Caribbean Emergency of September 2008

Many members and friends of Gw/oB have contacted us inquiring about reliable venues for providing relief aid to Haiti, Cuba and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Below is a list of resources compiled on recommendations from trusted friends and allies. In addition, for more information about effective strategies for responding to relief and recovery efforts, see Gw/oB's publication, The Tsunami Learning Project: Lessons for Grantmakers in Natural Disaster Response.

US-based intermediaries making grants to partner organizations in the affected regions of Haiti

Grassroots International
http://www.grassrootsonline.org/news-publications/articles_op-eds/haitis-deadliest-hurricane-season

Lambi Fund of Haiti
http://www.lambifund.org

Rights Action
http://www.rightsaction.org/urgent_com/HAITI%20_hurricane_appeal_090708.pdf

GlobalGiving
http://www.globalgiving.com/hurricane.html

American Jewish World Service
Contact Adriana Ermoli at AErmoli@ajws.org

US-based organizations working in Haiti

Partners in Health
http://www.pih.org/inforesources/news/PEF_hurricane_letter.html

Episcopal Relief and Development
http://www.er-d.org/StormsinHaiti

World Neighbors
http://www.wn.org

Friends of SODA
http://www.friendsofsoda.org

US-based organizations with links to Cuba

Center for Democracy in the Americas
http://democracyinamericas.org/hurricanegustavrelief

A list of other US-based organizations working in the Caribbean can be found at http://interaction.org/haiticuba.

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