Help is coming: Aid from outside agencies and countries will be crucial. Many have already stepped up and promised to help.
* Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres will be deploying additional staff to help at severely damaged medical facilities.
* UNICEF will provide supplies to allow access to adequate sanitation, safe water and basic health care.
* The State Department has also set up a help line (888-407-4747) for those seeking information about family and loved ones in Haiti. Due to high call volume, callers may hear a recording.
* A 50-member Chinese rescue team is ready to depart for quake-hit Haiti Wednesday.
* France is sending 65 clearing specialists, rescue dogs and a team of medical personnel.
* The Red Cross has directed $200,000 for immediate assistance.
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