Cuba hurricane relief links.

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Thanks to DUer arikara for assembling this list.


1. The Disarm Education Fund

Since 1994, the Disarm Cuban Medical Project has worked to combat the effects of the US embargo against Cuba on the health of the Cuban people and to advocate for a change in US policy, delivering more than $75 million worth of desperately needed medicines and medical supplies to Cuba, benefiting more than 2 million people. They are committed to supplying 60 Cuban hospitals and community clinics 20 in Havana and 40 in the countryside with supplies ranging from such desperately needed basics as aspirin, insulin, gauze pads, and syringes, to the most advanced treatments for pediatric cancer and AIDS.

www.disarm.org

2. Global Links

Global Links' program of medical aid to Cuba began in 1994 at the request of The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). This program is a federally licensed humanitarian aid program. Aid sent is received and distributed to health institutions by the PAHO/WHO office in Havana and the Cuban Ministry of Health. Global Links has received a list of requested products from PAHO and is raising funds to purchase and send them to Cuba.

http://www.globallinks.org/where_we_work/cuba /

3. Operation USA

Since its inception in September 1998, CMAP has delivered major shipments to pediatric hospitals and other health facilities. Supplies are donated by private companies, hospitals and physicians and are sent to Cuba under license from the U.S.-Departments of Commerce and Treasury. Operation USA is accepting cash contributions to pay for shipping medical supplies to Cuba.

http://www.opusa.org/wherewework/international/cuba/mainpage.html

4. MEDICC

MEDICC Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba, is a non-profit organization working to enhance cooperation among the US, Cuban and global health communities aimed at better health outcomes. MEDICC supports education and development of human resources in health committed to equitable access and quality care, providing the Cuban experience to inform global debate, practice, policies and cooperation in health.

MEDICC is seeking financial donations to replenish stocks of key medical reference books lost at the badly damaged Isle of Youth Medical School, where over 2,000 young Cubans study medicine and public health.

http://www.medicc.org/ns/index.php?s=3&p=3

5. Catholic Relief Services

Catholic Relief Services has worked with Caritas Cubana, the Catholic Church's relief agency, to provide emergency, humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable and needy people in Cuba since 1993. CRS delivers medicine, medical supplies, food and clothing to Cuba for distribution in hospitals, homes for the elderly, and to children with Down syndrome and other vulnerable groups. CRS is working with Caritas Cubana in the affected areas in infrastructure projects and assistance with access to food, hygiene products and water. (http://crs.org/Cuba /)


Please write checks to one of the organizations listed above, and mail to: Cuba Hurricane AID, P.O. Box 53106 , Washington, DC 20009.

Note: you can also donate online directly to any of these organizations, or through the Cuba Central site at

http://democracyinamericas.org/donate /

If you cannot donate, please demand that travel and trade restrictions are lifted, at least temporarily. Here are links to two online petitions that have been set up for this:

1) "US assistance to Cuban hurricane victims" online petition to the president and Congressional Leadership put together by several US organizations:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Cubafloodaid /

2) ANSWER's Online Petition to your Representatives, President Bush and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez: Lift the Blockade Now!

https://secure2.convio.net/pep/site/Advocacy?JServSessionIdr012=nrg5yknkz1.app13b&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=225




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