Haiti Relief Efforts in Crown Heights

My heart goes out to any friends or family you have in Haiti, and to all the Haitian community here.

I support your efforts, but I want to say:

Cash is much much better than any goods, water, etc. Would CACCI consider collecting funds instead of bottled water and such? The money will go so much farther than the money spent on shipping goods over there from here.

A great group to donate to is Partners in Health. This is a HAITIAN-run organization, located in Haiti itself. They have about 10 hospitals located in the country, all outside the capital, so they are intact.
Their donation page is here: http://www.pih.org/home.html

They were written up in the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/opinion/14kidder.html

"But there are effective aid organizations working in Haiti. At least one has not been crippled by the earthquake. Partners in Health, or in Haitian Creole Zanmi Lasante, has been the largest health care provider in rural Haiti. (I serve on this organization’s development committee.) It operates, in partnership with the Haitian Ministry of Health, some 10 hospitals and clinics, all far from the capital and all still intact. As a result of this calamity, Partners in Health probably just became the largest health care provider still standing in all Haiti.

Fortunately, it also offers a solid model for independence — a model where only a handful of Americans are involved in day-to-day operations, and Haitians run the show. Efforts like this could provide one way for Haiti, as it rebuilds, to renew the promise of its revolution. "


Please everyone, donate a little bit. Even $5 will be a help.