YMCA Responds to Haiti Crisis

YMCA World Service reaches out to Port-au-Prince Y.

Recently, the YMCA of Greater Providence responded to the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti with a $10,000 donation to the Haiti Earthquake Support Fund of YMCA World Service.

This fund supports the team of YMCAs working to provide emergency resources to meet the overwhelming needs of the injured and displaced. 

The team will also develop a long-term recovery and rehabilitation strategy for the Haiti YMCA once conditions stabilize and an overall assessment of the YMCA's facilities and operations is completed.

The Port-au-Prince YMCA facility was destroyed (thankfully all were evacuated safely) and the facilities outside of town are serving as shelters for many of the now homeless. 

Andres Fortunato, General Secretary of the Dominican Republic YMCA, led a YMCA delegation from the Dominican Republic under the security of the United Nations to transport emergency supplies to the Haiti YMCA.

He reported that although the building was destroyed, the YMCA's furniture, equipment and other supplies were spared from looting because the community respects the YMCA's work and protects the area.

For more information on the work of YMCA World Service in Haiti, please click here.

If you would like to contribute to the YMCA's relief efforts, please click here (be sure to indicate Haiti Earthquake Support).