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Haiti relief – how to get involved

January 13th, 2010

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In light of the tragic earthquake, MuchMusic would like to point out some ways in which you can get involved to help out those suffering in Haiti.

Here are some websites to visit:

Canadian:

Free The Children – click here to donate!

The Canadian Red Cross – provide emergency assistance for evacuation, rescue efforts, shelter and first aid.

International Rescue Committee – THEIRC.ORG

Unicef Canada – unicef.ca

Plan Canada – plancanada.ca

Save The Children – savethechildren.ca

Care Canada – care.ca

The Humanitarian Coalition – humanitariancoalition.ca

Oxfam – rushing in teams from around the region to respond to the situation where our assistance is most needed.

UNICEF – providing basic family water kits, ”School-in-a-Box” kit containing basic education supplies for 80 children during times of crisis and emergency health kits with medical supplies and drugs.

Yele Haiti – established by musician Wyclef Jean to inspire change through programs in education, sports, the arts and environment.

Save The Children – provide medical attention and clean water to children and families.

International Medical Corps – a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonprofit organization, is deploying an emergency response team to Haiti.

Stillerstrong – Ben Stiller’s charity, which is temporarily diverting all donations to support the Haiti relief effort.

World Vision – distributing emergency supplies to those affected by the earthquake.

Partners In Health – setting up a temporary field hospital and needs supplies, pain meds and bandages

Doctors Without Borders – lost all three hospitals in Haiti; donate to support their work helping people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe.

Salvation Army Canada – sending $100,000 in aid, plus started a fundraising campaign.

Direct Relief – committing up to $1 million in aid for the response.

Artists For Peace and Justice – founded by Oscar winning director Paul Haggis, gives assistance to the slums of Haiti.

The Humanitarian Coalition – made up of Care/Oxfam Canada/Oxfam Quebec/Save the Children, it provides relief for those devastated by the earthquake.

Mennonite Central Committee – has been working in Haiti since 1928 in agriculture, reforestation, justice, health and AIDS work. MCC is responding with emergency relief supplies and will be there for the long term in reconstruction and trauma support and other work to be determined.

Baptist Haiti Mission – operating an 82-bed hospital that is “overflowing with injured.”

CARE – CARE is deploying emergency team members to Port-au-Prince today to assist in recovery efforts. They’re focusing their efforts on rescuing children who may still be trapped in schools that collapsed.

International Rescue Committee – deploying an emergency response team to Haiti to deliver urgent assistance to earthquake survivors and to help overwhelmed local aid groups struggling to meet the immense emergency needs. They will focus on critical medical, water and sanitation assistance.

NetHope – coordinating its response with its NGO member agencies and with the UN’s Emergency Telecom Cluster to establish connectivity in Haiti. Seventeen of NetHope’s members are already providing aid and deploying resources on the ground.

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