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Hello Mr. Martin,

I have a Masters in Architecture and a heart dedicated to helping others. I would love the opportunity to help the people Haiti!

I would like to help in any way, a personal call to arms.

In 1984/1986 I worked with Peace Corps Haiti as a hospital statistician conducting field surveys’ targeting children under one year old. This was directly beside the Hospital Founder, Doctor Reginald Bolous’ in CITY SIMON now called CITY SOILE’ just outside of Port au Price.

I speak fluent Haitian Patios, with intermediate French. I was the key point of contact person in the hospitals development, incredibly diverse job responsibilities.

Again post Hurricane Katrina 2005 I worked in the office of logistics with FEMA as a statistician. Two months canvassing Arkansas for displaced victims, and then entering the information into the FEMA data base. Worked in conjunction with states and federal agencies providing housing, medical assistance and other services.

That’s my elevator pitch to fill the immediate needs of the people of Haiti – I am qualified to help in many ways, put me to work. I’ll be ready to leave tomorrow! I have much to contribute immediately.

Please forward to any agency you feel appropriate.

Thank You:
Scott Swansen

Has anyone heard how the girls at the Greater works home for girls are doing?

I am so interested in humanitarian work.. If more help is needed please tell me how I can get there to help!

please let us help! I am a nurse in Ct. we have a scheduled moblie clinic in Haiti Jan 22nd. obivously our plans will need to change. we have a full crew including medical professionals, as well as students....already planning on going. We have our own supplies. Please just tell us where to go, we will work in whatever capacity you would like us to.

Jessica

Please contact me if you need translators for immediate rescue efforts. I speak Haitian Creole and English. I was a Peace Corps Volunteer and worked in Haiti. Good luck and wishing you success. Emily

I just bought one ticket to go try to help haiti.

You have some of the best info available on this tragedy. I'm getting my credit card out now to make a donation.

My name is Diana Jean-Louis and I am haitian speak fluent in creole. I am also a social worker and would like to help and volunteer in any way I can.

I am a Licensed Practical Nurse in New York with 11 years experience in nursing. I am ready and willing to go to Haiti ASAP and help in whatever capacity I am needed. Please contact me to tell me how and where I can be used. Thank you. Tinaholly

I lived in Haiti for two years '01-'03 and have returned every other year since. My language skills are strong and I have many other professional skills that may be of help. Most of all I am a healthy body with a strong connection to the country and people that would be willing to leave immediately in an effort to be of service in whatever ways are needed.

Matthew McDermott

My name is Bruce Reid and I'm a haitian american. I have family in the country and would like volunteer.

I will go immediately to help in whatever way you need me or I can begin collecting supplies that are needed to be sent over. What do they need most? Put me to work.

I have an orphanage in Haiti but have been in Texas for about three weeks now doing fundraising. First time I have left Haiti in about 10 years and now this happens.
I am trying to get back ASAP. I have been told that the home in the Solino area of Port au Prince where most of my kids are housed is down. I cannot confirm whether any of the kids are hurt or dead.
I speak fluent Haitian Creole and am an emergency Registered Nurse.
Does anyone here know if there is any possibility of me going to Haiti now with Mercy Corps? There are no commercial flights I can find without notice.

I am from Canada, but was in Haiti this time last year. This is breaking my heart, and breaking me. I need to be there. I need to be helping. How do I do that?

I am Vladimir, a desactivated Marine now living in Florida. I am trained to assist in all kind of evacuation scenarios.

I was born and raised in Haiti and live in Port-au-Prince for over 3 years while in college. I know the area and willing to help with anything from driving, translation, first aid, and evacuation.

Let me know how I can help as I am more than willing to fly back there for a week.

Nurse for 13 years willing to help asap.

Jessica, I am a NP with Emergency Medicine experience. I would love to join your Ct group if you go to help Haiti. I am currently available to deploy.

Jose

I am an LVN and would love to assist in helping the people in haiti. I don't know if you are in need of LVN.s but I am available to help, considering it a privilage. This is something I have ALWAYS wanted to do. I have been an LVN for 25 years. All Yours... Nancy Slayton

Are you giving any direction to volunteers? Lots of folks ready and willing to lend a hand...esp since its so close to Miami.

Any guidance would be appreciated...

I am 25 year veteran photojournalist with credits through 21 countries. I was most recently in Haiti this past May doing documentary work. I am available for immediate deployment to document relief work work and post videos, still photographs and stories in near real time. I have been contacted by several relief agencies over the last few hours, may I document the work of Mercy Corps from Haiti?

