Chile Earthquake: Update

12/04/2010

Ottawa, ON (April 12, 2010) Following the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck on February 27, 2010, the members of the HUMANITARIAN COALITION continue to assist in the relief efforts in Chile.  The earthquake and more than 200 aftershocks that followed have left 94,000 people without shelter and tens of thousands more without access to clean drinking water.

CARE, Oxfam and Save the Children sent assessment teams there immediately, and have since focused their energies and resources for supplying water, food, hygiene items, tents, tarps, setting up systems of waste disposal and helping to provide shelter and security for children.

HUMANITARIAN COALITION members are supporting the capacity of communities to be prepared for future emergencies, and minimize potential damage.

To learn more about what the member agencies are doing in response to the earthquake, please visit their websites by clicking on the links below: