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Boston-area relief organizations and charities are among the nation's leaders in jumping into action to save lives in Haiti. And they are also among the leading fund-raisers.
Partners in Health, the global health and development group, says it raised $25 million in the five days after the Jan. 12 earthquake, my Globe colleague Megan Woolhouse reports today. Partners in Health, co-founded by Dr. Paul Farmer, has worked in Haiti since the mid-1980s and has vaulted to national prominence this week given its expertise there and its fast response to the earthquake. The group reported today that it has opened its 13th operating room in Haiti to provide emergency medical treatment.
Another Boston-based organization, Oxfam America, says it raised $7.1 by Sunday. Oxfam America also has taken a leading role in expediting medical and nutritional aid, not least in the form of clean water.
The Boston Foundation has set up a Haiti Relief and Reconstruction Fund to begin looking at longer-term rebuilding. Donations to that fund are being matched dollar for dollar by Jim and Karen Ansara of Boston, who also contributed $1 million to Partners in Health for a hospital in Haiti.
There are many other players, too, of course. See this previous list of Boston-area institutions and what they are doing. But there's no doubt that Partners in Health and Oxfam America have been particularly responsive, building on their track records going back many years in Haiti.
Partners in Health, the global health and development group, says it raised $25 million in the five days after the Jan. 12 earthquake, my Globe colleague Megan Woolhouse reports today. Partners in Health, co-founded by Dr. Paul Farmer, has worked in Haiti since the mid-1980s and has vaulted to national prominence this week given its expertise there and its fast response to the earthquake. The group reported today that it has opened its 13th operating room in Haiti to provide emergency medical treatment.
Another Boston-based organization, Oxfam America, says it raised $7.1 by Sunday. Oxfam America also has taken a leading role in expediting medical and nutritional aid, not least in the form of clean water.
The Boston Foundation has set up a Haiti Relief and Reconstruction Fund to begin looking at longer-term rebuilding. Donations to that fund are being matched dollar for dollar by Jim and Karen Ansara of Boston, who also contributed $1 million to Partners in Health for a hospital in Haiti.
There are many other players, too, of course. See this previous list of Boston-area institutions and what they are doing. But there's no doubt that Partners in Health and Oxfam America have been particularly responsive, building on their track records going back many years in Haiti.
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Worldly Boston is James F. Smith's report on people from our community who are making an impact in the world, and on people from abroad doing noteworthy things in Greater Boston. We live in the most global of communities. Worldly Boston helps share those stories.
About James F. Smith
Jim Smith came home to his native Boston in 2002 to become the Boston Globe's foreign editor after spending 22 years abroad. He was previously based in Buenos Aires and Mexico City for the LA Times, and in Johannesburg, Tokyo and The Hague for the AP. In 2007 he became the Globe's national political editor, coordinating presidential campaign coverage. He is a Yale graduate, and has an MBA. He is married to Maxine Hart and has two sons, Matthew and Daniel.
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