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AUDIO: Louis Belanger reports the sights and sounds at the main hospital in Port-au-Prince Haiti (ENGLISH)
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I went to the main hospital to do some TV interviews. I've never seen anything like this in my life. However, even in the pain and sadness, there are signs of hope and new life.
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Oxfam distributes water in Port au Prince | NECN
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(NECN) - Louis Belanger of Oxfam America joins NECN from Haiti with an update on the effort to give food and water, to the homeless, injured and sick.
Belanger says the day got off to a rough start when an aftershock occurred. Shortly after, Oxfam began distributing fresh and clean water at five major sites across Port au Prince.
Belanger joins NECN on the phone with more.
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AUDIO: Oxfam expands water distribution and begins sanitation projects (ENGLISH)
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Our Oxfam teams continues to expand our water distribution, which will bring water to 80,000 people by the end of the week. In addition, we will begin digging latrines to provide safe sanitation. The team is also working in several communities to setup "Cash for work" programs to help get the economy moving again.
Please support Oxfam's work: http://bit.ly/oihaiti
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AUDIO: Oxfam expands water distribution and begins sanitation projects (FRENCH)
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AUDIO: Louis Belanger's eyewitness account of this morning's aftershock in Haiti (ENGLISH)
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In last nights podcast, I talked about Haitians fears of returning to their homes, because of the possibility of another earthquake. That is just what happened this early this morning as a 6.1 quake woke me and the rest of the Oxfam team, with the exception of Caroline Gluck (Follow @carooxfam) who was doing a live interview with Canadian TV. Most were sleeping inside, but some worried about an aftershock, slept outside but moved to a small patio due to rain. We ran outside and could hear neighbors screaming. We went to check and everyone was okay.
Everyone is a bit on edge, but we are out working and distributing water at 5 locations today.
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AUDIO: Louis Belanger's eyewitness account of this morning's aftershock in Haiti (FRENCH)
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I recorded a short update in French about this mornings frightening events.
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AUDIO: Louis Belanger on Oxfam affiliates coming together to deliver water; Haitians fear of returning to homes (FRENCH)
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An update on Oxfam's activities on Tuesday. Water delivery is underway and expanding.
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AUDIO: Louis Belanger on Oxfam affiliates coming together to deliver water; Haitians fear of returning to homes (ENGLISH)
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The water bladders: Oxfam Spain.
The trucks: Oxfam Quebec.
The Engineers: Oxfam Great Britain.
The Support: Everyone.
Oxfam came together to deliver 30,00 liters of water today to Haiti's desperate people. While, this is just a drop of what we ultimately need to see, we will get there due to our dedicated staff and our generous supporters. With water flowing at our initial sites, some of the team were able to make assessments in order to find new places to distribute water to the estimated 1.5 million people living outdoors. Many are homeless, and many more are scared to go home. There is both a very real fear of another earthquake, but also intense psychological pain that comes with such great loss of life. Still, the people press on, and we will be there to help each step of the way. Please, join us.
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AUDIO: Louis Belanger on Oxfam's trying efforts to distribute water (ENGLISH)
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The lack of fuel continues to make water distribution difficult for the Oxfam team here. However, staff worked hard to find new water distribution locations and solve the fuel issue. I know there are reports of some riots and violence in the news, but so far I have not seen anything like that. I'm back at Oxfam House now, here in Port-au-Prince and the team will be back at it tomorrow.
Sorry, about the way it just cuts out at the end. My phone stopped working. As I mention in the podcast, mobile service is still vulnerable.
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