WeThePeoplePolitics.com for Haiti
Project summary
Just hours after a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti — killing thousands and displacing up to two million people — Mercy Corps began deploying an experienced, field-tested emergency response team. Upon arriving in Port-au-Prince, we went immediately to work, talking with displaced survivors about what they needed most. We delivered 15 tons of food to the city's biggest hospital. We got clean water flowing again in medical clinics and shattered neighborhoods. We ensured a reliable income for survivors by creating a cash-for-work program, which also began revitalizing failing local economies. Today, our team is working with survivors, local authorities and partner organizations on long-term plans — including job creation — that will help Haiti rebuild better and stronger.
Message from JacobCD:
As international relief efforts continue in Haiti, a Mercy Corps earthquake response team is in Port-au-Prince responding to urgent needs.
I've set up this donation page as a way for the readers of WeThePeoplePolitics.com and other blogs to join together in helping the people of Haiti.
Mercy Corp is focusing first on the immediate needs -- for water, food, temporary shelter supplies and much more -- and expanding our work to three areas: clean water, post-trauma support for children and job creation.
As many as 200,000 people might already be dead in the capital of Haiti. More could be dying every day. What Haiti needs most is the support of the rest of the world so that they can rise up from the ashes and build once again.
With the support of the readers of all blogs across the web, I hope that we can do our part in helping Haiti get out of this disaster as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Follow the latest updates at mercycorps.org/haiti.
Thank you for your generosity.
Jacob Cohen Donnelly - WeThePeoplePolitics.com
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