[Haiti] Responding to the Haiti Earthquake - Additional Organizations

Thu Jan 14 16:36:31 EST 2010

UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) 

http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor 

Working with partners, Action by Churches Together, Church World Service,
Global Medic and the Methodist Church, UMCOR is channeling its resources to
respond effectively to the people most in need.

Gifts to support UMCOR's Haiti Relief efforts can be made to Haiti
Emergency, UMCOR Advance #418325 at
http://secure.gbgm-umc.org/donations/umcor/donate.cfm?code=418325
<http://secure.gbgm-umc.org/donations/umcor/donate.cfm?code=418325&id=301876
0> &id=3018760.  Checks can be made to UMCOR with Advance #418325 Haiti
Emergency in the memo line. Checks can be put in the church's offering plate
or mailed to UMCOR, PO Box 9068, New York, NY 10087

100% of gifts made to this advance will go to help the people of Haiti.

UMCOR Sager Brown is coordinating a shipment of health kits to provide
individuals with basic necessities. Instructions for assembling and shipping
health kits are available at
http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/getconnected/supplies/health-kit/.

Please pray for all of the people affected by the earthquake in Haiti. Thank
you for your faithful support for all of God’s children.

There will be a great need for volunteers to help rebuild once the initial
crisis has settled. At this time, it is not safe or possible for volunteers
to go to Haiti. In order to frame a response that is consistent with the
churches’ needs, people wishing to volunteer should contact their
jurisdictional Volunteer in Mission coordinator to determine when and how to
appropriately respond.

Sawyer Products

Sawyer is offering to match donations of water filters through specific
organizations. Click here
<http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001rZH4ueSUQhgyDV0R_ec3D1iJsrw
N61P6GzffqfeRCPUYAJ2lTdJTvcnozixw7eOfBpanTqJzcXZxaZ38L2q-_YCQ8PzhpeTIWN8tZjS
PRyc7j_-B_qFl9G9QrviRJNrjaxWkFbB_eL5aM1C9IYfNQA%3D%3D> for information on
how to do this.  To add organizations to the list, contact  Amy Reid at
amy at sawyer.com. 

For more information about Sawyer water filters visit
www.pointonefilter.com.

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)/United Church of Christ

http://globalministries.org/news/lac/haiti-earthquake-what-we.html

Gifts for emergency relief can be made through One Great Hour of Sharing,
Week of Compassion or directly through Global Ministries with the
designation "Haiti Emergency." You can follow the links below: 

UCC
http://globalministries.org/images/m_images/arrow.pngOGHS Haiti Earthquake
Appeal
<https://secure3.convio.net/ucc/site/Donation2?df_id=1234&1234.donation=form
1> 
http://globalministries.org/images/m_images/arrow.pngOGHS
<http://www.ucc.org/disaster/major-earthquake-strikes.html>  Haiti
Earthquake Updates

Disciples
http://globalministries.org/images/m_images/arrow.pngWoC
<https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=6566>  Haiti Earthquake
Appeal
http://globalministries.org/images/m_images/arrow.pngWoC Haiti
<http://www.weekofcompassion.org/updates/>  Earthquake Updates

New Life International

http://waterfortheworld.com

New Life International has 55 disaster purifier systems ($2,500.00 ea) boxed
up and waiting to be sponsored and sent out to Haiti either with the
sponsoring agency or with disaster relief teams that have contacted us
looking for sponsored purifiers to take water purifiers to Haiti. 

They also have 35 regular systems boxed ($1,000.00 ea) and ready to be
sponsored and shipped.  We have the capability to assembling another 100 if
the need and sponsorship is there.

Anyone interested in sponsoring a water system or donating to New Life can
visit the website at http://waterfortheworld.com/haiti  or you can call the
New Life office at 812-752-7474. If you have trouble getting through, please
feel free to contact Terry Bivens-Fry on her cell phone at 812-989-2820.

