Emergency UNICEF Supplies Arrive in Haiti
As a devastated Haiti struggles with unsafe water, UNICEF and UPS touch ground with critical supplies to ward off disease.
UNICEF and UPS have joined forces to deliver lifesaving supplies to families.
#Humanitarianaidand assistance is reaching children. Roads are being cleared, schools reopening and water delivered #HurricaneMatthewpic.twitter.com/BZUUv8dzqw
— UNICEF Haiti (@UNICEFHaiti) October 28, 2016
A B-747 flight donated by the UPS Foundation touched ground in Port-au-Prince on October 20, carrying 100 tons of UNICEF emergency medical and educational supplies packed in UNICEF’s Global Supply Warehouse in Copenhagen.
Emergency cargo included 30 million water purification tablets and 1 million sachets of Oral Rehydration Salts to ward off cholera and acute diarrhea — plus enough midwifery kits for 50 safe deliveries. © UNICEF/UN036396/Guhle
DISASTER RELIEF
Founded in 1946 to help children suffering in the aftermath of World War II, UNICEF provides children and families with disaster relief whenever emergencies strike. A disaster's severity often depends on a community's vulnerability. UNICEF works to reduce risks and increase resiliency by helping shape the choices children and their families make about about where they grow their food, how solidly they construct their houses, and even what they teach in school. This helps prepare for the worst, while hoping for the best.
UNICEF has been working in Haiti to provide a brighter future to the country's children since 1949.
HOW TO HELP
There are many ways to make a difference
War, famine, poverty, natural disasters — threats to the world's children keep coming. But UNICEF won't stop working to keep children healthy and safe.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories — more places than any other children's organization. UNICEF has the world's largest humanitarian warehouse and, when disaster strikes, can get supplies almost anywhere within 72 hours. Constantly innovating, always advocating for a better world for children, UNICEF works to ensure that every child can grow up healthy, educated, protected and respected.
Would you like to help give all children the opportunity to reach their full potential? There are many ways to get involved.
