Updates and Volunteer Opportunities

News Updates, January 20th, 2010:

Here is an article from the BBC with more information on today's aftershock and the relief efforts:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8469800.stm

Hope for Haiti Telethon:

On Friday, January 22nd, George Clooney will host a commercial free telethon event. Wyclef will be broadcasting from NYC, and Anderson Cooper will be broadcasting from Haiti. Oprah's site (I know...) has more info. For 48 hours, you can also download Rihanna's rendition of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" and/or Maxwell's "Fistful of Tears." Proceeds will benefit Hope for Haiti Now.

http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Help-the-Victims-in-Haiti

IMPACT YOUR WORLD:

Here is an updated, comprehensive list of organizations involved in the relief efforts, broken down into the following categories:

-Providing Basic Needs

-Providing Shelter

-Providing Medical Aid

-Providing Food and Water

-Agencies accepting international currencies.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/impact/

Many people have been asking about service trips to Haiti. Organizations are mainly seeking medical professionals at the moment. An influx of untrained volunteers will place even greater strain on resources that are already scarce, such as food, water, shelter, etc; however, the site posted above does include organizations that are accepting applications for volunteers. Keep them in mind for the future! They also include places for you to volunteer your time in your community, working packaging centers and phone banks.

The following comes from cnn.com. The link is posted above:

TAKE ACTION: VOLUNTEER
You can make a difference by offering your time. Several Haiti relief organizations are seeking volunteer assistance, especially those with prior disaster relief experience, those with Medical Training and those fluent in French and Haitian Creole. These organizations are accepting all applications:
• Center for International Disaster Information accepts applications for all types of volunteers. This database is then provided to agencies that are working in the disaster location. - CIDI Volunteer Hotline 703-276-1914 • International Medical Corps is quickly assembling additional medical teams to join their emergency response in Haiti. They also need non-medical volunteers for these teams and for their offices in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and London. • Healing Hands for Haiti is looking especially for health care professionals. They are also accepting applications for support volunteers. • Catholic Medical Mission Board is accepting applications for licensed healthcare professionals to volunteer in Haiti for either a short mission of a few weeks or a longer commitment of a year. • National Nurses United has launched a relief effort to send registered nurses to Haiti. Their RN Response Network is accepting applications from Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners. • Heart to Heart International is accepting Medical volunteers to go to Haiti. They need volunteers to assemble hygiene kits at their Global Distribution Center in Kansas City, KS. • Beyond Borders has applications for medical professionals, translators, and volunteers with other skills to go to Haiti. • Feed My Starving Children needs volunteers at their food-packing sites in the Twin Cities, MN and Chicagoland, IL. • MedShare is calling for volunteers to help sort and pack surplus medical supplies at two daily volunteer sessions at their Distribution Centers located in Atlanta, GA and San Leandro, CA