Catholic Medical Mission Board

http://www.cmmb.org

Catholic Medical Mission Board is receiving donations to help victims of the
Haiti earthquake. 

Monetary contributions can be made by sending checks, payable to CMMB-Haiti,
to CMMB, 10 West 17th Street, New York City, New York 10011, or by calling 1
800 678 5659.  Pledges can also be made via the CMMB website, where an ad
appears, cmmb.org, or by a direct web link:  http://support.cmmb.org/Haiti.

Donated medicines and medical supplies are also being accepted by CMMB.  To
make these donations, please contact Kathy Tebbett, at 1 212 242 7757.

Available spokespeople:

Dr. Dianne Jean-Francois, CMMB Country Director, Email availability in Haiti
– 

djfrancois11 at yahoo.com; no telephone availability

Jeff Jordan, CMMB Senior Vice President for Programs, Telephone:  011 260
976744016 or Email:  jjordan at cmmb.org

Barbara Wright, CMMB Director of Communications, Telephone:  1 212 609 2593,
1 917 734 5317 (mobile) or Email:  bwright at cmmb.org  

Presbyterian Church (USA)

http://www.pcusa.org  

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is responding to this earthquake through
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and its partners. Presbyterian World
Mission is gathering information on the safety and status of our mission
personnel and ecumenical partners in the area. For updates on the earthquake
and the church’s response, please continue to visit
http://www.pcusa.org/pda. What are needed most right now are funds for
medical equipment, water, food, and shelter. 

Donations for Haiti:
http://www.pcusa.org/give/online/projectSelectAction.do?numberString=DR00006
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International Medical Relief

http://www.imrhq.org 

International Medical Relief is currently mobilizing medical relief teams to
go into Haiti to respond to the

earthquake devastation. We need your help. We are a member of the
International Disaster Response Network currently setting up our
infrastructure in Haiti. If you would like to help our efforts here is how:

TO APPLY AS A VOLUNTEER RESPONDER:

Are interested in joining in this effort? We will be rotating medical and
nonmedical relief volunteers into the area on an ongoing basis. A limited
number of participants will be able to be selected based on our capabilities
on the ground. To volunteer, contact us at marylou at imrhq.org to request an
application. Here, you will get your name or your group added to our list of
potential volunteers. Please provide us with as much information as you can
about you or your group. After getting the application, complete it and
email us back your COMPLETED application. Applications will be accepted once
all of the required information is provided. All volunteers - medical and
nonmedical are required to complete the application. Volunteers will be
required to provide a donation of $100 for their participation to go toward
ground transportation and fees associated with the team on the ground. The
donation will vary depending on the number of days that a volunteer will be
participating. Your participation is not guaranteed until your application
is received, reviewed and you are accepted to participate.

DONATING TO HAITI

If you are able to donate to our Disaster Relief efforts please fill out the
attached form or contact marylou at imrhq.org; we guarantee that 100 percent of
your funds will go toward this cause. Thank you for your consideration to
help save lives in Haiti.

ActionAid USA

http://www.actionaidusa.org 

ActionAid responded within hours of the earthquake hitting. Our
international emergencies team mobilized immediately and experienced members
should reach our local staff in the next few hours. They will support our
Haiti staff in accessing and distributing emergency supplies and performing
short- and medium-term needs assessment with our partners and the
authorities.

When emergencies occur, ActionAid responds efficiently and effectively in
the short term through our Strategic Crisis Fund
(https://actionaidusa.org/do/donate/haitian_relief_alert_web) which allows
immediate disbursement of funds for rapid or slow-onset humanitarian
response, such as providing medicines, food and shelter to people in need.

ActionAid has been in Haiti since 1996, working with over 30,000 people. We
urgently need your help to save lives in the short term, while we also
assist Haitians to rebuild their lives.

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Sharon Franzén

Director of Communications and Conferences

Christian Connections for International Health

1817 Rupert St, McLean, VA 22101

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individuals working in international health.

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