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  • Man catching box of supplies (AP Images)

    On January 12 a massive earthquake rocked Haiti. U.S. military and development organizations mobilized immediately to respond to a neighboring nation in need.

  • Two firemen

    U.S. search-and-rescue specialists, are helping those in need of aid and training to handle disasters.

  • Girl in a classroom (Shutterstock)

    By better educating girls, developing countries are winning big dividends.

  • Farmers in China (FAO)

    For the first time in history, there are more than 1 billion undernourished people in the world — increasing the urgency of tackling food insecurity and improving agriculture.

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Quick Fact

  • Two women with stacks of food in bags (AP Images)

    The United States is the largest single assistance donor in the world. The United States dramatically increased official development assistance from $8.8 billion in 1998 to $26 billion in 2008.

Response in Haiti

  • Operation Smile provides free surgeries to repair facial deformities in Haiti
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    “One patient sitting in a chair outside her tent, due to the fact that she did not want to miss the prayer service, wanted us to change her splint and dressing while she had the other hand raised up in prayer and sang.”
    -- Operation Smile medical volunteer in Haiti

    Operation Smile provides free surgeries to repair facial deformities for children around the globe. It has expanded its medical efforts to help earthquake victims in Haiti.

On the Record

Quote BeginningThe United States is consulting and coordinating closely with Haitian authorities, the United Nations and the international community ... We are operating 24/7 alongside our international partners and NGOs on the ground.End Quote

Arturo Valenzuela, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, Jan. 22

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  • Obama on Assistance to Haiti

    President Obama urges Americans to donate to Haiti.

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