Statement from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
Release Date: January 15, 2010
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
“As part of the Department’s ongoing efforts to assist Haiti following Tuesday’s devastating earthquake, I am announcing the designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals who were in the United States as of January 12, 2010. This is a disaster of historic proportions and this designation will allow eligible Haitian nationals in the United States to continue living and working in our country for the next 18 months. Providing a temporary refuge for Haitian nationals who are currently in the United States and whose personal safety would be endangered by returning to Haiti is part of this Administration’s continuing efforts to support Haiti’s recovery.
“At this moment of tragedy in Haiti it is tempting for people suffering in the aftermath of the earthquake to seek refuge elsewhere. But attempting to leave Haiti now will only bring more hardship to the Haitian people and nation. The international community has rallied to deliver relief to Haiti. Much has already arrived and much more is on its way. The Haitians are resilient and determined and their role in addressing this crisis in their homeland will be essential to Haiti’s future.
“It is important to note that TPS will apply only to those individuals who were in the United States as of January 12, 2010. Those who attempt to travel to the United States after January 12, 2010 will not be eligible for TPS and will be repatriated.
“The Department of Homeland Security continues to extend sympathy to our Haitian neighbors and support the worldwide relief effort underway in every way we can. Four Coast Guard cutters have arrived in Haiti, in addition to a variety of Coast Guard assets that were already in the area to support military air traffic control, conduct damage assessments and rescue people in need of assistance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues to work closely with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department – the lead U.S. federal agencies in the response – while coordinating the deployment of state and local Urban Search and Rescue Teams from across the country to Haiti and standing by to provide food, water and other resources as requested. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has provided aircraft to support response efforts.
“Haitians in the U.S. who are eligible to apply for TPS should go to http://www.uscis.gov or call USCIS toll-free at (800) 375-5283.”
DONATE FLASHLIGHTS & BATTERIES FOR HAITI
Mass Community Health Services (MCHS)
(508)427-6671
will be hosting a
LIGHT DRIVE FOR HAITI
at
1106 Main street, Suite 109
Brockton MA
We will be taking flashlights, batteries & money that we raise to help in the relief efforts in Haiti.
Please start bringing in your donations to MCHS office on
Tuesday January 19, 2010
from 10:00 a.m. ? 7:00 p.m.
EFFORT will be ONGOING
“Dear friends, clients, subcontractors, members of the design community, and friendly competitors,
The images of destruction and human suffering in Haiti have horrified us all and made us all the more thankful for our families and good fortune. We all want to help in some way. I am writing to make you aware of how you can double the value of your gift. As I write to you, Shawmut’s founder Jim Ansara is on the ground in Haiti helping with the humanitarian relief effort. Jim and his wife Karen have been working over the last few months on building a hospital in Haiti; the earthquake last week has prompted Jim and Karen to take additional immediate and urgent action. Before Jim hopped on a relief effort plane to Haiti, he and Karen helped start The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation. They have pledged to match dollar for dollar the first one million dollars in gifts to this fund. If you are planning on making a donation towards the Haitian relief effort (either individually or as a corporation), I urge you to consider giving to The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation. You can donate online through the below link: http://bit.ly/givehaitiboston
Also, if your company has posted giving options on your website, we would appreciate it if you included mention of and a link to The Haiti Fund.
At Shawmut, social responsibility is a key part of our culture. Giving back to the community is a core part of doing things the Shawmut Way; Boston is home to the third largest Haitian immigrant community in the United States. We’re matching our employees’ gifts to The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation at this critical time as well as assisting Jim’s efforts from here in anyway we can.
There are a lot of groups doing important work in Haiti, but two important things stand out about The Haiti Fund. First, it’s focused on long-term reconstruction over the next five years, seeing Haiti beyond the critical initial humanitarian needs. Second, it has a special provision for supporting the Haitian community in Boston as they struggle to connect with family and friends affected by the earthquake. Jim and Karen have made a large personal commitment to match all donations up to $1 million to The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation, challenging the broader Boston community to be generous. We hope you’ll join us in supporting The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation.”
One of the ID clinic staff at BMC just learned that her 3 year old son in Haiti is ok and is on his way home. He is returning to Boston today with 7 family members from Haiti who survived the earthquake. They will be staying with Dee’s family but will be in need of clothes and other assistance. If you are able to help, she would appreciate assistance with clothes. Since they will likely be coming with nothing, any other assistance e.g. toys for the children would certainly seem helpful. While Dee has not asked, obviously this will be a major financial burden for her as well and I’m sure she would appreciate supermarket gift cards or any other assistance. (Please see email below from Sheila Tumilty RN)
I will be at BMC on Thursday so if you are able to drop off anything to my desk by Wednesday night, I can bring it to her on Thursday.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Jon
Annie: 6 month old girl
Danny: 18 month old boy but is wearing a 2 toddler
DJenane: woman,age 28, 5’3″, size 6
Nadege: woman,age 34, 5″9″, size 12
Andy: man,age 34, 6’1″, size 36 pants, large shirts
Daniel: man, age 38, 6’2″, size 38 pants, XL shirts
Come participate in this training to help us all deal with the Eearthquake in Haiti, whether you have family and friends who are affected or are a service provider.
Boston-Haiti Health Support Team
Presents:
Haiti January 2010: Post-Disaster Relief
And
Rehabilitation
Collaborative Goals and Objectives:
*Access to Information on the Ground
*Understanding Psychological Responses
(Short and long term)
*Identifying Vulnerable Groups
*Building Community Resources
Speaker:
Champika K. Soysa, PhD
Associate Professor in Psychology
Worcester State College
Saturday: January 23, 2010
Time: 2 PM-4 PM
Great Hall,Codman Square Health Center
637 Washington Street
Dorchester, MA
Dr. Soysa’s research and clinical interests focus on collective trauma in response to war and natural disaster. In spring 2005, Worcester State College contributed her services to the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka and the World Health Organization (WHO), to develop community workshops following the Asian tsunami of 2004. Dr. Soysa trained public health workers, mid-wives, social workers, teachers, and local government officials about psychological responses to disaster and the need for community-based psychosocial interventions.
For more information please Boston Haiti Health Response Team at:
617-287-0096 or 857-234-1679
Boston-Haiti Health Response Team goals are: Respond to immediate and support immediate and long-term health needs of Haiti, support families affected in Haiti or in the greater community, provide interdisciplinary training, reach out to individuals and service providers, and provide linguistics and cross-cultural training.
Mayor Menino announces resource center to extend operation in wake of Haiti earthquakes
Center moves to Mattapan Library to better serve community needs
Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced today that the City of Boston’s resource center to assistlocal families affected by the recent earthquakes in Haiti will extend its operation through next week, with the potential to remain open after that time based on need. Early this morning a magnitude 6.1
aftershock rattled the island nation, which is recovering from last week’s magnitude 7 earthquake. Opened last Thursday at SEIU Local 1199 in the wake of the disaster, tomorrow the resource center will relocate to the Mattapan branch of the Boston Public Library in order to better serve members of Boston’s Haitian community still seeking updates and information about the earthquake and ongoing relief efforts. Translators, crisis counselors, computers, and phone lines to accommodate international calls will continue to be available at the center. The Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians is also coordinating with immigration attorneys that will be available to answer questions, similar to the current immigration clinics sponsored by this office. A combination of staff from city agencies such as the Boston Public Health Commission and volunteers from SEIU Local 1199 will continue to operate the resource center out of its new location. “The situation in Haiti is still dire, and we owe it to locally affected families to lend our fullest support as they grapple with this unspeakable tragedy,” Mayor Menino said. “I want to thank SEIU Local 1199 for their partnership to help keep this resource available to the public. We will continue to monitor the situation both in Boston and in Haiti in order to assist the community as best as possible.”
Beginning tomorrow, the relocated resource center, operating out of the
Mattapan Branch Library at 1350 Blue Hill Avenue, will maintain the following hours:
Thursday, January 21 – Friday, January 22: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, January 23: 12 noon – 5 p.m.
Sunday, January 24: Closed
Monday, January 25 – Friday, January 29: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, January 30: 12 noon -5 p.m.
Individuals may continue to contact the resource center by phone at (617) 284-1199. Those interested in volunteering at the center are encouraged to contact the Boston Public Health Commission by emailing haitisupport@bphc.org. In the wake of the earthquake, Mayor Menino last week spearheaded a coordinated assistance effort by the City of Boston that included both direct outreach to emergency responders in Haiti as well as resources for locally affected families. In addition to the resource center, the Mayor convened public and private partners to make local disaster medical assistance teams (DMAT) and approximately $1 million in search and rescue equipment available to officials in Haiti. Shortly after
the earthquake hit, three volunteers from Boston EMS deployed to Haiti to assist with relief efforts as part of a DMAT. Mayor Menino also established a relief fund through Bank of America, named “The Fund for Boston Neighborhoods, Inc. – Haitian Family Relief.” Donations are being accepted at all local Bank of America branches, and checks can be mailed to: The Fund for Boston Neighborhoods, Inc. – Haitian
Family Relief, P.O. Box 961555, Boston, MA 02196. “As experts continue to assess the damage caused by the earthquake, it’s clear that financial
support is still essential,” Mayor Menino said. “I’m proud of the way the people of Boston came together to support the relief efforts, and I encourage people to stay involved as the recovery moves forward.” For more information about the City of Boston’s Haiti assistance efforts and other ways to get involved in the recovery, please visit http://www.CityofBoston.gov and refer to “Haiti Support” on the City’s
homepage.
Donate Bottled Water and Pedialyte, Jan. 21 — Jan. 23
January 21, 2010 by lamesMt. Washington Bank in Codman Square is the drop-off location for a supply drive focused on collecting bottled water and Pedialyte for transport to Haiti this weekend. The collection effort began on Wednesday and continues today (Thursday, Jan. 21) from 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Friday (same hours) and Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
The bank branch is located at 305 Talbot Ave, Dorchester, MA 02124.
According to event organizers, the Boston Harbor Ship Yard Marina of East Boston has donated a ship to send relief supplies and is sailing for Haiti on Sunday Jan, 24.
AIDS Action Committee’s Legal Services Department will begin offering assistance to Haitians looking to receive temporary protected status for immigration. The U.S. Government has officially announced that Haitians in the United States as of January 12, 2010 will be eligible to receive temporary protected status to remain in the U.S. for at least 18 months, and even to work.
We will be holding walk-in clinics to provide information about TPS and to assist in filling out the necessary forms.
The first clinic will be at AAC on Mondays from 10am to 12pm for as long as they are needed. This clinic is open to all Haitians, not just clients of AAC and not just those with HIV. The first clinic will be held this coming Monday, January 25th. We are currently coordinating Creole translation services, but it may not be available for the first clinic. Again, this clinic will be open to all members of the Haitian community.
There will be a second walk-in clinic for clients of Cambridge Cares About AIDS at their office on Fridays from 1-3pm. This clinic will only be for clients of CCAA at this time. The first clinic will be next Friday, January 29th. There will be Creole translation services at this clinic.
We are also looking to hold a third clinic at a location in Dorchester. We will have more information about those arrangements in the future.
Please direct questions about the clinic to our Legal Line at 617-450-1317.
The Boston Foundation, through the Ansara Family Fund (Jim Ansara used to live next to Shawmut Station down the street) is matching donations dollar for dollar. Go to: http://www.tbf.org/Giving/GivingDetail.aspx?id=13244
We should call on the ClintonBush Haiti Fund, USAID, and the US Air Force to mobilize more helicopters in Haiti, to redirect the use of helicopters in Haiti prioritizing them towards medical supply and personnel transportation.
Please sign this petition. It only takes seconds. http://www.gopetition.com/online/33638.html
Community health centers working with state and locals on Haiti relief
efforts
In response to the harrowing impact and long-term effects of the
devastating earthquake in Haiti, community health centers from around the
state are working to provide support to their Haitian patients and staff
members, and to look for ways to assist state and federal efforts in
bringing medical care and other relief to the people of Haiti. The League
has created a Haiti Disaster Resources webpage to provide updates on
disaster relief efforts as well as ways in which to support humanitarian
organizations working on the ground in Haiti.
Thank you to all who participated in several recent surveys and conference
calls in order to help coordinate local response efforts. Questions and
concerns can be sent to Tina Wright at twright@massleague.org.
Here’s an amazing, almost minute by minute, blog of the events of the earthquake and what has happened since.
http://www.truthout.org/haiti-earthquake-live-blog-hatian-prime-minister-says-hundreds-thousands-dead56040
Statement from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
Release Date: January 15, 2010
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
“As part of the Department’s ongoing efforts to assist Haiti following Tuesday’s devastating earthquake, I am announcing the designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals who were in the United States as of January 12, 2010. This is a disaster of historic proportions and this designation will allow eligible Haitian nationals in the United States to continue living and working in our country for the next 18 months. Providing a temporary refuge for Haitian nationals who are currently in the United States and whose personal safety would be endangered by returning to Haiti is part of this Administration’s continuing efforts to support Haiti’s recovery.
“At this moment of tragedy in Haiti it is tempting for people suffering in the aftermath of the earthquake to seek refuge elsewhere. But attempting to leave Haiti now will only bring more hardship to the Haitian people and nation. The international community has rallied to deliver relief to Haiti. Much has already arrived and much more is on its way. The Haitians are resilient and determined and their role in addressing this crisis in their homeland will be essential to Haiti’s future.
“It is important to note that TPS will apply only to those individuals who were in the United States as of January 12, 2010. Those who attempt to travel to the United States after January 12, 2010 will not be eligible for TPS and will be repatriated.
“The Department of Homeland Security continues to extend sympathy to our Haitian neighbors and support the worldwide relief effort underway in every way we can. Four Coast Guard cutters have arrived in Haiti, in addition to a variety of Coast Guard assets that were already in the area to support military air traffic control, conduct damage assessments and rescue people in need of assistance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues to work closely with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department – the lead U.S. federal agencies in the response – while coordinating the deployment of state and local Urban Search and Rescue Teams from across the country to Haiti and standing by to provide food, water and other resources as requested. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has provided aircraft to support response efforts.
“Haitians in the U.S. who are eligible to apply for TPS should go to http://www.uscis.gov or call USCIS toll-free at (800) 375-5283.”
DONATE FLASHLIGHTS & BATTERIES FOR HAITI
Mass Community Health Services (MCHS)
(508)427-6671
will be hosting a
LIGHT DRIVE FOR HAITI
at
1106 Main street, Suite 109
Brockton MA
We will be taking flashlights, batteries & money that we raise to help in the relief efforts in Haiti.
Please start bringing in your donations to MCHS office on
Tuesday January 19, 2010
from 10:00 a.m. ? 7:00 p.m.
EFFORT will be ONGOING
From Shawmut Design and Construction:
“Dear friends, clients, subcontractors, members of the design community, and friendly competitors,
The images of destruction and human suffering in Haiti have horrified us all and made us all the more thankful for our families and good fortune. We all want to help in some way. I am writing to make you aware of how you can double the value of your gift. As I write to you, Shawmut’s founder Jim Ansara is on the ground in Haiti helping with the humanitarian relief effort. Jim and his wife Karen have been working over the last few months on building a hospital in Haiti; the earthquake last week has prompted Jim and Karen to take additional immediate and urgent action. Before Jim hopped on a relief effort plane to Haiti, he and Karen helped start The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation. They have pledged to match dollar for dollar the first one million dollars in gifts to this fund. If you are planning on making a donation towards the Haitian relief effort (either individually or as a corporation), I urge you to consider giving to The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation. You can donate online through the below link:
http://bit.ly/givehaitiboston
Also, if your company has posted giving options on your website, we would appreciate it if you included mention of and a link to The Haiti Fund.
At Shawmut, social responsibility is a key part of our culture. Giving back to the community is a core part of doing things the Shawmut Way; Boston is home to the third largest Haitian immigrant community in the United States. We’re matching our employees’ gifts to The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation at this critical time as well as assisting Jim’s efforts from here in anyway we can.
There are a lot of groups doing important work in Haiti, but two important things stand out about The Haiti Fund. First, it’s focused on long-term reconstruction over the next five years, seeing Haiti beyond the critical initial humanitarian needs. Second, it has a special provision for supporting the Haitian community in Boston as they struggle to connect with family and friends affected by the earthquake. Jim and Karen have made a large personal commitment to match all donations up to $1 million to The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation, challenging the broader Boston community to be generous. We hope you’ll join us in supporting The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation.”
One of the ID clinic staff at BMC just learned that her 3 year old son in Haiti is ok and is on his way home. He is returning to Boston today with 7 family members from Haiti who survived the earthquake. They will be staying with Dee’s family but will be in need of clothes and other assistance. If you are able to help, she would appreciate assistance with clothes. Since they will likely be coming with nothing, any other assistance e.g. toys for the children would certainly seem helpful. While Dee has not asked, obviously this will be a major financial burden for her as well and I’m sure she would appreciate supermarket gift cards or any other assistance. (Please see email below from Sheila Tumilty RN)
I will be at BMC on Thursday so if you are able to drop off anything to my desk by Wednesday night, I can bring it to her on Thursday.
