Dominican aid is seen in streets of Port-au-Prince
UN will create a cordon for sea and land support
Diario Libre
PORT-au-PRINCE, HAITI. The humanitarian aid supplied by the Dominican government to the Haitian people in assistance to those affected by the earthquake last Tuesday is visible in the different barrios and in the areas occupied by thousands of refugees.
The assistance to thousands of Haitians is carried out through the disbursal of food cooked in the mobile kitchens of the Economic Kitchens, recently acquired by the Dominican government at a cost of millions. Daily, more than 10,000 meals are handed out.
Moreover, reporters from the Diario Libre saw long lines of persons affected by the quake receiving water, uncooked food rations, and medical services offered by different Dominican institutions over the weekend.
A tank truck from the Water and Sewer Corporation of Santo Domingo (Caasd) distributed 2000 gallons to persons along the Martin Luther King Avenue. The people filled different receptacles to carry the water and improve the situation of scarcity.
Meanwhile, in the areas near the collection centers in front of the International Airport, men, women and children left with plates of food, thankful of the help ordered by President Leonel Fernandez at a cost of RD$131 million.
At the same time, heavy equipment from the Ministry of Public Works was at work removing rubble.
DR soldiers in Minustah
President Leonel Fernandez asked the United Nations last night to consider the integration of a company of Dominican soldiers with some 300 members, into the Mission for Stabilization of the United Nations in Haiti (Minustah). The Dominican leader made the request as he was interviewed on Channel 5 Telemicro, in which he also indicated the importance of taking measures to prevent and protect the assistance from misuse or misdirection..
The assistance to thousands of Haitians is carried out through the disbursal of food cooked in the mobile kitchens of the Economic Kitchens, recently acquired by the Dominican government at a cost of millions. Daily, more than 10,000 meals are handed out.
Moreover, reporters from the Diario Libre saw long lines of persons affected by the quake receiving water, uncooked food rations, and medical services offered by different Dominican institutions over the weekend.
A tank truck from the Water and Sewer Corporation of Santo Domingo (Caasd) distributed 2000 gallons to persons along the Martin Luther King Avenue. The people filled different receptacles to carry the water and improve the situation of scarcity.
Meanwhile, in the areas near the collection centers in front of the International Airport, men, women and children left with plates of food, thankful of the help ordered by President Leonel Fernandez at a cost of RD$131 million.
At the same time, heavy equipment from the Ministry of Public Works was at work removing rubble.
DR soldiers in Minustah
President Leonel Fernandez asked the United Nations last night to consider the integration of a company of Dominican soldiers with some 300 members, into the Mission for Stabilization of the United Nations in Haiti (Minustah). The Dominican leader made the request as he was interviewed on Channel 5 Telemicro, in which he also indicated the importance of taking measures to prevent and protect the assistance from misuse or misdirection..
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