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LIST OF NGO'S
Action Against Hunger | ACF-International has mobilized an emergency response following the earthquake in Haiti. The organization is rushing to provide clean water for survivors in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas and deliver emergency services in nutrition, sanitation and hygiene. ACF is filling more than 20 large bladder tanks with clean water each day in affected areas of Port-au-Prince and Leogane; distributing high-protein biscuits and hygiene kits to thousands of vulnerable families in displacement camps; establishing emergency shelter for pregnant and lactating women; and providing urgent nutrition, medical, water, and sanitation support in Gonaives health centers, which have experienced an influx of patients since the quake.
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ActionAid urgently requests donations in support of relief efforts delivered by its dedicated response and operations team in Haiti, where they are focused on providing psychosocial support, protection and access to clean water, food, sanitation and shelter. ActionAid Haiti was the first agency to visit the town of Marianni and distribute food and medicine to many of the 9,000 who have been made homeless. The scale of devastation completely overwhelms all available resources. Yet in the midst of the catastrophe, ActionAid’s Haiti representative Jude Jean Baptiste says, “I feel really proud of my country. People are working together to help one another.”
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ADRA has more than $1 million in aid, personnel and assets on the ground in Haiti and continues to meet the immediate needs of survivors by distributing over 1 million meals and providing more than 200,000 people a day with clean drinking water. Daily, ADRA’s inflatable clinics provide treatment for more than 1,000 people. ADRA is also providing temporary shelter materials, hygiene kits, and tens of thousands of pounds of medical equipment and supplies to support local hospitals. ADRA’s presence continues to grow as personnel arrive from ADRA offices around the world. ADRA is committed to the rebuilding of Haiti’s future and is establishing groundwork for long-term development. To donate, go to www.adra.org/haiti or call 1.800.424.2372.
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AME-SADA is currently assessing the situation in Haiti and will provide humanitarian relief and care on site through our system of local clinics and micro credit operations.
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Air Serv International is coordinating and assisting with small aircraft and crews for immediate deployment in support of the Haiti earthquake response. Charter flights to/from Haiti for people and supplies, dedicated aircraft for short term or open ended in-country use.
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America’s Development Foundation (ADF) emergency response team is working on the ground in Haiti in cooperation with Haiti's non-governmental organizations (NGOs) providing critically needed resources to earthquake victims. ADF has more than 25 years experience working throughout Haiti. ADF utilizes all donated resources for emergency operations including the provision of food, water, medical supplies, and temporary shelter to desperate local communities. ADF recovery plans include reconstruction of orphanages, schools, health clinics and hospitals. Donations can be made via Google checkout at www.youtube.com/adfusa or by check to America's Development Foundation, 101 North Union St., Suite 200, Alexandria, Virginia 22314
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The American Friends Service Committee is working with partners to deliver food in three neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, while assessing possibilities for ongoing recovery work. Our staff on the ground is coordinating work with partners and preparing the infrastructure for long-term work in Port-au-Prince. AFSC’s first assessment team returned from Haiti on February 1, after visiting feeding sites in neighborhood shelters, meeting with Haitian community leaders and other groups. AFSC also has provided funds for emergency shelter supplies and shipping medical equipment to mobile medical teams.
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In response to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, JDC is collecting funds to aid relief efforts for victims on a non-sectarian basis. JDC has moved swiftly to coordinate relief efforts with its network of Israeli, American, and other local partners on the ground, focusing on the provision of critical food, water, and medical aid to local residents.
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Concern Worldwide has been working in Haiti for 16 years with over 100 staff. Our immediate emergency relief response includes daily distributions of food, water, and medical supplies; providing urgently needed tents and other shelter materials to displaced families; providing emergency health services in 10 outpatient centers to screen and treat children for severe malnutrition, and give supplementary food and counseling to mothers and pregnant women. We are also building temporary latrines; establishing education programs and offering psychosocial support for children living in temporary camps; and setting up cash-for-work programs to provide urgently needed income and stability to women and other vulnerable earthquake survivors.
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Counterpart International is coordinating an immediate lift of pharmaceuticals valued at over $500,000, including anesthetics, antibiotics, and other essential medications. Counterpart is also currently preparing shipments of hygiene supplies, first aid kits, basic supplies for infants, and food stocks. As these supplies arrive, Counterpart will work with on the ground partners to distribute these items and begin the process of long term recovery.
