[CCIH-Haiti] Maryland Senator Mikulski proud of CCIH members responding in Haiti

[Sharon Franzén]

The press release below from Maryland’s Senator Barbara Mikulski
(http://mikulski.senate.gov) lauds the efforts of Marylanders to respond to
the Haiti Earthquake. It mentions, in particular, four CCIH member
organizations - Catholic Relief Services, World Relief, IMA World Health and
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) – and specifically mentions
Rick Santos, President of IMA.

 

If you have not had time to do so, I urge you to visit
http://www.ccih.org/members/CCIH_Members_Affiliates_Responding_Haiti_Earthqu
ake.htm, a page on the CCIH website detailing the response to the earthquake
of CCIH members and affiliates – it gets longer every day! 

 

If you belong to a CCIH member or affiliate organization responding in
Haiti, please check to see if your information is included in this list or
needs an update. This includes organizations working in areas not
dramatically damaged by the earthquake but which will also be responding
through activities such as catering to displaced people or sending supplies
or volunteers to the hard-hit areas. Please send your information to
ccih at ccih.org. 

 

To see the Mikulski press release online, go to
http://mikulski.senate.gov/Newsroom/PressReleases/record.cfm?id=321597. 

 


 
<http://insidecharmcity.com/2010/01/21/statement-from-senator-mikulski-on-ma
rylands-contribution-to-relief-efforts-in-haiti/>          Statement from
Senator Mikulski on Maryland’s Contribution to Relief Efforts in Haiti 


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
20-Jan-2010

CONTACT: Press Office
202-228-1122

 


Statement from Senator Mikulski on Maryland’s Contribution to Relief Efforts
in Haiti

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the USNS Comfort took its first patients on board this
morning, U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) issued the following
statement on Maryland’s contribution to international relief efforts in
Haiti:

 

“I am so proud of what Maryland and Marylanders are doing to help save lives
in Haiti. Maryland is home to some of the most well-established and
effective relief organizations in the world. And individual Marylanders – as
well as schools, churches, mosques, synagogues and community groups – are
giving in a big-hearted way.

 

“Whether it’s the taxpayer funded USNS Comfort or a text message to the Red
Cross to contribute $10, Marylanders and people across America are
responding with compassion and generosity. They are donating to get food,
water and medical supplies to Haiti despite tough economic times here at
home. Catholic Relief Services has already received more than $16 million.
Major League Baseball has pledged $1 million.

 

“Maryland and Marylanders are also at the forefront of America’s aid effort.
Just a few days ago the Baltimore-based USNS Comfort left port, steaming its
way down the Bay. This morning it took its first patients on board. More
than 560 Navy doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel, many of them
based at Bethesda Naval Hospital, are staffing the Comfort’s 500 hospital
beds and dozen operating rooms to treat critically injured and ill men,
women and children desperate for care. More than 60 civilian Merchant
Mariners are operating and navigating the Comfort while Navy medical teams
provide the care.

 

“I am so proud of Maryland-based relief agencies – like Catholic Relief
Services, World Relief, IMA World Health, Adventist Development and Relief
Agency, CHF International, and Lutheran World Relief – and the people who
work there. Rick Santos, head of IMA World Health and Silver Spring
resident, spent more than two days trapped in the rubble of a Haitian hotel.
When he arrived home after his ordeal, he asked us to stay mobilized and to
not forget the people of Haiti.

 

“I am so proud of our state and our people. Maryland has answered the call
for help with extraordinary capability, kindness and verve.”

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