weeks ------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE (1/15/10): Concern has launched an urgent emergency appeal to respond to the damage caused by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The capital Port-au-Prince is the worst affected area. Concern has on-going programs here – Health, Nutrition, HIV and Livelihoods and Peace-building. Our other programs (on the Island of La Gonave and the Central Plateau – Saut d’Eau) don’t seem as badly affected. The hospital that houses our CTC Stabilization Centre in Port-au-Prince is still standing. Increasing levels of malnutrition among children are likely to be an issue in the coming days. Concern’s emergency response team in Haiti is being supplemented on the ground by Concern US Operations Director Dominic MacSorley and our Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU). They are involved in supporting community members in search and rescue and will be responding to the situation in the capital Port-au-Prince. Supplies of food, water and fuel will be urgently required to carry out any effective response. Stores in Port au Prince are quickly running out of food supplies and water is extremely scarce. A complete assessment of Concern’s health centers will be carried out during the following days. The death toll, currently at nearly 100,000 is expected to keep climbing after the quake. Haiti was hit just before 5pm EST on January 12, wreaking havoc in the congested capital of Port au Prince, just 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter in Carrefour–a mountainous suburb of shantytowns that extend a mile up from the valley floor—located just minutes from where Concern works. Most of the structures in Port-au-Prince’s vast and overcrowded slum communities are built with raw concrete walls and metal roofs, and the majority have been utterly razed, causing widespread devastation. Hundreds of thousands of traumatized residents in the surrounding areas of Port-au-Prince have now been forced onto the streets with nowhere to go, in a disaster that has affected an estimated three million people, according to the Red Cross. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere: in 2008, four back-to-back hurricanes affected 800,000 people and resulted in catastrophic damage to homes, crops, schools, roads, and communications infrastructure. Wednesday’s aftershocks measured 5.9 and continued to rattle the city hours after the quake; the capital Port-au-Prince was said to be in total darkness, with thousands of people left without any form of shelter and thousands more buried under rubble. Telephone and power lines were down, making it difficult to communicate and assess the full extent of the damage, although attempts are being made to dig people out from the rubble of fallen buildings, among them, the five-story United Nations building in which at least 36 UN staff have been confirmed dead with 150 more missing, a three-storey hospital in Petion Ville, the presidential palace, and several more government buildings and international embassies. Haiti’s envoy to the US said the cost of the damage could run into billions. --------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT US (FROM THE WEBSITE: Concern Worldwide US, Inc. is an affiliate of Concern Worldwide and supports the Concern network by recruiting staff, supporting program development, creating public awareness of humanitarian issues and financially supporting programs. Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Since its foundation in 1968, Concern Worldwide—through its work in emergencies and long-term development—has saved countless lives, relieved suffering and provided opportunities for a better standard of living for millions of people. We work primarily in the countries ranked in the bottom 40 of the United Nations Human Development Report. Concern implements emergency response programs as well as long-term development programs in the areas of livelihoods, health, HIV&AIDS, and education. -> Shelter Cluster Haiti 2010: http://groups.google.com/group/shelterhaiti2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE: CONCERN IN ACTION: OUR RESPONSE Our immediate response includes the following activities: •Water distribution (underway as of Friday, January 15) •Sending in 2 charter cargo planes with supplies of blankets, water purification tablets and water storage containers, shelter materials, emergency therapeutic food for children under five (high-protein biscuits called BP-5, therapeutic milk formula called F100, and plumpy'nut) •Assessment of most urgent survival needs for affected populations in Port-au-Prince, Saut d’Eau, and the island of La Gonave •Emergency health: nutrition support and counselling to mothers, pregnant women, and children under the age of five •Distributing water, food, shelter, and medicine to families in greatest need in slum communities •Continuing to assess and monitor the impact of the crisis and respond as needed in the coming days and weeks ------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE (1/15/10): Concern has launched an urgent emergency appeal to respond to the damage caused by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The capital Port-au-Prince is the worst affected area. Concern has on-going programs here – Health, Nutrition, HIV and Livelihoods and Peace-building. Our other programs (on the Island of La Gonave and the Central Plateau – Saut d’Eau) don’t seem as badly affected. The hospital that houses our CTC Stabilization Centre in