Thanks in advance for the help.
Jon
Annie: 6 month old girl
Danny: 18 month old boy but is wearing a 2 toddler
DJenane: woman,age 28, 5’3″, size 6
Nadege: woman,age 34, 5″9″, size 12
Andy: man,age 34, 6’1″, size 36 pants, large shirts
Daniel: man, age 38, 6’2″, size 38 pants, XL shirts
Monique: woman, age 61, 5’5″, size 18
Hello All:
I just got this email address to look for survivors in Haiti. It allows you to put in a last name and search for survivors. Please see below:
http://www.familylinks.icrc.org
Come participate in this training to help us all deal with the Eearthquake in Haiti, whether you have family and friends who are affected or are a service provider.
Boston-Haiti Health Support Team
Presents:
Haiti January 2010: Post-Disaster Relief
And
Rehabilitation
Collaborative Goals and Objectives:
*Access to Information on the Ground
*Understanding Psychological Responses
(Short and long term)
*Identifying Vulnerable Groups
*Building Community Resources
Speaker:
Champika K. Soysa, PhD
Associate Professor in Psychology
Worcester State College
Saturday: January 23, 2010
Time: 2 PM-4 PM
Great Hall,Codman Square Health Center
637 Washington Street
Dorchester, MA
Dr. Soysa’s research and clinical interests focus on collective trauma in response to war and natural disaster. In spring 2005, Worcester State College contributed her services to the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka and the World Health Organization (WHO), to develop community workshops following the Asian tsunami of 2004. Dr. Soysa trained public health workers, mid-wives, social workers, teachers, and local government officials about psychological responses to disaster and the need for community-based psychosocial interventions.
For more information please Boston Haiti Health Response Team at:
617-287-0096 or 857-234-1679
Boston-Haiti Health Response Team goals are: Respond to immediate and support immediate and long-term health needs of Haiti, support families affected in Haiti or in the greater community, provide interdisciplinary training, reach out to individuals and service providers, and provide linguistics and cross-cultural training.
Mayor Menino announces resource center to extend operation in wake of Haiti earthquakes
Center moves to Mattapan Library to better serve community needs
Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced today that the City of Boston’s resource center to assistlocal families affected by the recent earthquakes in Haiti will extend its operation through next week, with the potential to remain open after that time based on need. Early this morning a magnitude 6.1
aftershock rattled the island nation, which is recovering from last week’s magnitude 7 earthquake. Opened last Thursday at SEIU Local 1199 in the wake of the disaster, tomorrow the resource center will relocate to the Mattapan branch of the Boston Public Library in order to better serve members of Boston’s Haitian community still seeking updates and information about the earthquake and ongoing relief efforts. Translators, crisis counselors, computers, and phone lines to accommodate international calls will continue to be available at the center. The Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians is also coordinating with immigration attorneys that will be available to answer questions, similar to the current immigration clinics sponsored by this office. A combination of staff from city agencies such as the Boston Public Health Commission and volunteers from SEIU Local 1199 will continue to operate the resource center out of its new location. “The situation in Haiti is still dire, and we owe it to locally affected families to lend our fullest support as they grapple with this unspeakable tragedy,” Mayor Menino said. “I want to thank SEIU Local 1199 for their partnership to help keep this resource available to the public. We will continue to monitor the situation both in Boston and in Haiti in order to assist the community as best as possible.”
Beginning tomorrow, the relocated resource center, operating out of the
Mattapan Branch Library at 1350 Blue Hill Avenue, will maintain the following hours:
Thursday, January 21 – Friday, January 22: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, January 23: 12 noon – 5 p.m.
Sunday, January 24: Closed
Monday, January 25 – Friday, January 29: 1 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, January 30: 12 noon -5 p.m.
