The ICRC continues to search for the families of children separated from them by the earthquake, while continuing its traditional activities, such as visting detainees, renovating drinking water infrastructure in Cité Soleil (a poor area of Port-au-Prince) and supporting victims of violence.

Haiti earthquake: the ICRC's response

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In Haiti, since 12 January 2010, the ICRC has:

• traced the families of 142 children who had become separated from their parents following the earthquake and the missing children of some 121 families. 17 children were reunited with their families and in 56 other cases family links were re-established. The ICRC worked closely with the Haitian National Red Cross Society to achieve these results;
• distributed more than 300 tonnes of food and basic necessities to more than 30,000 earthquake victims and at 10 orphanages and schools in Port-au-Prince;
• provided medicines and equipment for 15 medical facilities and 14 medical centres opened by the Haitian National Red Cross Society in Port-au-Prince and Petit-Goâve immediately after the earthquake;
• provided support for four medical posts run by the Haitian Red Cross in Cité Soleil and Martissant; 5,648 wounded or sick people received treatment and 751 serious cases were evacuated to hospital;
• continued repairs to the Cité Soleil water system, which had been affected by the earthquake, for the benefit of more than 200,000 people;
• made 75 visits to 32 prisons and police stations, seeing more than 5,000 detainees;
• supported the efforts of the prison authorities to repair prison infrastructure and manage the prison health service.