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On January 12th, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, leaving an estimated 3 million Haitians homeless and without access to basic needs. The earthquake comes on the heels of a food crisis and the country's attempt to reconstruct after four devastating hurricanes in 2008. How to Help The Solidarity Center, a non-profit organization founded by the AFL-CIO, is preparing to send a delegation of Haitian union activists living in the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince to support unions as they provide basic necessities to their members. The District Council 37 Executive Board voted to send $10,000. DC 37's national union AFSCME is also making a substantial contribution to support this effort. DC 37 members may want to make individual donations. The Solidarity Center is also working with CNUS, the
Confederation of United Unions in the Dominican Republic, to establish
a donation center with nonperishable goods that will be shipped to union
counterparts in Haiti. Donations to the Solidarity Center's Earthquake
Relief for Haitian Workers fund will be passed to partners there, and
the Center will work with them to ensure that assistance reaches the neediest
workers and their families. Haiti Relief Links:
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