American Red Cross

The American Red Cross Sends Help to Flood-ravaged Haiti

Published in Health Business Week, September 19th, 2008

The American Red Cross has two relief workers currently in Haiti to support the Haitian Red Cross response to the mounting humanitarian needs following Hurricane Gustav and Tropical Storm Hanna hitting within a week of each other.

"We are very concerned for the people living in Haiti. To help our sister society the Haitian Red Cross, we are sending two disaster specialists to help assess and respond to the needs of the community." said Christine Burkhart, American Red Cross program officer for Latin American and the Caribbean.

In addition to the response workers in Haiti, the American Red Cross is sending $100,000 to help replenish the prepositioned...

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Source: Health Business Week (2008-09-19)

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