Responses Primary Responses Secondary Responses - Dominican Republic offer water and medical aid. - Rescue teams arrive from around the world. - Temporary hospitals setup by Red Cross - GIS was used to help in the search and rescue - UN troops established abase to keep peace and distribute aid (only peacetime permanent base for UN) - Poor communication delayed responses (telephone and electricity down) - Poor management delayed responses. No-one knew who was in charge. - Money pledge from many countries but very slow to arrive in first year. - $13 billion given in aid. Eventually. - 1,300 temporary camps still after 1 year - Cash for work programme pays Haitians to clear rubble - Farmers supported to grow crops - Schools rebuilt Social Economic Environmental • 3.5 million effected • 230,000 people dead • 300,000 injured • 1.5 million homeless • 4,000 schools destroyed • 1.5 million people living in temporary camps • 30,000 commercial buildings destroyed • Many businesses destroyed. • Damage to main clothing industry. • Airport destroyed • Port destroyed • 19 million cubic metres of rubble in Port-au-Prince • Roads and railways destroyed • Sea level changed in local areas flooding land
