Haiti Relief

From ME To Haiti
01/19/10

WGME 13 is proud to team up with the City of Portland and Konbit Sante for a telethon to raise money for the relief efforts in Haiti. From ME To Haiti begins with live broadcasts from Portland City Hall during Daybreak on Thursday, January 21. There will also be live broadcasts at Noon, Live at Five and News 13 at 6:00. Konbit Sante is a non-profit organization based in Portland that has been working to improve healthcare in Cap-Haitien and northern Haiti for nearly a decade. The organization already has Mainers on the ground in Haiti trying to help with relief efforts. The money raised during Thursday's telethon will go directly to Konbit Sante's efforts in Haiti. You'll hear more on just how great the need is, the great work Konbit Sante has already done, and what the group hopes to do in Haiti with your help. It's a chance to provide desperately needed aid - From ME to Haiti, all day Thursday, only on WGME 13. For more information, head to healthyhaiti.org.

How You Can Help Haiti
01/14/10

Below is a list of organizations and contact numbers if you are interested in donating or helping in relief efforts after the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The U.S. State Department Operations Center said Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti should call 1-888-407-4747. Due to heavy volume, some callers may receive a recording.

Action Against Hunger, 877-777-1420

American Red Cross, 800-733-2767

American Jewish World Service, 212-792-2900

AmeriCares, 800-486-4357

Beyond Borders, 866-424-8403

CARE, 800-521-2273

Catholic Relief Services, 800-736-3467

Childcare Worldwide, 800-553-2328

Direct Relief International, 805-964-4767

Doctors Without Borders, 888-392-0392

Feed My Starving Children, 763-504-2919

Food for the Poor, 800-427-9104

Friends of WFP, 866-929-1694

Haitian Health Foundation, 860-886-4357

Hope for Haiti, 239-434-7183

International Medical Corps, 800-481-4462

International Relief Teams, 619-284-7979

Medical Teams International, 800-959-4325

Meds and Food for Kids, 314-420-1634

Mennonite Central Committee, 888-563-4676

Mercy Corps, 888-256-1900

Operation USA, 800-678-7255

Oxfam, 800-776-9326

Partners in Health, 617-432-5298

The Salvation Army, 800-725-2769

Samaritan's Purse, 828-262-1980

Save the Children, 800-728-3843

UNICEF, 800-367-5437

World Concern, 800-755-5022

World Vision, 888-511-6548

Former Lewiston Man Blog On Devastation In Haiti
01/14/10

http://pwojeespwa.blogspot.com/

Maine Volunteers Helping Haiti
01/14/10

Konbit Sante is a non-profit organization in the Portland area that's been volunteering their time to strengthen Haiti's healthcare system. Help them as they head to the country devastated by an earthquake.
http://www.healthyhaiti.org/

Watch Videos on Haiti Relief

- Via WEAR-TV 3/Pensacola, Florida -

HAITI - It's been nearly 3 weeks since an earthquake destroyed the already-impoverished country of Haiti.

We're continuing to see small towns overrun with people as more and more continue to flee Port-Au-Prince. Some of those towns are getting help, while some worry that others are being left behind.

Sunday morning, the local baptist church in Les Cayes is packed, and so are all the hospitals. Everywhere, there seems to be a sign of the exploding population.

Last week, Pensacola pilot Gene Schmidt was met at the airport with children begging for food, but he only had medical supplies. This time around, he came prepared, or so he thought.

The amount of kids begging on this trip has easily tripled. There weren't enough candy bars to go around.

Bengamin Altama/Haitian Resident: "We have a lot of people right now coming in from Port-Au-Prince."

Bengamin Altama has lived his entire life in Les Cayes. He's never seen anything like this.

Altama: "I say I'm sorry, this town cannot handle this many people because now we are overloaded. So all the people from Port and from other places, they're still now in Les Cayes, it will be hard for us for the future. We cannot handle all those people around here."

And Les Cayes is one of the lucky ones: other towns are also growing, but without as much help.

This airstrip in Port-Au-Piax is developing a reputation as one of the world's most dangerous airports. It's short, the terrain is rough, and it sits in middle of a neighborhood. Those dots you see on the runway are people, just hanging out.

They haven't gotten much in the way of supplies, and that's what worries Bahamas Habitat director Abe McIntyre.

Abraham McIntyre/BahamasHabitat.org: "The hunger creates the animosity, the hunger creates the pain, and the hunger creates the violence, because if people can't eat, they're not rational."

He's organizing general aviation pilots with planes small enough to get into these places, and hopefully help avoid the further unraveling of a country.

McIntyre: "Long term, it's not practical. But it is right now, because there's a need, and we can meet that need."

So far, 70 pilots from all over the U.S. have been a part of the BahamasHabitat.org airlift.

Posted: Wednesday, February 3 2010, 07:42:34 PM