The Birmingham Friends Meeting suggests contacting the following organizations for those who wish to support the relief effort in Haiti.
Partners in Health http://pih.org
PIH has been working on the ground in Haiti for over 20 years. We urgently need your support to help those affected by the recent earthquake. PIH has been designated the health services coordinator for Port-au-Prince
The American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org
You can help the victims of countless crises, like the recent earthquake in Haiti, around the world each year by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross International Response Fund, which will provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need. The American Red Cross honors donor intent. If you wish to designate your donation to a specific disaster, please do so at the time of your donation by mailing your donation with the designation to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013 or to your local American Red Cross chapter. Donations to the International Response Fund can be made by phone at 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or online at http://www.redcross.org
Doctors Without Borders (Medecines Sans Frontieres) http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Haiti: More than 2,000 patients have been treated so far at MSF locations, and patients are pouring in. MSF teams are doing their best in terms of administering first aid, but surgery needs are huge. Major impediment have to do with blockages at the airport, challenges to moving people and freight quickly, and damage to pre-existing facilities.
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund: Help for Haiti http://www.whitehouse.gov
Click on "Learn what you can do"
American Friends Service Committee http://www.afsc.org
You can support AFSC in general, or Haiti programs specifically through the website. The magnitude of the disaster prompted AFSC to immediately release $50,000 for the purchase of supplies for emergency medical stations, shelter, and other needs of survivors suffering from burns, amputations, and other serious injuries. In this first phase of response, AFSC is partnering with Handicap International in these efforts. As soon as it is logistically feasible AFSC will begin to identify additional pockets of need that are not being met by other providers. After the initial emergency phase, as resources are available, AFSC will commit our energy and resources to longer term reconstruction, recovery and healing.
Mennonite Central Committee: http://www.mcc.org
AKRON, Pa. – As Haiti’s estimated death toll soars and images of utter devastation pour across television screens, Mennonite Central Committee
(MCC) workers are on the ground in Haiti.
MCC released an initial $100,000 (U.S.) or $103,420 (Cdn.) on Wednesday for immediate relief. Ron Flaming, director of International Programs, anticipates a multimillion dollar response over a number of years, focusing on rebuilding. MCC is appealing for donations to fund these efforts. The need for trauma care is a given, considering the overwhelming loss of life and the experience of being in a large earthquake, he said. MCC has experience providing trauma care in many places around the world, including Haiti, as recently as 2008 when the island was hit by four hurricanes in one year.MCC workers in Haiti include nine people from Colombia, the Netherlands and the United States; seven Haitian program staff members; and additional support staff. All program staff located in Port-au-Prince, the capital, are accounted for. Although the communications infrastructure in Haiti has been disrupted, staff members were able to send messages via the U.S. embassy and some on blogs.MCC’s work in Haiti over the past years has focused on reforestation and environmental education, human rights and advocacy for food security.
Donations to MCC’s response in Haiti are welcome. They should be designated Haiti Earthquake. Donations can be made
* Online at http://www.mcc.org
* By telephone toll free – 1-888-622-6337 (Canada) or 1-888-563-4676 (U.S.)
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