By Maya Brownstein | Community Giving
Thank you for your continued support of Partners In Health / Zanmi Lasante.
Hurricane Irma is rapidly approaching Haiti, and expected to hit several public hospitals and clinics supported by PIH. Experts have labeled Irma a Category 5 hurricane, the most severe form, and expect it to be extremely violent and deadly—particularly in the rural areas where PIH works, and where most people live in houses built from mud, stones, sticks, and corrugated metal. Many are subsistence farmers who rely on their crops, livestock, and fruit trees for food and extra income.
In the short-term, we’ll need help responding to a potential influx of patients seeking emergency medical attention, especially if the storm batters our facilities. In the long-term, we’ll need help responding to potential upticks in cholera and malnutrition, respectively resulting from standing storm water and losses of crops and livestock.
More information is available here: https://www.pih.org/article/pih-braces-hurricane-irma
On behalf of our staff and patients in Haiti, thank you for your generosity during another time of disaster.
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