3-5-2010

Relief accounts for "Haiti's Children" have been established at local Wachovia, Compass, and Regions banks. Donations can be made at local bank branches and will be used by Volunteers of America Southeast to aid the children in Haiti. 100% of all donations will be used to directly aid those in need.

3-4-2010

We recently shipped critical medical supplies to Haiti by air. On Saturday, March 6^th volunteers from Televox Software will help organize, label, and package supplies in a 40-foot shipping container with everything from medical items and baby diapers to tents and generators. This shipment will be loaded into another container on Monday, March 15 to be taken to Miami and placed aboard a vessel provided by Friendships International. The container is being provided and transported by the Modular Building Institute (MBI). MBI and Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc (ABC) are also donating eleven additional containers that will be filled with supplies. Volunteers from Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) will distribute these supplies to the children of Haiti. Once the supplies are distributed, the containers will be converted to living quarters for volunteers, temporary housing for families, or emergency buildings for health clinics. MBI and ABC are partnering with Volunteers of America Southeast to provide one additional containers refitted into temporary housing for homeless families in Haiti.

Volunteers of America Southeast also has an additional employee, Ron Emrich, on the ground right now in Haiti. He has met with the Prime Minister and is working out logistics for placement of housing and clinics.

2-18-2010

How many organizations does it take to get medical supplies to Haiti?  Or a better question, how many organizations can work together to meet a critical need?  In the case of delivering almost $100,000 in medical supplies to the people of Haiti, the answer is seven. New Orleans Medical Mission Services donated the supplies to Catholic Charities who sought a partner that could get the supplies to Haiti. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship accepted the supplies, Demo Diva Demolition Company transported them to Second Harvest’s warehouse, where Volunteers of America Southeast picked them up and transported them to Miami to be shipped to Haiti by Friendships International. It is amazing how much good can happen when we work together.

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Shortly after the Haitian earthquake, Brenda LeFer called Volunteers of America Southeast wanting to go to Haiti as a medical volunteer. She had experienced difficulties making connections with other organizations. With only the briefest of connections, she flew to Port au Prince and spent a week caring for critically injured individuals. Here is her story in her own words: Story/Pictures

2-16-2010

Please read a recent email from Scott Hunter of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, one of our partners on the ground in Haiti ... HERE

2-10-2010

(from Keith Ferguson, VOA Southeast): "I spoke with God's Littlest Angels Orphanage in Haiti today and they were on their way to meet the plane carrying Tetanus vaccines and other medical supplies sent from Mobile, AL on Monday. Thanks to the outpouring of kindness from people all over the United States, additional shipments of medical supplies are on their way from us as well."

2-1-2010

Volunteers of America Southeast recently made arrangements for the travel of Dr. Harold Van der Zee to the earthquake ravaged areas of Haiti. Dr. Van der Zee and Diane Cotman, VOA Michigan Board of Directors, are demonstrating / teaching trauma relief techniques and administering homeopathic trauma treatments to the people of Haiti. These systems have had excellent results in other earthquake and hurricane areas. By teaching groups of women, the word will spread and the women will teach and treat their families and their friends. The Haitian children have been traumatized in multiple ways, so Dr. Van der Zee will be traveling to the orphanages teaching staff and treating children.

1-26-2010

A local Ono Island Charity Tennis Tournament raised 600 dollars for Haiti's Children today, and, along with other monies being gathered by Dr. Paul Glisson, will be used to buy antibiotics and other emergency medical supplies for God's Littles Angels Orphanage in Haiti. The air-conduits we have arranged into either Port au Prince or Cap Haitien appear to be air-tight now and ready for our use.

1-20-2010

Relief Efforts for the Orphanage Moving Forward:

During the last couple of days, Volunteers of America Southeast has secured a partnership with God's Littlest Children orphanage in Petionville, Haiti ... approximately 3 miles from downtown Port-au-Prince. The effort will be identified as "Haiti's Children". Nurses at the orphanage sent us a list of the most urgently needed items for the children and people in the surrounding area (see below). We are also working with a large, local news agency, WALA Fox10, and the Mobile County Public School System to begin collecting these items for shipment to Haiti. Springhill Toyota in Mobile is hosting a donation drive on Friday the 29th from 10am - 3pm. We have an outlet for shipping right here from the Gulf Coast and are awaiting final plans for shipping the supplies. Please call Ron Emrich at 251-421-0094 to make donation arrangements for supplies, or donate online from the right of this page. 100% of your donations will be used to provide relief and ongoing help for Haiti's Children.

1-18-2010

Haiti's Children relief effort organized:

Volunteers of America Southeast is now working directly with God's Littlest Angels, a well established orphanage in Haiti. One hundred percent of every dollar will provide resources to these children. We will be collecting donations for this effort beginning today. 100% of your donations will be used to supply the following items directly to Haiti's Children:

1. formula
2. diapers
3. baby wipes
4. baby cereal
5. infant Tylenol
6. infant and children's vitamins
7. other baby care items such as lotion, powder, baby shampoo
8. antibiotics
9. IV solution
10. disposable medical gloves
11. suture material
12. sugar
13. oil
14. blankets
15. tents
16. tarps

1-15-2010

News Release

Volunteers of America Southeast
(251)338-1560 or kferguson@voase.org 

Volunteers of America Southeast to Accept Donations to Aid Victims of Haiti Earthquake

Mobile, AL (January 15, 2010) – The recent 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti is estimated to affect over three million people in and around the capital and port city of Port-au-Prince. Haitian officials estimate that thousands of people, including scores of aid workers, have lost their lives. There is an immediate and urgent need for water, non-perishable food items, baby formula, and medical supplies. If you have case-packaged or pallets of water, non-perishable food, baby formula, or medical supplies, Volunteers of America Southeast has a drop-off location at 600 Azalea Road. Please contact Ron Emrich at 251-421-0094 for delivery information. We will ship containers of emergency supplies to Haiti as soon as the seaport is opened.  We are also recruiting volunteer nurses and doctors to work in Haiti in the near future.

The most expedient way to help is through monetary donations. Please donate online at www.voase.org or mail/drop off checks to:

Volunteers of America Southeast
Haiti Relief
600 Azalea Road
Mobile, AL 36609

100% of all donations will be used to directly aid victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.

“Volunteers of America Southeast helped over 100,000 people along the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,” said Wallace T. Davis, PhD., President and CEO of Volunteers of America Southeast, Inc.   “We have the experience and commitment to aid those affected by the earthquake in Haiti. Your church, faith group, or organization may partner with us to make a difference in the lives of those in Haiti. We will be good stewards of what you entrust to us.”

About Volunteers of America Southeast

Volunteers of America Southeast is an affiliate of Volunteers of America, Inc., a national, non-profit, spiritually based organization providing local human service programs and opportunities for individual and community involvement.

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