Haiti Response Coalition (HRC)

Campaigns 2

• 2010 /2011 Haiti Cholera Epidemic ArchivedJoined Oct 24, 2010
• 2010 Haiti Earthquake ArchivedJoined Oct 24, 2010

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Mission

from website: ... The Haiti Response Coalition began to form only minutes after the news of the earthquake began to spread across the globe. As we desperately tried to reach those in Haiti, we began to plan a rapid response to the crisis. Those of us who had been working in Haiti for years knew instinctively that we had to band together, pooling our resources, our networks, our contacts, our energies and our creativity. We had to support each other in the rescue, the relief and eventually in the recovery and rebuilding. Even as our lives became tèt anba, upside down, and the days and nights began to run together, we relentlessly sought to to help our Haitian friends, driven by adrenalin and our love for this beleaguered country and its people, whose resiliency seemed always to be tested. Within twenty-four hours a group of like-minded NGOs began daily conference calls, establishing plans and delegating responsibilities. At the same time we began to assemble our networks on the ground in Haiti. As U.S.-based NGOs were planning supply lines and points of entry, and raising funds, our team on the ground was mobilizing to immediately assess communities and be part of the front-line emergency response. ... http://www.haitiresponsecoalition.org/about-us/history/

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