USAID Announces Additional $32 Million in Assistance for Haiti Quake Victims
Voice of America
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.This handout picture released by the Canoas City Hall shows people helping to rescue flood victims in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil on May 4, 2024. Beira Rio stadium is flooded after heavy rain in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, May 7, 2024. A man rows a makeshift boat through an inundated street flooded by heavy rains, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, May 7, 2024. Evacuees ride in a loader after their homes were flooded at Eldorado do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul Brazil May 7, 2024.