Haiti response round-up
In addition to our round-up of statements and reactions from our partners last night, here’s an update of how our friends are addressing the crisis:
American Jewish World Service:
We are assessing where the gaps in service are and putting a process in place to help specific communities that might not be immediately served otherwise,” said AJWS’s vice president for programs, Aaron Dorfman. “Because of the economic and political situation in Haiti, disasters like this have devastating consequences throughout the country. Our long-standing partnerships with grassroots organizations in Haiti allow us to reach the poorest and most remote populations with the speed necessary to save lives.”
AmeriCares is working with partners on the ground to deliver humanitarian aid and disaster relief. Many local partners are reporting it is difficult to reach staff on the ground near the epicenter of the earthquake.
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee:
As survivors clear rubble, search for loved ones, and mourn the losses that have occurred since yesterday’s massive earthquake in Haiti, Christian Reformed World Relief Committee staff are providing support and preparing plans for long-term aid.
“During a disaster like this, it is hard to see anything positive,” said Ken Little, CRWRC’s Disaster Response Senior Project Manager, “but one strength that we do have is local leaders and community connections who can quickly identify needs and help us distribute aid to those most in need in a timely and effective way.”
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck just outside of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Our country staff is currently assessing the situation.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti is a major tragedy. EDGE is responding with water treatment systems and assistance lead by Bowin Tichenor, EDGE OUTREACH Regional Director in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Episcopal Relief and Development:
In the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake, Episcopal Relief & Development is providing critical emergency funds to Haiti.
A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Haiti, hitting in the highly populated capital of Port-au-Prince. Food for the Hungry Haiti staff members are on the ground and our Emergency Response Unit and nearby Dominican Republic staff are mobilizing to help Haitians in need.
A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12. Habitat for Humanity is working on affordable shelter solutions with low-income families in affected areas.
Watch Lambi Fund Executive Director, Karen Ashmore, respond to news of tonight’s earthquake in Haiti.
A major earthquake hit impoverished Haiti on Tuesday in the capital Port-au-Prince. LWR is currently contacting its partner in Haiti and will be responding.
Oxfam has its emergency response team for Latin America based in Haiti so we are well prepared, with a public health, water and sanitation team in Port-au-Prince ready to respond. We also have emergency supplies in Panama that we are preparing to send in as soon as possible.
A major earthquake centered just 10 miles from Port-au-Prince has devastated sections of the city and knocked out telephone communications throughout the country.
With our hospitals and our highly trained medical staff in place in Haiti, Partners In Health is already mobilizing resources and preparing plans to bring medical assistance and supplies to areas that have been hardest hit. In Boston, our procurement and development teams are already fielding numerous offers of support and making arrangements to deliver resources as quickly as possible to the places where they are needed most.
Dr. Lisbet Hanson, an Ob/Gyn who is in Haiti working with Partners In Health, sent this update to Physicians for Peace last night to report on conditions on the ground:
“Many many thanks for your help. we are fine, trying to work with PIH to help in any way we can. Cange seems fairly calm and no major destruction here, though a lot of panic initially. Patients may be mobilized to Cange and Hinche: There is only one general surgeon and the Haitian ob/gyns are anxious to leave to check on their families in Port au Prince as they have had no contact. Sometime today I will have a better idea of what is happening. Thanks for your prayers and all that you do. I hear the devastation in Port au Prince is huge.
WFP is mobilising all available resources to bring urgently needed food assistance to thousands of people affected by the devastating earthquake which hit the Caribbean island of Haiti on Monday. As well as causing widespread death and destruction, the quake has left thousands of people hungry.
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January 13, 2010 at 1:48 pm
PARTNERS IN HEALTH is the most well-established medical services organization in Haiti already operating emergency field hospitals as well as their network of clinics and Cange Hospital. Make your donation count by supporting almost 100% pass-thru to the strongest and best related medical network in this devastated country. They should already be a ONE Partner for their global work with HIV, Malaria and TB!
http://www.pih.org/inforesources/news/Haiti_Earthquake.html
January 13, 2010 at 10:05 pm
you reap what you sow…….So sayeth the LORD no work, no eat, no live…Good bye Oh, wait a minute, I just heard Our Great president Obama comment that we must help those in need. What about we the people???? Give the Haitian’s rifles and send them off to fight the taliban. that way we get rid of two problems at once….
January 13, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Our hearts and resources are with you tonight (Haiti)..you will not be forgotten.
January 13, 2010 at 10:42 pm
Is there any reason why you don’t make reference to the Red Cross? They are usually my first choice for donations.
Thank you for your comments.
January 13, 2010 at 11:36 pm
I just returned from a community meeting in Mount Vernon Iowa where our hearts encompassed all the people of Haiti and those people assisting in the effort to recover and rebuild.
WE would like to offer to REDO one block of area in a mirror image of ‘our town’ Mount Vernon Iowa …”America’s Coolest Small Town” WE would like to co-create a blueprint of state of the art community design utilizing utopian based systems. WE want to BE a vital part of co-creating and co-designing and transforming the poorest nation in the western hemisphere into the richest nation on the planet.
OUR prayers and meditations are focused on the immediate needs of those in need. OUR contemplative focused attention is on how to best be of service in transforming each and every individual unique miraculous creative genius of Haiti into a system which can best serve ONE another….
