Helping Haiti!

Haiti says 2,00,000 may be dead, violence breaks out

Haiti, in the West Indies, occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. About the size of Maryland, Haiti is two-thirds mountainous, with the rest of the country marked by great valleys, extensive plateaus, and small plains.


Explored by Columbus on Dec. 6, 1492, Haiti's native Arawaks fell victim to Spanish rule. In 1697, Haiti became the French colony of Saint-Dominique, which became a leading sugarcane producer dependent on slaves. In 1791, an insurrection erupted among the slave population of 480,000, resulting in a declaration of independence by Pierre-Dominique Toussaint l'Ouverture in 1801. Napoléon Bonaparte suppressed the independence movement, but it eventually triumphed in 1804 under Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who gave the new nation the Arawak name Haiti . It was the world's first independent black republic.


If you plan to help Haiti, these are the organizations actively engaged in Haiti. Remember, many fraudulent organizations are there trying to make money out of this crisis!!!


Action Against Hunger

American Red Cross

American Jewish World Service

AmeriCares

Beyond Borders

CARE

Catholic Relief Services

Childcare Worldwide

Direct Relief International

Doctors Without Borders

Feed My Starving Children

Friends of WFP

Haitian Health Foundation

Hope for Haiti

International Medical Corps

International Relief Teams

Medical Teams International

Meds and Food for Kids

Mercy Corps

Operation USA

Oxfam

Partners in Health

Samaritan’s Purse

Save the Children

UNICEF

World Concern

World Vision

Yele Haiti



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