Donations sought for Gustav victims in Haiti... 8,000 people lost homes and 94 dead, no potable H2O

Donations sought for Gustav victims in Haiti

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/664737.html

Several South Florida-based groups are seeking donations to purchase food and building
supplies to help victims of Hurricane Gustav in Haiti, which killed 51 people in Haiti.

Among them:

• Cross International, a Christian aid organization, is seeking to bring food.
To provide donations call 1-800-391-8545 or visit http://www.crossinternational.org
and click on the emergency hurricane support link.

• Food for the Poor, an international and development organization based in Coconut Creek,
is asking for donations to purchase additional building materials for repairs to the homes
damaged in Haiti.
Log onto http:www.FoodForThePoor.org/Gustav or call or call 1-800-487-1158.

The Pan American Development Foundation has also set up a new website called
Pan American Relief http:www.PanAmericanRelief.org to collect donations for the victims.

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EU gives aid to Caribbean victims of Storm Gustav

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/01/europe/EU-EU-Caribbean-Hurricane-Gustav.php

BRUSSELS, Belgium:

The European Union says it is giving €2 million (US$2.9 million) to people made homeless
by Hurricane Gustav when it hit several Caribbean nations.

The EU says the money will pay for clean water, food, medical care, shelter and basic
household items in Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.

It says some 8,000 people in Haiti are living in temporary housing after high winds
and floods destroyed homes and farms on the island.

The hurricane has killed at least 94 people in the Caribbean and is now headed toward
the Gulf Coast of the United States. Most southern Louisiana residents — some 2 million
people — have fled the area.

Death toll from Gustav climbs in Caribbean

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jgjjJr1QOt8E7YQpZ7RrP6fx9cgA

KINGSTON (AFP) —

The death toll from Tropical Storm Gustav climbed further on Friday, with 59 reported dead
in Haiti, up to 11 in Jamaica and eight in the Dominican Republic, officials said.

The storm, which struck the island of Hispaniola, shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti,
as a Category One hurricane on Tuesday, was expected to regain hurricane punch as it barreled
toward the Cayman Islands and Cuba.

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Desperate Situation Grips Haiti in the Wake of Hurricane Gustav;

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/desperate-situation-grips-haiti-wake/story.aspx?guid={04F12100-76BE-4166-9141-E759472FB077}&dist=hppr

PADF Urgently Seeks Donations for Victims

WASHINGTON, Aug 30, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ --

Hurricane Gustav has left a trail of death and destruction in several impoverished
Haitian communities and the Pan American Development Foundation urgently seeks donations
( www.PanAmericanRelief.org) to aid the victims.

"It's very grave. We need help and we need it now," says PADF's ( www.padf.org) Joe Felix
from Jacmel, Haiti, a city of approximately 50,000 residents about two hours from the capital
of Port-Au-Prince.

"Hurricane Gustav destroyed roads, houses and farms. There is no electricity and no potable water.
About 40 percent of this city has been destroyed." Other coastal cities are just as bad and some
are cut off from help, he says.

PADF is urgently asking for donations to aid the victims. PADF launched a site called www.PanAmericanRelief.org.
Donations made through www.PanAmericanRelief.org are secure and deductable from U.S. taxes.

Meanwhile, two shipping containers with donated fortified rice and soy protein meal packages
cleared Haitian Customs on Friday and PADF will make the food available to the victims of Hurricane Gustav.
In addition to the shipping containers, PADF is coordinating with Haitian and U.S. government officials
to provide assistance to the most devastated areas.

"Donations made via www.PanAmericanRelief.org will provide immediate help to families who are struggling
to survive in these impoverished communities," says Amy Coughenour Betencourt, Deputy Director of the
non-profit organization in Washington, D.C.

"Your donation will make a difference."

About PADF

PADF had a positive impact on more than 3.6 million people in 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries last year.

People can survive a few days without food but water? :(

And babies need water for formula, etc.