NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – Miami Dolphins linebacker Jerome Baker is asking the general public to donate nonperishable objects at drop-off places in North Miami to assist Haitian earthquake survivors in want.
Baker, 24, and North Miami Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime are asking the general public to reply to one of many metropolis’s two dropoff places from 8 a.m. to five p.m., Monday to Friday, at 700 NE 124 St., or 776 NE 125 St.
“My coronary heart is simply breaking,” Baker stated “Among the stuff you want, you’re taking with no consideration, all of them want that stuff.”
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Survivors of the magnitude 7.2 earthquake on Aug. 14 are nonetheless experiencing aftershocks in Haiti’s southern peninsula. The frequency decreases over time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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The Aug. 14 earthquake killed greater than 2,200 individuals, disappeared greater than 340, injured about 12,270, and destroyed or broken practically 130,000 properties, according to the U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth’s Sunday report.
Fairfax County Hearth and Rescue Division, together with 65 search-and-rescue personnel and 4 canines, deployed to Haiti on Aug. 15. Tropical Despair Grace made landfall on Aug. 16.
“It was heartbreaking. It was actually unhappy to see we’re going by means of this once more,” stated Linda Julien, a Miami Gardens councilwoman referring to the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that killed an estimated 200,000 as a result of it hit a extra populated space in Port-au-Prince.
Julien was serving to to pack support packages on the warehouse of the Global Empowerment Mission, a Doral-based nonprofit group with a group of partners that embrace USA 4 Vets, Goya Meals, Walmart, and Amazon.
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Most hospitals are working with out energy. The AIDS Healthcare Basis, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit group, began sending turbines on Thursday in a constitution flight, in accordance with Michael Kahane, AHF’s southern bureau chief.
The safety issues are affecting docs in Port-au-Prince. Final week, criminals kidnapped Dr. Workens Alexandre, an orthopedic surgeon, who was treating injured survivors on the Bernard Mevs Hospital, The Related Press reported. Prime Minister Ariel Henry was the previous head of neurosurgery at Bernard Mevs Hospital.
A USAID catastrophe help response crew decided the tragedy exacerbated vulnerabilities to sexual exploitation and abuse, as many proceed to shelter open air, usually finishing up hygiene and different actions with out privateness or safety.
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Grand’Anse division’s Pestel commune and Sud division’s Les Anglais and Maniche communes nonetheless need assistance with meals, secure ingesting water, and shelter supplies.
USAID additionally decided Les Anglais wants well being care companies and medical commodities, the principle bridge into Grand’Anse’s Jérémie city is broken.
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Grand’Anse’s Dame Marie commune, the place a bit of the Catholic church was unsafe, Sud’s Les Cayes commune, and Ouest Division’s Gonave Island additionally wanted support.
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