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 WASHINGTON–The
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has welcomed the
Armenian government’s decision to rapidly deploy a 52-member
rescue team to Haiti, and has called upon Armenian Americans to
help augment the work of this highly trained team by sending
donations – either through Armenian charities or directly to the
American Red Cross and other relief organizations – to support
the unfolding effort to aide the survivors of the devastating
earthquake that hit the Haitian capitol of Port-au-Prince this
Tuesday.
The Armenian rescue team, created in the
aftermath of the 1988 earthquake that killed tens of thousands
of Armenians and destroyed large portions of northeastern
Armenia, will include specialists, search dogs, and advanced
equipment. Tens of thousands are feared dead as a result of the
Haitian earthquake, which measured 7.0 on the Richter Scale.
The Armenian team has a track record of rapidly deploying to
disaster sites around the world.
A number of options are available for donors,
including on-line contributions to the
American Red Cross and even a texting option, set up by the
Red Cross, that allows individuals to give $10 by sending the
message “Haiti” to 90999 on their cell phone. To date, this
mobile giving effort has raised more than $3 million for the Red
Cross relief efforts in Haiti.
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