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker trained in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing. Please let me know if you need any assistance in Haiti.

I am a registered nurse with 15 years of experience, I am use to work in emergency situation,I grew up in Haiti and knows my way around the Capital. I am 38 years old, fluent in Creole,French and English. I want to help my brothers and sisters ASAP, please let me know if you can use me on your team, I live in the Miami area and ready to help. I have a property near Por-au-prince that can be use as well as a station, the structures are in condition.
Please Help me Help them. Thank you...................

I am a Registered Nurse with 20 years experience in all areas. I would be glad to go to Haiti. Do U need help?

I am Emergency and Disaster Response Manager and the best thing right now is not to flood the country with volunteers. Everyone, including myself, wants to be in Haiti right now to help, but what we can do instead is give money and supplies to those who are there and for those who on the way.

jUST A NOTE TO SAY THANK YOU SCOTT. tHE WORLD NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU. GOD BE WITH YOU
BILL

I am a RN with 18 years of ER experience and OR along with cardiac
cath lab experience. I spent 3 weeks in LA following Katrina and
experienced Rita. I have been on multiple mission trips to
the DR. Please let me know if my experience is needed.
Thank you
Tina,RN

I am a 22 year old athletic young man with travel experience to Africa, the Dominican Republic and Central America. I am CPR/First Aid/Professional Rescuer Certified. I really want to help and can raise my own travel funds.

Adam Edwards

I am a nurse who is currently unemployed and I would love to volunteer my time to these unfortunate individuals. I am willing to go there for long term. Please let me know how I can aid in this terrible disaster.
Thank you,
Kim

I am a UK Registered Nurse with experience in the Emergency Department as well as Neonatal Intensive Care. I am available to help at any time. Please contact me if I can please help. Thank you.

Hello,

I am a 23 yo NYU Grad with a BA in Emergency Diaster Management. I am in LA and can fly out on the next flight and am willing to stay as long as needed. I will be happy to volunteer. I have spent time doing E.D.R. in the Middle East, Central and South America as well as for approx 5 years through-out North America. I look forward to the call.

Jason

I just need to know if is any organization that is accepting clothing, food, blankets for people in Haiti, my friends and neighbor we can help that way because many of us we dont have the monetary donation, please let us know,

I and several of my friends around the country are conducting clothing drives this weekend and will be collecting donations of clothes, shoes, blankets, etc. The question is, where do we send these donated items? We'd like to be efficient and get things there asap, so we'd like to ship them directly to Haiti. Do you have contact info for a relief center there where donations can be shipped?
Thanks so much!
~Jules :)

If there is anyway I can help physically please call me up.

I am willing to drop everything and get on a plane to help these people.

I am a strong, fit, organised and intelligent young man.

Contact me if you need help

Thanks

I was in the Navy Reserves for 5 years and I'm willing to help. I speak spanish, I'm willing to help others. Thanks

I lived in Haiti for over 15 years and am fluent in French and Creole. I am available to help. If you need help, I'll be there. Please keep us all posted.

Thank you,
Regine

I speak fluent creole, french, and english. I have a medical bacground. I can do hard labor, translate, triage. I want to help. Please contact me.

I am a physical therapist and I would like to volunteer for anything to help Haiti. Please let me know how I can help out.

I would like to volunteer in helping Haiti following this disastrous earthquake.

Hi Paula,

I think we Haitian Americans can organize a group to meet in Haiti to help however we can. especially those in the medical field. This site has many responses from people who want to help with there time and medical experience and I think we can find a way to do it. Contact me if interested. I'm also sending this e-mail to all the others who have replied to this site.

Hi,

I am not trained in CPR or first aid but I want to help. I work as an interpreter in Washington, mainly in Spanish and English, but I am also fluent in French. I am young and strong and determined to help out and can be of some use in relief efforts. Please contact me if I can be of service. Thank you.

Willing & ready to go and Help

Hello
My name is Tony Sacco
If possible, I would love to be able to assist people in Haiti by joining a missionary trip. I have been in construction and home remolding for 20 years and this morning during quiet time the Lord, placed this idea on my heart. I am not sure how to join missionary groups so I thought this would be a good forum to ask.
Thanks for your time
God Bless
Tony.

I would like to volunteer in Haiti. I can deploy immediately. I am ready to help in anyway I can. Please contact me and let me know how I can join an aid team and be of use. Thank you.

I am an LPN in the Miami area, over 25 yrs experience and well aquainted with Haitan customs and people...I am ready to help if you need me.