Port-au-Prince is still standing. Increasing levels of malnutrition among children are likely to be an issue in the coming days. Concern’s emergency response team in Haiti is being supplemented on the ground by Concern US Operations Director Dominic MacSorley and our Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU). They are involved in supporting community members in search and rescue and will be responding to the situation in the capital Port-au-Prince. Supplies of food, water and fuel will be urgently required to carry out any effective response. Stores in Port au Prince are quickly running out of food supplies and water is extremely scarce. A complete assessment of Concern’s health centers will be carried out during the following days. The death toll, currently at nearly 100,000 is expected to keep climbing after the quake. Haiti was hit just before 5pm EST on January 12, wreaking havoc in the congested capital of Port au Prince, just 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter in Carrefour–a mountainous suburb of shantytowns that extend a mile up from the valley floor—located just minutes from where Concern works. Most of the structures in Port-au-Prince’s vast and overcrowded slum communities are built with raw concrete walls and metal roofs, and the majority have been utterly razed, causing widespread devastation. Hundreds of thousands of traumatized residents in the surrounding areas of Port-au-Prince have now been forced onto the streets with nowhere to go, in a disaster that has affected an estimated three million people, according to the Red Cross. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere: in 2008, four back-to-back hurricanes affected 800,000 people and resulted in catastrophic damage to homes, crops, schools, roads, and communications infrastructure. Wednesday’s aftershocks measured 5.9 and continued to rattle the city hours after the quake; the capital Port-au-Prince was said to be in total darkness, with thousands of people left without any form of shelter and thousands more buried under rubble. Telephone and power lines were down, making it difficult to communicate and assess the full extent of the damage, although attempts are being made to dig people out from the rubble of fallen buildings, among them, the five-story United Nations building in which at least 36 UN staff have been confirmed dead with 150 more missing, a three-storey hospital in Petion Ville, the presidential palace, and several more government buildings and international embassies. Haiti’s envoy to the US said the cost of the damage could run into billions. --------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT US (FROM THE WEBSITE: Concern Worldwide US, Inc. is an affiliate of Concern Worldwide and supports the Concern network by recruiting staff, supporting program development, creating public awareness of humanitarian issues and financially supporting programs. Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Since its foundation in 1968, Concern Worldwide—through its work in emergencies and long-term development—has saved countless lives, relieved suffering and provided opportunities for a better standard of living for millions of people. We work primarily in the countries ranked in the bottom 40 of the United Nations Human Development Report. Concern implements emergency response programs as well as long-term development programs in the areas of livelihoods, health, HIV&AIDS, and education.

town: -> Multiple - See Area Served
mgt_contact changed.
mgt_phone changed.
areas_served: Haiti -> Marssant, St. Martin, Port-au-Prince, Saut d’Eau, and the island of La Gonave, Haiti
clients_must_bring: -> Distribution Card

region: Haiti, Carribean -> Haiti, Caribbean

facility_type: Info/Hotline -> Supply POD

name: Concern Worldwide - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response -> Concern Worldwide - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (DISTRIBUTION: FOOD/WATER/SHELTER/WATER SANITATION SUPPLIES)

notes: FROM THE WEBSITE (1/15/10): Concern has launched an urgent emergency appeal to respond to the damage caused by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The capital Port-au-Prince is the worst affected area. Concern has on-going programs here – Health, Nutrition, HIV and Livelihoods and Peace-building. Our other programs (on the Island of La Gonave and the Central Plateau – Saut d’Eau) don’t seem as badly affected. The hospital that houses our CTC Stabilization Centre in Port-au-Prince is still standing. Increasing levels of malnutrition among children are likely to be an issue in the coming days. Concern’s emergency response team in Haiti is being supplemented on the ground by Concern US Operations Director Dominic MacSorley and our Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU). They are involved in supporting community members in search and rescue and will be responding to the situation in the capital Port-au-Prince. Supplies of food, water and fuel will be urgently required to carry out any effective response. Stores in Port au Prince are quickly running out of food supplies and water is extremely scarce. A complete assessment of Concern’s health centers will be carried out during the following days. The death toll, currently at nearly 100,000 is expected to keep climbing after the quake. Haiti was hit just before 5pm EST on January 12, wreaking havoc in the congested capital of Port au Prince, just 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter in Carrefour–a mountainous suburb of shantytowns that extend a mile up from the valley floor—located just minutes from where Concern works. Most of the structures in Port-au-Prince’s vast and overcrowded slum communities are built with raw concrete walls and metal roofs, and the majority have been utterly razed, causing widespread devastation. Hundreds of thousands of traumatized residents in the surrounding areas of Port-au-Prince have now been forced onto the streets with nowhere to go, in a disaster that has affected an estimated three million people, according to the Red Cross. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere: in 2008, four back-to-back hurricanes affected 800,000 people and resulted in catastrophic damage to homes, crops, schools, roads, and communications infrastructure. Wednesday’s aftershocks measured 5.9 and continued to rattle the city hours after the quake; the capital Port-au-Prince was said to be in total darkness, with thousands of people left without any form of shelter and thousands more buried under rubble. Telephone and power lines were down, making it difficult to communicate and assess the full extent of the damage, although attempts are being made to dig people out from the rubble of fallen buildings, among them, the five-story United Nations building in which at least 36 UN staff have been confirmed dead with 150 more missing, a three-storey hospital in Petion Ville, the presidential palace, and several more government buildings and international embassies. Haiti’s envoy to the US said the cost of the damage could run into billions. --------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT US (FROM THE WEBSITE: Concern Worldwide US, Inc. is an affiliate of Concern Worldwide and supports the Concern network by recruiting staff, supporting program development, creating public awareness of humanitarian issues and financially supporting programs. Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Since its foundation in 1968, Concern Worldwide—through its work in emergencies and long-term development—has saved countless lives, relieved suffering and provided opportunities for a better standard of living for millions of people. We work primarily in the countries ranked in the bottom 40 of the United Nations Human Development Report. Concern implements emergency response programs as well as long-term development programs in the areas of livelihoods, health, HIV&AIDS, and education. -> FROM THE WEBSITE: CONCERN IN ACTION: OUR RESPONSE Our immediate response includes the following activities: •Water distribution (underway as of Friday, January 15) •Sending in 2 charter cargo planes with supplies of blankets, water purification tablets and water storage containers, shelter materials, emergency therapeutic food for children under five (high-protein biscuits called BP-5, therapeutic milk formula called F100, and plumpy'nut) •Assessment of most urgent survival needs for affected populations in Port-au-Prince, Saut d’Eau, and the island of La Gonave •Emergency health: nutrition support and counselling to mothers, pregnant women, and children under the age of five •Distributing water, food, shelter, and medicine to families in greatest need in slum communities •Continuing to assess and monitor the impact of the crisis and respond as needed in the coming days and weeks ------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE (1/15/10): Concern has launched an urgent emergency appeal to respond to the damage caused by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The capital Port-au-Prince is the worst affected area. Concern has on-going programs here – Health, Nutrition, HIV and Livelihoods and Peace-building. Our other programs (on the Island of La Gonave and the Central Plateau – Saut d’Eau) don’t seem as badly affected. The hospital that houses our CTC Stabilization Centre in Port-au-Prince is still standing. Increasing levels of malnutrition among children are likely to be an issue in the coming days. Concern’s emergency response team in Haiti is being supplemented on the ground by Concern US Operations Director Dominic MacSorley and our Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU). They are involved in supporting community members in search and rescue and will be responding to the situation in the capital Port-au-Prince. Supplies of food, water and fuel will be urgently required to carry out any effective response. Stores in Port au Prince are quickly running out of food supplies and water is extremely scarce. A complete assessment of Concern’s health centers will be carried out during the following days. The death toll, currently at nearly 100,000 is expected to keep climbing after the quake. Haiti was hit just before 5pm EST on January 12, wreaking havoc in the congested capital of Port au Prince, just 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter in Carrefour–a mountainous suburb of shantytowns that extend a mile up from the valley floor—located just minutes from where Concern works. Most of the structures in Port-au-Prince’s vast and overcrowded slum communities are built with raw concrete walls and metal roofs, and the majority have been utterly razed, causing widespread devastation. Hundreds of thousands of traumatized residents in the surrounding areas of Port-au-Prince have now been forced onto the streets with nowhere to go, in a disaster that has affected an estimated three million people, according to the Red Cross. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere: in 2008, four back-to-back hurricanes affected 800,000 people and resulted in catastrophic damage to homes, crops, schools, roads, and communications infrastructure. Wednesday’s aftershocks measured 5.9 and continued to rattle the city hours after the quake; the capital Port-au-Prince was said to be in total darkness, with thousands of people left without any form of shelter and thousands more buried under rubble. Telephone and power lines were down, making it difficult to communicate and assess the full extent of the damage, although attempts are being made to dig people out from the rubble of fallen buildings, among them, the five-story United Nations building in which at least 36 UN staff have been confirmed dead with 150 more missing, a three-storey hospital in Petion Ville, the presidential palace, and several more government buildings and international embassies. Haiti’s envoy to the US said the cost of the damage could run into billions. --------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT US (FROM THE WEBSITE: Concern Worldwide US, Inc. is an affiliate of Concern Worldwide and supports the Concern network by recruiting staff, supporting program development, creating public awareness of humanitarian issues and financially supporting programs. Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Since its foundation in 1968, Concern Worldwide—through its work in emergencies and long-term development—has saved countless lives, relieved suffering and provided opportunities for a better standard of living for millions of people. We work primarily in the countries ranked in the bottom 40 of the United Nations Human Development Report. Concern implements emergency response programs as well as long-term development programs in the areas of livelihoods, health, HIV&AIDS, and education.

notes: FROME THE WEBSITE (1/15/10): Concern has launched an urgent emergency appeal to respond to the damage caused by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The capital Port-au-Prince is the worst affected area. Concern has on-going programs here – Health, Nutrition, HIV and Livelihoods and Peace-building. Our other programs (on the Island of La Gonave and the Central Plateau – Saut d’Eau) don’t seem as badly affected. The hospital that houses our CTC Stabilization Centre in Port-au-Prince is still standing. Increasing levels of malnutrition among children are likely to be an issue in the coming days. Concern’s emergency response team in Haiti is being supplemented on the ground by Concern US Operations Director Dominic MacSorley and our Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU). They are involved in supporting community members in search and rescue and will be responding to the situation in the capital Port-au-Prince. Supplies of food, water and fuel will be urgently required to carry out any effective response. Stores in Port au Prince are quickly running out of food supplies and water is extremely scarce. A complete assessment of Concern’s health centers will be carried out during the following days. The death toll, currently at nearly 100,000 is expected to keep climbing after the quake. Haiti was hit just before 5pm EST on January 12, wreaking havoc in the congested capital of Port au Prince, just 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter in Carrefour–a mountainous suburb of shantytowns that extend a mile up from the valley floor—located just minutes from where Concern works. Most of the structures in Port-au-Prince’s vast and overcrowded slum communities are built with raw concrete walls and metal roofs, and the majority have been utterly razed, causing widespread devastation. Hundreds of thousands of traumatized residents in the surrounding areas of Port-au-Prince have now been forced onto the streets with nowhere to go, in a disaster that has affected an estimated three million people, according to the Red Cross. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere: in 2008, four back-to-back hurricanes affected 800,000 people and resulted in catastrophic damage to homes, crops, schools, roads, and communications infrastructure. Wednesday’s aftershocks measured 5.9 and continued to rattle the city hours after the quake; the capital Port-au-Prince was said to be in total darkness, with thousands of people left without any form of shelter and thousands more buried under rubble. Telephone and power lines were down, making it difficult to communicate and assess the full extent of the damage, although attempts are being made to dig people out from the rubble of fallen buildings, among them, the five-story United Nations building in which at least 36 UN staff have been confirmed dead with 150 more missing, a three-storey hospital in Petion Ville, the presidential palace, and several more government buildings and international embassies. Haiti’s envoy to the US said the cost of the damage could run into billions. --------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT US (FROM THE WEBSITE: Concern Worldwide US, Inc. is an affiliate of Concern Worldwide and supports the Concern network by recruiting staff, supporting program development, creating public awareness of humanitarian issues and financially supporting programs. Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Since its foundation in 1968, Concern Worldwide—through its work in emergencies and long-term development—has saved countless lives, relieved suffering and provided opportunities for a better standard of living for millions of people. We work primarily in the countries ranked in the bottom 40 of the United Nations Human Development Report. Concern implements emergency response programs as well as long-term development programs in the areas of livelihoods, health, HIV&AIDS, and education. -> FROM THE WEBSITE (1/15/10): Concern has launched an urgent emergency appeal to respond to the damage caused by Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti that measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. The capital Port-au-Prince is the worst affected area. Concern has on-going programs here – Health, Nutrition, HIV and Livelihoods and Peace-building. Our other programs (on the Island of La Gonave and the Central Plateau – Saut d’Eau) don’t seem as badly affected. The hospital that houses our CTC Stabilization Centre in Port-au-Prince is still standing. Increasing levels of malnutrition among children are likely to be an issue in the coming days. Concern’s emergency response team in Haiti is being supplemented on the ground by Concern US Operations Director Dominic MacSorley and our Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU). They are involved in supporting community members in search and rescue and will be responding to the situation in the capital Port-au-Prince. Supplies of food, water and fuel will be urgently required to carry out any effective response. Stores in Port au Prince are quickly running out of food supplies and water is extremely scarce. A complete assessment of Concern’s health centers will be carried out during the following days. The death toll, currently at nearly 100,000 is expected to keep climbing after the quake. Haiti was hit just before 5pm EST on January 12, wreaking havoc in the congested capital of Port au Prince, just 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter in Carrefour–a mountainous suburb of shantytowns that extend a mile up from the valley floor—located just minutes from where Concern works. Most of the structures in Port-au-Prince’s vast and overcrowded slum communities are built with raw concrete walls and metal roofs, and the majority have been utterly razed, causing widespread devastation. Hundreds of thousands of traumatized residents in the surrounding areas of Port-au-Prince have now been forced onto the streets with nowhere to go, in a disaster that has affected an estimated three million people, according to the Red Cross. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere: in 2008, four back-to-back hurricanes affected 800,000 people and resulted in catastrophic damage to homes, crops, schools, roads, and communications infrastructure. Wednesday’s aftershocks measured 5.9 and continued to rattle the city hours after the quake; the capital Port-au-Prince was said to be in total darkness, with thousands of people left without any form of shelter and thousands more buried under rubble. Telephone and power lines were down, making it difficult to communicate and assess the full extent of the damage, although attempts are being made to dig people out from the rubble of fallen buildings, among them, the five-story United Nations building in which at least 36 UN staff have been confirmed dead with 150 more missing, a three-storey hospital in Petion Ville, the presidential palace, and several more government buildings and international embassies. Haiti’s envoy to the US said the cost of the damage could run into billions. --------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT US (FROM THE WEBSITE: Concern Worldwide US, Inc. is an affiliate of Concern Worldwide and supports the Concern network by recruiting staff, supporting program development, creating public awareness of humanitarian issues and financially supporting programs. Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Since its foundation in 1968, Concern Worldwide—through its work in emergencies and long-term development—has saved countless lives, relieved suffering and provided opportunities for a better standard of living for millions of people. We work primarily in the countries ranked in the bottom 40 of the United Nations Human Development Report. Concern implements emergency response programs as well as long-term development programs in the areas of livelihoods, health, HIV&AIDS, and education.

state: -> HT
latitude: 40.750976 ->
longitude: -73.97853 ->
region: -> Haiti, Carribean
status: Unknown -> Open
organization: -> International Humanitarian
facility_type: Unknown -> Info/Hotline
mission: Our mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives that last and spread without ongoing support from Concern. Our role is to ensure that people living in extreme poverty are able to meet their basic needs, achieve their rights and manage their own development. We do so by working with communities and by using our shared experience and knowledge to address the root causes of extreme poverty. To achieve this mission we engage in long-term development work, respond to emergency situations, and seek to address the root causes of poverty. -> Our mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives that last and spread without ongoing support from Concern. Our role is to ensure that people living in extreme poverty are able to meet their basic needs, achieve their rights and manage their own development. We do so by working with communities and by using our shared experience and knowledge to address the root causes of extreme poverty. To achieve this mission we engage in long-term development work, respond to emergency situations, and seek to address the root causes of poverty.