What We Are Doing:

On Wednesday 3rd February 2010 staff from across the HRP palaces will be taking part in a sponsored run/walk to raise money for the Red Cross disaster relief fund over in Haiti.

This will take place in the Tower of London moat and will be a maximum distance of 8 Kilometres.

Please give generously to our appeal and support our staff or if you cannot afford to donate but would like to donate your time instead (or as well as!) then please come along and join us!

Please remember to Gift Aid!

For more information or to register your interest in taking part, please contact adampugh@msn.com

About The Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Appeal:

A devastating earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, killing hundreds and affecting thousands more.

The British Red Cross has already released £200,000 from its Disaster Fund to support the relief effort. However the sheer scale of this disaster means much more will be needed.

Local Red Cross volunteers in Haiti are currently assisting the injured and supporting hospitals.

The earthquake hit the capital Port-au-Prince and other areas of the country. The most affected area is Haiti's West Province with a population of 2.2 million.

The most urgent needs at this time are search and rescue, hospital care, emergency health, clean water, emergency shelter, and logistics.

The Red Cross has pre-positioned relief supplies for 3,000 families in Haiti. These emergency supplies consist of kitchen kits, shelter kits and tarpaulins, personal hygiene kits, blankets and containers for storing drinking water.

A group of experts in disaster response, emergency health and logistics, sent by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, has been deployed to support the Haitian Red Cross in the relief efforts.

Please give what you can today to help thousands of people in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.

In the event that we raise more money than can be reasonably and efficiently spent, any surplus funds will be used to help us prepare for and respond to other humanitarian disasters either overseas or here in the UK.

 

 

*Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.