My name is Archie. I am from Nassau, Bahamas. I didn't study nursing, first response, EMTor anything medical or whatever but I want to help Haiti. I have no money but I would like to go down there physically to see what I can do. I am healthy with all limbs and extremities intact.

If there is anything i can do to come help volunteer let me know im ready to go asap.

I am a neurosurgeon in New Jersey willing to volunteer in Haiti immediately.

Hi everyone, thanks again for the incredible outpouring of support and offers to deploy and help out with the emergency relief effort. We appreciate your willingness to lend a hand!

Unfortunately Mercy Corps does not send volunteers to our programs overseas, even in emergencies. Our staff is made up of paid professionals, and we hire people locally.

We also don't accept donations of disaster-relief items from the general public.

There are many good reasons for these policies, most of which can be found on the FAQ page of the Center for International Disaster Information, under the "Volunteering" and "Donations - In-kind" sections. It also explains at the top why cash donations are the most helpful way to help — how they allow relief supplies to be purchased locally, giving a "triple advantage ... of stimulating local economies, ensuring that supplies arrive as quickly as possible and reducing transport and storage costs."

If you'd like to do more than simply make a donation, consider spreading the word via Facebook, Twitter or your email list, holding a fundraiser in your community, or post one of our banners on your website.

Thank you!

I have a Bachelors Degree in Architecture. I would like to help!

I would like to volunteer to help in Haiti. I have previous SAR and EMS experience. Worked in Utility industry since 1996. Please advise how I can render my services.
Thanks

Good Morning,
I have been watching another disaster on the News. It just mades me very upset and sad.
I have been going though a very tough time. I have no Job and can't find work. And I have even though of doing the worst.
And now looking at this Disaster I fell the calling to me is to help In Haiti.
I did help in the Kartina Disaster and it was fullfilling in knowing I help in someone worst nightmare. Knowing that I comforted a Mother,Father, Daughter,Son,and grandparents and everyone else that was scare they did not know were there love one were.

I can stay as long as it takes, Please concern me. I really would like to help.

I truely would love too help

Take care

Rita

I too am a photojournalist and have been to haiti for relief documentary. I have a passion for the people of Haiti and if there is anyway I can help please let me know.

I'm a psychotherapist with experience in trauma. I would love to help those in need in Haiti. Please contact me!

I am 22 years young in vewry good shape i am prepared to dedicate myselfto help with a recopvery effort search and rescue anything physical i am prepared for it please contact me. i am from jamaica i feel as if i owe it to theese people as they too are apart of me i am obligated to do this please contact me!!!

My husband is Haitian and would like to go help. He is very strong and speaks creole. He wants to help with search and rescue. If you find anything out about who might be organizing a team to go, please get back to us. We are also in CT. (South Windsor)

Thank You,

Kara Phadael

I am very interested in deploying to Haiti asap to help with relief efforts. Please email me to let me know what/how I can go about doing so

I am a civilian Federal employee in Washington DC. I have experience in Human Rights and aid/volunteering. I have a strong educational background (MBA & International Policy/Human Rights) as well as ground relief work. I currently work for the USDA, but am ready to leave tomorrow. Please let me know how I might utilize my skill set to work with US agencies in the relief effort in Haiti. Please forward my information to any necessary agencies.
Sincerely,
Holly Wiggins

Joelle, I want to go help. Do you know of any organization that will be able to direct me once I get there?

My wife and I lived in Haiti for 4.5 years and speak Creole fluently. We are available to volunteer. We were in Haiti twice last year showing folks how to make Rocket Stoves (fuel efficient and low emission wood-burning cookstoves) and originally planned to be there right now but were asked to delay our visit until one of the groups are helping bought a vehicle.

I am a registered nurse willing to join a relief team to help in Haiti.

I am a general contractor and construction manager.

I have experience with re-building a strategic telecommuncation central switch facility that had extensive structural damage from the '94 erathquake in Northridge, Calif.

Let me know how I can help.

do you need more hands...I am a registered physical therapist and am willimng to go and help...

I am so interested in humanitarian work.. If more help is needed please tell me how I can get there to help!

I'm overwhelmed at all the love. People you have shown me that people do care. Please take all our care and love with you over to Haiti, I wish I could do more than send money, but I'll send what I can. and pray......... thank you all for caring....If anyone knows how else we can help please reply. -Corrie

Blessings to you Rita!

The outpouring of support on this page is truly remarkable. To all of you volunteering your time and services, thank you! I encourage anyone reading this to join me in donating funds to help with the recovery. To the people of Haiti - know that we are holding you closely in our hearts.

