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Jennifer Schmidt
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January 25, 2010. Mercy Corps staff member, Cassandra Nelson, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after the devastating earthquake. Photo: Jenny Vaughan/Mercy Corps
Last night we heard some tremendous firsthand accounts of the situation in Haiti from Mercy Corps’ Cassandra Nelson. She joined us by cell phone from Port-au-Prince and covered a lot of ground in the 45 minutes before her connection was lost, discussing our work in forgotten neighborhoods outside of the capital city, the challenges of delivering aid and the progress that is being made, conversations with survivors, and the plight of Haiti’s children.
Cassandra was joined by our Director of Global Emergency Operations Randy Martin, who shared his perspective on the significance of partnerships – both on the ground and with other aid groups and agencies – and discussed the importance of helping communities transition from receiving emergency aid to leading their own recovery.
Click here to hear a recording of the live, online briefing from Haiti. (Only the name field is required to get access to the recording.) If you have any trouble downloading the recording, click here for additional instructions.
Thanks to ReadyTalk who donated their services for the Haiti online briefing. And thanks especially to everyone who joined us – this work would not be possible without your support!
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- Countries: Haiti
- Topics: Emergency response
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dvinoz
February 2, 2010 3:32PM
Shahho -
I was honored to spend 18 months in Erbil recently and a total of 8 months in Port-au-Prince in the late 90's. From 1991 until now there has been great progress in the Kurdistan Region. This gives hope for the people of Port-au-Prince. Both countries have in common strong families ties, a spiritual awareness, and pride in their countries. Haiti can have hope by looking at the progress in Kurdistan! But yes, now is the time to give to those less fortunate!
Shahho Mustafa
January 30, 2010 11:54PM
I am From Kurdistan of Iraq.. we have been through many many crisis...from Halabja Chemical Gas 1988 to the displacement in 1991..... Thanks to all those who supported and rescued us.....we know how important the Humanitarian Aid's are...we had no place to go...we had no food....our children were under the rain cold and bear foot.....we know how much people in crisis needs help....those who helped us never waited for a call from us to start sending help....they never waited for a ( Thank you ) from us...they helped us as much as they could and left...tought us a lesson of Humanity...now we are trying our best to pass on the lesson to others through this campaign ...God bless all those who support people in Haiti to survive this crisis....It will be a lesson for the comming generations to learn how to support each other regardless of race..religion..ethnicity and even location....The future of people in Haiti depends on us....so let's act as much as we can...