Louis Belanger talks about the terrible injuries and conditions he is witnessing in the capital’s main hospital.
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Author: Louis Belanger
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Haiti: Water, latrines, work and dignity
Access to clean water for 80,000 people, latrines to serve 25,000, and cash-for-work. This life-saving work also provides survivors with another important part of recovery – dignity. Louis Belanger describes Oxfam’s mounting aid effort.
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Haiti aftershock: Eyewitness acount
A large aftershock hit Haiti 60 kilometres from Port-au-Prince at 11.20am UK time on Wednesday 20 January, just eight days after the country was devastated by an earthquake. Louis Belanger in Haiti describes what happened and how people reacted.
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Haiti: Oxfam delivering water; Haitians fear returning home
“Today was a good day. We delivered over 30,000 litres of water to over 3,000 people.” Louis Belanger is reporting on Oxfam’s growing response direct from Haiti.
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Haiti: Update on water distribution efforts
Louis Belanger reports on how relief efforts are being hampered by fuel shortages and communications problems.
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Haiti: First full day in Port-au-Prince
Hospitals are overspilling, small buildings and multi-story buildings alike have collapsed but supplies and humanitarian staff are getting through. Louis Belanger reports from a city in mourning.
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Haiti: Aid arrives, but delivery a major challenge
Our colleagues at Oxfam Australia have interviewed Louis Belanger in Haiti, where delivering aid that has now arrived remains a monumental challenge.
Oxfam’s response (updated 16:00 GMT Friday 15 Feb)
Oxfam staff in Haiti are providing shovels and picks for local civil workers to clear rubble to search for trapped victims in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
From its Oxford UK warehouse, Oxfam also has up to 10 tonnes of water, sanitation, health and shelter equipment, valued at around £70,000, that will be flown on a specially-stripped British Airways flight to Santa Domingo at 2pm Saturday UK time. It also has pre-positioned stocks in Panama on stand-by. Oxfam plans to scale-up aid delivery are now being finalised. The destruction continues to severely hamper aid efforts. Seventeen Oxfam International humanitarian experts flew into the Dominican Republic and will arrive in Haiti today.
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Haiti: Oxfam team ready to respond
With travel and communications severely limited, getting aid into Haiti remains extremely difficult. Oxfam’s Louis Belanger reports on the preparations Oxfam is making to ensure we reach the people who need help most as quickly and effectively as possible, once supply lines are established.