Thursday, January 14, 2010

Links to Legitimate Organizations looking for Donations

Partners in Health: http://www.pih.org/who/partners.html
-Partners in Health was started in Haiti in 1987 in the Central Plateau. It has since spread to other sites throughout the country, and also does work in Lesotho, Malawi, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, the US, Guatemala, and Mexico. (Paul Farmer is one of the founders).

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent: http://www.ifrc.org/
-While the Red Cross is not accepting applications for volunteers to travel to Haiti, they are looking for Creole speakers for phone banks. If anyone speaks Creole, get in touch with the Red Cross! Here is the direct link to the volunteer page:

http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.d8aaecf214c576bf971e4cfe43181aa0/?vgnextoid=7bf51a53f1c37110VgnVCM1000003481a10aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default

Yele Haiti: http://www.yele.org/
(This is Wyclef's organization.)

U.N.I.C.E.F: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/haiti_52423.html

CARE: http://www.care.org/

The International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee is currently accepting donations for relief efforts in Haiti. In addition to working in refugee camps throughout the world, the IRC helps refugees in the US by providing ESL classes, employment training, job placement, and with housing.

They are also always looking for volunteers to teach their ESL classes, as well as people who speak multiple languages to help families with their transition and move to the US.



Here is also a link to an interesting debate on the New York Times regarding relief:

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/the-help-that-haiti-needs/?ref=americas

As I hear of more organizations, I will share them.

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