World Vision intensifies response as casualties mount in flood disaster

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World Vision - International (WVI)
Website: http://www.wvi.org
As of late Wednesday night, the National Emergencies Commission has reported 320 deaths and another 375 people missing in a flood zone encompassing the impoverished rural town of Jimani (population 12,000), located near the Dominican Republic's southwest border with Haiti.

The worst flooding occurred between 2 and 4 am Monday morning, when a dry creek bed of the River Soleil turned into a raging river while everyone slept. The flood waters propelled uprooted trees and huge boulders through low-lying areas covered by two World Vision Area Development Projects (ADPs): ADP "Ezequiel" (US/CIP 3301) and ADP "Enriquillo" (US/CIP 4345). The destruction reached a massive scale in Jimani, where 36 sponsored children are among confirmed fatalities.

Two other ADPs -- Adonai (US/CIP 2,067) and El Tesoro (US/CIP 2512) -- are also affected by this disaster. An estimated 5000 families have been directly affected by flooding in Jimani (concentrated in the neighborhoods of La 40and El Limon),and neighboring communities. While water levels dropped significantly today, affected communities remain in a state of red alert due to precarious health, sanitation and shelter conditions.

Local staff of WV Dominican Republic (WVDR) together with some 40 volunteers, began to feed and relocate displaced families on Monday morning while also attending to their medical needs. About 1,500 people in Jimani were aided yesterday (Wednesday) by WVDR-distributed rations of water and food, as well as clothing and diapers. In addition, WVDR staff initiated tetanus vaccinations yesterday, while also setting up four trauma assistance centres and three primary health care clinics in the flood zone, assisting hundreds of people, in coordination with the National Public Health Secretary.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/108571064994.htm




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thanks phil collins for the words
my heart to the people of Haiti


Haiti suffered much more serious damage. About 8 million peopleare in poverty, and only a quarter of them have drinking water. Enditem

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-05/28/content_1495595.htm

[phoebe]

1. World Vision is a good organization in that it provides several ways

to donate. One can donate in the form of a cow/donkey/goats/chickens as well as in the more "traditional" way!

www.charitynavigator.org is a great website resource for rating your favorite charity and ensuring that the money/aid you give is actually going to help those in need, rather than lining the pockets of charity administrators.

[Eye and Monkey]

3. World Vision is a Christian missionary organization. Any assistance -

a Christian religious message and religious strings. There are Christian religious strings for volunteers.

[Eye and Monkey]

2. If you're really ready to do something about it, here's the job links -

Check out the available positions. Seriously.

http://www.reliefweb.int/vacancies/

http://www.alertnet.org/thepeople/jobs/index.htm