Red Cross Provides Food, Water and Shelter to Haitians
  

The Haitian Earthquake response already is the largest single-country relief operation in global Red Cross history. The American Red Cross has more than 100 relief specialists and volunteers helping in Haiti, and more than 500 Red Cross and Red Crescent workers from at least 30 countries around the world are in Haiti working with thousands of Haitian Red Cross volunteers in areas such as health, logistics and relief supply distribution.

 

They’ve assisted in the relief effort by providing water, food, shelter and medical necessities:

 

Water—The Red Cross is now producing 1 million liters of water per day, enough for 185,000 people to receive 5.4 liters per person per day. In addition, Red Cross teams are working to scale up latrine construction as quickly as possible.

 

Food—Red Cross distributions of food and relief items (blankets, kitchen sets, hygiene kits, buckets, water containers, laundry soap/detergent and mosquito nets) have reached nearly 20,000 families or 100,000 people. To date, more than 64 flights carrying Red Cross aid from around the world have arrived in Santo Domingo and Haiti.

 

Shelter—Although shelter remains an urgent need, the Red Cross is working to provide a range of immediate shelter assistance, and the organization also is assessing needs and developing a strategy to meet long-term housing reconstruction needs.