The American Red Cross today issued a three-month progress report on its efforts in Haiti since the Jan. 12 earthquake and describing its plans to support Haiti’s recovery over the next three to five years by investing in shelter, water, sanitation, livelihoods, disaster preparedness and health programs.

“While the crisis in Haiti is far from over, you can see many signs of progress, with roads cleared, vendors lining sidewalks and Haitians walking down the streets of Port-au-Prince with a sense of purpose and even an occasional smile,” said Gail McGovern, president and CEO with the American Red Cross.

Since the Jan. 12 earthquake, Red Cross and Red Crescent teams from 40 nations, including the American Red Cross, have overcome many hurdles to meet the emergency needs of approximately two million especially vulnerable people.

In the past three months, the global Red Cross network has:

• Handed out tarps, tents and toolkits to nearly 373,000 people — 93 percent of its original target.

• Provided relief items for 400,000 people.

• Distributed 60 million liters of clean drinking water.

• Built more than 1,300 latrines.

• Treated more than 86,000 people at Red Cross hospitals or mobile clinics.

• Helped vaccinate more than 152,000 people against deadly diseases.

• Coordinated the shipment of more than 2,100 units of blood to medical facilities.

• Registered more than 28,400 people with missing loved ones on its family linking Web site.