What organizations need volunteers to provide earthquake aid in Haiti?
I am interested in going to Haiti to help. What organizations need volunteers? Does anyone have resources? Everything I’ve seen is asking for funds, but I have time, energy, and skill to donate.
Thanks in advance.
I helped with money that population. There is a link of the organizations here
http://moneyandwinners.blogspot.com/2010/01/help-haiti-victims-earthquake.html
where you can send money or you can contact them to be active with your personal physical help.
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February 5th, 2010 at 4:21 am
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February 5th, 2010 at 4:39 am
I go to a haitian church that has ties to Haiti. Since this morning they’ve been working like nothing you can believe to get anything and everything together to help out…including their website to take funds. Anyway, if you want to try to see how you could help us out, go to our church’s website and go to the contact page and see if you can get in touch with someone.
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egliserenaissance.org
February 5th, 2010 at 4:58 am
redcross is not taking volunteers, check out idealist.com i believe they are taking some on a limited basis.
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February 5th, 2010 at 5:41 am
I think of Haiti with the same respecti they’ve given the U.S..Oldest self-governed Negro republic is completely dependent on US handouts even without earthquakes.
In the 1700’s what is now Haiti was called the “Jewel of the Caribbean,” and supplied about 40% of the world’s sugar.
In 1791 the government of France passed legislation to phase out slavery in its Caribbean colonies and grant the former Negro slaves citizenship. Rather than becoming citizens, Haiti’s Negro population mass murdered all whites and Mulattoes who could not flee the Island in time. In 1804 only full blooded Negros remained and Haiti became the first Negro ruled nation. The Haitian revolution dominated America’s debate over slavery. While both the north and the south agreed that slavery should be ended, southerners and a large percentage of northerners universally opposed having a large population of freed slaves living in their midst. The Haitian “Revolution” was fresh in every one’s mind.
Flash forward to 1915. The “Jewel of the Caribbean” is now a desolate cesspool, that is exporting almost no sugar. The United States decides to “take up the white man’s burden” and send the US Marine Corps to rebuild Haiti’s infrastructure and feed it’s starving population.
The United States gave huge amounts of money to Haiti and over-saw the building of 1,000 miles of road, telephone lines, modernized its port, and helped Haiti to start exporting sugar once again. The US also put an end to the thousands of bandits along Haiti’s border with the Dominican Republic. The US left in 1934 at the request of the then stabilized and very ungrateful Haitian government.
Haiti immediately sank straight back into total desolation strife. In 1973 the United State once again began playing a huge role in Haiti, giving the Island huge sums of money in handouts each year.
In 1994 the Clinton administration once again sent the US military to Haiti to rebuild the Island’s infrastructure.
In 1995 the Peace Corps went to Haiti in large numbers to train the Haitians in job skills. The US government spent almost one Billion providing food and job training to the Haitians between 95 and 99.
So when Obama says that Haiti has our “full, unwavering, support,” they have already had our full support since 1915.
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http://cofcc.org/2010/01/oldest-self-governed-negro-republic-is-completely-dependent-on-us-handouts-even-without-earthquakes/
February 5th, 2010 at 6:02 am
I helped with money that population. There is a link of the organizations here
http://moneyandwinners.blogspot.com/2010/01/help-haiti-victims-earthquake.html
where you can send money or you can contact them to be active with your personal physical help.
References :
http://moneyandwinners.blogspot.com/2010/01/help-haiti-victims-earthquake.html
February 5th, 2010 at 6:07 am
The country is in chaos right now. Only if you have tangible skills that can be used there right now (engineering, medical skills) should you volunteer. Sending money right now to reputable organizations like Doctors without Borders or Partners in Health is the best way to support the people of Haiti unless you have real tangible skills. Unfortunately, enthusiastic volunteers get in the way of the professionals and can become a liability if there isn’t good planning. If you do have the skills to volunteer, get in touch with the Red Cross. If you can speak Kreyol, they have a real need for family reunification people.
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I’m an aid worker.