2010 Earthquake in Haiti

"We are really looking forward to critical partnerships around the globe in support of the Government of Haiti and the people of Haiti as they go about defining what their future should look like." --State Department Counselor Mills, Feb. 2, 2010

Date: 01/26/2010 Description: A member of the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response Team looks on as humanitarian relief supplies from Puerto Rico arrive in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. © Chris Lussie / U.S. Navy Date: 01/21/2010 Description: A displaced Haitian receives emergency food aid in an operation led by USAID, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. © U.S. Air Force/Prentice ColterDate: 01/19/2010 Description: The first of 53 Haitian orphans, whose orphanage was destroyed by last week's massive earthquake, is carried off an Air Force plane at Pittsburgh International Airport in Pennsylvania. © AP Image

WELFARE AND WHEREABOUTS
To Ask For or Provide Information About U.S. Citizens in Haiti
Email the Task Force at Haiti-Earthquake@State.Gov 
OR
From the U.S. or Canada, call 888-407-4747. 
Outside the U.S. and Canada, call 202-501-4444. 

For U.S. Citizens in Haiti Seeking Assistance or Reporting Their Status/Whereabouts
Call the Embassy's Consular Task Force at 509-2229-8942, 509-2229-8089, 509-2229-8322, or 509-2229-8672.
OR
Email the Embassy at ACSPaP@state.gov.

For All Nationalities and Locations
Use the Person Finder to find and share information about foreign citizens in Haiti.

When contacting any of the numbers or using the emails above, please include the following information:

  • The full name, date of birth and passport information (if known) of the persons in Haiti you are trying to contact.
  • Their contact information in Haiti;  telephone numbers, email address, hotel name or address (if known)
  • Your name and contact information, and your relationship to the person in Haiti (parent, spouse, friend etc.)
  • Any special or emergency circumstances.

 

The Task Force in Washington, DC, and the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince will work together to locate and, if needed, provide assistance to U.S. citizens in Haiti. We will respond to each message as soon as possible.  If you hear from the person you are concerned about, please be sure to send us an email providing the new information about their location or condition. You can also use the Person Finder below as an additional resource.

This Person Finder can be used by anyone looking for or having information about a foreign citizen in Haiti.

 

HOW TO HELP: DONATIONS AND ASSISTANCE

Anyone wishing to donate or provide assistance in Haiti following the devastating earthquake should visit USAID’s Help for Haiti website, where there are hundreds of critical needs posted by nonprofits working in Haiti.

If you are able to donate large quantities of products, please visit www.aidmatrix.org/haiti and click in-kind donations to see a list of items needed by those organizations working in Haiti. You can receive further guidance by sending a message to helphaiti@state.gov, which will immediately send an auto-response providing detailed information on ways to respond. More information»

Citizens/Vendors
If you are a private party interested in providing services for pay to the U.S. Government, please visit FedBizOpps.gov.

Other ways to help:

  • text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the American Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill;
  • contact the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund-a joint fundraising effort for Haiti earthquake relief led by former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

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