Natural Disaster's, such as the earthquake in Haiti, create a need for non profit organizations and their spending of donations stimulates the economy. Within hours of the quake, the canadian government and agencies began what has been a significant humanitarian response to Haiti by providing aid in the following areas:
$5 million for urgent humanitarian needs.
$60 million to the UN appeal to fund essential necessities and basic services provided on the ground by UN agencies.
$11.5 million to support critical relief efforts by Canadian NGOs.
$8.5 million to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' (IFRC) appeal for the provision of humanitarian assistance. The IFRC is helping to meet emergency needs of some 300,000 affected people.
The Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund – Between January 12 and February 12, 2010, the Government of Canada will match eligible charitable donations made by individual Canadians to support relief in Haiti. As of February 12, more than $128 million had been raised to date through the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund.
All of this funding is paid to other agencies within the economy for their supplies or services related to the relief effort. For more information on how the government uses NFP's to help relieve Haiti please check the following link:
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After doing more information, the Canadian government is not the only government that has been helping out Haiti. Not only did the states helped out but surprisingly enough Dominican helped as well. For example, from the Dominican Republican alone, based on online accounts from the news media there, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez was the first national leader to visit Haiti after the earthquake and met with Haitian President Rene Preval to agree on an “immediate response” plan. The Dominican Republic immediately sent in 49 rescue workers, including heavy equipment for removing the rubble.
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