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Disaster Relief Efforts in Haiti

Portlight Strategies and Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) have collaborated in effort to ship donated items to Haiti.

Items needed are tangibles such as food, bottled water, tools, outdoor gear, blankets, crutches, walkers, orthotic braces and supplies, wheelchairs, most any medical supplies including bandages, wound care, medical gloves, etc., and any other durable medical equipment. The address for the FODAC warehouse is:
 
Portlight Strategies, Inc.
4900 Lewis Road
Stone Mountain GA 30083

Anyone interested in going to Haiti to help staff one or more shelters for Haitians with disabilities please email paul@portlight.org.

Here are some helpful links to keep you posted on the situation:

ReliefWeb Info on Haiti

Reuters AlertNet - Alerts on Haiti

How to use Twitter relating to Haiti relief efforts (Word Doc)

Key words for researching Haiti (Word Doc)

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Tuesday, March 16th
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