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The neighbouring Dominican Republic was the first country to give aid to Haiti,[105] sending water, food and heavy-lifting machinery
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The first team to arrive in Port-au-Prince was iCE-SAR from iceland, landing within 24 hours of the earthquake
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A rescue team sent by the Israel Defense Forces' Home Front Command establIshed a fIeld hospItal whIch Included specIalIsed facIlItIes to treat chIldren, the elderly, and women In labour near the UnIted NatIons buIldIng In Port-au-PrInce. It was set up In eIght hours and began operatIons on the evenIng of 16 January
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The InternatIonal Charter on Space and Major DIsasters was actIvated, allowIng satellIte Imagery of affected regIons to be shared wIth rescue and aId organIsatIons
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Rescue efforts began in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, with able-bodied survivors extricating the living and the dead from the rubble of the many buildings which had collapsed
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The supercarrier USS Carl Vinson arrived at maximum possible speed on 15 January with 600,000 emergency food rations, 100,000 ten-litre water containers, and an enhanced wing of 19 helicopters; 130,000 litres of drinking water were transferred to shore on the first day
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The buoy tender USCG Oak and USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51) were on scene by 18 January to assess damage to the port and work to reopen it,[182][183] and by 21 January one pier at the Port-au-Prince seaport was functional, offloading humanitarian aid, and a road had been repaired to make transport into the city easie
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The United Kingdom's Secretary of State for international Development Douglas Alexander called the result of the earthquake an "almost unprecedented level of devastation", and committed the UK to ₤20 million (US$32.7 million) in aid
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Italy announced It would waIve repayment of the €40 mIllIon (US$55.7 mIllIon) It had loaned to HaItI,[142] and the World Bank waIved the country's debt repayments for fIve years