Haiti Disaster Response

The Red Cross Response

• Red Cross responders from seven countries are also treating injuries and performing surgery at hospitals and medical centers throughout the capital city.
• More than 70 American Red Cross Creole-speaking volunteers have been trained and will soon join the USNS Comfort offshore in Haiti to translate for patients receiving medical care from the U.S. military.
• Red cross teams are focused on purifying the water supply available in the country and expect to deliver clean drinking water to 200,000 to 400,000 people each day by truck.
• The American Red Cross is providing approximately 3 million  pre-packaged meals in partnership with the World Food Program in Haiti.
• In the days ahead, the Red Cross will provide tents and shelter supplies for an initial 20,000 families in Haiti.
• So far, 100 tons of Red Cross aid has arrived in Haiti.
• The ICRC family links Web site, has received 23,000 registrations since the earthquake. We know 360 families have successfully reconnected using the site.

How Can I Help!

A monatary gift is the best way to help those in need.  you can help the victims of countless crises around the world with a gift to the Red Cross International Response Fund.  If you wish to designate your donation to a specific disaster, please do so at the time of your donation.

1-800-REDCROSS (1-800-733-2767)

1-800-257-7575 (Spanish)

Online at redcross.org

Mail: American Red Cross P.O. Box 37243 Washington D.C. 20013

Text: Haiti to 90999 to send a ten dollar donation to the Red Cross.

You may also make a donation through our office, here in Kirksville.