Partners In Health

January 14, 2010
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UPDATE: our partners in Haiti.

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Here’s what’s going on with our partners in Haiti:

Amanda Schwartz of Partners In Health has been relaying emails coming to her from PIH’s health facility in Cange, which is treating an influx of patients from Port-au-Prince around the clock:

“Port-au-Prince is devastated, lot of deaths. SOS. SOS… Temporary field hospital by us at UNDP [United Nations Development Program] needs supplies, pain meds, bandages. Please help us.”

– Louise Ivers, PIH Haiti Clinical Director

“We really need sheets and blankets and clothes — it’s been cold and people are in shock as is. Last night was long and cold in Cange, even with the addition of half of the fabric from Jackie’s shop cut into sheets. Also, soap and general hygiene items.”

– a clinician in Cange

PIH clinicians also sent these photos this afternoon. The emergency room at the PIH facility was overflowing with patients from Port-au-Prince, so they set up an emergency triage in a church in Cange:

Partners In Health are still taking donations — click here to give straight to the relief efforts in Haiti.

Our other partners, Concern Worldwide, told us they have located the majority of their staff in Haiti and are operating out of their central office in Port-au-Prince, which withstood the quake even though the nearby hospital in Petit Ville collapsed. From the moment the quake struck, teams launched relief efforts and life-saving assistance from this building. More teams from their New York office have since joined and plan to stay as long as they’re needed.

Concern has launched a public emergency appeal for $7.5 million in order to continue search and rescue missions as well as food, water, shelter and medicine distribution. They’re accepting donations online here. Right now, they are focusing on immediate survival needs, but the work spans more than that. Their history in Haiti and commitment to sustainable development will keep them involved in areas affected by the quake for as long as necessary.
 

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January 14, 2010
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UPDATE: supplies for Haiti needed in New York by Tuesday, Jan. 19.

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There’s a plane leaving NYC for Haiti on Tuesday and we need your help filling it with cargo.

We’ve been in close contact with our field partners, and are turning the charity: water office into a drop-off point for the following items that are most needed in Haiti right now:


Blankets*
Tents*
Soap
Feminine hygiene products
Sleeping bags*
Medical gloves
Bandages/gauze
Cases of bottled water

Please do not mail these items to our office, but rather stop by during these times —

Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

IF YOU CAN CARRY THE DONATIONS BY HAND IN ONE LOAD: Please enter through the front door at 200 Varick St. You will need a photo ID to enter the building. We are located on the 2nd floor, Suite 201.

IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS OR ARE DONATING IN BULK: Please email us to schedule a drop-off time (email Lane Wood).

These supplies will be transported next week by Partners in Health to where they are needed most. Our other partners in Haiti, Concern Worldwide US, are sending supplies from Ireland and still have a pressing need for donations.

We still encourage online donations to our partners on the ground, too:

Click here to donate to Partners in Health.
Click here to donate to Concern Worldwide.

Many thanks for all the emergency relief donations to our partners, all the reTweets from our friends around the world and all the hard work to help the hundreds of thousands suffering through this crisis.

*These items can be gently used.

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January 14, 2010
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UPDATE: partners tending to rushes of patients, launching emergency appeals.

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Here’s what’s going on with our partners in Haiti:

Amanda Schwartz of Partners in Health has been relaying emails coming to her from PIH’s health facility in Cange, which is treating an influx of patients from Port-au-Prince around the clock:

“Port-au-Prince is devastated, lot of deaths. SOS. SOS… Temporary field hospital by us at UNDP [United Nations Development Program] needs supplies, pain meds, bandages. Please help us.”

– Louise Ivers, PIH Haiti Clinical Director

“We really need sheets and blankets and clothes — it’s been cold and people are in shock as is. Last night was long and cold in Cange, even with the addition of half of the fabric from Jackie’s shop cut into sheets. Also, soap and general hygiene items.”

– a clinician in Cange

PIH clinicians also sent these photos this afternoon. The emergency room at the PIH facility was overflowing with patients from Port-au-Prince, so they set up an emergency triage in a church in Cange:

Partners in Health are still taking donations — click here to give straight to the relief efforts in Haiti.

Our other partners, Concern Worldwide, told us they have located the majority of their staff in Haiti and are operating out of their central office in Port-au-Prince, which withstood the quake even though the nearby hospital in Petit Ville collapsed. From the moment the quake struck, teams launched relief efforts and life-saving assistance from this building. More teams from their New York office have since joined and plan to stay as long as they’re needed.

Concern has launched a public emergency appeal for $7.5 million in order to continue search and rescue missions as well as food, water, shelter and medicine distribution. They’re accepting donations online here. Right now, they are focusing on immediate survival needs, but the work spans more than that. Their history in Haiti and commitment to sustainable development will keep them involved in areas affected by the quake for as long as necessary.

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December 17, 2009
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from the office: Partners In Health

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“We believe poor people have the right to health. And that includes the right to water.”

– Amanda Schwartz, Partners In Health

We’ve been working with Partners In Health to build water projects in Haiti for more than two years now (did you see our live broadcast from Haiti when charity: water turned three years old?). Today, their grants development assistant, Amanda Schwartz, and their executive director, Ophelia Dahl, came into the office for a little Q&A and some quick meetings with staff.

Ophelia gave a quick overview of our progress with PIH on video, too:


Here’s a little background on Partners In Health: Their founding members worked for years in Central Haiti before launching the organization to provide health care to one of the poorest areas in the Western Hemisphere. From Haiti, PIH branched out to form health care programs in Russia, Rwanda, Lesotho and Malawi, almost always in remote locations where virtually no medical systems or services existed for people in need.

Amanda told us her new nickname at the office — “the water guru.” She earned it because she is (along with other PIH staff) constantly looking to implement more water projects in PIH regions. Safe water is obviously a major need in hospitals, but just the access to clean water for a community will keep thousands from getting sick in the first place. It’s called “preventative intervention for health” and we’re well aware of how much it can make a difference. Take diarrheal disease, for example. Clean water reduces deaths from diarrheal disease by 34%.

PIH’s attention to providing preferential treatment to those in need — and their reputation for creating thorough, quality systems in these places — drew us to them from the start. We’re excited to scale work with PIH because, of course, we agree with Ophelia and Amanda — water is essential to health.

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