visit Volunteers of America Southeast's primary website HERE
To deliver emergency supplies of non-perishable food, water, and medical supplies, please contact Ron Emrich:

251-421-0094

To donate online right now through Volunteers of America Southeast, please click

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Your donations will make a lifesaving difference. Please check back for updates on the situation in Haiti and how we are helping those in need.

Other Ways to Help

Updates from our partners in this effort can be found HERE

Volunteers of America Southeast would like to thank Southern Trucking Equipment from Theodore, AL for donating the use of a 40 foot container to stockpile emergency supplies for delivery to Haiti.

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

For Immediate Release
Contact: Keith Ferguson

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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