USAID Announces Additional $32 Million in Assistance for Haiti Quake Victims

WASHINGTON/PORT-AU-PRINCE - During a surprise visit to survey earthquake damage in Haiti on Thursday, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power announced an additional $32 million in assistance for victims.

"I am pleased here to announce that USAID will provide an additional $32 million as part of a broader American response to support people here affected by the earthquake," Power told reporters during an afternoon press conference at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake devastated cities in Haiti's southwest on Aug. 14. Later that day, U.S. President Joe Biden named Power as the senior administration official to coordinate the American post-quake relief effort. Power told reporters she flew over the hardest-hit towns.