Haiti:Five Months aFter the earthquake tuesday, January 12tH A devastating earthquake ravages Port-au-P rince and surroun- ding areas, leaving some 220,000 dead and over a million homeless. Te entire country is aected. An Action Against Hunger stamember is killed during the earthquake, the orga- nization’s oce in Port-au-Prince is turned to rubble, and all emergency stocks are destroyed. Within hours, Action Against Hunger launches a massive emergency relieoperation. It is one othe frst organizations to respond to the disaster. Within the frst month, ACF charters our planes loaded with emergency aid, sends 30 experts in disaster relieoperations to the region, and hires an additional 250 local stamembers. A team onearly 700 people, 90% owhom are Haitians, is ully mobilized to respond in the hardest- hit areas. tHe first tHree montHs Each day, Action Against Hunger provides clean water to more than 80,000 Haitians sheltering in make-shit camps throu- ghout the capital rom large bladder tanks and water points set up in stricken areas. ACF teams build 600 latrines and conduct broad public awareness campaigns to train amilies in emer- gency hygiene and sanitation practices. One thousand nursing mothers and their inants receive medical, nutritional, and psychological support in 15 “mot her-baby” tents established throughout the capital, 100 tons ohigh-protein biscuits are distributed to children under fve, and tarps are handed out so amilies displaced by the quake can build shelters. Action Against Hunger employs 4,400 Haitians to clear the streets odangerous debris. five montHs later oday, ACF assists more than 100,000 Haitians living in veryprecarious conditions in some 40 camps throughout Port-a u- Prince. Rebuilding lives will take months, even years, given the scale othe destruction and losses suered. Even as the cameras turn away rom Haiti, Action Against Hunger remains commit- ted to helping communities regain their livelihoods, secure water and ood supplies or the uture, and begin the painsta- king process orebuilding their lives. action against hunger’s eMergency relieF eFForts aCf’s initial response at a GlanCe Today , ACF assists more than 100,000 Haitians living in very precarious conditions in some 40 camps throughout Port-au-Prince.
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