Individuals may continue to contact the resource center by phone at (617) 284-1199. Those interested in volunteering at the center are encouraged to contact the Boston Public Health Commission by emailing haitisupport@bphc.org. In the wake of the earthquake, Mayor Menino last week spearheaded a coordinated assistance effort by the City of Boston that included both direct outreach to emergency responders in Haiti as well as resources for locally affected families. In addition to the resource center, the Mayor convened public and private partners to make local disaster medical assistance teams (DMAT) and approximately $1 million in search and rescue equipment available to officials in Haiti. Shortly after
the earthquake hit, three volunteers from Boston EMS deployed to Haiti to assist with relief efforts as part of a DMAT. Mayor Menino also established a relief fund through Bank of America, named “The Fund for Boston Neighborhoods, Inc. – Haitian Family Relief.” Donations are being accepted at all local Bank of America branches, and checks can be mailed to: The Fund for Boston Neighborhoods, Inc. – Haitian
Family Relief, P.O. Box 961555, Boston, MA 02196. “As experts continue to assess the damage caused by the earthquake, it’s clear that financial
support is still essential,” Mayor Menino said. “I’m proud of the way the people of Boston came together to support the relief efforts, and I encourage people to stay involved as the recovery moves forward.” For more information about the City of Boston’s Haiti assistance efforts and other ways to get involved in the recovery, please visit http://www.CityofBoston.gov and refer to “Haiti Support” on the City’s
homepage.
http://www.cityofboston.gov/ons/pdfs/operationhaiti.pdf
Donate Bottled Water and Pedialyte, Jan. 21 — Jan. 23
January 21, 2010 by lamesMt. Washington Bank in Codman Square is the drop-off location for a supply drive focused on collecting bottled water and Pedialyte for transport to Haiti this weekend. The collection effort began on Wednesday and continues today (Thursday, Jan. 21) from 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Friday (same hours) and Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
The bank branch is located at 305 Talbot Ave, Dorchester, MA 02124.
According to event organizers, the Boston Harbor Ship Yard Marina of East Boston has donated a ship to send relief supplies and is sailing for Haiti on Sunday Jan, 24.
For more information please contact bostonforhaiti@gmail.com.
AIDS Action Committee’s Legal Services Department will begin offering assistance to Haitians looking to receive temporary protected status for immigration. The U.S. Government has officially announced that Haitians in the United States as of January 12, 2010 will be eligible to receive temporary protected status to remain in the U.S. for at least 18 months, and even to work.
We will be holding walk-in clinics to provide information about TPS and to assist in filling out the necessary forms.
The first clinic will be at AAC on Mondays from 10am to 12pm for as long as they are needed. This clinic is open to all Haitians, not just clients of AAC and not just those with HIV. The first clinic will be held this coming Monday, January 25th. We are currently coordinating Creole translation services, but it may not be available for the first clinic. Again, this clinic will be open to all members of the Haitian community.
There will be a second walk-in clinic for clients of Cambridge Cares About AIDS at their office on Fridays from 1-3pm. This clinic will only be for clients of CCAA at this time. The first clinic will be next Friday, January 29th. There will be Creole translation services at this clinic.
We are also looking to hold a third clinic at a location in Dorchester. We will have more information about those arrangements in the future.
Please direct questions about the clinic to our Legal Line at 617-450-1317.
The Boston Foundation, through the Ansara Family Fund (Jim Ansara used to live next to Shawmut Station down the street) is matching donations dollar for dollar. Go to: http://www.tbf.org/Giving/GivingDetail.aspx?id=13244
We should call on the ClintonBush Haiti Fund, USAID, and the US Air Force to mobilize more helicopters in Haiti, to redirect the use of helicopters in Haiti prioritizing them towards medical supply and personnel transportation.
Please sign this petition. It only takes seconds.
http://www.gopetition.com/online/33638.html
A fundraising event on Valentine’s Day, all proceeds go through the fund organized by former Presidents Clinton and Bush: http://www.codman.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/haitifundraisermilford.pdf
From the Mass League of Community Health Centers:
Community health centers working with state and locals on Haiti relief
efforts
In response to the harrowing impact and long-term effects of the
devastating earthquake in Haiti, community health centers from around the
state are working to provide support to their Haitian patients and staff
members, and to look for ways to assist state and federal efforts in
bringing medical care and other relief to the people of Haiti. The League
has created a Haiti Disaster Resources webpage to provide updates on
disaster relief efforts as well as ways in which to support humanitarian
organizations working on the ground in Haiti.
Thank you to all who participated in several recent surveys and conference
calls in order to help coordinate local response efforts. Questions and
concerns can be sent to Tina Wright at twright@massleague.org.