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We at The Peace Alliance stand together in support of the people of Haiti. Our hearts go out to everyone in Haiti and all their loved ones around the world. There is so much suffering on our planet and people who are in need of help, yet the earthquake devastation in Haiti is particularly heartbreaking.
We have heard from quite a few people asking what they can do to help. Below is a list with many organizations who are already on the ground in Haiti. If you feel so moved, please make a contribution to one of these or your favorite charity.
While there are many good organizations you can support, we are directly familiar with the following two. These groups do long-term sustainable development and conflict resolution work (both have people on the ground in Haiti helping with this crisis).
Mercy
Corps
Mercy Corps works almost exclusively in
high-risk conflict and post-conflict environments, implementing innovative
conflict resolution and peacebuilding programs which will be essential to Haiti
both now and moving forward. They
are working specifically to deliver rapid, lifesaving aid to hard-hit
communities in Haiti.
Grameen
Haiti
For years, Grameen
Foundation has been using microfinance and technology to help Haitians move
themselves out of poverty. Grameen
is working to help
the nation recover from this recent disaster and will continue, as hard as
it may be to imagine, to help their local partners build a Haiti that is more
prosperous than pre-earthquake conditions.
The following organizations (listed alphabetically) already have teams in place in Haiti to
assess the damage and provide the emergency medical care, food, clean
water and shelter that people need.
American Red Cross
You
can text "Haiti" to 90999 to make a $10 donation to the American Red
Cross, call 1-800-REDCROSS or donate directly at the link above.
CARE
Donate online above or call 1-800-521-CARE from the U.S. or +1-404-681-2552 from outside the U.S.
Children's Hunger Relief Fund
Donate directly above or call 1-888-781-1585 from the U.S. or +1-707-528-8000 from outside the U.S.
Clinton Foundation
Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres
Visit this link to donate from outside the U.S.
International Medical Corps
International Rescue Committee
Donate directly above or call 1-877-REFUGEE
Mercy Corps
Donate directly above or call 1-888-256-1900
Oxfam
If you are outside of the U.S., you can find the direct link to donate through your Oxfam affiliate here.
Partners in Health
Donate online through the link above, or donate by mail by sending a check with "Haiti Earthquake Relief" in the memo line to:
Partners In Health
P.O. Box 845578
Boston, MA 02284-5578
Rainbow Fund : LGBT community's
emergency response, working with CARE. Donate online and
specify "Haiti". Donate by check at: Rainbow World Fund, 4111 - 18th
Street, Suite 5, San Francisco, CA 94114.
Rotary
Save the Children
Donate directly above or make checks out to "Save the Children" and send to:
Save the Children Income Processing Department
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
UNICEF USA
Donate directly above or call 1-800-4UNICEF. Canadians can donate directly to UNICEF Canada.
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