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Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort

January 16, 2010 by · Comments Off on Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort 

Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort:If you want help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, here are some organizations accepting monetary donations:

-Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Erie — Call 824-1250 or (800) 374-3723. Visit www.eriercd.org/charities.asp.. Send checks, with “Haiti Relief” in the memo line, to Catholic Charities, St. Mark Catholic Center, 429 E. Grandview Blvd., Erie, PA 16504.

-Episcopal Relief and Development — Call (800) 334-7626 Ext. 5129. Visit www.er-d.org.. Send checks, with “Haiti Fund” in the memo line, to Episcopal Relief and Development, P.O. Box 7058, Merrifield, VA 22116-7058.

-Islamic Relief USA — Call (888) 479-4968. Visit www.islamicreliefusa.org.. Send checks, with “Haiti Emergency” in the memo line, to Islamic Relief USA, P.O. Box 5640, Buena Park, CA, 90622.

-Lutheran World Relief — Call (800) 597-5972. Visit www.lwr.org.. Send checks, with “Haiti Earthquake” in the memo line, to Lutheran World Relief–Haiti Earthquake, P.O. Box 17061, Baltimore, MD 21298-9832.

-Presbyterian Disaster Assistance — Call (800) 872-3283. Visit www.pcusa.org/pda.. Send checks, with “Haiti Relief” in the memo line, to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, P.O. Box 643700, Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700.

— staff report

Haiti Death Tolls

January 16, 2010 by · Comments Off on Haiti Death Tolls 

haiti-death-tollsHaiti Death Tolls:Though Alex Larsen the Haiti Health Minister estimated death tolls may reach 50,000 to 100,000. The other latest updates suggest something else; around 200,000 people are feared dead. Just have a look at the picture here and feel the pain and agony the poor nation is going through right now.

The earthquake that hit the island between Wednesday and Tuesday marked their minds with unforgettable memories for the residents out there and their anger is turning into sheer violence. The process of international help and aid seems to be painfully slow and the picture above leaves a message for the modern world that still they’ve got to do a lot.

During his Friday press conference Alex Larsen was hopeful that loss of lives may not exceed 100,000 but unfortunately, this seems to be an optimistic statement since hundreds of thousands of people still remain unaccounted for. Each day, there are extremely gloomy pictures coming from the calamity hit area showing the dead bodies piled up in the barren streets of Port-au-Prince, the city capital.

Larson further added that at least 1.5 million or more of the residents of small island of Haiti have gone homeless and are forced to live without even basic necessities of life such as shelter, food and medical assistance. Port-au-Prince city sport centers, Larson stated would accommodate the injured ones to provide them with whatever medical assistance available with limited sources.

If the reports have to be believed, nearly 70 percent of main Haiti buildings in Port-au-Prince alone have been removed from the scene forever following massive shocks. The list included the Presidential Palace, lots of school buildings, hospitals and many of the government office buildings. Though in his recent remarks about Haiti disaster, Obama declared the island has the Temporary Protected Status, plenty of financial, medical and other almost all types of other assistance is what the poor Caribbean nation requires right now.

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