HAITI: Earthquake Assessment

On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a massive 7.0 earthquake and dozen aftershocks struck Haiti, near the capital of Port-au-Prince. Initial reports are of overwhelming damage in the capital city, affecting an estimated 3 million people.

HODR has launched an assessment team to determine how and where we can be most effective in the recovery efforts. Search and rescue will be critical over the next weeks, and then the work of helping the country recover will begin. Our team arrived in Haiti January 21. We have been and will continue to network with contacts from our 2008-2009 Haiti hurricane response (Project Gonaives) as well as other responding agencies, and meeting with local officials, visiting affected areas and evaluating the recovery needs in order to determine further involvement and the potential for volunteer projects.

To support our efforts please make a donation to our Haiti Earthquake Response Fund today. If you are interested in volunteering, please read our Volunteer Info page.

We will update www.HODR.org as more information becomes available. You can also follow us on Twitter @HODRops for daily updates and progress.

View our 1/23/10 "Notes from the Field" by clicking here.

For media inquiries, please contact Beca Howard - 781.570.9412, Beca@HODR.org
For donation information, please contact Andrew Kerr - 919.830.3573, Andrew@HODR.org

Thank you for your interest in supporting HODR and the people of Haiti in their time of need.