Welcome to World Cares Center
Post to TwitterHELPING HAITI
WORLD CARES CENTER BACK ON THE GROUND IN HAITI
The World Cares Center team is once again on the ground in Haiti working with locally run Haitian orphanages, clinics and schools. So far during this deployment, our team has distributed goods, including generously donated Crocs shoes to our partner orphanages. These shoes are essential, as most parasites enter the bloodstream through cracks and cuts on the feet. Additional Crocs and sandals are desperately needed in all sizes.
We are also preparing for the arrival of our team of medical volunteers for our partner clinics and checking in on the children treated during our first deployment.
World Cares Center continues to act as a liaison between local groups and UN cluster groups, facilitating the delivery of much needed supplies, including "School in a Box" supplies for 700 children.
World Cares Center is in discussions with the professionals who supported us post 9-11 to help our Haitian partners strategically envision long term rebuilding solutions. The engineering and construction industry continues to be a leader in generous support and guidance including Turner Constructions, Engineering News, Tom Sawyer and Cushman and Wakefield.
More updates to follow.
EMELINE MICHEL RECORDS PSA FOR WORLD CARES CENTER
Internationally acclaimed Haitian singer Emeline Michel recorded a Public Service Announcement about World Cares Center's earthquake relief efforts on January 29th. The PSA will air on Clear Channel radio stations across New York City. World Cares Center would like to thank Emeline Michel for supporting the work we are doing in Haiti.
MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals interested in volunteering their time in Haiti can go to www.readyresponders.org. Once you are approved, join the Haitian Earthquake Volunteers group and fill out the necessary paperwork and we will try to place you with an agency that requires your specific skill set.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
There are many ways that you can help now and in the mid-term and long-term recovery. One of our goals is to fully fund our Youth Empowerment program now so that we may continue providing services to Haitian youth throughout the recovery process. You can help our efforts by:
1. Making a donation to help fulfill the efforts. (To ensure your donation goes to Haiti, please submit through this link.)
2. Preparing to donate only requested goods.
3. Donating corporate transportation of goods
4. Joining www.readyresponders.org and share information on Haiti and join in an open discussion on the needs of the Haitian Community and what we can do to help.
A note about donations:
While the donation of cash is the greatest help and the fastest way to get supplies to the places in need, World Cares Center understands that not everyone is comfortable donating cash. The need in Haiti is tremendous so World Cares Center is acting as a donations manager for its Haitian partners. We are collecting a list of specific items in need and medical supplies. Please keep in mind that we do not have the benefit of free shipping, this is generally allocated to much larger aide organizations that focus on feeding and caring for the masses.
For smaller groups, the cost for shipping alone is about $1.30 a kilo from the NJ,NJ,CT area to Haiti, not including boxes, sorting of goods, creating a manifest of the items shipped and additional costs when the goods reach Haiti. We ask those that donate items to please keep in mind that it takes a great deal of effort, coordination and money to make sure your valuable donations get into the hands that they are intended for. Each time you drop off your donated items we ask that you consider donating just $5.00 to help us ship these goods.
Thank You to Our Supporters
The generosity of our donors allows World Cares Center to deliver needed supplies and develop an organized relief effort that is sustainable. Our supporters in the Haitian Relief effort are:
Turner Construction
Brooklyn Brewery
Whitsons Food Service
Amanti Vino
Culinariane
Strata Restaurant Group
Newmark Knight Frank
Neutralogistics
Continental Airlines
ABOUT WORLD CARES
World Cares Center’s mission is to support safe and effective disaster preparedness, response and resilient recovery within communities. Our focus is grassroots, and supports local community members as resilient first responders. We are a small non-profit group aided by many diverse partners and supporters. Collaboration is the key to our success.
Building on lessons we have learned from past disasters, our collaborative partners, and our esteemed advisory committee, World Cares Center (WCC) provides unique educational and resilience-building services through our Disaster Preparation and Trauma Mitigation (DPTM) program including the ReadyResponders™ Network.
All of World Cares Center’s trainings are NIMS compliant and integrate nationally accepted models including Incident Command System and Volunteer Reception Centers. World Cares Center works with host partners such as the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, the New Jersey State Police, the Connecticut Region II Office of Emergency Management, and the FEMA Region II Medical Reserve Corp.
Our host partners' involvement, from local and state Offices of Emergency Management to community organizations, are paramount to ensureing that our trainings are adapted to meet each diverse community's needs and challenges while remaining compliant with local jurisdictions' protocols.
By engaging local leaders, we put into action our strong belief in the power of properly trained citizen responders and the inevitable need to integrate this community volunteer force into official response plans through the following trainings:
