Help for Haiti
The overwhelming destruction caused by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti has prompted our members to ask about ways they can assist.
Below is a list of relief organizations currently identified by the State of Connecticut as well-known relief organizations.
We will be adding local resources to this list as they are announced.
American Red Cross: www.redcross.org
AmeriCares: www.americares.org
Save the Children: www.savethechildren.org
Pan American Relief: www.PanAmericanRelief.org
Partners in Health:
www.pih.org
Doctors Without Borders:
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
OxFam International: www.oxfam.org
Mercy Corps:
www.mercycorps.org
Bethesda Evangelical Mission:
www.bemhaiti.org
Haitian Ministries for the Diocese of Norwich, Inc.:
http://www.haitianministries.org
or call 860-848-2237 ext. 206
Additional Information
 The White House Page on Haiti Earthquake Relief: www.whitehouse.gov/haitiearthquake |
| U.S. Department of State: www.state.gov/p/wha/ci/ha/earthquake/index.htm |
| Appropriate items for donation as identified by the Center for International Disaster Information: www.cidi.org/incident/haiti-10a/ |
| United Haitian American Society based in Norwalk: www.uhasociety.org/index.asp |
| Hope for Haiti founded by Connecticut real estate developer Carl and Joanne Kuehner in 1990: www.hopeforhaiti.com |
| United Way of Connecticut: www.211ct.org/InformationLibrary/Documents/HaitiReliefEffort.asp |
| Verify legitimacy of charitable
organizations through the FTC: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel01.shtm |
| Updated Jan. 20, 2010 |
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