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Haiti Earthquake Emergency
CENTRAL TEXAS CONFERENCE STATEMENT: As the crisis continues in Haiti many questions have arisen in relation to the difference between contributing to UMCOR for health kits and giving to the Advance #418325.
We hope to clarify your questions that these are two different responses.
The health kits are a specific gift that you can put together to help people to have their basic needs met who have been forced to live out on the streets due to the devastation. When you give to the advance, this money goes to Haiti in a variety of ways.
In a statement given out by UMCOR today please read how our United Methodist contributions are making a difference.
And, again, thank you all for your responses.
UMCOR STATEMENT: UMCOR is providing emergency grants to the Methodist Church in Haiti and GlobalMedic to address the needs of those affected by the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12. UMCOR is partnering with GlobalMedic to provide clean drinking water, treatment for severe diarrhea, and medical attention to those in need. UMCOR is also supporting GlobalMedic's response through the deployment of paramedics, water technicians, and a doctor to assist those sick or injured.
A hub for water distribution is also being set up to provide 65,000 people daily with clean drinking water.
In addition, about 110,000 sachets of PUR water purifiers, five million Aquatab water purification tablets, and 110,000
oral rehydration sachets are being distributed to those who have been forced from their homes as a result of the earthquake.
UMCOR and GlobalMedic are working in partnership with local non-government organizations (NGOs) and the United Nations’ network of relief organizations to coordinate response efforts and give aid to areas not receiving direct assistance.
Thanks to mission aircraft transportation services provided by Bahamas Methodist Habitat http://www.methodisthabitat.org (BMH), a U.S.-based nonprofit organization, UMCOR staff persons Melissa Crutchfield, international disaster response executive, and Edgar Avitia, a Global Ministries executive, arrived in the Dominican Republic over the weekend when all
commercial airlines were sold out. Crutchfield and Avitia are assessing relief needs and coordinating
relief distribution efforts with on-the-ground partners.
Bahamas Methodist Habitat is conducting 12 flights per day through its Fly-In & Help Out mission program, transporting
much-needed medical supplies into and evacuating people out of Haiti for medical assistance.
Through this program, more than 10,000 pounds of emergency medical relief supplies have already been delivered to Haiti.
Over three million people are in dire need of assistance in Haiti.
Haiti Emergency, UMCOR Advance # 418325
or go to the website: http://secure.gbgm-umc.org/donations/umcor/donate.cfm?code=418325&id=3018760
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