Dear Friend and Reader:
For those in our Planet Waves community interested in providing support to the Haitian earthquake relief effort, we’ve compiled a list of organizations, some of which you will recognize, who are mobilizing now to help.
If you come across other organizations or means to help (Wyclef Jean announced a way to send money through texting on your cell phone last night on CNN), please feel free to post in your comments below.
Partners in Health
Direct Relief International
International Red Cross
OXFAM
Doctors Without Borders
Catholic Relief Services
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Hi Fe- Avaaz is really good. Here’s the lowdown and link:
Based on expert advice from leading humanitarian NGOs who have been working in Haiti for over 30 years, we’ll offer donations to trusted local organizations, including:
Honor and Respect for Bel Air, a big community-based network in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, which is also supported by our friends at the respected Brazilian NGO Viva Rio Coordination Régionale des Organisations de Sud-Est (CROSE), which brings together some of the most active community groups in the South of Haiti where the earthquake struck hardest. These groups include: women’s groups, schools networks and local cooperatives.
In 2008, Avaaz members donated over $2 million for Burmese monks to respond to the devastating Cyclone Nargis. Our money made an incredible difference there — because it went directly to local people on the front lines of the aid effort.
Times of painful tragedy can bring out the best in us by bringing people together. Let’s join with the people of Haiti to help them rescue their communities from this brutal disaster — act now at this link:
Avaaz-Stand with Haiti
Liz x
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Liz – We are now hyperlinked. Great to know this group collaborates with MoveOn here in the states. The virtual global village is a living breathing thing with our best face being our compassion.—fb
Mercy Corps is deploying an emergency team to Haiti.
mercycorps.org
Note: Because Haiti has been in crisis for so many years, many aid agencies, religious organizations, etc., from around the world, have permanent facilities in Haiti and have been impacted by the earthquake, as well.
This provides an added challenge, when staff on the ground may be injured or worse; the available resources lost or damaged, and communications disrupted.
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anomaly:
Great add. I’ve linked it to the site so all folks have to do is click on “mercycorps” to get there. Thank you so much. —fb