Nearly 500 people from area Piedmont churches came together for a unique mobile food packaging event.
Recently in Earthquake Relief Category July 24 2010 photo shows a view of Camp Corail, located about 20 miles (32km) from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Refugees living in unsanitary conditions alongside the roads, are packing up their belongings and moving to this site set up by the UN. The rains and winds expected to Haiti could exacerbate the already precarious situation of displaced persons camps.
 A summer storm ripped through tents and sent solar-powered streetlights crashing down at the government's primary relocation camp for people left homeless by the January earthquake.Pictured: A boy walks in front of a structure that collapsed due to heavy rain at the Corail refugee camp, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Monday, July 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)  The United States military announced the end of major relief operations in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly five months after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. Through September, officials said, 500 National Guard troops will be engaged in humanitarian assistance projects in rural Haiti. SOURCE: Reuters  Canadian Red Cross workers will likely stay in Haiti for about 10 years to help with recovery and reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of the January earthquake that killed close to 300,000 people.
 Haitian people are rising above the forced homelessness, insatiable hunger and ever-rising unemployment, unleashed by the devastating earthquake of Jan 12, as a number of faith based organizations work in and around Port-au-Prince to assist those impacted by the crisis.
 Dominican merengue star Juan Luis Guerra and Spanish singer Miguel Bose are among the artists performing at a Haiti-relief concert in the neighboring Dominican Republic.
 As rainy season approaches, emergency shelter, healthcare most critical needs for survivors Children "extremely vulnerable" in post-disaster setting
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