fyi - for responding to the current crisis and going beyond it. I also
highly recommend the books Paul Farmer has written about "Pathologies of
Power", and "Infections and Inequalities". Plus, the National
Conference of Black Lawyers has posted on its listserve some addtl NGO's
to consider, again for both immediate responses and the long-term:
So make sure that you give donations to organizations that have a strong
track record and are accountable, and have a long term vision for
combating inequality and exploitation in Haiti. I will personally
recommend three IJDH (Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti)
collaborators, Partners in Health <http://www.pih.org/>, the Haiti
Emergency Relief Fund <http://haitiaction.net/About/HERF/HERF.html> and
the What If? Foundation <http://whatiffoundation.org/>, but there are
many more organizations worthy of support.
We deeply appreciate the generosity of everyone who has responded to the
earthquake by contributing to IJDH and BAI. When the dust settles we
will need funds to repair the office and help staff members get back on
their feet, including one who lost everything but his family when his
house collapsed. And although we do not do disaster relief work, we do
do /disaster prevention/: all of our legal and advocacy work is designed
to help our clients, and the poor of Haiti in general, to reduce the
danger from natural, economic and political disasters through the
enforcement of their rights to clean water, healthcare, education and
fair treatment in the courts.
-- Alice Furumoto-Dawson
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Subject: [spiritof1848] Help Haiti & Social Justice For Poor - Paul
Farmer's Org
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:55:45 GMT
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From Barbara Rylko-Bauer and Betty Wolder Levin:
We would like to recommend a way to contribute to Haitian relief efforts
that will target the poor, in the wake of the devastating earthquake
that struck Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, January 12.
Partners in Health, the NGO started by Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl, and
Jim Yong Kim, has had an ever-expanding presence in Haiti since 1985 and
is currently the largest NGO healthcare provider in Haiti, with a focus
especially on the poorest populations.
PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO PARTNERS IN HEALTH TODAY TO HELP HAITIAN
EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS. FOR MORE INFO, GO TO:
http://www.pih.org/home.html <http://www.pih.org/home.html>
Why Partners in Health?
* Contributions through PIH are especially valuable in that their
overhead is a mere 5.7%, which means that 94.3% of money donated goes
directly to programs.
* Their focus is on health and healthcare, but they use a comprehensive
care model that includes disease treatment and prevention, as well as
providing help with housing, clean water, food security, education,
environment renewal, and job creation.
* They are committed to engaging communities in their own care and
solving of the social problems of poverty.
* They are unique in their commitment to using local expertise, local
populations, and local resources, and to working within the public
sector, thereby helping to strengthen Haiti's infrastructure.
* Their approach links health to social justice, self-generated
sustainability, self-determination, and human rights.
* Paul Farmer (a medical anthropologist and infectious disease physician
on the faculty of Harvard University) is currently the U.N. Deputy
Special Envoy to Haiti (working with Bill Clinton). In this capacity, he
has a vast amount of knowledge regarding the needs of the Haitian
government and the Haitian people, especially at this profound time of
crisis.
For all these reasons we would like to ask you to at least consider
donating to the Partners in Health Relief Fund. They have staff and the
capacity to immediately respond with relief efforts on the ground.
Whatever amount you give, large or small, you can be assured will all go
toward helping those in need in Haiti, especially the poorest (who
usually suffer the most in such crises).
For more information about the organization, please go to www.pih.org.
In solidarity,
Barbara Rylko-Bauer
Betty Wolder Levin
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