Operational Summary:
At this time, JRS is distributing food and non food emergency assistance to 16,000 people at eight locations in Port-au-Prince, and to displaced Haitians at three locations on the Haiti-Dominican border. It is also presently supporting two international surgical teams, providing emergency services to quake survivors. In the United States JRS/USA is collecting cash donations for the relief effort in Haiti, and undertaking advocacy to improve the US and international response to the crisis.