Monday 18 January, 2010
Save the Children President &
U.N Secretary General arrive in Haiti
Save the Children commit $10.5 million to quake response
A senior representative from Save the Children arrived in Haiti today as part of U.N. Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon’s delegation in an effort to accelerate the delivery of aid to the most
vulnerable people, children and families. The move comes as Save the Children announced it
had so far committed $10.5 million to the Haiti relief effort.
President and CEO of Save the Children America, Charles MacCormack traveling with U.N.
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said, “It is a race against time to get food, water and medical
supplies to the people who for five days now have received very little aid. However, even in the
most challenging of situations, Save the Children has been able to deliver urgently needed food,
water and medical supplies.”
On Sunday a 20-foot container sent from Save the Children’s warehouse in the Dominican
Republic was delivered to Hope Hospital in Port-au-Prince, allowing the organization to provide
2,200 people with food, water and also medical and hygiene supplies.
Save the Children is also working to set-up Child Friendly Spaces in areas where families have
been setting up camp. These areas will ensure the safety of children in the camps and give them
the opportunity to play and begin to recover from what the death, injury, and destruction they
have witnessed and the lack of necessities they have endured.
“Despite the hardships faced by the Haitians, I have always been impressed by their resilience,”
said Lee Nelson, Save the Children’s country director in Haiti. “We must continue to help
however we can and we cannot give up on the hundreds of thousands of people in desperate
need.”
Since the earthquake on January 12, Save the Children’s staff members in Haiti have been
responding to the immediate needs of children and families. The aid agency has worked in Haiti
since 1978 and has close to 200 staff members in the country.
To Donate to Save the Children’s Haiti earthquake emergency appeal:
call 1800 76 00 11
donate at National Australia Bank nationally
For more information, or to arrange an interview call Ian Woolverton on 0437 355 096
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