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Haiti appeal finds strong support from Swiss
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Another SFr4.4 million had already been pledged, making the total so far SFr25.2 million. It is one of the most successful campaigns of the fundraising Swiss Solidarity charity, led by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. Swiss Solidarity coordinator Roland Jeanneret said he was very happy at the result, with SFr1 million on average being pledged every…
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With up to three million people in need, massive operational challenges are hampering the relief effort in the troubled Caribbean state. The small airport just outside the capital, Port-au-Prince, is damaged and congested, while the port itself is non-operational. Aid that has arrived is being held up by vehicle and fuel shortages, as well as…
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Many of them will be gathering in Lausanne on Saturday, to exchange news and consider the best ways to organise aid now. They will also be discussing what needs to happen in the long term, how Haitians abroad can become more involved in the country’s affairs. Jean-Wilfrid Fils-Aimé, secretary general of the Swiss Haitian Club,…
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The Swiss foreign ministry on Wednesday evening said it would send a rapid response unit from its humanitarian aid unit to the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country. A 12-member team, comprising specialists in logistics, security, water and shelter, left Zurich airport on Thursday morning. A six-person initial detachment of Swiss experts had already arrived in Haiti,…
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