Grace Children's Hospital in Port-au-Prince Survived Quake
While other hospitals in Haiti were devastated, thankfully Grace Childrens Hospital still stands.
This latest report from the field:
We continue to asses the structrual damage that the hospital suffered, and in the next few days will be opening the hospital grounds to serve as a triage and treatment center in conjunction with other aid groups.
I emailed ICC directly to find out how to help:
Sandra,
Thank you for writing. We appreciate your support and prayers!
At this time, financial donations are most urgently needed, as shipping items to Haiti requires logistical efforts that are impossible at this time. We will be using the funds to offer immediate relief as well as to help with needed repairs at the hospital. In the next few days, we hope to be able to offer the facility to be used for the relief efforts. We will keep you updated on our website as much as possible! If, in the future, opportunities come up to collect items for the hospital or other relief efforts, we will let you know.
Thank you!
Ann Simmons
Communications & Development Coordinator
International Child Care, USA
3506 Lovers Lane, Suite 8
Kalamazoo, MI 49001
(269) 382-9960
(800) 722-4453
So like most natural disasters the best thing to do is to donate money and/or organize local fundraisers to raise funds rather than try to do supply collections. Here’s a Donor’s Guide to Global Emergencies from Joanne Fritz, Nonprofit About.com Guide (on Twitter @joannefritz .)
Visit the ICC & Grace Childrens Hospital Website
Here’s a video news segment from local TV
Other organizations that were already in Haiti mobilized immediately to help: