Red Cross Aid Continues to Arrive
 
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January 22, 2010
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Although logistical bottlenecks remain, American Red Cross leaders are working to get the much-needed aid into the hands of the Haitian people.
As of January 22:
• 32 flights carrying Red Cross aid have arrived in Haiti.
• Additional planes and trucks carrying Red Cross assistance are arriving every day.
• Next week, approximately 3 million pre-packaged meals from the American Red Cross will arrive, and we will partner with the World Food Program to distribute them to the survivors.
• The Red Cross is helping meet temporary shelter needs, whether in camps or in spontaneous settlements throughout the capital city, and is working to provide support for host families sheltering the displaced. This immediate relief includes providing family-sized tents and kits with tarps, ropes and tools to construct shelter.
• In two days (Wednesday and Thursday), the American Red Cross and our partners on the ground were able to provide 1,900 families (9,500 people) with basic supplies like tarps, hygiene kits, water purification tablets and blankets.
• Nearly 70 American Red Cross Creole-speaking volunteers joined the USNS Comfort offshore in Haiti. While aboard, they will serve as interpreters for patients receiving medical care from the U.S. military.
• More than 400 Red Cross and Red Crescent workers from at least 30 countries are in Haiti supporting thousands of local volunteers. Of that, more than 100 are representing the American Red Cross.
• This is already the largest single-country personnel deployment in global Red Cross history. The number of emergency response teams in or en route to Haiti equals those that responded to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami – an emergency that spanned 14 countries.
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