Emergency Relief Aid for Haiti
Below are just three of the many ways you can participate in the Haitian relief efforts.
UUSC – The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) is a nonsectarian organization that has been advancing human rights and social justice in the United States and around the world since 1940. UUSC disaster relief efforts focus on those survivors less likely to have access to aid, such as child domestic workers (restaviks), women-headed households that work in the informal sector, and people living with HIV/AIDS.
CARE – CARE is a world leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty around the world. Among other things, CARE delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives. They have been working in Haiti since 1954 have together with CARE’s country office in Haiti have already established collaboration protocols with UNICEF and the World Food Program.
St. Boniface Haiti Foundation – St. Bonaface Haiti Foundation is a non-profit, volunteer organization founded in 1983 by the parishioners of St. Boniface Catholic Church in Quincy, Massachusetts. They are celebrating 25 years of serving the poorest of the poor in rural Haiti. Over the years, efforts has grown from an immunization project to a full-service hospital in Fond des Blancs with over 100 employees, which is the only source of healthcare for a population of 250,000 rural poor over 107 square miles. Many walk 20 miles or more for care and in FY 2007-2008, approximately 50,000 patients were seen. To watch a video documentary created by FCB members based on their work in Fond des Blancs recently, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw_6sHxzmLM
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Many employers will match their employee’s charitable contributions. Please be sure to check with yours to find out if they will make your contribute to the Haitian relief efforts even stronger
