Mutual Aid Disaster Relief in Haiti
[copied from Anarchist news dot org]
Submitted by anon on Wed, 2010-01-20 07:07
A network of street medics, action medics, and other skilled individuals with politics of mutual aid has developed to help send organized teams of volunteers to Haiti to help earthquake survivors. This network is building off experiences gained working at the Common Ground Clinic in New Orleans and as street medics and campaign medics from the West Coast to Appalachia to the Northeast Anarchist Network, with varying levels of medical and herbal knowledge & clinical experience.
We are:
* Providing direct medical aid, medical and social advocacy;
* Documenting the developing situation on the ground and providing an alternative media source; and
* Establishing a grassroots structure that allows the effective distribution of aid.
Donations will immediately go towards:
* Provision of emergency medical supplies and gear;
* Travel costs for medics and team to reach devastated areas of Haiti; and
* Supporting grassroots relief efforts on the ground.
The first team of five landed yesterday, just in time to live through a 6.0 level earthquake this morning. They are safe and sound, treating patients, and beginning to establish a new field hospital.
Breaking news and reports form the field:
http://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/reports.shtml
Our network, and a link to donate:
http://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/
Who to e-mail if you want to help:
mutual-aid-disaster-relief-in-haiti@googlegroups.com
Hellz yeah!
