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Support for Haiti Scouts

15/01/2010

Scouts from all over the world are rallying to offer aid and support to their counterparts in Haiti. Donations are flooding in and a bank account and online contribution facility have been set up by the World Scout Bureau.

A volunteer cooperation specialist from Scouts et Guides de France (Scouts and Guides of France) is also currently on the ground in Port-au-Prince to coordinate all international Scouting aid.

Make a difference

UK Scouts have already mobilised to do what they can. Ayers Explorer Scout Unit raised £50 almost immediately at their first meeting of the year. As news of the devastation following Tuesday’s earthquake broke, Unit Leader Eddie Ward contacted each member inviting them to donate.

'This is a tiny drop in the ocean with regard to the relief effort,” he said. 'But I was very pleased with the response to a message sent only hours earlier. Furthermore we can be sure that our donation will make a difference.'

There are around 30,000 Scouts in Haiti. Although contact with them has been limited thus far, it is believed that many are acting as an essential relay between the emergency NGO’s and the local population – reprising their actions of 2008, when the Caribbean island was hit by a hurricane.

Solidarity

A message of solidarity has been sent on behalf of Scouts all over the world. Ayers Explorer Scout Rachel Bradley echoed that sentiment saying: 'It is important that, as the largest youth organisation in the world with Scouts in nearly every country, we use that network to support others in need. Hopefully we will be able to add to our initial donation.'

The account set up by the World Scout Bureau guarantees the use of its donations. Food aid, hygienic products, medicine and materials of first necessity will be purchased by the Haitian Scouts in order to limit the cost of transportation and storage. The action will thus be safer and faster.

Donate

Donations can be sent to:

World Scout Bureau - Haïti Solidarity
UBS - CP 2600 - 1211 Geneva 2 - Switzerland
IBAN : CH980024024039633710T
SWIFT : UBSWCHZH80A

Or donate online here

The Scout Association also has several partner charity's working in Haiti:

ShelterBox are dispatching a team and thousands of ShelterBoxes to the area. Find out how you can help ShelterBox and take up the ShelterBox Challenge.

SOS Children have been established in Haiti since 1978 providing support for children orphaned by AIDS, tropical storms, unrest and poverty related disease. They have established an emergency programme to provide direct support to victims of the earthquake. Find out how you can support SOS Children.

Comments

By Paul Huey (Akela)
on 18/01/2010 05:32
First Lakeview Scouts in Kelowna , Canada , is with you in spirit and support. We have begun a fundraiser here and we will do our best.

By Miguel Fersobe
on 19/01/2010 13:57
Los Scouts Dominicanos estÃ¡n colectando donaciones en especie en su local central de Santo Domingo y en todo el paÃs a travÃ©s de sus Oficinas Regionales y Grupos Scouts, para ser enviada a HaitÃ. El telÃ©fono de la Oficina Scout Nacional es 809 682 3948. El Director Ejecutivo es Miguel Tejada y el Coordinador del operativo de solidaridad con HaitÃ es Ricardo Rojas.

Cualquier cosa que podamos ver o imaginar de lo que estÃ¡ pasando en HaitÃ...se queda corto...Asimismo cualquier cosa que donemos o hagamos por HaitÃ...tambiÃ©n se queda corto

Approximate Translation:

Dominican Scouts are collecting donations in kind in its central location in Santo Domingo and throughout the country through its regional offices and Scout groups, to be sent to Haiti. The telephone at the National Scout Office is 809 682 3948. The Executive Director is Miguel Tejada and the Coordinator of Solidarity with Haiti operation is Ricardo Rojas.

Anything we can see or imagine what is happening in Haiti ... falls short ... It pours or whatever we do for Haiti ... also falls short

By Gary Claypole (Group Chairman)
on 20/01/2010 10:10
1st Willingham Scout Group have donated Â£300 from the proceeds from their Firework Fundraiser. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti

By Graham Jones (Akela)
on 21/01/2010 21:51
Cubs from the 1st East Grinstead Buckhurst Pack had a non uniform evening raising Â£48.80 for the appeal for Haiti

By Scout Association of Jamaica
on 21/01/2010 23:53
The Scout Association of Jamaica has donated tents sleeping bags, mats and clothing to help provide comfort to the people of Haiti. We have a team of scouts who are on stand by to to be dispatch to Haiti should the need arise through our the Office of Desaster Emergency Prepared Management (ODPEM)

By Helen
on 24/01/2010 16:58
Ridgeway Scouts have bag-packed and raised Â£424 and this Thursday we are having a non-uniform evening. We will do our best - our thoughts are with you.

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