https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk Red Cross, UNICEF, Trump Administration en-us 2017-10-09 16:16:49 UTC 2025-04-06 12:08:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195294554 - An agency that responds to disasters, most commonly hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes
- Disaster relief focuses on emergency disaster-caused needs]]> 2017-10-09 16:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195294554 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195638367 - 300,000 workers provided shelter, assessment, and communication
- Served 68 million snacks/meals]]> 2017-10-10 15:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195638367 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195639646 - 200,000 deaths and 2 million displaced
- Red Cross raised $484 million for relief, but Haiti never saw the money]]> 2017-10-10 15:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195639646 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195647394 - the United Nations Children's Fund
- Created in 1946 to aid children in countries devastated by WWII
- Relies on government contributions and private donors (government provides about 2/3)]]> 2017-10-10 15:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195647394 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195650528 - Congress approved $15 billion for relief post-Harvey, some of which will go to Puerto Rico
- Not certain how much Puerto Rico needs (conservative estimate: $30 billion)]]> 2017-10-10 15:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195650528 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195654275 - FEMA got about half of Congress' $15 billion
- FEMA goes directly to areas of disasters - reimburse local government spending on food, water, shelter for citizens
- Can provide temporary financial relief/temporary housing for those who lost their homes
- Can approve $33,000 loans for individuals/families but most get around $6,000
- No loans have been approved for Hurricane Maria 
- San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz told CNN that FEMA wasn't providing acceptable generators to hospitals]]> 2017-10-10 15:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195654275 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195659302 2017-10-10 15:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195659302 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195659779 - U.S. sent hospital ship USS Comfort to Puerto Rico on September 26 (same day as tweet to the right)
- http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/26/politics/us-military-response-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria/index.html
- Trump administration has received backlash over slow response time to the disaster
- Trump tweeted more about NFL controversy than about Puerto Rico during time of disaster
- On October 12, Trump tweeted that keeping relief efforts in Puerto Rico is unsustainable 
- Also said that Puerto Rico needs to shoulder more responsibility for recovery efforts
- Blamed PR for financial crisis, saying it was "largely of their own making" 
- At the time of the tweets, 85% of Puerto Rico was still without electricity
- On Oct 22, Senator Chuck Schumer called on President Trump to appoint a disaster relief coordinator, saying that the situation "demands new action"
- Majority of active-duty troops in PR returned to the US Nov 21, reducing the number from around 2,000 to 100
- Remaining troops will focus on supply distribution and power restoration]]> 2017-10-10 15:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195659779 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195663470 2017-10-10 15:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/195663470 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/196408408 2017-10-12 13:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/196408408 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/196414838 2017-10-12 13:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/196414838 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/196852429 https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/american-red-cross-controversy-where-do-donations-go-1037065283717]]> 2017-10-13 15:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/196852429 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/196855077 "saves and protects the world's most vulnerable children, working to ensure child rights and providing health care, immunizations, nutrition, access to safe water and sanitation services, basic education, protection and emergency relief"]]> 2017-10-13 15:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/196855077 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/196856579 12 October: construct new bathrooms in Rohingya camps to provide sanitation coverage for more than 250,000 people in Bangladesh to prevent a major disease outbreak
Contributing financial and technical aid for the Rohingya camps]]> 2017-10-13 15:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/196856579 19johnsonj2 https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/196860327 2017-10-13 15:28:46 UTC https://padlet.com/19johnsonj2/d6hxyjstd9uk/wish/196860327