Blog Contributor:

Zuha Moin

Zuha is the Fall 2010 intern with the Community Partnerships team. She is from Newburgh, New York and is currently a senior at the George Washington University where she is studying international affairs. Prior to her internship with ONE, she was the foreign relations intern at the Embassy of Iraq and volunteered abroad in India, where she taught former slum children and took part in relief work.

Haiti, 11 months later


Dec 6th, 2010 2:27 PM UTC
By Zuha Moin

It has now been nearly 11 months since the devastating January earthquake struck Haiti. Today, more than a million people are crammed into makeshift tent camps, making them vulnerable to disease outbreaks. In late October, Hurricane Tomas dumped heavy rains on earthquake-ravaged Haiti, leading to flooding in parts of the country. The recent cholera outbreak has already killed almost 1,500 people. The Haitian general election which took place on November 28 will help determine the future of Haiti.

Many of our partners have responded to the difficult challenges in Haiti. Here are some highlights of some of these efforts.

Haiti Earthquake 2010

In downtown Port-au-Prince, Colombian Red Cross workers unloads relief items including water, hygiene kits and food supplies for 6,000 families. January 23, 2010. Credit Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross.

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