« Training Report : November 6, 2009 AM: Visit: Tokyo Metropolitan Support Center for the Deafblind | Main | 5th International Women's Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD) »
January 19, 2010
Earthquake in Haiti
The January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake occurred in the boundary region separating the Caribbean plate and the North America plate. It struck southern Haiti, knocking down buildings and power lines. Several eyewitnesses reported heavy damage and bodies in the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince, where concrete-block homes line steep hillsides. There was no estimate of the dead and wounded yet.
We are very much concerned about the persons with disabilities in Haiti, and also worried about those who are suffering from their impairment, disabilities caused by the earthquake.
We express our heartfelt sympathy to our friends in Haiti.
The secretariat of jicafriends
Posted by jicafriends at January 19, 2010 02:18 PM