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Earthquake in Haiti
On January 12, 2010, a strong earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck close to Port-au-Prince. Initial reports indicate that the earthquake caused extensive damage to infrastructure. MORE -
International Operations
Canadian Expeditionary Force Command
From article: DART medics reach out to mountain community
A tiny earthquake survivor gets a check-up from Cpl Petra Sutton of 32 Canadian Forces Health Services Centre in Toronto during a village outreach visit by a DART Mobile Medical Team.
Photo : Image number IS2010-5006-011 by Cpl Julie Bélisle
Fact Sheet : Operation HESTIA and Joint Task Force Haiti
- CF personnel now deployed on Operation HESTIA: 2,032 (establishment 2,045)
- Canadian citizens repatriated to date: 3,636
- Water distributed to date: 157,000 litres
- Meals distributed to date: 372,900
- Patients seen to date at Role 1 clinics and Role 2 hospital: 5,568
- Patients seen to date at Village Medical Outreach clinics: 641
- Most appreciated project: construction & installation of latrine huts at tent cities
Fact Sheet : The Disaster Assistance Response Team
The Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) is a multidisciplinary military organization designed to deploy on short notice anywhere in the world in response to situations ranging from natural disasters to complex humanitarian emergencies.
Haiti is the only country in the Americas on the United Nations’ Least Developed Countries list. The U.N. mission currently deployed there — the latest of five —is the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Mission des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation en Haïti, or MINUSTAH), first authorized in February 2004...
