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Haiti Emergency Relief Fund
Aljazeera reports on August 19 2021: “Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency late on Wednesday raised the number of deaths from the earthquake to 2,189 from an earlier count of 1,941 and said 12,268 people were injured. Dozens of people are still missing.
The earthquake destroyed more than 7,000 homes and damaged more than 12,000 others, leaving about 30,000 families homeless, according to official estimates. Schools, offices, and churches also were demolished or badly damaged. The Caribbean nation’s southwest region was the hardest hit.
Port-au-Prince to Saut Mathurine in the region of Les Cayes (about 227,6 km)
GP was holding a weeklong campaign to fundraise $1,000 to support these direct relief efforts.
This campaign started August 18th. We are continuously collecting donations directly through PayPal to reduce admin fees and to be able to send the funds as fast as possible to our contacts in the region. Your donation is 100% tax-deductible through our 501(c)3 nonprofit status.
