US airlifts help Haiti reach areas hardest hit by the earthquake

anywhere to help. Soledad: Ramesh Rajasingham is the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator for the United Nations. He is in Haiti to meet with displaced people and emergency response teams. He joins us from PT-AU-PRINCE. Thank you for TALKINGIT WH ME. I know you just roamed the island. Can you tell me a little about where you went and what you saw? >> The main objective of Vitsey here was to really look at the impact of the earthquake on August 14th, which was a strong earthquake. This strike in particular is located in the south of most of Haiti’s provinces, which are the three provinces that lie in the south of Haiti on the Pensula Peninsula. What I saw was clearly a very disturbing point. CT But there is also some encouragement because we have a strong human capacity in Haiti. In this respect, we cats are fortunate to have the ability. But the needs are enormous. SOLEDAD: IC TK OFF For me some of those who need to get off the top of your head >> SE. So, I visited a small community called Manish, which is in the south. We should go there by helicopter, then take a highway. It is very difficult to access. But this particular society was very bad. I visited the schools that were destroyed. One private school, the European way, has two sessions or SHTSIF. In the first, they tutored 400 children and in the second shift they educated 600 children. It’s a fair little school, the operating system is clearly too crowded classrooms. But all of them are now destroyed. So, they cannot attend school in that location. Health facilities have been hit very badly. You know, we’re in the middle of this epidemic disease in Haiti, in Haiti. Sanitary facilities were already very weak. So, they’ve just been further disturbed and this in many CESAS is inoperable. But what people need is shelter. 50,000 homes were destroyed, so 50,000 homes became homeless. They need water, water and sanitation, as this is always a life-saving aid requirement in these situations. And then, finally, clearly, they need food. Thus, this is what we are trying to deliver as soon as possible. Soledad: Everyone knows very well that there was an assassination of the Haitian president. DI has to imagine, to some degree, a piece of the power vacuum. How does this affect your ability to move around the country and actually provide assistance to the people who need it? >> The good thing is, I’ve met with the premier game DA for example, and he gave us all guarantees of support. The main ways that FMRO capital goes to EAAR is affected, because of the gangs that control it. Soledad: There was a UN official I saw quote the other day from IDSA there were lessons learned from 2010 and that some things are done differently. Can you tell me what are some of these things done differently and what lessons have been learned? >> In Haiti, or in any humanitarian situation, the population does not wish to live for a year, after a year, on relief assistance. Just this morning, with the Prime Minister or Haiti and the Minister of Planning, we launched an Appeal for the Victims of the Earthquake targeting 0000,50 earthquake-affected civilians. These are the weak people affected by the earthquake. We are asking for $187 million to support them through TS, hello just to save lives and then help them rebuild their lives afterward. These are unusual positions. There is no categorical cookie policy. It’s a distinct way of approaching things. Every year we learn more to connect with people. This time, we have to do it. The Haitian people deserve it. I think the international community drops HIBEND in its support

‘They’ve lost everything’: US airlifts are helping Haiti reach the areas worst hit by the earthquake

