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Released 28 January 2010
UPDATE TO HAITI RELIEF
OPERATIONS
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Highlights of The
Salvation Army’s
relief work for January 27 include the following:
· Team
members in PaP accepted a shipment of 18 pallets of food and 4 pallets of
bottled water sent over from the logistics team in Miami. The 18 pallets of food represent over 213,000
meals.
· Food
sufficient for 11,000 meals was given to support a group of Haitian technicians
who are working to restore the communication system in Haiti. Lack of
good communication remains one of the
significant challenges that continue to hamper the effective coordination of
relief efforts.
· Over
100 preschoolers attended classes again today.
· Approximately
250 patients received medical attention from doctors at The Salvation Army
compound.
· Arrangements
to facilitate a food and water distribution in Petit Goave were finalized in
preparation for what is believed to be the first major delivery of relief aid
that
will reach earthquake survivors in this coastal community.
· Salvation
Army personnel continued to network with other agencies to coordinate essential
services for the thousands of families we are standing alongside of in
Port-au-Prince.
· Team
members in Haiti continue to
be supported by logistics managers and many hundreds of volunteers as food and
other critically needed supplies are purchased, repackaged, and then shipped to
the warehousing facility in Miami to be readied
for final shipment to Haiti and ultimately distributed to
families who have been displaced and rendered
homeless by the earthquake. This is
truly a massive effort that must be managed throughout the entire process in
order to ensure that an uninterrupted supply of relief goods are available to
the people of Haiti while the country’s infrastructure is rebuilt and
normal
supply chains are reestablished.