Workplace Critical Incident Resources
Haiti Earthquake Resources
On Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, a powerful earthquake caused massive damage in Haiti, in particular the capital city of Port-au-Prince. The Red Cross estimates that 3 million people have been affected by the earthquake, and Haitian President René Préval estimates that thousands have died. In an already impoverished nation, the 7.0-magnitude earthquake is expected to lead to a severe health crisis.
Read more about the earthquake here.
As EA professionals, we may be asked to provide support and resources to individuals affected by this crisis. We may also want to donate to agencies that are mobilizing to help the victims.
Americans with family in Haiti should contact the U.S. State Department Operations Center at 1-888-407-4747.
Post information on missing people on the Haiti missing people message board
Post information on the EARTHQUAKE HAITI Facebook group.
International Red Cross - The IRC is mobilizing resources and staff to respond to the earthquake, and is accepting donations to aid their efforts. The American Red Cross is also collecting donations via cell phone -- Text "Haiti" to the cell number 90999 to donate $10 to Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. The charge will appear on your cell phone bill.
UNICEF - Along with UN partners, UNICEF has begun relief efforts, and is accepting donations.
Hôpital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) - HAS provides medical care and community health and development programs for more than 300,000 impoverished people in the Artibonite Valley of central Haiti. They are currently deluged with patients suffering from traumatic injuries, and your donations can help them provide care.
Doctors Without Borders - Members of Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) are already in Haiti treating the injured, and the group is collecting donations to support their work.
Partners in Health - This group dedicated to providing the global poor with preferential health care options is collecting donations to provide supplies to hospitals and health groups in Haiti. Help is urgently needed.
Catholic Relief Services - This humanitarian agency needs support to respond to the earthquake's aftermath.
The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress has put together fact sheets, many workplace related, in response to the Haiti disaster. They include "Disaster Related Death: Managing Concerns about the Dead or Missing", "Disaster Related Deaths and Infection: Truth, Myth or In-Between", "Managing a Workplace or an Organization After a Disaster", and "Haiti: Facts Important to Response and Recovery", among others.
