FW: Help for Haiti

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From: oakleysbutterfly@... [mailto:oakleysbutterfly@...]

Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 8:32 PM

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Subject: Help for Haiti

Hi Everyone,

Below is a letter I received from my friend, Siuan, and I wanted to send it on

to all of you. Many times we want to help but don't know where to start

and so we end up doing nothing. You can skip the letter part and get right to

the address where you can send a care package. She has included a list of

things in which they are in need of as well as the bank info where you can wire

money if that suits you better. Her stepfather, who was in the quake and

sustained some broken bones, owns a pharmacy in town but has also opened his

home providing a 70 bed hospital.

Again, thanks for whatever you can do and feel free to send to anyone you think

could provide additional help in this most tragic situation.

Love,

-----Original Message-----

From: Siuan McGahan <x@...>

undisclosed-recipients:;

Sent: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 9:15 pm

Subject: Help for Haiti

Hi all-

I apologize in advance for the mass email, but I wanted to send out some info

about how you and your kids can do something together to help Haitians in

need.

As a little preface (which some of you may already know) I came to the US by

way of Haiti. I got my greencard there and spent time there as a teenager. My

stepfather had a Haitian Art Gallery in Santa and in 1983 set up The

Haitian Childrens Fund, a 501©3 California registered charity to help orphans

in Haiti. My stepfather has been living in Haiti for about 15 years now and as

you can imagine I was devastated when I heard about the earthquake. I didn't

hear word from him for 4 days and feared the worst. Luckily, he is alive (a few

broken bones) and is doing what he can to help others. He has a pharmacy in

Petionville and it is the only one standing since the quake. He has turned his

home (which was recently built and is one of few structures still standing)

into a 70 bed hospital.

I know there are many wonderful organizations to donate to and I am hoping that

we can all reach out and assist in every way we can. I received an email and

wishlist from my stepfather (things that they are desperately in need of to

help others. ) Many of the things on the wishlist are standard things that many

of us probably have lying around our house or could easily pick up an extra one

of on our next trip to the store. So, what I have decided to do with my kids

(and I decided I would also ask everyone I know to also consider doing) is

assemble a care-package with some items from the wishlist and sent it to the

Haitian Children's Fund office in FL. There is a ship waiting to take supplies

to Haiti. Your package can contain as many or as few of the items listed as you

can gather. Everything helps! They are in a very desperate state. There are

larger things on the list too and if you have those things to donate, I can put

you in touch with someone who can handle logistics. But if you want to send off

a box, there are so many things that are easy to mail and they could really

use. I am enlisting my kids in this process, from getting the box, filling it

with things and taking it to the post-office. Of course, monetary donations

help too, but everything helps, so here is the address/info, if you would also

like to send a box:

Boxes and/or checks can be sent to:

HAITIAN CHILDRENS FUND

16 MARINA POINT PLACE

PALM COAST, FLORIDA 32137

wire transfer of direct deposit info:

HAITI PROJET

WACHOVIA BANK

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA

ROUTING NUMBER - 067013564

ACCOUNT NUMBER - 14-252-209

Here is the wishlist:

(feel free to forward this to anyone else you might think would be

interested)

Anti inflammatory medications (aspirin, ibuprofen, etc..)

OTC items like Neosporin, Vicks, Acetophenomin, cough medicine …..etc

Baby Formula

powdered milk supplies

Water-purification materials

MEDICAL SUPPLIES – Bandages, band-aids, splints

EXTERNAL FIXATORS – HOFFMAN – a must

ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES – splints, arm slings, back support, stirrup ankle

braces, such as 3M FUTURO line and FLA ORTHOPEDIC, in Miramar.

WATER PURIFICATION UNITS Reverse osmosis, thousands of gallons per

day.

CLOROX

WATER PURIFICATION PILLS

5 GALLON BUCKETS - Standard method for transporting water

CLOTHING – T-Shirts, flip-flops, sneakers.

All too often Haiti gets donations of warm clothing that are suitable for

winters. This takes up container space and is useless

here.

WATER – 5 gallon containers – container can be used after, bottled

water. 1 gallon jugs useless. Many collapse in transit ruining other

foodstuffs

JUICE

RICE

BEANS

CORNMEAL

CEREALS – OATMEAL - CORNFLAKES

CANNED MILK

POWDERED MILK

TOMATO PASTE

COOKING OIL

SUGAR

COFFEE

WHEAT FLOUR

POTATO FLOUR

SARDINES…ETC

DRIED FISH

MACARONI

SPAGHETTI

SALT

Bath Soap

SOAP – dishes, clothes...

TOILET PAPER

DIAPERS

TOOTH PASTE

TOOTH BRUSHES

DEODORANT

POTS/PANS

METAL/PLASTIC CUPS/PLATES/SPOONS

SMALL CAMP STOVES WITH PROPANE BOTTLES

FLASHLIGHTS/BATTERIES

COAL OIL LAMPS - COAL OIL

Candles

Matches

PROPANE

CHARCOAL

cigarette lighters

BLANKETS

SLEEPING BAGS

TENTS

TARPS - People will make shelters from these. We will use them to

cover supplies.

ROPE/CORD

MOBILE MEDICAL CLINICS

GENERATORS/INVERTERS/BATTERIES

HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT EVERYTHING… Some hospitals will be merging, leaving

a lot of good stuff surplus.

FARM STUFF

There is a huge flood of peasants back into the countryside. We should

do what we can to keep them there since this has always been an

impossible goal. Seeds, tools, fertilizer and some way to transport

produce to the market will rebuild Haiti’s farm community.

Vegetable seeds – we need seeds that peasants can harvest new

seeds from their crops. I am not sure if hybrid seeds allow this.

Corn, cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, onions, melons, peas, cucumber,

peppers, (hot and sweet), radish, beans, okra, lettuce and more.

Potato seed stock

Fertilizer

Tools Shovels, hoes, rakes, picks, pick-axes, sledge hammers. wheel

barrows

HAMMERS/SAWS/SCREW-DRIVERS/DRILLS

SMALL TRACTORS WITH FARM ATTACHMENTS

WATER-WELL DRILLING SYSTEMS

SMALL CEMENT MIXERS WITH GAS ENGINES

TRANSPORTATION

WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE JEEPS/SUVS TO SUPPORT OPERATION

SMALL TRAILER UNITS

SMALL TRUCKS, LARGERS TRUCKS FOR MOVEMENT OF MATERIAL

MOTORCYCLES/ ATVS

For our staff project here we will need

Beds/mattresses/pillows/sheets

Towels

Generator and batteries to run through our inverter.

Bigger water tanks, pressure system and water heater (if we are wimps)

Stoves

Fridges

Freezers

Washer/Dryer

Dishes/pots/pans/flatware

Satellite Internet facilities

Satellite TV facilities

Internet phone facilities

COMMUNICATIONS – Motorola hand units with master station would avoid

existing communications problems.

BLACKBERRIES

Thanks everyone,

Siuan