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The organization announced it will commit up to $1 million in aid for the response and is coordinating with its other in-country partners and colleague organizations. Emergency aid is being offered to all our partners in Haiti to support their response to the quake. Two shipping containers of medical material aid were scheduled to arrive yesterday in Port-au-Prince. The 40-foot and 20-foot containers, containing over $420,000 of essential medicines, supplies, and nutritionals, were destined for St. Damien Children’s Hospital. The hospital is one of three local facilities in Haiti with which Direct Relief has partnered in its Emergency Pre-Positioning Program.
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Episcopal Relief & Development has reached out to its Haitian partners in an effort to determine the extent of the damage and coordinate a swift response. The agency has disbursed emergency relief funds to the Diocese of Haiti to help them meet immediate needs such as providing food, shelter and water, and stands ready to support their ongoing recovery as they rebuild their ministries. Updates will be available at www.er-d.org as more information becomes available.
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FH is concentrating its work in Siloe, Bellevue la Montagne, Kenscoff and Aux Cadets, (with a total population of around 100,000) working closely with international and local NGOs, including MEI and Baptist Haiti Mission. In addition to the previous GIK listed, FH has also purchased 600 water filtration systems for distribution. FH is in the process of coordinating food aid and NFI distribution to target areas, as well as medical supplies to hospitals and clinics. Program setup and implementation for trauma recovery (including protection and psycho-social care), cash-for-work and hygiene education are being developed. FH also has a 16 member medical team on the ground providing assistance to local hospitals.
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ACTED has a long term presence in Haiti, with a Capital office in Port au Prince and four field offices, a team of 6 international staff and 100 national staff implementing emergency and developpement activities throughout the country. For the current earthquake crisis, the organization is launching a primary emergency response targeting most affected areas of Port au Prince and neighbouring areas, focused on Water and sanitation, Food assistance, Emergency shelter, Health and Protection of most vulnerable community members, women and children. The Agency has already secured a donation of 1,000 shelter kits from Shelterbox, which will be distributed in the soonest delays. Please don't hesitate to go to our website: www.acted.org
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Despite massive logistical challenges since the earthquake struck, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has delivered 2.6 million rations, the equivalent of nearly 8 million meals, to nearly 400,000 people. WFP aims to reach 100,000 people each day as the operation scales up. The agency has targeted orphanages and hospitals in recent days in order to reach the most vulnerable as a matter of priority. Security remains a major concern, particularly in and around Port au Prince and a lack of security escorts can significantly hinder food relief efforts. This is one of the most complex operations WFP has ever launched. Haiti’s entire supply chain infrastructure has been devastated, and WFP’s operation has been launched from scratch.
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Giving Children Hope has air freighted 47,000 pounds of disaster relief to Haiti in partnership with Virgin America. Efforts have also included sending $1 million worth of pharmaceuticals to help with infection and disease. GCHope sent two teams that have hand-delivered over 1,000 pounds of aid. These teams helped with distribution and administer aid to a refugee camp and several orphanages in the country. GCHope partnered with World Emergency relief by providing them medical supplies and food for their Haiti relief efforts. Future efforts include sending more pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, and containers of rice and beans.
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Global Links is working with national and international health authorities to identify short-term and long-term needs for medical materials in response to the disaster. Global Links is collaborating with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and other partners to develop a long-term recovery and medical assistance program that will be set in motion after more immediate needs for water, food, shelter, and sanitation have been met. Global Links has a 19 year relationship with PAHO/WHO and have been collaborating with them in disaster recovery efforts in Cuba since October of 2008, and in ongoing aid in Haiti and throughout the hemisphere.
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Habitat for Humanity has set a goal of providing housing solutions to 50,000 earthquake-affected families in Haiti—about a quarter of a million people—over the next five years. In the initial stage, the organization is providing emergency shelter kits to 10,000 households. An aggressive building program is planned to include transitional shelter and construction of small core houses. Habitat will implement its recovery project through Habitat Resource Centers that provide technical assistance and support to restoration of the construction sector as well as direct housing production. Habitat has worked in Haiti for 26 years.
