Port-au-Prince–(ENEWSPF)–1 February 2010. To meet the enormous health challenges posed by the January 12 earthquake, Haitian authorities, United Nations agencies and donor countries have been providing tons of medicines to scores of health partners on a daily basis through a large-scale coordinated effort run out of the country’s pharmaceuticals hub[Read More…]
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Save the Children Statement on Child Protection in Haiti
WESTPORT, Conn.–(ENEWSPF)–Feb. 1, 2010. Save the Children is working quickly to uncover and gather information about 33 children reportedly stopped at the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic with members of an American organization attempting to take them out of the country illegally. Save the Children is coordinating with[Read More…]
World Bank: How to Rebuild Haiti
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2010. By: Robert B. Zoellick In the wake of the devastating earthquake, there has been an outpouring of international support for Haiti. The first priority has been saving lives. That means getting water, food, shelter, medicine and other basic supplies to victims. The first rush must be[Read More…]
Women Must Play Active Role in Haiti’s Recovery – UN Experts
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 February 2010 – Women must be given a key role in all aspects of the emergency relief effort in earthquake-ravaged Haiti for it to be effective and to protect the human rights of the most vulnerable, a United Nations committee warned today. “The needs and capabilities of women[Read More…]
UNICEF Aims to Bring Sense of Stability and Safety to Children After Quake
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 February 2010 – Where did you sleep last night? Where did you eat? What does your neighbourhood look like? These are some of the questions United Nations staff are asking hundreds of children in Haiti after launching a new programme to keep track of children orphaned or separated[Read More…]
ANA Continues Earthquake Relief Efforts
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2010. The American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the US, continues to recruit nurses who are interested in being considered for possible deployment to Haiti. Tafford Uniforms, an ANA member benefits partner, has donated scrubs for two separate deployment missions. In addition, they[Read More…]
Midwest Wings Soccer Club Makes $3,500 Donation to Haiti Relief Efforts
The Midwest Wings raised $3500 for Haiti. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Midwest Wings Soccer Club, which is made up of about 100 young soccer players between the ages of seven and fifteen years of age, rallied behind one of their own, Nashika Nenonene, who is from Haiti and[Read More…]
Tax Tips – Haiti Relief Donations Qualify for Immediate Tax Relief
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– On January 22, the IRS enacted a special tax relief provision that allows some taxpayers who give to charities providing earthquake relief in Haiti, to claim the donations on their 2009 tax returns. To qualify for this tax relief, taxpayers must itemize their deductions on their 2009[Read More…]
UN Food Agency Begins Major Scale Up of Aid to Earthquake Victims in Haiti
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 January 2010 – Characterizing the emergency relief operation in Haiti ¬- struck by a 7.0-magnitude tremor on 12 January – as the most complex ever faced by the agency, Ms. Sheeran said that the 16 fixed sites are an important step towards achieving food stability. The United Nations[Read More…]
Helping Haiti’s Orphaned and Separated Children Find Their Families
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–29 January 2010 – Rodrigue wipes away his tears and carries on talking. It’s an astounding act of bravery for the 12-year-old Haitian boy, who saw his parents die in the 12 January earthquake here. He’s telling UNICEF aid workers how he survived the quake and ended up at[Read More…]
