As part of its largest international response since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the global Red Cross network has helped approximately 2 million Haitians since the country’s January 12 earthquake. In less than 90 days, it has already spent $111 million (more than one-fourth of the total raised) to meet the most urgent needs of earthquake survivors. The American Red Cross will continue to support hundreds of thousands of additional survivors in the next three to five years until the last donated dollar is spent.
In the past twelve weeks, the global Red Cross network has collectively:
Handed out tarps, tents and toolkits for nearly 373,000 people.
Provided relief items for 400,000 people.
Distributed 60 million liters of clean drinking water.
Built more than 1,300 latrines.
Helped vaccinate more than 152,000 people against deadly diseases.
Coordinated the shipment of more than 2,100 units of blood to medical facilities.
Treated more than 86,000 people at Red Cross hospitals or mobile clinics.
Registered more than 28,400 people with missing loved ones on its family linking Web site.
Deployed more than 900 responders to Haiti, including 165 representing the American Red Cross.
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