EICanada has been actively working in Haiti in partnership with the Oeuvre Evangelique Baptist Bethesda ( OEBB ) fellowship of churches since 1978 . In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake on 12 January 2010 , EICanada 's in-country representatives went right to work distributing relief supplies and assisting with the search and rescue efforts . Within days of the earthquake , an emergency response team was able to be sent from EICanada , under the leadership of the International Director . This emergency response team helped to network and distribute various relief supplies , including food , water and medicine , to 15,000 people at the OEBB 's 10 community centres . EICanada also partnered with ShelterBox , who provided 30 tents to the OEBB , supplying 150 people with desperately needed shelter . An additional 600 tents and tarpaulins were sourced from the Dominican Republic , which were used for sheltering families and providing classroom space for needy schoolchildren . Other EICanada teams were sent to Haiti over the next few months as the relief and rehabilitation efforts continued . During the immediate aftermath of the earthquake , EICanada 's donor family responded generously to the urgent need in Haiti , raising funds and donating numerous in-kind gifts of food , water , aid , supplies and medicine for the organization 's relief and rehabilitation program
earthquake on 12 January 2010
2010 Haiti earthquake
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