January 2010 posts from all blogs
30 years in Tanzania
Concern recently marked its 30th anniversary in Tanzania. I’ve just spent a week in Iringa, the first area Concern worked in the country, to see how things have changed in this time.
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A lifeline for farmers in Tanzania
Posted by Isla Gilmore in Concern Blog | 11 January 2010 |
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In November last year, I saw an emergency intervention – the very heart of Concern Worldwide’s work.
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Massive earthquake in Haiti
Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people are feared dead after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti last night. According to reports, it was the most powerful earthquake to hit Haiti in 200 years.
Haiti earthquake: interview
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Haiti earthquake coverage | 13 January 2010 |
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Bríd Kennedy, Regional Director with Concern, was interviewed by RTÉ this morning about the earthquake in Haiti.
Haiti: death toll rising
Posted by Niall O Murchu in Haiti earthquake coverage | 14 January 2010 |
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According to reports, the death toll following the earthquake is rising rapidly.
Concern's response in Haiti: video
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Haiti earthquake coverage | 14 January 2010 |
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Paul O'Brien, Concern's Overseas Director, speaks about Concern's response to the earthquake in Haiti.
Haiti: latest Twitter updates
We are using Twitter to provide quick updates on the emergency in Haiti. You can see these updates below; we’ve embedded our Twitter account into this blog post.
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Bulletin from Haiti
Posted by Niall O Murchu in Haiti earthquake coverage | 16 January 2010 |
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We estimate that there are 100,000 people affected in Satin Martin, one of the poorest areas of Port-au-Prince and a further 250,000 in Martissant, another extremely poor area.
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Questions about Haiti emergency
Posted by Niall O Murchu in Haiti earthquake coverage | 16 January 2010 |
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The earthquake in Haiti, and the response to it, are raising several important questions. Below, Concern’s Information Officer Cormac Staunton answers some of the most pressing.
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Tweeting from Haiti
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Haiti earthquake coverage | 17 January 2010 |
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Dominic MacSorley, Concern’s Emergency Coordinator, is providing regular updates from Haiti via his Twitter account.
Aftermath of the Haiti earthquake: video
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Haiti earthquake coverage | 17 January 2010 |
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This video, created by Concern's Ed Kenny, shows scenes from the aftermath of the earthquake, and features an interview with Margarette, a woman who has lost her home in the crisis.
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.
Haiti: today's bulletin
Concern’s team continue working to get help to those affected by the earthquake. Here’s an update on our response.
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.
Audio: update from Haiti
Last night, Dominic MacSorley, Emergency Coordinator for the Concern’s Haiti earthquake response, was interviewed for World Focus, a show that is broadcast on PBS, in America.
Haiti: now and over coming months
It is now estimated that approximately 1,000,000 people have been severely affected by the earthquake. This is what we are planning to do to help.
Witnessing the earthquake firsthand
Posted by Niall O Murchu in Haiti earthquake coverage | 19 January 2010 |
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Concern CEO Tom Arnold visited Haiti to oversee emergency operations and offer his support to local and Irish staff in Port-au-Prince.
Haiti earthquake
Posted by Tom Arnold in Tom Arnold’s Blog | 19 January 2010 |
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I visited Haiti to oversee emergency operations and offer my support to our staff in Port-au-Prince. Read more
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.
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: 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: 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: your questions answered
Dominic MacSorley is Concern’s Emergency Coordinator in Haiti. Here, he addresses a number of questions about the international aid effort.
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.