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Three weeks after the earthquake hit Haiti, Handicap International’s growing team continues to provide emergency aid to those affected, particularly amputees, of whom there are now more than 2,000, according to our estimates. We are also preparing a long-term response, including the production and fitting of temporary artificial limbs and later, permanent prostheses. We are still distributing humanitarian aid with the 45 World Food Program trucks we manage and another 10 trucks from the Dominican Republic. The World Health Organization has appointed Handicap International and CBM (Christian Blind Mission) to lead a sub-group on disability that will coordinate assistance for Haitians suffering from traumatic injuries leading to disability.
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Hands On Disaster Response (HODR) has launched Project Leogane, to assist the devastated community of Leogane, Haiti, which estimates indicate has been 90% destroyed by the earthquake. Over the next six months HODR will coordinate volunteers to provide ‘hands on’ response and recovery assistance to affected residents, in collaboration with the community and local government. HODR is one of the few organizations that coordinates spontaneous volunteers following natural disasters, providing a platform for interested individuals, groups and companies to plug into the recovery efforts. HODR is accepting donations to support these efforts. For more information and to get involved, please visit www.HODR.org.
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Heart to Heart International is sending medical aid and medical volunteers in support of local relief efforts surrounding the major earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010.
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Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights has sent a team of staff and volunteers to Haiti to establish long-term services for survivors of last week’s devastating earthquake. Our initial assessment will allow critical time for mobilizing resources that will be desperately needed once emergency rescue efforts wane. With our expertise in community-based health care, mental health, and trauma recovery, Heartland Alliance plans to provide long-term mental health services to first-responder relief workers (local and international); to Haitian communities experiencing severe destruction; to Haitian children with severe trauma; and to internally displaced populations experiencing trauma.
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Heifer International is working with its in-country team in Haiti to assess conditions on the ground and to plan and prepare a program of rehabilitative work with current partner project families as well as implementation of Heifer’s core livestock, agricultural core sustainability programming to help rebuild, long term, peoples lives and livelihoods. Heifer has worked in Haiti for more than 10 years and currently works with more than 16,000 families in Haiti, providing gifts of livestock, seeds, trees and training, to help them become self-reliant.
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HelpAge USA has launched a Haiti Emergency Response Fund to assist the 800,000 older people who are the most at-risk during a disaster of this magnitude. At this point, operations are focused primarily on search and rescue, followed by the provision of food, water, shelter, and medical attention. Older people in Haiti face specific challenges in this situation, including those arising from a lack of mobility, special medical concerns, and marginalization and exclusion from resources. HelpAge International is the only relief organization focusing specifically on the needs and contributions of older people in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti.
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Holt International has a child care center 40 miles north of Port-au-Prince as well as a family preservation program for more than 100 families. Holt staff in Haiti are assessing the needs of children and families in our programs and expecting to provide additional support to additional families who have been affected by the tragedy in Haiti. Funds are needed for additional supplies and resources to maintain the child care center and the anticipated influx of children and families.
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While the immediate and critical needs of the people of Haiti are met following the catastrophic earthquake, Humane Society International has offered to send veterinary experts to vaccinate, treat injuries and rescue animals affected by the disaster. Animals are an intrinsic part of the lives of millions of Haitians – both those animals on whom they depend for livelihood and those who provide comfort and emotional support. Dead and displaced animals will pose a threat to the people of Haiti and could threaten the long-term survival of its agricultural community. Addressing this need is a critical component of the disaster response.
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iMMAP has received initial funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support CDC and United Nations response and coordination activities in Haiti. iMMAP has deployed a team of disaster response experts at the request of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and CDC. Additional funding support is needed to enable iMMAP to continue its current activities in Haiti, as well as to enable the organization to follow on with support for Persons with Disabilities (PWD).
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IRD has mobilized an emergency response team to Haiti in response to the earthquake in Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas. IRD will focus on the provision of emergency commodities, such as water, sanitation kits, hygiene kits, and shelter materials.
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On Saturday, Jan 16th, International Relief Teams (IRT) deployed its initial emergency medical team, consisting of 4 ER physicians and 1 ER nurse, which arrived in the Dominican Republic on Sunday. On Monday, Jan 18th, the team will travel via ground transport to the border town of Jimani, where they plan to assess the medical situation at the border, and then on to Port-au-Prince tomorrow. In addition to deploying future medical teams, IRT is making arrangements with suppliers to provide substantial material aid to earthquake victims.
