“Cram the Container” for Haiti! Thanks for all the donations!
IU Hoosiers for Haiti.
Student solicit donations for Haitian relief efforts. In the picture are students from United for Haiti, Building Tomorrow, INPIRG, Chi Alpha Epsilon, Foster Student Government, The Honors Student Association, Teter Student Government, SPEA, and the WFHB Radio Station.
IUB Student Groups Involved in Haiti Relief Efforts
United for Haiti - CJ Lotz - cjlotz@indiana.edu
Alpha Phi Omega - Alex Luboff - aluboff@gmail.com
Chi Alpha Epsilon - Julian Edwards - juredwar@indiana.edu
Hudson Holland Scholars Program - hhsp@indiana.edu
INPIRG - Emma McClure - mccluree@indiana.edu
Student PreMed Association - spma@indiana.edu
Undergraduate Black MBA Association - Jessica Ahoni -jahoni@indiana.edu
Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting - Wes Becu - wbecu@indiana.edu
National Association of Black Accountants - Kadeem Goddard - kadgodda@indiana.edu
Kelley Student Diversity Council - Jasson Giannini - jogianni@indiana.edu
Building Tomorrow - Maria Srour - Msrour@indiana.edu
Donations and Fundraising
Giving Advice from Beth Gazley, Assistant Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affair:
Most of the people and organizations who are closest to Haiti are now recommending that cash donations to reputable organizations will be most effective during this initial period of trauma relief. To make monetary donations to organizations with operations already on the ground in Haiti, we have compiled a list of links, from which you may choose.
Money
- Instructor of Haitian Creole, David Tezil, particularly recommends the International Firefighter Association, at www.ifarelief.org
- The Haitian Studies Association recommends these organizations:
- Fonkoze
www.fonkoze.org
Fonkoze is Haiti’s alternative bank for the poor, dedicated to building the economic foundations for democracy in Haiti by providing the rural poor with the tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty. - Lambi Fund of Haiti
www.lambifund.org
Lambi Fund of Haiti’s mission is to strengthen civil society in Haiti as a necessary foundation for democracy and development.
- Partners in Health
www.pih.org
PIH has been working in Haiti for over twenty years, with three goals: to care for patients, alleviate the root causes of disease in their communities, and to share lessons learned around the world. You can view IU contributions to PIH. - Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
http://www.ijdh.org/.
IJDH’s mission is to work with the people of Haiti in their nonviolent struggle for the consolidation of democracy, justice and human rights, by informing on human rights conditions in Haiti, pursuing legal cases, and cooperating with human rights and solidarity groups in Haiti and abroad.
- Fonkoze
- Also, within two hours of Tuesday’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake, musician Wyclef Jean and his organization Yele mobilized on social networking sites to raise funds for disaster relief. Jean is encouraging people to text “Yele” to 501501, which will automatically donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund, or to visit http://www.yele.org/
Here are some other traditional options:
- Oxfam International
https://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/haiti-earthquake/index.php - American Red Cross
https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?3916.donation=form1&idb=1389596928&df_id=3916&JServSessionIdr004=4wqoapocd1.app234a - Mercy Corps
https://donate.mercycorps.org/donation.htm?DonorIntent=Haiti+Earthquake - United Methodist Committee on Relief
http://secure.gbgm-umc.org/donations/umcor/donate.cfm?code=418325&id=3018760 - The Salvation Army
https://secure.salvationarmy.org/donations.nsf/donate?openform&projectid=USN-HaitiDisaster
Funders
- Grassroots International
http://www.grassrootsonline.org/
Grassroots International has supported key Haitian organizations for years who are working to restore the environment, ensure food security and advocate for human rights. - American Jewish World Service
http://www.ajws.org
AJWS provides long-term, flexible support to Haitian organizations working to build resilience to disasters and improve food security and health in some of the poorest communities in the country.