The toll is growing every day in Haiti where a powerful earthquake devastated the country on Saturday August 14. Humanitarian aid is being organized to help the victims find shelter.
After the powerful earthquake of January 2010 and the passage of Matthew, major cyclone of 4rd category, in September 2016, the southwestern peninsula of Haiti, has once again been hit by a double disaster:
- a magnitude 7.2 earthquake on August 14, with the latest provisional toll of more than 1 dead and 300 injured, leaving thousands homeless in the southwest of the country or in search of missing or stranded relatives under the rubble,
- the passage of Storm Grace on August 17.
The Rotary-club of Saint-Martin Nord is therefore launching an appeal for donations for the provision of emergency shelters for the thousands of homeless people in this disaster-stricken region of Haiti. The “Shelterbox” teams are ready to intervene as soon as possible, in coordination with the relief organizations already on the spot and with the assistance of the Rotary clubs of Haiti established in most of the cities of the country, in particular in Port-au -Prince, in Les Cayes and in Aquin, the towns closest to the epicenter.
Each of these “Shelterbox” shelters can accommodate 10 people and is equipped with blankets, kitchen equipment, small equipment, water treatment products, etc. (see attached photos). They are currently available in Florida and can be shipped very quickly to Haiti. The cost of each shelter is $ 1 (or € 000) and a “tracking” system is planned, making it possible to follow the final destination of the containers via the Internet. All donations, even a small amount, are welcome, given the urgency and scale of the disaster. "Unity is strength !"
Please send or deposit your donations, by check payable to Rotary de St-Martin Nord (with the mention action Shelterbox Haiti), to one of the following addresses:
• Rotary-club of St-Martin nord, BP 1177, Marigot, 97150 St-Martin
• Minguet Gallery, Rambaud
• Local of the SNSM (National Society for Rescue at Sea), in front of the Fort-Louis marina, next to the Restaurant O Plongeoir
or by transfer to:
• the Paypal account of the Rotary-club of Saint-Martin Nord: contact@rcsmn.fr
• the bank account of the Rotary-club of Saint-Martin Nord at the Caisse d'Epargne CEPAC de Marigot, in Saint-Martin:
- IBAN number: FR76 1131 5000 0108 0200 8044 009
- BIC n °: CEPAFRPP131
Thank you in advance for your concrete and immediate help to the disaster victims in Haiti. A donation certificate will be sent to all donors (don't forget to leave us your postal or email address).
Nicolas Maslach, President 2021-2022 of the Rotary-club of St-Martin Nord
René-Jean Duret, head of the “Natural Disasters” commission
Phone. (+590) 690 77 60 19
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