Doctors Without Borders has sustained a lot of damage in Haiti

[lunatica]

From their website

http://doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=4147&cat=field-news

(snip)
MSF Responding to Devastating Earthquake in Haiti
January 12, 2010

On January 12, a magnitude 7.0 quake struck about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southwest of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams on the ground have witnessed significant damage to its medical facilities, injuries to patients and staff, and an influx of wounded towards these hospitals in the capital.

MSF’s Trinite trauma center hospital, a 60-bed structure and one of the only free-of-charge surgical facilities in Port-au-Prince, was seriously damaged by the quake. Although difficult to confirm, hundreds are reported to be wounded while the Haitian capital is massively damaged.

At the moment, MSF teams are trying to ensure the safety and continued care of patients admitted to Trinite hospital and to establish a capacity to respond to new patients. At its Maternité Solidarité hospital, a 75-bed emergency obstetrics facility also in the capital, pregnant women, new mothers, and newborn children have been evacuated from the facility due to structural damage and as a precautionary measure. MSF also operates Martissant 25, a health center in the Martissant slum and its immediate surroundings.

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[cali]

1. oh no. just when they are most desperately needed.

[Junkdrawer]

2. I've bookmarked their donation page...

https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=197&hbc=1?ref=main-menu

[Junkdrawer]

9. Done. n/t

[lunatica]

3. k

[varelse]

4. Kicking for later reference (nt)

[Arkansas Granny]

5. k&r

[malaise]

6. Every institution and civil society group has been touched

All of Port-au-Prince is damaged or destroyed. No one has been spared here.

[Cyrano]

12. You're right. There's just got to be more than we can do but

weep and contribute to outstanding organizations like Doctors Without Borders.

Oh, the frustration. The sheer frustration of what little we an do to help.

[flyarm]

7. the French just announced that all who were in the UN building are dead..

my god..this is horrible..the devistation is horrible...i sit here crying..my heart broken for these people..

The control tower at the airport has collapsed..

I feel sick for those people..

pray for them please!

[mascarax]

8. See post #2 for DWB donation link (n/t)

[Wind Dancer]

10. K & R!

[varelse]

11. Another kick

thank you for the link, too

[Lex]

13. Very telling that they *were already there* providing care before this.

Jolie and Pitt donated a million bucks to them today.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. Whoa. Good on them.

I'll be getting a little cash in a week or so and a piece of that will go to DWB. I'd love to join them myself one day.