Attachments
Note: The last fact sheet was dated March 8, 2010.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
- On March 9, members of USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) accompanied U.S. Ambassador Paul E. Simons on a brief site visit to Concepción city in most-affected Maule Region. Additional USAID/DART members traveled between Cauquenes, Pelluhue, and Curanipe cities in Maule Region, where the team conducted assessments of humanitarian conditions and observed the work of field staff, particularly the ongoing training of local laborers in the construction of temporary shelters.
- On March 9, a USAID/OFDA-funded U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS) unit arrived in Chile. The EMEDS unit, composed of a 63-person medical team, six tents, and medical equipment and supplies to treat up to 3,000 patients, will be placed in Angol town in La Araucanía Region-where the earthquake severely damaged a local hospital. A USAID/DART member is also traveling to Angol to serve as a liaison with Chilean and U.S. military personnel.