by TCRN Staff The generosity of the Costa Rican community has once again shown itself. The national campaign to aid those affected by the Haitian earthquakes has received 10 tons of food, medicine, water and over $430,000 via the Red Cross of Costa Rica. The goods were collected and packaged by the national youth commission [...]
by TCRN Staff The third earthquake above 5.0-magnitude in the past two days, struck Costa Rica on Saturday morning however the quake and volcano observation center reported no casualties or damage. The quake hit at about 8:43 a.m. local time (1443 GMT) on Saturday on the Pacific coast in southern Costa Rica. The quake was [...]
by TCRN Staff Rescuers from around the world searched yesterday for survivors in the wreckage of the earthquake which struck Haiti on Tuesday, as American troops began to distribute food and water among the population. Despite the large amount of aid being sent to Haiti in food and rescue groups, the infrastructure of the small [...]
by TCRN Staff The earthquake that devastated Haiti on Tuesday threatens to disrupt the process of recovery that had begun years ago in the impoverished country, experts fear. “It is not only unprecedented destruction. The quake abruptly halted a good start,” lamented Bob Perito, coordinator of programs from the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). “There [...]
by TCRN Staff The Haitian capital was transformed into a giant cemetery after the quake that the government says will have caused over 100,000 deaths. Hundreds of thousands of people spent a second night outdoors, without water or electricity because of the 7.0 earthquake on Tuesday that destroyed the largest city in the America’s poorest [...]
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