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AAACF
shares our community’s deep concern for the people of Haiti.
If
philanthropy’s mission is to serve the common good, this is
indeed one of those moments.
As daily news reports illustrate the devastation and
desperation in Haiti, we should do our part to support the
immediate rescue and relief aspects of the disaster. The
most urgent need is financial – to support those
organizations who are equipped to provide immediate disaster
relief and medical care.
We encourage you to donate to those organizations that
have experience in disaster relief and an established
presence in Haiti.
Both Network for Good
http://www.networkforgood.org/ and
Guidestar
http://www2.guidestar.org/
provide important information on
nonprofit organizations –
and can help you find those organizations that have the
expertise, capacity, and competence to provide the most
effective and immediate help in Haiti.
Among the organizations equipped to offer immediate
assistance in Haiti - and that also offer daily updates from
Haiti -include:
American Red Cross
A gift
to the American Red Cross International Response Fund will
provide immediate relief and long-term support through
supplies, technical assistance and other support to help
those in need. Please designate your donation to the Haiti
disaster, specifically. Donations can be made via:
CARE
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global
poverty. They deliver emergency aid to survivors of
war and natural disasters, and help people rebuild their
lives. For more information, please visit
http://www.care.org/ .
Doctors
without Borders
Doctors without Borders is an
international medical humanitarian organization working in
more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is
threatened by violence, neglect or catastrophe – as in
Haiti’s earthquake disaster. For more information, please
visit
http://doctorswithoutborders.org/
.
Partners in Health
Partners in Health has been working on
the ground in Haiti for more than 20 years, and is currently
providing medical care to earthquake victims. To find out
more on their relief efforts in Haiti, please visit:
http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti
Among local connections to Haiti -
A local Ann Arbor resident co-founded a Nursing School in
Haiti -Faculty of Nursing
Science of the Episcopal University of Haiti,
which
is located 20 miles west of Port-au-Prince and just 10 miles west of
the earthquake's epicenter. Ann Arbor resident Ruth Barnard,
a University of Michigan associate professor emeritus of
nursing co-founded the school in 2005 with the support of
her church, First Presbyterian Church in Ann Arbor. There
are 127 students currently enrolled. Four men and
twenty-two women have been awarded bachelor of science
degrees in nursing - the first Haitians to earn a four-year
BSN in Haiti.
For more information
about the School please see recent articles in AnnArbor.com:
http://www.annarbor.com/news/fate-of-haitian-nursing-school-with-ann-arbor-ties-uncertain-after-quake/
http://www.annarbor.com/news/national-media-focus-on-haitian-nursing-school-with-ann-arbor-ties/
Professor Barnard
had been directing those interested in supporting the relief
effort in Haiti to the American Red Cross. |
