[Haiti] URGENT - Mobilizing CCIH members to respond to the Haiti earthquake disaster

[martinrs at aol.com]

To selected CCIH members, 
Sharon and I have been pondering how a network like ours  in CCIH might 
play a constructive role in responding to the devastating Haiti  earthquake.  
Here are five  ideas.  Please respond to these five  points as appropriate 
for you.  And  feel free to send us other information or ideas that may be 
helpful.   
Ray 
IMMEDIATE COMMUNICATIONS – Some of our members are desperately trying to  
communicate with their colleagues and partners and loved ones in Haiti, but 
the  communications system has been very badly damaged.  If you know any ways 
to get messages  into or out of Haiti, please reply immediately so we can 
share that information  with others. 
ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS - CCIH  has set up a Haiti listserv to facilitate 
information sharing and networking  among Christians who will be working in or 
interested in relief and  rehabilitation in Haiti.  If you want to join the 
listserv, simply send an  email (no text needed in subject line or text 
box) addressed to  
_haiti-join at ccih.org_ (mailto:haiti-join at ccih.org) .  Then you will receive 
an  email requesting you to confirm that you want to join, and you must 
reply as  instructed.  After you join, we  would encourage you to use the 
listserv to request or share information by  sending an email to _Haiti at ccih.org_ 
(mailto:Haiti at ccih.org)   
FUNDRAISING  – Many CCIH members will be engaged in the earthquake 
response, and will welcome  donations toward that purpose.  We’ve also been 
contacted by people who want to contribute, asking for  advice about whom to give 
to.  We  can also be sure there will be disreputable people trying to get 
money.  If your organization will be involved in  Haiti, and would like CCIH to 
publicize your openness to receive donations of  money or anything else, 
please reply listing: 
-       The  name of your organization 
-       Name  and contact information for the cognizant person in your 
organization  (optional) 
-       The  types of assistance you can handle (money, materials, 
volunteers,  etc.) 
-       Information  on how to contribute (online, by phone, by mail, etc.) 
VOLUNTEERING  – Sharon and I are so busy already that there is a limit to 
what additional work  we can take on to support the Haiti effort. If any of 
you as individuals or  organizations would be interested in supporting the 
effort by working with us  and through our network of over 150 organizations 
and several hundred  individuals to help mobilize a response, please let us  
know. 
PRAYER  – In the flurry of our daily activities, even we Christians 
sometimes forget the  power available to us through our supplications to  God.
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