'Hope for Haiti Now' Distributing $35 Million In First Installment of Funds

Feb 10, 2010

-- OXFAM AMERICA:
$8 million to build systems for clean water and safe sanitation,
deliver shelter and relief supplies, and work on lasting solutions for
food security, housing and land issues.

-- PARTNERS IN HEALTH:
$8 million to provide emergency medical assistance and supplies,
strengthen the public health system, and provide rehabilitation, social
support and economic assistance to survivors.

-- AMERICAN RED CROSS:
$6 million to supply emergency shelter & non-food relief items to
vulnerable families, specifically targeting female-headed households,
the disabled, elderly, and the disadvantaged.

-- UNICEF:
$6 million to coordinate the immediate protection of children; prevent
and respond to family separations; support the psycho-social needs of
families & children; and prevent child exploitation for trafficking.

-- UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME:
$6 million to ensure the distribution of meals and other life-saving
food assistance to the most vulnerable earthquake victims in urban and
rural areas over the next six months.

-- YELE HAITI FOUNDATION:
$1 million to promote community mobilization in major underserved
neighborhoods to coordinate aid  delivery and support recovery efforts.