organizations.
200 tons of aid including food, water, tents, medicine, a hospital and medical equipment. Forty six medical doctors and nurses have been
sent, along with 50 firefighters who specialize in search and rescue
using search dogs.Nearly 1,300 Brazilian U.N.. peacekeepers are working in rescue operations.
the ground.
Red Cross.
contributed more than $39 million and Ottawa will match those funds.
Some 2,000 military personnel, including two warships.
to the island, including search and rescue specialists with sniffer
dogs and monitoring equipment, medics, and seismological experts.
from citizens to the Red Cross.
especially rescue workers, and 61 tons (55 metric tons) of supplies.
Dispatched Francis Garnier, a ship that specializes in humanitarian
missions.
donated by private citizens.
three medical teams and three search dogs.
workers and 10 tons (nine metric tons) of medical equipment.
international groups to help children in Haiti . A field hospital that
can treat 150 patients a day has been airlifted in.
24-member civilian medical team on the ground, sending 110-member
military team of medical and other personnel via a Japanese C-130
transport plane.
Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross and other aid organizations.
The country's Red Cross and other aid organizations have raised at
least $4.5 million for the country.
sent a military transport plane with more than 20 emergency rescue
workers and sniffer dogs, as well as medical equipment and water.
planes to deliver aid.
would give a region of Senegal to Haitians wishing to move to Africa .
He argued that because Haiti was settled by African slaves they are
owed a right of return.
The eccentric proposal was met with criticism by many who say the government is not even able to house its own people.
SIERRA LEONE: $100,000 in aid. The government has also offered to send
police, soldiers and medical teams.
and plans to send forensic experts to help identify bodies.
religious groups and business companies.
50 doctors, technicians and specialists.
and 33 medical staff.
UNITED STATES: $130 million in aid, according to USAID. Has sent about
12,000 military personnel so far, 265 government medical personnel,
18 Navy and Coast Guard ships, 49 helicopters and seven cargo planes to assist in aid delivery, support and evacuations. Is managing operations at the Port-au-Prince airport.
VENEZUELA: 679 tons (616 metric tons) of food and 127 tons (116 metric tons) of equipment, including water purification systems, electrical generators and heavy equipment for moving rubble. 225,000 barrels of diesel fuel and gasoline is on its way, and the Venezuela-led Bolivarian Alternative trade bloc also sent two ships carrying 5,248 tons (4,761 metric tons) of food aid
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