The document summarizes relief efforts in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. It describes the Red Cross providing fresh water and supplies to camps for displaced persons. It also details a UNDP cash for work program that employs Haitians clearing rubble and rebuilding, with goals to employ thousands in the coming weeks and months to help reconstruction efforts. The document credits the sources of the images and text.
4. Marianne Joseph drinks fresh water from a tank set up by the French Red Cross in Camp Dihaushtu, Port-au-Prince. January 26, 2010. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross. Red Cross workers help Camzuehgean Peter with blankets, tarps, kitchen kits and hygiene kits distributed by the American Red Cross at Camp Simon, Le Betemont. 1/21/10 Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross
5. Collecting material to rebuild a home. A UNDP cash for work programme is putting Haitians on the street clearing rubble and rebuilding. Currently 1,000 are employed, earning $3-$5 a day. The goal is to have 10,000 employed by early next week, and then expand it to 210,000 within the next month.
6. Camp Daihatsu, an internally displaced persons camp in Port-au-Prince.January 27, 2010. Photo: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross.
Elizabeth: CIS raised over $17,000 to give to the Red Cross to help in Haiti. This money will be used for water, food, homes and other important things.
Hedda: Thank you everyone for donating to help the people in Haiti as they rebuild their lives.
