JUNE 2010 marks 6 months since a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the island nation of Haiti…While the recovery process has begun, devastation in Port-au- Prince, and many areas beyond, remains without precedent. As many as 3 million people were affected by the quake, 1 million left homeless, 300,000 injured, and over 220,000 killed. Before the quake, estimates were that as much as 50% of Haiti’s population lived on less than $1 a day. Temporary shelters are still housing hundreds of thousands who have been left homeless in Port-au-Prince and beyond. As the summer hurricane season arrives, long-term housing and sanitation solutions are at the forefront of concerns. Operation USA responded rapidly to the disaster, shipping emergency aid within days of the earthquake. Over $5.5 million in donated medical, energy, food and shelter supplies have been sent to Haiti to date.