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HAITI RELIEF EFFORT INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

As with any disaster, donors are asked to give money instead of material items. The Center for International Disaster Information offers the following explanation for why cash donations are the most effective way to help:

Financial contributions allow professional relief organizations to purchase exactly what is most urgently needed by disaster victims and to pay for the transportation necessary to distribute those supplies. Unlike in-kind donations, cash donations entail no transportation cost. In addition, cash donations allow relief supplies to be purchased at locations as near to the disaster site as possible. Supplies, particularly food, can almost always be purchased locally - even in famine situations. This approach has the triple advantage of stimulating local economies (providing employment, generating cash flow), ensuring that supplies arrive as quickly as possible and reducing transport and storage costs. Cash contributions to established legitimate relief agencies are always considerably more beneficial than the donation of commodities.

WAYS TO DONATE

CASH CONTRIBUTIONS:

American Red Cross National Headquarters: www.redcross.org
AmeriCares: www.americares.org
Bethesda Evangelical Mission, Meriden, CT: www.bemhaiti.org
(203) 668-6435
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund: clintonbushhaitifund.org
Connecticut Haitian American Organization, Wethersfield, CT: www.ctforhaiti.org (866)244-0798
Doctors Without Borders: www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Haitian American Catholic Center, Stamford, CT:
(203) 406-0343
InterAction: www.interaction.org/crisis-list/earthqauke-haiti
International Rescue Committee: www.theirc.org
OxFam International: www.oxfam.org
Partners in Health: http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti
Save the Children: www.savethechildren.org

MATERIAL GOODS DONATIONS:

Haitian agencies in Connecticut accepting donations:

Bethesda Evangelical Mission, Meriden, CT: www.bemhaiti.org: (203) 668-6435 – check website for items needed and drop off locations.
Connecticut Haitian American Organization, Wethersfield, CT: www.ctforhaiti.org: (866)244-0798 – check website for items needed and drop off locations.

HAITIAN ADOPTION INFORMATION:

For more information and resources on adopting in Haiti, see U.S. Dept. of State, Office of Children's Issues: Intercountry Adoption.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE SITUATION, GENERAL DISASTER INFORMATION, LOCATING MISSING PERSONS, AND VOLUNTEER RESOURCES:

Center for International Disaster Information: www.cidi.org
The White House: Haiti Earthquake Relief: http://www.whitehouse.gov/haitiearthquake_embed

GENERAL INFORMATION LINKS:

For more 2-1-1 information on recommendations for providing aid in times of disasters, see, “Humanitarian Aid in Times of Disaster”
Information on Coping with Traumatic Events can be found at, The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention website:http://www.bt.cdc.gov/masscasualties/copingpub.asp

TO FIND ADDITIONAL PROVIDERS THAT ASSIST WITH DISASTERS, SEE CONNECTICUT'S COMMUNITY RESOURCE DATABASE:

Search by service name: Disaster Related Monetary Fund Management

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CONTENT LAST REVIEWED: February2012

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