Iowa has had an integral part in the economic downward spiral via the importation of Iowa pigs to this small island nation. WE hope we can be forgiven in our past mistakes and hope to be granted an opportunity to be of service using our small towns assets of being ‘Americans Coolest Small Town” …..Education has been our greatest asset. We hope WE ALL can lead the way in co-creating a foundation for the ultimate health and wealth of a nation. Bringing freedom, love and peace to all aspects of the citizens new beginnings.
pelodom.
January 14, 2010 at 12:08 am
Howard, don’t you believe in God? You seem to quote religious words, yet you judge. Isn’t it your God that is supposed to be all loving? Isn’t it so that only God should judge? Please be the good, loving person that your God wants you to be, and hope the best for others.
Melissa, thank you for the webisite! It’s what I was looking for. Any other tips? Why don’t we get an email with trustworthy organizations from One? I’d like a list where I can find organizations to donate to, which cover search/rescue, medical, rebuilding, victim support etc.
Is that possible?
Thanks all!
Ps: I don’t have much, (Paycheck to paycheck)
I’m not sure any of us do anymore, but everything counts!!!! If I cut out my coffee, or the magazine I wanted to get, I can give a little. If we all do, it makes a huge difference!
January 14, 2010 at 12:23 am
Robert; I looooove what you are doing in your town! It’s wonderful to know there are so many good, truly good, caring people in this world, that are empathetic to others’ situations. I wish our world had more people like you and your friends/neighbors & fam!
January 14, 2010 at 7:34 am
January 12, 2010: Around 5 p.m. on Tuesday a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti just outside the capital Port-au-Prince. Information is still being reported, but we know that the damage is extensive. Homes, businesses, roads and a major hospital have been affected. This is the worst earthquake the country has seen in its history.
I witnessed the amazing resources World Care brought forth during Hurricane Katrina and they are doing it again for Haiti!
World Care (http://www.worldcare.org/) will be partnering with several other international organizations delivering emergency relief.
EMERGENCY RELIEF SUPPLIES REQUESTED FOR HAITI’S EARTHQUAKE:
FIRST AID SUPPLIES: Antibiotic creams/ointments, antiseptic wipes, bleach in tablet form, Band-Aids, gauze and tape, first aid kits, gloves.
OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS: Pain relievers, tummy aids, antibiotic creams/ointments, liquid bandage (aka New Skin).
EMERGENCY NEEDS: Flashlights, DRY goods (beans/rice), infant/powder milk, supplemental drinks (i.e. Ensure), gently used of new blankets.
HYGIENE: Toothpaste and brushes, nail clippers, wash/face cloths, non-alcohol or baby shampoos, bar soaps such as Ivory.
Monetary donations are needed towards shipping, purchasing materials in/for the area. Mail checks to:
World Care
3538 East Ellington Place
Tucson, AZ 85713
In memo line put: Tools for ER or Haiti Relief
January 14, 2010 at 9:06 am
I am devastated, not by the earthquake which is a natural event, but by the international response:
-We are assessing the needs, we will send things as soon as we can,… bla bla bla
Nations are flying through space, diving into the oceans, building high towers, yet they need to assess the needs, raise funds and wait to see what can be done. I can not take that! Everybody knows what the population needs and it is not what is done! Where are the planes parachuting water, shovels, food, blankets? Where are the boats bringing army teams to build hospitals and clear roads? Where are the trucks and super machine to reach the remote area? Where are the helicopters?
We are capable of all that, and more, yet we don’t do it, we assess and cry while watching the news. Pathetic… ok, why? Because they are the victims not only of poverty and natural disaster, but also of arrogance and so called “world order”. What’s wrong with us? Apathy!
January 14, 2010 at 9:17 am
If you donate to the Red Cross, the money goes to their general International Relief Fund. If you want to make sure your money makes it to Haiti, goto YELE.ORG or text Yele to 501501 to make a $5 donation.
January 14, 2010 at 12:19 pm
I just stumbled across an article in the Travel Section of the New York Times website about “The 31 Places to Go in 2010″. It proved that the era of indifference and greed that got the world into the current state of economic wreckage and gigantic disparity between those who have and those who don’t have is still flourishing. Looking at the reports of the earthquake in Haiti and knowing the desperate condition of the people in that country (the poorest in the Western Hemisphere) I am moved to suggest that The #1 Place to Go in 2010 should be wherever there are people in need because of poverty and/or traumatic events such as this–going as a volunteer to help these people. Two friends of mine associated with the United Methodist Church New York Conference were in Port Au Prince as volunteers when the quake struck. Although the last word I have is that three representatives of the United Methodist Committee on Relief are not accounted for, my friends were fortunate to survive unhurt. I know that they, and many others, will be in Haiti helping the victims and working to alleviate the poverty there in the coming months (4 such trips were already scheduled through July by the NY Conference even before the quake struck). During the April to July period, my wife and I will be making two similar United Methodist trips from Central Pennsylvania to Bolivia (the second poorest country in the hemisphere and threatened with the disaster of water shortages because global warming is melting the Andean glaciers at an alarming rate). Whether it is Haiti, Bolivia, or any of the other areas of the world where people have critical needs (and whatever your religious affiliation or lack thereof), I urge everyone to forego trips to “The 31 Places” or others like them and instead devote their time and money to helping others–making this “The #1 Place to Go in 2010″.
January 15, 2010 at 9:59 am
Right on, Elina. I hope Howard knows that if earthquake strikes his town, people and resources would be there for him,too; no judgement.