<P> While the vast majority of casualties were Haitian civilians, the dead included aid workers, embassy staff, foreign tourists--and a number of public figures, including Archbishop of Port - au - Prince Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot, aid worker Zilda Arns and officials in the Haitian government, including opposition leader Michel "Micha" Gaillard . Also killed were a number of well - known Haitian musicians and sports figures, including thirty members of the Fédération Haïtienne de Football . At least 85 United Nations personnel working with MINUSTAH were killed, among them the Mission Chief, Hédi Annabi, his deputy, Luiz Carlos da Costa, and police commissioner Douglas Coates . Around 200 guests were killed in the collapse of the Hôtel Montana in Port - au - Prince . </P> <P> On 31 May 2011, an unreleased draft report based on a survey commissioned by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) challenged the Haiti earthquake death toll and several damage estimates . The unpublished report put the death toll between 46,000 and 85,000 and put the number of displaced persons at 895,000, of which only 375,000 remained in temporary shelters . The unreleased report, which compiled its figures from a door - to - door survey, was done by a Washington consulting firm, LTL Strategies . A US State Department spokesperson said the report had inconsistencies and would not be released until they were resolved . As of January 2012, USAID has not released the report and states at its website that 1.5 million people were displaced, of which 550,000 remain without permanent shelter . The most reliable academic estimate of the number of earthquake casualties in Haiti (over 95% were in the immediate Port - au - Prince area) "within six weeks of the earthquake" appears to be the 160,000 estimate in a 2010 University of Michigan study . </P> <P> Appeals for humanitarian aid were issued by many aid organizations, the United Nations and president René Préval . Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the United States, and his nephew, singer Wyclef Jean, who was called upon by Préval to become a "roving ambassador" for Haiti, also pleaded for aid and donations . Images and testimonials circulating after the earthquake across the internet and through social media helped to intensify the reaction of global engagement . </P> <P> Many countries responded to the appeals and launched fund - raising efforts, as well as sending search and rescue teams . The neighbouring Dominican Republic was the first country to give aid to Haiti, sending water, food and heavy - lifting machinery . The hospitals in the Dominican Republic were made available; a combined effort of the Airports Department (DA), together with the Dominican Naval Auxiliaries, the UN and other parties formed the Dominican - Haitian Aerial Support Bridge, making the main Dominican airports available for support operations to Haiti . The Dominican website FlyDominicanRepublic.com made available to the internet, daily updates on airport information and news from the operations center on the Dominican side . The Dominican emergency team assisted more than 2,000 injured people, while the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) helped with the restoration of some telephone services . The Dominican Red Cross coordinated early medical relief in conjunction with the International Red Cross . The government sent eight mobile medical units along with 36 doctors including orthopaedic specialists, traumatologists, anaesthetists, and surgeons . In addition, 39 trucks carrying canned food were dispatched, along with 10 mobile kitchens and 110 cooks capable of producing 100,000 meals per day . </P>

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