FOUNDATION NETWORKS AND DEVELOPMENT - FUNREDES

Hurricane Georges produced heavy disasters in the Dominican Republic, leaving large segments of the populations without home and facing accute risks for their health.

Many vectors of help have been opened, especially governmental and international organization channels. Our NGO, with no interest in playing any intermediary role in channeling the help and cooperation, wishes to offer to individuals and organizations the possibility of a most direct channel for help, where only direct costs such as transportaion will be substracted.

We have selected a limited number of NGO which have created specific help programs, in their usual area of actions, and which act accordingly to this criteria. Obviously, the selection is derived from our relationships in the sector; many other NGO responding to the same characteristics do exist.

Please contact directly the NGO of your choice to channel your help and cooperation.

Presentation of the NGOs

ENDA CARIBBEAN

• Contact: ENDA CARIBBEAN: <[email protected]> - http://funredes.org/endacaribe
• Working themes: Environment, health, agro-forstery
• Direct help axes: Country people and shantytowns
• Action areas: Cotuí, Villa Altagracia, shantytowns of Santo Domingo

MUDHA

• Contact: MUDHA: Association of Dominico-Haitian Women- <[email protected]>
• Working themes: Children health and education
• Direct help axes: Bateys ^(*)
• Action areas: Bateys ^(*) of Santo Domingo neighborhood

MUJER y SALUD

• Contact: MUJER y SALUD: Women and Health - <[email protected]>
• Working themes: Women health in the countryside
• Direct help axes: Medecines, emergencies, emotional support, prevention
• Action areas: Countryside and bateys ^(*) where they usually act.

RED JACQUES VIAU

• Contact: RED JACQUES VIAU: Network Jacques Viau - <[email protected]>
• Working themes: Solidarity and exchanges between Dominicans and Haitians.
• A federation of 10 NGOs.
• Direct help axes: Human rights, legal support, training
• Action areas: Bateys ^(*) from South and East, poor districts of Santo Domingo, Cibao

(*) Note: The "batey" is the village where the family of the people working in sugar cane plantations live, generally Haitians or Dominico-Haitians.