CNN is reporting a 7.7-magnitude quake has struck off the coast of Indonesia, triggering two tsunamis.
Children are always the most vulnerable population in any natural disaster, and UNICEF is there for them. We’ll share news as we receive it here on Fieldnotes.
CNN is reporting that a major 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Chile overnight.
Children are the most vulnerable population in any natural disaster, and we will keep you posted on UNICEF’s response to this emergency as new comes in.
In the meantime, if you would like to to support UNICEF’s relief efforts for children caught in emergencies like this one, please click here to donate now.
In a tent made with assorted sheets and other cloths, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, a young girl holds a baby in her lap. The tent is part of an improvised settlement, one of an estimated 300 in the city, for people displaced by the earthquake.
If you missed it on Monday, you have another chance to see the special two-hour Larry King Live called HAITI: HOW YOU CAN HELP this Sunday night, January 24, from 8 to 10 pm ET.
Bringing together celebrities and opinion leaders to inspire members of the global community to take immediate action in helping the people of Haiti affected by the devastating earthquake, the special will also feature reports from Haiti.
Tamar Hahn sent this post in to Fieldnotes from Haiti.
One week has gone by since an earthquake turned what was already a desperately poor part of the world into a full fledged humanitarian emergency and the race against time to bring relief to the people of Haiti continues.
Supplies continue to arrive daily by land and by air and distribution of clean water, food, hygiene kits and other life-saving provisions has greatly improved. Still, every day continues to bring new challenges. Hundreds if not thousands are leaving Port au Prince, their belongings tied up in bundles or squeezed into suitcases which they carry on their heads as they make their way to the countryside.
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From UNICEF’s Tamar Hahn in HaitiUNICEF’s Tamar Hahn sent this report from Port-au-Prince last night. To support UNICEF’s disaster relief efforts for children, please donate online at unicefusa.org/haitiquake. This morning I went to visit a field hospital set up at the MINUSTAH Logistical Base. The hospital consists of two giant tents filled to the brim with Haitians wounded during the earthquake. Conditions are deplorable: little food and water for both doctors and patients, no sanitation which means that urine and feces are being disposed of behind the hospital tents and amputated limbs end up in the trash. Jan17
Tune in to Larry King’s Haiti show on MondayAs he did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, CNN’s Larry King reaches around the world, this time to help the people of Haiti. Tomorrow night, King will host a special two-hour Larry King Live called HAITI: HOW YOU CAN HELP, bringing together celebrities and opinion leaders to inspire members of the global community to take immediate action in helping the people of Haiti affected by the devastating earthquake. The special airs from 8 pm ET to 10 pm ET (US) on CNN. Campbell Brown will be reporting Haiti news over the course of the two-hour program and guests will join Larry King on the set and via satellite to generate support for UNICEF and the Red Cross. We’ll share more details about the guest list as they come in. Please spread the word and tune in Monday! Jan13
UPDATE: BBC interview with UNICEF HaitiListen to the first-hand report from UNICEF’s Guido Cornale (the UNICEF Representative in Haiti) on BBC World Service. He says it’s one of the worst earthquakes he’s ever seen in his life. If you want to help UNICEF help the children of Haiti, please spread the word about the disaster relief efforts and consider making an online donation today at www.unicefusa.org/haitiquake. Thank you for your concern and support. Jan13
UPDATE: Haiti quakeUNICEF’s offices in Port-au-Prince were damaged yesterday, but staff are ready to deliver disaster relief to the children and families affected by yesterday’s earthquake in Haiti. With so many people living at such close quarters Child Survival
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