Relief for Haiti: Emergency Supplies Reaching Victims

Quake victims receive clean water for the first time since the disaster after ACT Alliance members installed a piped water system. Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance

Relief for Haiti

Visit the Haiti homepage for the latest news and resources.

PWS&D is responding to the victims of Haiti’s earthquake through the Action by Churches Together Alliance. As one of the largest alliances working on relief in Haiti, the ACT Alliance continues to provide:

• Food
• Water purification equipment
• Medical equipment, medical teams and portable hospitals
• Tents, temporary shelter, blankets and jerry cans
• Trauma counselling
• Hygiene kits and healthcare for children

An estimated two million people are homeless and 200,000 are assumed dead. Several strong aftershocks have caused more damage and deaths, and sent people fleeing the city for rural areas.

Haiti Gift of Hope Cards

Make a donation to Haiti relief in someone's honour and we'll send them a Gift of Hope card featuring a picture from the emergency response in Haiti. Click here to learn more about Gift of Hope cards.

Your Help is Needed

The response from Canadians across the country has been overwhelming, helping people get desperately needed relief. You can join this effort by making a donation to PWS&D by calling 1-800-619-7301 ext. 291, donating online, through your church or mailing a cheque to the office. Please mark all donations “Haiti Relief.”

The Canadian International Development Agency is matching donations from individual Canadians until February 12, 2010. For congregations sending PWS&D one cheque, please include a letter identifying the names and amounts of individual donations that make up the total to ensure these funds are eligible for matching.

Presbyterian World Service & Development is the development and relief agency of The Presbyterian Church in Canada.

Quake survivors enjoy safe water after ACT Alliance members installed a piped water system.
Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.

A Haitian girl enjoys safe water for the first time since the earthquake after ACT Alliance members installed a piped water system providing families with clean water.
Photo by Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.