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King recounts the ongoing frustrations of getting supplies into Haiti, including a successful showdown with Delta Airlines that nearly blows up in the media. Today started with two pieces of bad news. The first was that supervisors at Delta check-in at Kennedy refused to allow extra bags of relief supplies for free. We have been using the same Delta flight from Kennedy to Santo Domingo, checking in at the same desk several times a week.…
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Today King publishes the words of Haitian journalist, relief worker and Housing Works partner Edner Boucicaut who has been documenting his experiences as a survivor helping others cope. Even though he is “completely out of tears,” Boucicaut prays with others every evening and takes solace in the written word. Edner Boucicaut isn’t a trained disaster relief manager or even a clinic administrator. Professionally he is a journalist. He works as the Communications Director for Cecosida,…
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Thanks everyone! Because of the calls, e-mails and tweets from Housing Works supporters, Delta has quickly pledged to help Housing Works deliver relief aid to Haiti via New York’s JFK airport. Delta Director of External Affairs Scarlet Pressley Brown called Housing Works President and CEO Charles King today and informed him that Delta would be willing to transport relief supplies that had to be left behind at JFK airport today because of unexpected new baggage…
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UPDATE: Thanks everyone! Because of the calls, e-mails and tweets from Housing Works supporters, Delta has quickly pledged to help Housing Works deliver relief aid to Haiti via New York’s JFK airport. Delta Airlines is charging hefty fees on extra bags filled with relief supplies for victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake. We’re calling on the airline to change its cruel, inhumane and shortsighted policy, and we need your help! Tell Delta Airlines to waive the…
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In today’s post, frustration mounts in Haiti as supplies are mysteriously delayed and doctors remain difficult to secure. Dr. Marie Nomil says her patients can’t sleep, deepening the mental anguish of the earthquake for survivors. Today is a day of hurrying up and waiting both in New York and Port-au-Prince. The Port-au-Prince folks were awaiting a plane with five much-needed pallets of medical supplies and had paid for our truck and driver to stay over…
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Many AIDS advocates are expressing concern about President Barack Obama’s commitment to combating the epidemic, on the heels of a State of the Union that downplayed the urgency of federal health care reform and proposed freezing much government discretionary spending. While Obama pushed for the passage of health care reform, the ask was buried 31 minutes into his speech. That timing felt ominous, given that on Wednesday Nancy Pelosi suggested passing health care reform in…
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As Housing Works assists Haitian AIDS groups getting three clinics off the ground in the wake of the earthquake, President and CEO Charles King has continued to blog about the experience. Read his fears about healthcare relief failing in Haiti a Haitian denied a Canadian visa because of her HIV status, earthquake survivors post-traumatic stress and guest blogger Dr. Marcelo Venegas’ account of a young woman who hadn’t eaten in two days. Read more blog…
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The Mayor’s preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2011 was released Thursday, detailing $1.1 billion in cuts for the next fiscal year. As has been the case in the last few years, the outlook for poor people living with HIV/AIDS and other poor and low-income New Yorkers is bleak, with cuts to everything from supportive housing to drop-in centers to workforce development to HIV services in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Bloomberg released two…
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Dear Friend, The work has just begun. On January 12, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished country of Haiti – the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Approximately 3 million people have been affected by this devastation, with estimates of the dead ranging between 50,000-200,000 people. And our brothers and sisters living with HIV/AIDS in Haiti cannot be forgotten. In a country where approximately 2% of the entire population is living with HIV/AIDS, and…
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