I have just read all of your comments on this wonderful Mercy Corp site. You are all American heros. I too feel frustrated in wanting to help. Americans are of big hearts and helping our less fortunate brothers and sisters is something most do well. I hope all of you get your chance to make a difference.

Here at Mercy Corps headquarters, we are all in high gear responding to the earthquake in Haiti. As a writer, I'm doing my part by helping to get information about the situation and our response out to our supporters, donors, friends.

I am utterly moved, inspired and heartened by the incredible outpouring of offers from all our friends who want to rush to Haiti to help -- surgeons, nurses, former Peace Corps volunteers, social workers, engineers, architects, translators, many people who speak fluent Creole, and many who are offering strong backs and arms and hearts -- to do whatever is needed.

It's wonderful to know that so many people care about Haiti, and I know that for many it's also frustrating to not be able to just hop on a plane and go there.

Please know how much we appreciate your offers to help, and the cash contributions so many of you are making. In their time of need, you are helping the people of Haiti enormously. On their behalf, thank you.

I am a Haitian-American attorney leaving in New York, willing, able and ready to help in the efforts of rebuilding Haiti. I speak Haitian creole, Franch and English and have knowledge of banking, economics and possess many other skills that can benefit Haiti in its darkest day. If you can use me in any way form or shape do not hesitate to send me an email. i am ready today to jump on the band wagon and be productive. Thank you for your admirable efforts.

For those who want to help. Keep an eye for the recruitment pages of agencies who are setting up operations there.

For first response it will involve already set up emergency teams and people within emergency rosters vetted by these organisations.

But you could get involved in recovery projects afterwards. Keep an eye for the employment pages of Mercy Corps.

It takes resources to bring someone and support that person in the field. If you can't be of immediate help, if you get in the way or take the space of a person more needed, you are doing more harm than good.

Best thing you can do is to give funds. They'll serve in the field. Right now they need less people than money. It's haitian national staff members who will do the bulk of the work. Think about it. They can hire 5 staff members for the price of sending you.

Scott,

My brother, who did Peace Corps in Haiti 2000-2002, has set up a Facebook group for Peace Corps Response Haiti Interest Group for RPCV who are mobilizing - you might want to check it out. If the link doesn't work, you could probably find it on a search. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=539264282#/group.php?...

Kathleen

The best thing to do is give money, but if you think you are qualified to help in Haiti, register with http://www.cidi.org/ and they will relay your qualifications to aid agencies. God bless Haiti.

This is a terrible tragedy and I'm very glad so many people are donating and helping out. I'm a Sophomore in high school and I just made my donation. I really wish I could go down and help but unfortunately I can't. My thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims of this terrible tragedy.

Here is the Center for International Disaster Information's website where they are taking applications for volunteers with previous disaster relief experience or other technical experience to go to Haiti: http://dex.cidi.org/

if Mercy Corps is not able to use those of you with medical experience please check PIH site. They are taking immediate applications for:

Orthopedic surgeons, trauma surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, OR nurses, post-op nurses, and surgical technicians. Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate any volunteers without significant surgical or trauma training and experience.

http://standwithhaiti.org/haiti/news-entry/update-on-volunteer-request/

I saw your post about volunteering to go to haiti. My church here in atlanta is sponsoring 5 neurosurgeons to assist in Haiti immediately. If you are still available/interested please contact me @ jjwoodynyc@gmail.com or on twitter @JJWoodyNYC so I can get you in touch with the trip coordinators.

Hope to hear from you soon,
Jason J. Woody

I am currently a LPN and have been working in nursing for the past eight years caring for others. Please let me know if i can be of assistance with the relief effort of the Haiti people.

Me and my family have a lot of clothing that we feel we should give away to the people of Haiti. But how do we do this. Now we have about 50 banana boxes full of clothing and shoes. Where, When, and whom may we give these to? thank you.

Hi, I am so frustrated. I am a nurse with 25 years experience in cardiology, dialysis, and ICU with experience also in special procedures. Trying to get to Haiti to help but want to go down with a medical group. Please advise. My number is 318-470-1884
I am ready willing and able, will pay my own way. Thanks

I am a psychotherapist and want to help the trauma victims of Haiti. Are there any relief teams that could use my help?

Tina, have you heard anything about helping? I am an LPN with 22 yrs. experience and want to go. Please let me know if you've heard back on how and if we can go. Thank you. Lisa

Hello,

I am a Lvn and interested in workin in haiti asap!!
Need more info................