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Medicine shipment to
Haiti
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Dec. 5
rally in NYC
The Emergency Campaign to Support the Haitian people, initiated by the
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition and others, has been embraced by people all over
the country who support justice for the people in Haiti. The Emergency
Campaign has gained momentum, but we need your help to take the next big
steps.
We have been able to ship a very substantial amount of
life-saving medicines to Haiti. We have focused the medicine procurement
on Metronidazole, Mebendazole, Ampicillin and Cephalexin.
Metronidazole is an extremely effective medication against anaerobic
bacteria and certain parasites. As you know, a huge number of people in
Haiti have been plagued by amoebic dysentery, bloody diarrhea and other
problems caused by impure drinking water. These are easily treatable but
are real killers if untreated, especially amongst children. Many thousands
of people, who will become well if treated with Metronidazole, are now
able to receive this medicine.
We were also able to send Mebendazole in quantities sufficient to cure
12,500 people acutely ill due to infection from parasitic worms, including
roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, and whipworm. Ampicillin and Cephalexin are
extremely effective antibiotics. Haiti needs much more, but every donation
makes a difference in saving someone's life.
It is only because of the commitment and self-sacrifice of people in
the United States that we are able to continue this effort. If you have not made a donation, or
if you have already made a contribution and would like to do so again, you
can make a tax-deductible credit card donation through our secure
sever by clicking here.
The Emergency Campaign recognizes that the humanitarian crisis facing
the people of Haiti can ultimately be solved only through economic,
political and social reforms. The humanitarian crisis is directly
connected to the struggle for democracy.
The repression going on in Haiti against those who are resisting the
Bush-organized coup against the democratically elected president Jean
Bertrand Aristide cannot be separated from the crisis facing the Haitian
people today.
A.N.S.W.E.R. is encouraging everyone to show their support for the
upcoming indoor rally on December 5 in New York City. Speakers
will include Congressperson Maxine Waters, Ramsey Clark, Ben Dupuy, Mario
Dupuy, Brian Becker, Pat Chin and others. There will be a special message
from Danny Glover. The event entitled "Haiti at the Crossroads:
What is to be Done?" is being jointly organized by the Lavalas Family
party and the National Popular Party (PPN), Haiti’s two largest parties,
whose members in Haiti have been targeted for arrest and assassination by
agents of the de facto Haitian government. The rally will take place at
New York College of Technology in the Klitgord Center Auditorium at 285
Jay Street in Brooklyn, New York (Trains A, C, F to Borough Hall/Jay
Street, M, R, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall). Tickets are $10. For details
about purchasing tickets, call A.N.S.W.E.R. at (212) 533-0417.
The people of the United States did not authorize the Bush
administration to carry out a political and economic attack against
democracy in Haiti and we must take action now to build this movement of
solidarity.
On the Ground in
Haiti
The connection between Bush's coup against Aristide and the
humanitarian crisis is explained in small part in the Monday, November 29
edition of the New York Times in an article entitled "Haiti's Wounds
Overwhelm a Suffering Public Hospital": "Since the violence began
[in the last few months] 9 of the 12 resident doctors have left the
700-bed hospital" at the State University Hospital of Haiti in
Port-Au-Prince. "The hospital suffers chronic shortages of materials and
working lab machines. Three out of the six operating rooms are out of
service, and anesthetists are often not available, doctors say.
The morgue has no electricity, and bodies covered with worms line the
sidewalk. ... One of every three deaths in Haiti is that of a child. With
most people earning less than $1 a day, many do without medicines. Death
during childbirth is the second leading cause of death among women, H.I.V.
rates are climbing, and tuberculosis is common, the report said."
To make a tax deductible credit card
contribution through our secure server, click here. If
you want to make a tax deductible donation to the Emergency Campaign by
check or money order, you can do so by writing a check/money order made
out to the Progress Unity Fund/Haiti and sending it to Progress Unity
Fund, 167 Anderson St., San Francisco, CA 94110.
A.N.S.W.E.R.
Coalition
Act Now to Stop
War & End Racism
http://www.ANSWERcoalition.org
info at internationalanswer.org
National Office
in Washington DC: 202-544-3389
New York City: 212-533-0417
Los
Angeles: 323-464-1636
San Francisco: 415-821-6545
For media
inquiries, call 202-544-3389.
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