Haiti Needs Our Help in Response to Hurricane Matthew

Urgent Request For Funds for Haiti From The Haiti Emergency Relief Fund

As we write this, Hurricane Matthew has slammed into Haiti, leaving thousands without shelter or food. The hurricane has devastated the city of Les Cayes and many villages in the Southwestern part of the country, destroying crops and livestock and reversing the gains in food production made by women’s agricultural cooperatives and other local farmers. Now the torrential rains and winds have hit the capital, Port-au-Prince. With massive flooding comes the increased danger of water-borne diseases, particularly cholera (brought to Haiti by UN troops), which has already reached epidemic proportions.

We ask that all friends of Haiti donate right now to the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. Your donations will go directly to grassroots organizations on the ground in Haiti. With the delayed October 9th elections to take place soon, popular organizations in Haiti are hard at work trying to help families and communities while ensuring that the election is free and fair and that Haiti’s poor majority is not blocked from voting or having their votes counted.

This is a critical time for us to step up our solidarity. Please send your tax-deductible funds to:

Haiti Emergency Relief Fund
c/o East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
2362 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, California 94704

Or donate at:

www.haitiemergencyrelief.org

Thank you so much for your generous support,
Haiti Emergency Relief Fund Board of Directors
Walter Riley, Maureen Duignan, O.S.F., Pierre Labossiere, Marilyn Langlois, Robert Roth