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28 days later
Posted by Susan Finucane in Haiti earthquake coverage | 8 February 2010 |
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I had to return to New York last week to ensure that our programmes in other countries were being looked after. It was a difficult decision to make nearly a month after the earthquake.
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Haiti’s resilience
Eleven days after the earthquake, the Haitian government have declared an end to the rescue operation. It is a sad day for many people as the awful realisation sinks in: whoever has not been found alive by now, never will be.
Haiti: water distribution
Posted by Susan Finucane in Haiti earthquake coverage | 22 January 2010 |
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Standing patiently in the queue at our water distribution today is Evans. A 24 year-old teacher whose house was destroyed during the earthquake, he tells me:
Haiti: aftershock
It’s 6am and I’m just getting ready to go to the office. The floor starts to shake, I start to shake. The door bursts open and my colleague wonders if we should run. We stare at each other. The shaking stops.
Haiti: “the hardest thing so far”
Posted by Susan Finucane in Haiti earthquake coverage | 20 January 2010 |
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It’s a week since the earthquake and the heartache is still palpable. Driving down to distribute critical medical supplies to a health clinic in Carrefour, the epicentre of the quake, I witnessed the most horrific of images.
Haiti video: mix of emotions
Posted by Susan Finucane in Haiti earthquake coverage | 19 January 2010 |
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The situation is becoming more difficult. The Haitian people require more assistance. Their patience is faltering but their need does not lessen. But there is still hope.
A miracle amidst all this heartache
Posted by Susan Finucane in Haiti earthquake coverage | 18 January 2010 |
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We arrive at the Salvation Army health centre, where Concern has been working since August 2008; it is now a camp for hundreds of Haitians.
Haiti earthquake: eyewitness report
Posted by Susan Finucane in Haiti earthquake coverage | 17 January 2010 |
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Today, we drove downtown to the UNICEF warehouse to get supplies for our water distributions. While loading up the truck, we felt another tremor measuring 4.9. They continue to occur, four days after the initial hit.
