HAITI EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY!
Help PROFAMIL Clinics Aid the Island's Poor
and Injured
Dear friend,
I write to ask for your urgent support. Please make an
emergency donation to PROFAMIL, IPPF/WHR's Member Association in
Haiti. As you probably know, yesterday a 7.0 magnitude
earthquake struck just south of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.
Early estimates indicate that up to 3 million people have
already been affected.
We urgently need your support right now to help
PROFAMIL provide critical, lifesaving services.
Every minute counts! Your
tax-deductible gift will directly support restoration
of basic medical services at PROFAMIL clinics in Port-Au-Prince,
Jacmel and Port-Au-Paix. This is your opportunity to help our
neighbors in Haiti during this time of crisis.
Since 1984, PROFAMIL has worked to improve
sexual and reproductive healthcare in Haiti, often providing the
only healthcare available in some areas. Now, in this
life-and-death urgent situation, the time to act is now. Please
be generous!
We will keep you updated as soon as we receive further
news. Thank you for your emergency support.
Sincerely,
Carmen Barroso
Regional Director
International Planned Parenthood
Federation/Western Hemisphere Region
About PROFAMIL
Since 1984 PROFAMIL, Association pour la
Promotion de la Famille, has provided low-cost, quality
sexual and reproductive healthcare. PROFAMIL operates clinics in
clinics in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, and Port-au-Paix that provide
family planning as well as early detection of breast and
cervical cancers, pre-and-post natal services, and voluntary
testing and counseling for HIV/AIDS. In rural areas, a network
of health promoters and mobile health clinics provide family
planning and basic care, often providing the only
healthcare available in these remote communities.
For more news on the situation in Haiti
visit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/world/americas/14haiti.html?hp
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/01/13/world/20100113-HAITI_index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8456819.stm
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