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Haitian Women’s Groups Send Out Plea for Sanitary and Other Supplies for
Women and Girls



Haitian women’s groups report that while contributions from the
international community continue to pour in, “in many camps essentials
such as food and clothing are not yet widely available, especially for
women and children.”

In a letter of appeal sent to colleagues in the international women’s
movement, Sergia Galvan and Mayra Tavarez of Colectiva Mujeres Y
Salud/CAFRA in the Dominican Republic write:

” 
 As with most other natural disasters, the strongest and the fittest
tend to dominate disaster supply chain and distribution. Women and young
girls are the last to have access to the supplies chain and distribution
points. So they do not receive the supplies that they most urgently need
in addition to food and water. So it is in Haiti.

“Rape of young girls and women is also a growing problem as is common in
the aftermath of most disasters” they write. Because of this, there is
also an “urgent need for the morning after pill.

Haitian women, young girls and youth are in need of:
* Feminine supplies.
* Combs.
* Feminine wipes.
* Panties, bras and clothes and other support (especially for pregnant
women and new mothers).
* Personal/household supplies for birth delivery and after: (rubbing
alcohol or disposable anti-germicidal substitutes; baby wipes, baby wraps,
pampers, socks and caps and supplies for nursing. mothers/newborn; (It is
cold at nights so there is need to cover the feet and heads of the
newborns).
* Clothing and under garments for women and young girls.
* Bedding & blankets for babies and mothers.

Their plea: Send supplies or money to help purchase any of the above
items. In general, say Galvan and Tavarez, “any supplies (such as
toothpaste, tooth brushes etc) that can be used for daily living for men,
women, boys and girls are welcome.”

We need your support for these resources and any financial contribution
towards shipment that you are able to make.
Donations can be sent directly to:
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
Sergia Galvan and Mayra Tavarez
Colectiva Mujeres Y Salud/CAFRA
Calle Socomo Sanchez
No 74, Gazcu, Santo Domingo DR

This is a specific drive for Emergency Supplies for Haitian women and
girls* that is being sponsored by the Caribbean Association for Feminist
Research and Action (CAFRA) and Colectiva Mujers Y Salud (Women’s Health
Collective), Dominican Republic, and the CAFRA Youth League in Haiti. This
assistance is being transferred primarily through the Myriam Merlet
International Solidarity Camp* directly to women and women´s
organizations.

Myriam Merlet was a National Representative of CAFRA who was killed during
the earthquake.

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