Some headed to Chile for spring break
Students from Chile are going home to help, but no groups are traveling to Haiti or Chile.
Tag Archive for: earthquake
Charity should not depend on death tolls
Two major earthquakes have devastated Haiti and Chile in the last two months. Thousands have died and many more displaced with destruction overtaking the respective countries. One country was better equipped than the other for these natural disasters, but both quakes have left residents with a lack of resources necessary for survival — raising the […]
Students studying in Chile safe after 8.8-magnitude quake
Power outages from the earthquake made communication difficult.
Keck surgeons assist relief effort in Haiti
A team of Keck surgical doctors and nurses is helping by performing surgery in Port-au-Prince.
Students, faculty find ways to help Haiti
Volunteers used technological skills to help the relief effort as part of CrisisCamp, held Sunday.
Charity can’t be a special occasion
Last week, Haiti experienced a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, followed by incessantly large aftershocks. The prime minister of Haiti says more than 70,000 deaths have been recorded, with early estimates placing the death toll above 200,000 people. To put that into perspective, the death toll from Hurricane Katrina was 1,836. […]
Great ShakeOut drill returns to USC
Second annual event adds equipment and volunteers to deal with earthquake fires.