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MADRE is working with our partner, Zanmi Lasante Clinic, to bring emergency medical assistance and supplies to areas in Haiti that have been hardest hit by the worst earthquake in 200 years.
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The worst earthquake in 200 years struck Haiti, causing catastrophic destruction in the hemisphere’s poorest country. The quake struck near the capital of Port-au-Prince, the most densely populated part of Haiti, and thousands are feared dead. Through Zanmi Lasante, MADRE is working with doctors, nurses and community health workers to bring medical supplies to survivors.
The most urgent needs right now are bandages, broad-spectrum antibiotics and other medical supplies, as well as water tablets to prevent cholera outbreaks. The need for food, shelter and other types of relief is growing by the hour.
Total Funding Received to Date: $38,215
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $61,784
Total Funding Goal: $100,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
The lives of Haitian women and families will be saved. The risk of disease such as dengue fever, malaria and measles will decrease with access to medical assistance.
"There is so much death everywhere. My house collapsed with my children inside."
- Claude, Zanmi Lasante participant
Irene Lew
Development Assistant
121 West 27th St. Suite 301
New York, NY 10001
Haiti
(212) 627-0444
Email:
MADRE, An International Women's Human Rights Org.
121 West 27th Street #301
New York,
NY
10001
United States
212.627.0444
http://www.MADRE.org
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This project is located in
Haiti
and can also be found under
Disaster Recovery.
For more information about Haiti, read the Human Development Report on Haiti or the Wikipedia entry for Haiti.
This project was last updated on February 16, 2010.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 13, 2010
By Vivian Stromberg - Executive Director, February 16, 2010 05:05 PM

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