Haitian Earthquake Relief Effort

Medical Volunteers

calverta — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:43:19 +0000

The American Red Cross is not recruiting medical volunteers for the Haiti response. Visit www.cidi.org to register your desire to be a medical volunteer and/or find organizations are recruiting for medical volunteers.

For future reference, if you would like to become a medical volunteer for the American Red Cross for domestic disasters, please contact your local Red Cross chapter. Please go to our homepage, www.redcross.org and enter your zip code on the far right side of the homepage.

Donate Air Miles

calverta — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:40:45 +0000

You can donate air miles to the Air Care Alliance (http://www.aircareall.org) toward flight provisions for people who are adopting Haitian children.

Information on Orphans in Haiti

calverta — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:04:17 +0000

For information regarding on adopting orphans from Haiti please click here.

The American Red Cross Responds

calverta — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:01:04 +0000

A Relief Emergency Response Unit (ERU) made up of five American Red Cross specialists is being deployed to manage the distribution of relief items to earthquake survivors. An additional disaster specialist is en route to Haiti to support disaster assessments as part of a team from the International Federation. The American Red Cross has made available all relief supplies stored at it warehouse in Panama. These include blankets, kitchen sets, and water containers to meet the immediate needs of up to 5,000 families.

Assessments are ongoing and if needed, the American Red Cross is prepared to mobilize additional support, including relief supplies, trained personnel or additional financial assistance.

Contact Info

calverta — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:21:04 +0000

People trying to locate U.S. citizens living or traveling in Haiti should contact the U.S. Department of State, Office of Overseas Citizens Services, at 1-888-407-4747 or (202) 647-5225.

Please Donate

calverta — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:21:09 +0000

Please visit this link to make an online donation to the American Red Cross’s Haitian Relief Effort.

Thank you.

Breaking News

wcrceditor — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:18:59 +0000

New Web Site Launched to help families reconnect

ICRC is helping reconnect separated families in Haiti through a special web site which enables people in Haiti and outside the country to search for and register the names of relatives missing since the earthquake. In the first twenty-four hours, more than 6,000 people have been registered

Text to Help

Donors can text “Haiti” to 90999 on their cell phone to send a $10 donation to support Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. The mobile giving effort raised more than $3 million by Thursday morning, and all money raised goes to support Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.

For the Latest News on the Disaster Efforts in Haiti visit redcross.org

“Earthquake in Haiti” photographs are on our Flickr page.

Haiti Earthquakes

calverta — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:10:15 +0000

Two days ago, a series of earthquakes ranging from magnitude 6.5 to 7.3 began to strike Haiti in the highly populated area of Department Ouest, 10 miles southeast of Port-au-Prince. Aftershocks continue. The damage from the earthquake has been tremendous.