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Children oversee excavation in the city of Les Cayes, Haiti, following the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck on Aug. 14, 2021. Credit: UNICEF, ©Harry Rouzier.

IsraAID offers assistance to Haiti after earthquake, flood waters from tropical storm

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Aid efforts to get to the remote site of Saturday’s deadly earthquake in Haiti are ongoing but are being hampered by a tropical storm that brought heavy rains to the region. Among agencies providing assistance...
Haitians survey damage to buildings after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Aug. 14, 2021. Credit: Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons.

JDC provides critically needed medical supplies to Haiti following earthquake

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The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is responding to the Aug. 14  earthquake that struck southwestern Haiti by providing critically needed medical supplies—surgical instruments, fluids, IV starters, sutures, gloves, masks, face shields and...
Israeli orthopedic surgeon Dr. Elhanan Bar-On, head of the Israel Center for Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Response. Credit: Sheba Medical Center.

A doctor without borders

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Micka, 23, was the last person rescued from under the rubble of the January 2010 Haiti earthquake and brought to the Israel Defense Forces field hospital in Port-au-Prince. Though one leg had to be amputated,...