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Venezuela was "the first country to respond", became the first country to forgive Haiti's foreign debt after the quake.

Venezuela was also one of the first countries to deliver emergency assistance to Haiti after the quake

Following the earthquake, Venezuela sent 400 personnel to establish camps for the internally displaced in five towns: Jacmel, Petit Goave, Grand Goave, and Leogane. These camps served 5,413 families - over 25,000 individuals

Power plants installed by Venezuela after the earthquake supply 20 percent of Haiti's electricity

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After the 2010 earthquake, foreign governments, international institutions, and philanthropists pledged $13 billion and collected more than $9 billion in public and private donations for humanitarian aid or reconstruction in Haiti

(2013 update) Hunger ravages the country, no clean water, many still living under tent About "94% of humanitarian funding went to donors' own civilian and military entities such as: U.N. agencies, international NGOs and private contractor The Haitian government got less than 1% of direct aid

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Here is a picture of Angelina Jolie as she was participating in the Hope for Haiti Telethon organized by actor George Clooney. The Hope for Haiti Now Telethon featured artists such as Madona, Rihana, string, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Bono, Coldplay and Sheryl

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Here is a pic of the Fashion for Relief Haiti done by Neomi Campbell. She was very active in providing her full support to the people of Haiti. Neomi Campbel organized two such events to raise money for the victims of Haiti earthquake

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Here is a picture of Angelina Jolie in Haiti. She is in a camp visiting children who wer victims of the earthquake.

In this picture, Jolie was addressing a member of the staff about the condition of this child. She took the opportunity to make the child smile

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Here is a picture of Kelly Osbourne at Fashion for Relief Haiti. She was one of many who participated in the event organized by Neomi Campbell as a result of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

The January 12 earthquake of 2010 was was the most powerful earthquake that hit Haiti for over 200 years.

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The second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake is marked by a positive note with the inauguration of the University Roi Henri Christophe. Thi represents a chance to do things better and to educate the Haitian population to better care for themselves.

In two years, on the exact same day of the disaster that killed over to200,000 Haitians, President Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic was present, along with the Haitian President Michel Martelly in Limonade for the occasion. The University Roi Henri Christophe was offered by the government and the business sector of Dominican Republic.

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Here is a picture of Cheyenne Jackson at Fashion for Relief Haiti. He was one of many who participated in the event organized by Neomi Campbell as a result of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

On January 12, 2010, Haiti was hit by an earthquake magnitude 7.0. The earthquake caused damages in several Haitian cities, in particular, Port-au-Prince, and Leogane.

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This is a Haiti National Palace. It is the official residence of the Haitian president. Following the earthquake, theis place became a symbol of destruction

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This is a picture of the haiti earthquake reconstruction commission in action. In this meeting, the commission is listening and evaluation projects in Haiti to be finance.

the current earthquake reconstruction commission that is co-shared by the former United States President Bill Clinton and former Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive was established following the 2010 earthquake to insure that Haiti reconstruction would be done in an orderly fashion and prevent corruption

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