GREATER WASHINGTON DC HAITI RELIEF FUND COMMITTEE (GWHRF)

IN RESPONSE TO THE FLOODS AND DEVASTATION RESULTING FROM THE FOUR STORMS AND HURRICANES WHICH HAVE IMPACTED HAITI IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AN AD HOC GROUP OF CONCERNED HAITIANS, HAITIAN-AMERICANS AND AMERICANS LIVING IN THE WASHINGTON D. C. METROPOLITAN AREA HAVE MET AND ORGANIZED THEMSELVES UNDER THE RUBRIC OF THE GREATER WASHINGTON DC  HAITI RELIEF FUND COMMITTEE (GWHRF).

GWHRF IS COLLECTING FUNDS WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AND USED TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY THE DISASTER.

KEY GWHRF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI

1. THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC. (AME-SADA) WITH ITS FULLY STAFFED 9 OUTPATIENT CLINICS (50 MEDICAL PERSONNEL, 125 HEALTH AGENTS, 300 TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS) IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, ARCAHAIE AND CABARET REGIONS;

2. THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HAITIANS (NOAH) WITH ITS PARTNER CLINICS THROUGHOUT PARTS OF THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN DEPARTMENTS IN HAITI;

3. HAITI MICAH WITH ITS ORPHANAGES IN THE MIRBALAIS AND ARTIBONITE VALLEY REGIONS;

4. OTHER PARTNERS WITH ACTIVE REPRESENTATION IN HAITI ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN GWHRF AS THIS MOVEMENT GROWS.

DONATIONS

TO DONATE FUNDS WHICH WILL BE USED BY THE ORGANIZATIONS ABOVE TO DISTRIBUTE EMERGENCY FOOD AND PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT AND ASSIST THE POPULATIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE REIGIONS TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES PLEASE GO TO THE DONATION PAGE ON THIS SITE

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT DR. KETTY PHILOGENE (E-Mail:  kphilogene@ame-sada.org) OR ROBERT NICOLAS (E-mail:  rnicolas@ame-sada.org) AT AME-SADA 202 371-8722