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Insurance Industry Foundation Grantees Provide Haiti Relief

Industry Foundation’s Grantees on the Ground in Haiti

NEW YORK, January 15, 2010 – The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) recently awarded grants to two organizations that are now providing relief in Haiti. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), with 75 years of expertise in emergency response, has sent a team of experts to Haiti to provide relief to the devastated country. World Cares Center, an organization that supports local community members as resilient first responders, is partnering with other groups to provide assistance to Haiti community groups and also support to those in this country with family and friends in Haiti. Both organizations are seeking additional contributions for these disaster programs.

“As an industry foundation, we can marshal our resources and make a difference through outstanding organizations like the International Rescue Committee and World Cares Center. IICF is encouraging our member companies to give as generously as they can to the IRC, World Cares Center, or to other reputable relief organizations,” said Elizabeth Myatt, New York Executive Director of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation.  

IICF is interested in learning about all industry support for Haiti relief. Please keep the IICF informed of any Haiti relief contribution made through your organization by email to contact@iicf.com.     

* Donations to the IRC Haiti relief effort can be made at https://www.theirc.org/donate/donate-now-haiti
* Donations to World Cares Center can be made at http://worldcares.org/content/donate-world-cares-center

About the International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises.  When people are forced to flee from conflict or disaster, we come to the immediate aid of the vulnerable and later help devastated communities rebuild.  Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein to assist those suffering under Nazi oppression, the IRC is a world leader in emergency relief, rehabilitation, protection, post-conflict development, resettlement services, and advocacy for those uprooted or affected by violent conflict and oppression.  We advocate tirelessly on behalf of the displaced, addressing the root causes of violence and standing up for the world’s most vulnerable populations.  At work in over 40 countries and in 22 US cities, the IRC leads the way from harm to home.  www.theIRC.org

About World Cares Center
World Cares Center trains each person, each family, and each neighborhood to be ready for the next emergency and ensures they are met with leadership willing and able to integrate them into response initiatives. Through its culturally sensitive training program, World Cares Center works with emergency managers and community leaders to develop agency specific response plans that integrate the safe and effect management of community volunteers. Working together towards a safer disaster response World Cares Center ensures that every citizen emerges: trained - not uniformed, connected - not cut off, and a responder - not a victim.  http://Worldcares.org/

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