The other day I mentioned the work of Missio in Haiti. Fr John Boyle has a good informative post in which he gives a number of links to various Church based charities doing good work in the area.
He particularly recommends Aid to the Church in Need which is another excellent choice. They have contact with the Nuncio in Haiti so that funds can be speedily routed through one of the few administrative buildings still standing.
Yet another is the Knights of Malta which has been working in Haiti for fifteen years in support of a hospital. They are preparing to send an international medical team to support their people who are already on the ground.
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Not CAFOD OR SCIAF. It's likely to be used for a Port an Prince Transgender Expressive Arts Circle.
Or something
Cafod and Sciaf are part of the DEC group of organisations which includes the Red Cross as the official aid organisation for Haiti. That only means they support the giving of aid. The direction of the aid will be in the hands of the RED CROSS. I used DEC for my own gift as it is expressly for relief. The rebuiliding of Cathedral and other Catholic works must take 2nd place in this instance to general relief.
I know this is off-topic, Father but look...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEYJ_akMfgQ
http://thatthebonesyouhavecrushedmaythrill.blogspot.com/
Father
have been working in Malta for.....
I think you mean Haiti
They also do excellent work in South Africa for Aids victims (bbg.org.za), Lebanon and the Holy Land for the general population and other places not in the headlines. And an excellent Lourdes pilgrimage i had the honour to go with
Many thanks for the plug.
Peter
Fr Clifton - ACN is not concerned with such purely Catholic works but is also engaged in disaster relief. My own view is that the infrastructure of the church is also important in the medium term. Many of the people who are there at the time of disasters already doing charitable work in poor areas are linked in one way or another to the Church. It seems sensible to direct support to them.
But I wouldn't criticise you or anyone else for choosing to give money to the Red Cross.
Peter - thanks for the correction (post amended now).
I don't suppose the Red Cross has changed this policy, has it? :-
"Geneva, 19 June 2002
The world's largest humanitarian network, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, today marked World Refugee Day (June 20) by pledging to step up its reproductive health activities in favour of refugees and internally displaced persons and to combat sexual violence against girls and women in emergency situations.
These are some of the critical points in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed today between the secretary general of the International Federation, Didier Cherpitel, and the executive director, of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr. Thoraya Obaid, at the Geneva-based secretariat of the International Federation.
"We aim to build on our existing co-operation with the United Nations Population Fund by emphasising reproductive health needs in man-made or natural disasters when large population movements can take place and the vulnerability of women is greatly increased," said Cherpitel.
The two organisations propose to work together in emergencies to initiate and to strengthen reproductive health services including HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, provision of equipment and contraceptives, and to integrate these into the Primary Health Care services provided by the International Federation and its member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies."
I am sorry, but I don't trust the Red Cross to be in control of the direction of any aid given when they think that "strengthening reproductive health services" is part of emergency relief!
Surely looking after people's souls is part and parcel of emergency relief, as well as looking after their physical needs?
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