Haiti Earthquake Updates

Haiti suffered a devastating earthquake just outside the capital city of Port-au-Prince, its biggest city. For about 20 years, Grassroots International has worked with community-based organizations in Haiti, including working with them in times of natural disaster like hurricanes. We are currently accepting donations to provide much-needed emergency relief to the people of Haiti. 100 % of funds we raise for emergency relief and rebuilding will go directly to our partner organizations in Haiti. Our partners are also engaged in long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts.

This page is dedicated to updates on Haiti and offers links to additional resources.

Grassroots International Blog Entries and Updates

• Haiti: "Post Disaster Needs Assessment" - Whose Needs? Whose Assessment?
• Rebuilding Haiti, with a Rwandan Twist
• Fault Lines--Hait: The Politics of Rebuilding
• In Haiti, Support Local Communities, Not Microcredit Agencies
• After the Catastrophe: Our Country Can Rise Again
• Grassroots Partners in Haiti receive emergency funding
• From Gaza to Haiti and Back Again
• Boston-area kids raise money to support Haiti
• Via Campesina calls for International Solidarity in Haiti
• Breaking the Chains of Dependence in Haiti
• Ten Things the United States Can and Should Do for Haiti
• Letter from Camille Chalmers, PAPDA
• Grassroots International Establishes Earthquake Emergency Response Fund for Haiti
• A Note from our Colleagues at the Presbyterian Hunger Program
• Answering the Call Even when the Phone Isn't Answered
• Rethinking Aid... Again: Responding to the Earthquake in Haiti
• Humanitarian Crises: What is a Progressive to do?
• All Hands Responding to the Haiti Emergency
• Tell Congress to Urge Homeland Security to Grant Temporary Protective Status for Haitians 

Additional News and Information Sources

• AlertNet: A humanitarian news network from the Reuters Foundation that provides detailed news updates on the extent of damage and ongoing humanitarian relief efforts.

• ReliefWeb: A project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. This Web site serves as a clearing house for information related to the earthquakes and ongoing situational reports.

• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): An entity within the United Nations Secretariat that provides a map of the earthquake damage.

Emergency Relief Efforts

Grassroots International will continue to work with our partners throughout this crisis—and beyond—to help rebuild. We are following their lead based on their assessment of their needs, and we are providing both financial and organizational support. Below are some of our peers and close ally organizations that are also engaged in complementary efforts.

• Partners in Health is providing medical supplies and personnel. Contact procurement@pih.org.
• American Jewish World Service is working with groups in and just outside Port-au-Prince.
• Lambi Fund of Haiti is working with their local partners.