Photo courtesy of Hilary Nemchik
My office, spearheaded by Deputy Borough President Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, a Haitian American, quickly organized together with The Haitian Roundtable a major fundraising event at Talay Restaurant in West Harlem on Friday January 15 to provide the US fund for UNICEF with much needed funding for the purchase of supplies and equipment that address Haiti’s most urgent needs. Thanks to your generous support we were able to raise $150,000 and more donations are on the way.
To learn more about the "New Yorkers for Haiti" fundraiser please visit our blog and read our press release. If you can not attend the fundraising event, you can go directly to the UNICEF’s Haiti Relief webpage to make a donation here. Please note that these donations will go entirely to relief efforts, and will not result in special treatment by or access to City officials.
Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort Resources
U.S. State Department
If you’re trying to locate family members or U.S. citizens living or traveling in Haiti, please call the U.S. State Department hotline at 1-888-407-4747. You can also visit their special website on the Haiti earthquake here.
Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration (SSA) wants to make sure that all surviving victims of the earthquake in Haiti or the family members of those who died are aware that they might qualify for disability or survivor's benefits, depending upon their citizenship or residency status in the United States.General information about eligibility for Social Security benefits is available at the SSA's national, toll-free number, 1.800.772.1213 or website.
Click here to read "A Snapshot," a publication providing information about the most important features of the Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicare programs.
Click here to read "Your Payments While You Are Outside The United States", a publication that explains how being outside the United States may affect Social Security Payments.
Click here to read "How Social Security Can Help You When A Family Member Dies", a publication that details the benefits available to surviving family members.
Click here to read "Survivors Benefits", a publication that provides an overview of Social Security survivors benefits paid to the spouse and children of a worker who dies.
International Red Cross
Donations to the International Response Fund will be put toward “immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need.” Contributions to the International Response Fund can be sent to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013 or made by phone at 1-800-REDCROSS or online at www.redcross.org.
You can also text "HAITI" to "90999" on your cell phone and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill.
Hospital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
The hospital was not damaged and is helping with all trauma and surgery. Please donate to the ASH hospital here.
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