Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Chatbox
Please login or register to participate in the chat
djromie (Mzja Dj) wrote
December 31st
sayhello blessed new year
 
tallboss876 wrote
November 16th
hail
 
djromie (Mzja Dj) wrote
October 15th
anyone dehya
 
djromie (Mzja Dj) wrote
October 15th
csmi di ting up like7 again sayhello
 
Mediiazone Forums → MZ @ 2013 :: A Owa Endz → News & Topical Issues → World gears up to help quake-stricken Haiti
 

Topic: World gears up to help quake-stricken Haiti

Page 1 of 1  sorted by
Wide (rest of width)
Narrow (200px)
Kelia
**MZ French Ambassador**
Status: Offline
Posts: 4047
Date:

World gears up to help quake-stricken Haiti
Permalink  

haiti.jpg
A body lies amid rubble in Port-au-Prince.


The United States, France, Canada and governments across Latin America were gearing up Wednesday to help Haiti, after a massive 7.0 earthquake leveled buildings and caused an unknown number of casualties.

US President Barack Obama said his government stood "ready to assist the people of Haiti," as the State Department, USAID and United States Southern Command mobilized, the White House said.

In Miami, the US Coast Guard said it had "mobilized cutters and aircraft to positions in close proximity to Haiti to render humanitarian assistance as needed."

USAID said it was dispatching a Disaster Assistance Response Team and along with a search-and-rescue team of at least 72 personnel and six rescue dogs.

"This is a tragic situation and we will work alongside the Haitian government to provide immediate assistance in the rescue efforts," said USAID administrator Ranjiv Shah.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he was "very concerned" with the situation in Haiti, including the fate of some 1,200 Brazilian members of the 7,000-strong UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, known as MINUSTAH, which Brazil leads.

A MINUSTAH employee in Haiti told AFP that the force's headquarters had been largely destroyed in the quake.

In Paris, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said France "expresses its complete solidarity" with Haiti, adding that his ministry's crisis center had begun working "to mobilize and dispatch without delay urgent aid to Port-au-Prince."

Canada, which hosts an 80,000-strong Haitian community, said it was "deeply concerned" with events unfolding in Haiti.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Canadian officials "are making contact with trusted humanitarian partners with a presence in the region to identify humanitarian needs resulting from this earthquake."

Australia also offered to respond to "any requests for humanitarian assistance" and said it was seeking "as a matter of urgency" to make contact with two nationals known to still be in Haiti.

In Bogota, the president's office said Colombia was "under alert and ready to respond to the Haitian authorities' call for help," adding that the defense ministry and emergency management services were coordinating upcoming assistance efforts.

Venezuela said it would send a 50-member "humanitarian assistance team" to Haiti in the next few hours. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said the team would leave for Port-au-Prince early Wednesday bearing food and medical supplies for stricken Haitians.

In Panama, the country's foreign minister Juan Carlos Varela pledged that his government would provide assistance to the United Nations's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which has a base in the country.

Varela pledged to provide "all the infrastructure required for the logistical coordination of cooperation that should be sent to this brother country."

Peru said its 205 peacekeeping troops in MINUSTAH would help in rescue efforts in Haiti, adding that none of the soldiers was injured in the quake.

"The military personnel has nothing to report and will lend support to the quake victims to the best of their abilities," Peru's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

In the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, President Leonel Fernández called on the international community to help Haiti overcome a "real tragedy." He said his government was at the ready to send assistance.

A government spokesman said a Dominican Air Force plane was ready to pick up quake victims and that it was sending a team of sniffer dogs to search for victims in the rubble.

(http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=70629&L=fr)

__________________
showsky
Super Member
Status: Offline
Posts: 2179
Date:
Permalink  
boy i really feel it for them they have had so many disasters ill try to help them in my own small way

__________________
when the music hits you feel no pain!!!
Shem1
۞ Shampoo ۞
Status: Offline
Posts: 20869
Date:
Permalink  
i wish this didnt happen

__________________


species.com
mzchatstudy.com
Shampoo
23ti5ah.gif
empressmonifa
Breaking Out Type
Status: Offline
Posts: 320
Date:
Permalink  
this is so sad but its great to knwo so many are making efforts to help.. just wish help didnt always have to come at the price of someones live much less so many.. Sad Haiti needed help long b4 this happen sad its only in times like this action is made Sake Passe to my Haitian Fam keep the faith

__________________
Raja Pedz
THE GOLDEN CHILD
Status: Offline
Posts: 9486
Date:
Permalink  
hmm.gif?

__________________

 

 

 
MZ Legend
maybacH muSic
Status: Offline
Posts: 28884
Date:
Permalink  
ShEmpire wrote:

i wish this didnt happen



 



__________________

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

 

Least Said Soonest Mended.
shh.gif
Dj Bobo
MZ Guru
Status: Offline
Posts: 1278
Date:
Permalink  
Good

__________________
J. Horne
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.
 
Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us