On the Today Show this morning, newly confirmed USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah discussed the US’s response to the disastrous earthquake in Haiti and what the public can do to help. You can read more about USAID’s efforts here.
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January 13, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Please consider supporting Partners In Health, who are already operating emergency field hospital and have the most established medical services organization in Haiti. Perhaps they should become a ONE partner for their tireless efforts in fighting HIV, Malaria and TB in many countries, first established in Haiti and currently directed by Ophelia Dahl. http://www.pih.org/home.html Dollars donated directly to established clinics go to work more quickly and more efficiently (almost 100% pass-thru and can be marked exclusively for Haiti Relief).
January 13, 2010 at 2:00 pm
The World Food Programme was already in country and gathering all available resources to deliver food to the recently homeless and impoverished in Haiti.
Read more about the emergency efforts underway here:
http://www.wfp.org/stories/haiti-wfp-bring-food-devastating-quake
January 14, 2010 at 10:44 am
For those wanting to give through a church organization, United Methodist Committee on Relief is an excellent one. They are already on the ground in Haiti because they work with the churches that are already there. All administrative costs are paid for by other means so that 100% of gifts go to the intended recipients. Their facebook page is: http://www.facebook.com/UMCOR
January 14, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Is there a chance now to have the Haitian Government address this child slavery problem in Haiti.
There are an estimated 300,000 child slaves in Haiti according to UNICEF. This staggering statistic is discussed in E. Benjamin Skinner’s “A Crime So Monstrous,” a new book about the enormous and often underreported problem of modern day slavery
January 14, 2010 at 2:21 pm
H A I T I – E a r t h q u a k e:
• At 1:05 am UK time on Wednesday 13th January 2010, it was reported to us that at 6:37 pm EST, the NBC Brian Williams Show had reported an earthquake measuring 7:0 on the Richter Scale at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This location serves as a main junction box to undersea transmission cables from the United States mainly to Latin America and African destinations, although some cables go through Port-au-Prince to Europe, we understand.
This was an operation put together under criminal President Clinton, after CIA-instigated instability had resulted in the departure of the Haitian ruler du jour, enabling ‘peacemaker’ Jimmy Carter to be parachuted in to ‘patch things up’ – under cover of which operation the transmission cables and junction box system was installed for Latin American money transfers. It has long been reported to us, and we have publicised this information in our journal The Latin American Times, that Haiti is a key staging point for drug shipments, and represents an operation ‘handled’ by Al Gore.
• Florida-based sources informed us in the early morning of Wednesday 13th January 2010 that earthquakes have not, in their long experience, previously been reported from Haiti. Furthermore, such a strong earthquake would have been felt and registered in the United States itself. The initial impression following this report was that an induced earthquake centred on Port-au-Prince might have been intended to disrupt mandated Settlements payments this week. While discussing this matter with the Florida parties, the Editor’s line was disconnected.
•On further consideration, however, US sources advised the Editor at about 1:15 am UK time on Wednesday 13th January 2010 that it was rather more likely that if this was an induced ‘earthquake incident’, its purpose would have been to PREVENT the stealing and diversion of the Settlement transfers to corrupt recipient central banks and institutions in Latin America (and Africa, such as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe). In other words, the ‘incident’ was aimed at ensuring that the monies were not stolen and diverted while in transit through Haiti (which is what has been happening, and why this god-forsaken location was set up for the purpose).
• A US TV News programme aired on the evening of Tuesday 12th January 2010 suddenly revealed the existence of an airport having very long runways in Illinois called Mid America Airport located close to Scott Air Force Base, operative since 1997 (Clinton) which, to this day, receives precisely one flight a week – from Colombia. Maintaining this airport costs the local county $7.0 million per annum. Quite why the existence of this airport that handles just one flight a week – from drug-trafficking Colombia – was suddenly revealed at this juncture,
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More at … http://www.worldreports.org/news
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Why d you think Obama now wants to send Bush & Clinton to HAITI ???????
October 22, 2010 at 8:04 am
What is happening in Haiti reminds many natural disasters that happened in my country (Indonesia). Instructions for emergency response for countries that are in natural disaster-prone zones like Haiti and Indonesia is required. So as to minimize casualties.