Update for UJA - Federation of New York: Haiti on February 19, 2010

The total donated to UJA-Federation of New York's Haiti Relief Fund has grown to nearly $400,000, and it is being used to help pay for a field hospital in Haiti, as well as essential food, water, medical supplies, and other equipment in the country reeling from a massive earthquake January 12th.

The money, given by more than 1,500 donors during the last two weeks, is being transferred to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) for urgent current needs, UJA-Federation's executive vice president and CEO, John S. Ruskay, announced. One hundred percent of the money given to the Haiti fund is being used directly for relief efforts. UJA-Federation's relief money is part of more than $3 million raised by national federations and JDC.

The money transferred to JDC is funding operations on the ground to address high-priority needs, such as:

Providing emergency medical care to injured and sick Haitians, including those treated at the Israeli Defense Forces’ field hospital set up in the immediate aftermath of the quake.
Purchasing medical equipment and supplies, including infant incubators, orthopedic and prosthetic equipment, and trucks to transport medical personnel to the more remote areas affected by the quake.

Distributing food and clean water to survivors of the disaster.

Their Twitter site says that they have donated over $700,000 to the relief efforts so far (http://twitter.com/UJAFederation), and Diane Sawyer reports on the efforts of the IDF hospital in this youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkmV4NOEOc8).

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