HELP SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN CRISIS! DONATE NOW → HURRICANE IDA → HAITI EARTHQUAKE → COVID-19 HAITI EARTHQUAKE SUPPORT HAITI NOW ON THE MORNING OF SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2021, A 7.2-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE SHOOK HAITI NEAR THE TOWN OF PETIT-TROU-DE-NIPPES IN THE SOUTHWEST. OUR HEARTS ARE WITH OUR HAITIAN COMMUNITY AND OUR TEAM. CORE has deployed a rapid response team to address the most urgent needs on the ground while developing a long-term response. SITUATION REPORTS No. 1: August 20, 2021 | No. 2: August 22, 2021 | No. 3: August 23, 2021 | No. 4: August 25, 2021| No. 5: August 26, 2021 | No. 6: August 27, 2021 | No. 7: September 1, 2021 OUR RESPONSE Here’s How CORE Is Responding… Our teams on the ground in the hardest-hit areas of Grand’Anse, Sud, and Nippes are working tirelessly to support rescue operations, emergency medical services, debris and rubble removal, provide essential resources, such as food, water, and hygiene kits, and address the critical need for emergency shelter amid tropical storms. CORE is the only organization on the ground with local Haitian leadership, which allows us to respond most effectively to the most pressing needs on the ground as they evolve throughout our response. We are working with our local government partners, such as the Department of Civil Protection (DPC), and partnering with Haytrac, World Central Kitchen, GHESKIO and Global Hope to support the immediate needs of the Haitian people while developing a long-term recovery plan. After working in Haiti to build sustainable communities for over a decade, our priority is to assist the Haitian government and local organizations in rebuilding and strengthening community infrastructure to mitigate the impact of future disasters. Meanwhile, our teams continue administering COVID-19 vaccinations at 20 sites across Haiti, in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health, GHESKIO, and Partners In Health, to protect the most vulnerable and marginalized communities amid low vaccination rates. BACKGROUND Our Work in Haiti CORE (formerly known as J/P HRO) was founded in the wake of the 2010 earthquake that claimed over 250,000 lives in Haiti. Since then, CORE has been operating long-term community development programs in Haiti driven by a dedicated team of over 150 Haitian staff who have also applied their hard-earned experience to respond to disasters across the Caribbean. After over a decade of work in Haiti, CORE is leveraging its field team, logistical capacity, partnerships and post-earthquake experience to help Haitians at this moment of crisis. CORE’s experience and lessons learned in Haiti have resulted in strong local partnerships with community-based organizations, community leaders, and government officials, which has uniquely positioned CORE to circumvent common humanitarian aid bureaucracy and expedite our efforts to ensure more lives are saved. Throughout CORE’s expansion as an organization and various responses to global crises, Haiti has always remained at the heart of what we do. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Together, we have picked up the rubble before, and we will do it again. SUPPORT HAITI NOW OUR PROUD RESPONSE PARTNERS DONATE information@coreresponse.org 323.934.4400 [Office Closed] ABOUT Our Story Leadership Careers Privacy Policy For media inquiries, please contact: press@coreresponse.org For donor relations, please contact: development@coreresponse.org TRANSPARENCY CORE is a charitable 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Federal tax ID: 27-1703237. Annual Reports & Financials NEWSLETTER Sign up to receive news and updates. SIGN UP © 2021 CORE RESPONSE | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED