Appeal to raise funds for Haiti
JEWISH charitable organisations are helping the rescue and relief effort in Haiti after the Caribbean Island was decimated by an earthquake on January 13.
NAOMI LEVIN
JEWISH charitable organisations are helping the rescue and relief effort in Haiti after the Caribbean Island was decimated by an earthquake on January 13.
The Victorian chapter of Magen David Adom (MDA) is collecting funds, as is Jewish Aid Australia (JAA).
Haiti’s president Rene Preval said that up to 50,000 may have been killed in the earthquake, which registered seven on the Richter scale. The International Red Cross has estimated that up to three million Haitians have been left homeless, injured or dead.
Many governments and non-government organisations have mobilised to help Haiti, one of the world’s poorest countries. They include the Israeli Government, which together with the Red Cross and MDA Israel, is preparing to send a delegation of doctors and paramedics, as well as medical supplies.
In order to support the Israeli effort, the local MDA group is raising money for emergency and medical supplies to be sent to Haiti.
JAA has partnered with CARE Australia, a non-religious and non-political charity, which is conducting relief and rescue operations on the small island via emergency teams. Fundraising undertaken by JAA will be directed to CARE.
To support the Haiti appeal contact MDA Victoria (03) 9272 5633. Tax-deductible donations to Jewish Aid Australia www.jewishaid.org.au.
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