Haiti

The effects of the disastrous earthquake in Haiti on January 12 will be long term. Our hearts go out to the people of Haiti and their extended families around the world.

To help Haiti recover will require significant financial resources. As Paul Farmer, M.D., one of the founders of Partners in Health and the chairman of Harvard Medical School's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, states, "in-kind donations are not really what is needed now." Or, in the words of Haitian President René Préval, "Long term assistance is much better." (Port-au-Prince, January 15, 2010)

The IRS has extended the deadline for making 2009 tax deductible contributions toward relief in Haiti until February 28.

Help support vulnerable new mothers and babies in Haiti. Please consult this list for items needed for maternal-infant care. (92 KB)

If you would like to volunteer as we pack supplies and equipment for shipment to Haiti, please email our Volunteer Coordinators. Response to the disaster has been overwhelming - we ask for your patience as we arrange our volunteer schedule.

Restaurants can support our efforts in Haiti by hosting a benefit evening and designating a portion of the proceeds for Global Links. If you represent a restaurant or business interested in supporting Global Links, please contact Angela Garcia.

Global Links would like to thank UPMC for facilitating fundraising to support our efforts in Haiti through payroll deductions. If your company would like to make a similar arrangement, please contact deputy director Angela Garcia.

Global Links Receives $250,000 Grant To Provide Ongoing Medical Relief in Haiti (18 kb)

The community's response to the disaster in Haiti has been generous. Click here to see a list of those supporting our work to help Haiti recover. (12 KB)

More resources:
Interaction
Pan American Health Organization
For information on how companies can help in Haiti
Global Links' press update. (17 KB)

A man carries his wife into the hospital for care.

All photos by Lynn Johnson

A man carries his wife into the hospital for care.

A concerned mother waits with her ailing child in the pediatric intensive care unit while other parents wait with their children in the adjoining emergency room at the public hospital in Port-au-Prince.

Patients wait to be attended at a public hospital in Haiti. Due to crowded conditions, gurneys are often used as make-shift beds.