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The International Rescue Committee has deployed a team of veteran first responders to deliver urgent assistance in Haiti. The IRC has started working with partners to set up healing, recreational, interim education and family tracing programs for children and provide them with food and water. We'll also repair, re-equip and re-supply health clinics run by local partners and restore clean water and sanitation at the centers. We are initiating programs to protect women and girls from sexual violence and respond to needs of survivors. A "cash for work" program is also being launched aimed at clearing rubble, making repairs and giving Haitians money to buy needed items.
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Islamic Relief USA has launched a $1 million appeal for the victims of the quake, and is coordinating a massive shipment of much-needed aid to the island nation.
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At this time, JRS is distributing food and non food emergency assistance to 16,000 people at eight locations in Port-au-Prince, and to displaced Haitians at three locations on the Haiti-Dominican border. It is also presently supporting two international surgical teams, providing emergency services to quake survivors. In the United States JRS/USA is collecting cash donations for the relief effort in Haiti, and undertaking advocacy to improve the US and international response to the crisis.
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Life for Relief and Development started mobilizing to send aid to Haiti immediately after the earthquake occurred. Life plans to provide food, water, temporary shelter, hygiene kits and medical aid to aid victims in the earthquake affected areas of Haiti.
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LWR has committed $2.25 million for relief and development efforts, and is working with partners on the ground to provide food, water, sanitation and shelter both in the capital of Port-au-Prince and in rural communities affected by mass migration. In addition to significant financial support, LWR has committed 1,600 health kits, 11,500 quilts and 1,500 layettes, material resources valued at nearly $500,000. LWR is also implementing a long term response with a focus on agricultural rehabilitation and rural livelihoods, and has dispatched a team to coordinate with our partners on the ground. For more information or to donate please see www.lwr.org/haiti.
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For over 30 years, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) has been working in Haiti to help it improve the health of the Haitian people. MSH has three projects in Haiti: the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS); the Leadership, Management and Sustainability (LMS) program; and, the Santé pour le Développement et la Stabilité d'Haïti project (SDSH). The SCMS dedicated staff in Haiti provided immediate care to victims and are distributing kits of medicines and other medical supplies from existing stock in the project warehouse to 16 hospitals and 14 clinical sites in Port-au-Prince.
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MAP International has 40+ years of experience providing essential medicine and medical supplies to Haiti. Over $2 million-worth is already on its way to Haiti, as is MAP’s Director of International Medical Resources. Through its extensive network of partnerships on the ground and relationships with major pharmaceutical companies, MAP plans to ship five sea containers with 20 pallets of supplies over the next two weeks and another 10 over the next six months. MAP seeks donations in the form of cash and medical GIK.
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Merlin is responding to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti — the worst quake in Haiti’s history. Merlin’s emergency response team is on the ground and working with Haitians and other international agencies to meet the most urgent needs: water, sanitation, shelter, disease prevention and restoration of basic health services. The main elements of Merlin’s Haiti emergency response are: distribution of aid materials and equipment, support to local health staff, and training community members to help protect public health. Merlin is calling on the public to provide support in our relief efforts.
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Medical Teams International has sent more than 60 volunteer medical professionals to work in the areas of Leogane, Carrefour & Port-au-Prince in Haiti. To date, our volunteer teams have treated more than 10,000 people & conducted more than 50 mobile medical clinics. We have airlifted and shipped in medicines and supplies valued at $3.5 million. In the coming months, Medical Teams International will work to prevent and treat disease in the temporary shelter camps ensuring that people receiving medical care from our teams also have access to clean water, sanitation, shelter and proper nutrition. Contributions are accepted online at www.medicalteams.org or through 800.959.HEAL (4325).
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Mercy Corps has begun Cash-for-Work programs in neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. The program will employ upwards of 7,000 quake survivors to clear rubble, clean wells and more to help improve the city’s damaged infrastructure. They will receive a daily wage which will help jump-start the economy while engaging Haitians in their own recovery. Mercy Corps is addressing water and sanitation issues as well as distributing shelter materials to displaced families in makeshift camps and will distribute food to those camps in the coming days. The agency also began the Comfort for Kids program to help Haitian children overcome the emotional trauma of the earthquake.
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