Updated: 9:40AM CST August 29, 2021

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

US military aircraft are now transporting food, fabrics and other items to southern Haiti amid a shift in international relief efforts to focus on helping people in areas hardest hit by the latest earthquake weather hurricane season. The capital, Port-au-Prince, arrived all day Saturday at the mountainous, predominantly rural southern peninsula that was the epicenter of the August 14 earthquake. In Jeremy, people were waving and cheering when a unit of North Carolina Marines disembarked at Osprey Roundabout with pallets of rice, tarps, and other supplies, but most of the supplies were not destined for Jeremy. It was intended for distribution to remote mountain communities where landslides destroyed the homes and small lands of many of the area’s subsistence farmers, said Patrick Tenney of the Haiti Bible Mission, one of several groups coordinating the delivery of the aid. Tinny said as he took a break from helping unpack the rice boxes. “The mountains slipped and I lost everything.” At the behest of the Haitian government, getting as much help as possible to these people as quickly as possible is now the focus of the $32 million US relief effort, said Tim Callahan, the disaster response team chief of the US Agency for International Development, in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti. Its magnitude 7.2 direct, which has killed more than 2,200 people and damaged or destroyed more than 100,000 homes, has been the focus of search and rescue, complicated by heavy rainfall from the tropics. Storm Grace as well as damage to roads and bridges from the earthquake, in an area where infrastructure was in poor condition from the start. The gang threat, in a country still reeling from the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moise, has also made aid distribution difficult. As a result, many Haitians are increasingly impatient with relief efforts. “We’re just trying to get as much material as possible to the worst-hit areas as quickly as we can. If you do that, American soldiers and civilian aid workers have been working loading planes with pallets in the scorching sun,” Callahan said amid the roar of helicopters at Port-au-Prince airport. The level of frustration will decrease. The U.S. military plays its part. So far, U.S. forces, under the direction of the Miami-based United States Southern Command, have delivered more than 265,000 pounds of relief aid. Marine Corps Air Station River Station, which allowed AP journalists to be present during their delivery. Emergency supplies Two crews took off from the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, headed for Port-au-Prince to pick up supplies, and then made multiple trips across the region’s mountainous southern peninsula to deliver their cargoes. They stopped only to refuel aboard the aircraft carrier USS Arlington off the coast of Haiti It was an upbeat mission, with flight crew and pilots helping Haitian aid workers. He carried the plane, then shook hands with them as they said goodbye. A crew member, who transported more than 8,500 pounds of cargo, brought in. On Saturday alone, a Haitian Marine from New York City served as their interpreter. “It really means a lot to me to do something like this,” said Lance Cpl. LONIL NAGAC: The US effort is expected to continue for at least several more weeks, although whether it will be enough to get people out of the rest of the hurricane season is not yet clear. “People need food, water, tents and fabrics,” said Wilkins Sanon of Mission of Hope, another group that works with the United States to direct aid to the people who need it most.

US military aircraft are now transporting food, fabrics and other items to southern Haiti amid a shift in international relief efforts to focus on helping people in areas hard-hit by the latest earthquake to weather the hurricane season.

The planes taking off from the capital, Port-au-Prince, all day Saturday, arrived in the mountainous, predominantly rural southern peninsula that was the epicenter of the August 14 earthquake. At Jeremy, people were waving and cheering as a unit of North Carolina Marines descended on the Osprey Circle with pallets of rice, tarps, and other supplies.

However, most of the supplies were not intended for Jeremy. It was to distribute it to remote mountain communities where landslides destroyed the homes and small lands of many subsistence farmers in the area, said Patrick Tine of the Haiti Bible Mission, one of several groups coordinating the delivery of the aid.

“They’ve lost their gardens, they’ve lost their animals,” Tinny said as he took a break from helping empty the boxes of rice. “The mountains slipped and they lost everything.”

At the request of the Haitian government, getting as much help as possible for these people as quickly as possible has become the focus of the $32 million US relief effort, said Tim Callahan, USAID Disaster Response Team Leader.

In the aftermath of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, which killed more than 2,200 people and damaged or destroyed more than 100,000 homes, the focus has been on search and rescue.

This was complicated by torrential rains from Tropical Storm Grace as well as damage to roads and bridges from the earthquake, in an area where infrastructure was in poor condition from the start. The gang threat, in a country still reeling from the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moise, has also made aid distribution difficult. As a result, many Haitians are increasingly impatient with the relief effort.

We are just trying to get as much material as possible to the worst affected areas as quickly as possible. If you do that, your frustration level will drop,” Callahan said, amid the roar of helicopters at Port-au-Prince airport as American soldiers and civilian aid workers were working loading planes with pallets in the scorching sun.

This is where the US military comes into play. The forces, under the supervision of the Miami-based United States Southern Command, have so far delivered more than 265,000 pounds of relief aid.

Among those forces is a North Carolina unit, known as the Fighting Griffins based at New River Marine Corps Air Force Station, that allowed Associated Press reporters to be present as they delivered emergency supplies.

Two crews took off from the naval station at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, headed to Port-au-Prince to fetch supplies, and then made multiple voyages across the mountainous southern peninsula to deliver their cargo. They just stopped to refuel aboard the aircraft carrier USS Arlington off the coast of Haiti.

It was an upbeat mission, as flight crew and pilots helped Haitian aid workers unload the plane, then shook hands as they said goodbye.

A crew member, who delivered more than 8,500 pounds of cargo on Saturday alone, brought in a Haitian Marine from New York City as their interpreter. “It really means a lot to me to do something like this,” said Lance Cpl. Lonel Njak.

The US effort is expected to continue for at least several more weeks, although whether it will be enough to get people out through the rest of the hurricane season remains unclear.

“People need food, water, tents and fabrics,” said Wilkins Sanon of Mission of Hope, another group that works with the United States to direct aid to the people who need it most.

“It’s too bad now,” he said.

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