(Community Matters) HelpHaiti –
We wired $250k to Partners in Health (PIH_org) and Concern Worldwide (@Concern & @ ConcernWorld) – they were already making a huge difference in Haiti search & rescue. They’ve been in Haiti for years. LAF and Radio Shack together $250k to PIH too.
@PIH_org: designated by WHO to serve as the coordinators of the public hospital alongside Haitian Ministry of Health. 14 hours ago a plane from Montreal arrived with orthopedic surgeons and medical supplies. Thousands in need of surgery. Founder, Paul Farmer on his way into Haiti, was expected to arrive yesterday.
@ConcernWorld: their worldwide head of emergency services, Dominic Crowley arrived in PaP yesterday with SecState Clinton. Working with Haitian gov’t to set up camps for those who have lost homes. Distributing supplies, setting up water purification
HelpHaiti matches donations 1:1 at http://GiveToAustin.org/HelpHaiti
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