ASPA
Statement on Haiti Earthquake
We, in
the American Society for Public Administration,
wish to express our heartfelt sympathy to the
families and friends of the victims of the
earthquake in Haiti. We pray for the safety of the
many victims of Haiti living on the island at the
time.
We are
proud of the many public servants and other
individuals who have responded to help the victims
and to assist the nation in its recovery from this
tragedy. These workers and volunteers have been
working tirelessly and heroically under dangerous
conditions to help individuals and families
affected by this catastrophe.
We
hope and pray that the nation of Haiti will, with
the help of the United States and other nations,
eventually recover and rebuild the housing,
infrastructure and lives of its people. Many of
our members stand ready to help and contribute to
bring about an expeditious recovery.
Paul
Posner, PhD
ASPA President
Antoinette
A. Samuel, MPA CAE
ASPA Executive
Director
Haiti desperately needs aid. The basics -- food,
water and medical supplies -- are in short supply.
Please help by donating to the following
organizations that are providing direct relief to
Haiti.
Action Against Hunger:
http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/where-we-work/haiti
American Red Cross:
http://www.redcross.org/
AmeriCares Disaster
Relief: http://www.americares.org/
Beyond
Borders: http://www.beyondborders.net/index.php
CARE: http://www.care.org/
Community
Coalition for Haiti: http://www.cchaiti.org/
Direct
Relief International: http://www.directrelief.org/EmergencyResponse/2010/EarthquakeHaiti.aspx
Doctors
Without Borders: http://doctorswithoutborders.org/
HED:
www.hedprogram.org/
International
Medical Corps: https://www.imcworldwide.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=878
International
Relief Teams: http://www.irteams.org/index.htm
Meds
and Food for Kids: http://mfkhaiti.org/
Mercy
Corps: http://www.mercycorps.org/
Operation
USA: http://www.opusa.org/featured/news-release-operation-usa-prepares-emergency-aid-in-response-to-earthquakes-in-haiti/
Oxfam
America: https://secure.oxfamamerica.org/site/Donation2?df_id=3560&3560.donation=form1
Partners
in Health: http://www.pih.org/home.html
Save
the Children: http://www.savethechildren.org/
UNICEF:
https://secure.unicefusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=6680&6680.donation=form1
World
Concern: http://www.worldconcern.org/haiti-earthquake/
Yele
Haiti: www.yele.org/
For
those interested in helping immediately, simply
text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will
be given automatically to the Red Cross to help
with relief efforts. This donation will
be charged to your cell phone bill.
Or text "YELE" to "501501" and a donation
of $5 will be given automatically to Yele Haiti to
help with relief
efforts.
