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Port-au-Prince, Haiti--(ENEWSPF)--October 7, 2010.
Today, the Clinton Foundation announced that it
will — through its Haiti Relief Fund — provide
$500,000 in bridge funding for a camp in
Petionville run by J/P Haitian Relief
Organization. The money will allow J/P HRO, whose
staff is 90 percent Haitian, to continue to manage
a camp of 55,000 displaced people, provide
emergency medical and primary care services,
educational seminars through their women’s
clinic, psychosocial support through their camp
medical clinic, and dynamic rubble clearing
project. Under the leadership of actor and
humanitarian Sean Penn, J/P HRO has tirelessly
advocated for the people of Haiti.
"Rebuilding housing for more than 1
million people displaced by the earthquake will
take time, as teams on the ground continue to
clear rubble and build infrastructure, including
water and sanitation systems," President
Clinton said. "In the interim, our commitment
to the Petitionville camp, managed by J/P HRO,
will ensure the 55,000 people living there,
including many children, can access health care,
education, and job training services until
families are able to move into more permanent
homes."
"We are deeply grateful for the support of
the Clinton Foundation for the ongoing work of J/P
HRO," said Sean Penn, founder J/P HRO.
"From the beginning the Clinton Foundation
staff and leadership have generously shared
expertise and essential logistical support. With
this grant, I’m proud of the J/P HRO staff and
volunteers — both Haitian and foreign — who
have earned this tremendous foundation’s faith
in their contribution and continuing
efforts."
The contribution will help J/P HRO continue to
run its hospital at the top of camp, which sees
approximately 250 patients a day. It will also
help with the maintenance of its women’s clinic,
which is fully Haitian run and where the nurses
carry out educational seminars for men and for
women. Additionally, starting October 1, 2010, J/P
HRO took over a second medical facility previously
provided by another organization including the
only labor and delivery unit and psychosocial unit
in camp.
Since the creation of its Haiti Relief Fund the
Clinton Foundation has disbursed $3 million in
grants to 12 organizations working on the ground
in Haiti; and has facilitated the shipment of $16
million in supplies, including 14 pieces of heavy
equipment, 32,680 solar flashlights and lanterns,
58 solar-powered streetlights, and 390,000
articles of clothing. In August, the Foundation
announced that it was building emergency shelters
in Leogane — the first of which will be ready
mid-October — a project valued at $1 million.
And in May, it provided the Interim Haiti Recovery
Commission (IHRC) with its first $1 million for
operational support.
President Clinton currently serves as the
co-Chair of the IHRC and as UN Special Envoy for
Haiti.
Source: clintonfoundation.org
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