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International Community Relief Efforts Kicks in for Haiti

2010-01-15 00:46

 

Help is on the way for Haiti from around the globe.

 

In Israel, the army makes last minute preparations to send a relief delegation of some 220 people to Haiti, after a massive earthquake struck the Island nation.

 

Spokesperson for the Homefront Command in the Israeli army Gil Ishanar.

 
[Gil Ishanar, Spokesperson, Homefront Command in the Israeli Army]:
"The State of Israel is sending the Homefront Command and the medical corps to help Haiti with this devastating picture that we have seen in the last day. We are arranging to send a big group in order to assist Haiti and their people and we hope to do the best with them in the next few days."
 
In Jordan, officials from army affiliated Hashemite Charity Organization plan to deliver aid in Haiti to the Jordanian peace keeping forces currently serving in the country.
 
Prince Hamzeh is the President of the Hashemite Charity Organization
 
[Prince Hamzeh, President, Hashemite Charity Org.]
"We will have two aircraft in the air in a very short period of time, providing medical aid and supplementing the Jordanian field hospital that is already serving with the Jordanian contingent in Haiti at the moment."
 
Similar scenes play out in France where Doctors without Borders prepare aid for Haiti. 
 
And in Cornwall England, shelterboxes -- which can offer a temporary home -- are being sent to Haiti. 
 
With few signs of organized rescue operations on the ground underway, many are believed to be trapped in debris.
 
The Red Cross in Haiti estimates that between 45,000 and 50,000 people died in the quake.