SEATTLE - Mercy Corps is sending a team of emergency response experts to Haiti to assess needs and coordinate relief efforts after a major earthquake rocked the Caribbean island nation on Tuesday. The international relief agency, based here in the Northwest, has extensive quake experience from its operations in China and Peru. Caitlin Carlson, communications officer for Mercy Corps, says they already know the most immediate needs will be food, clean water, sanitation services and shelter. "People are afraid to go back into their homes. " (contd.)  Podcast and entire story available: http://www.newsservice.org/index.php

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