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    For the first time since the earthquake, u.s. Humanitarian relief organizations will convene to share details of their work in Haiti. More than 80 from within the InterAction alliance of 190 U.s.-based NGOs are currently working in the country. These groups-many of them with decades of working in Haiti--have raised $350 million from the American public to support their work.

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    MEDIA ADVISORY

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Contact: Tawana Jacobs, 202-552-6534 (Office), 202-297-1696 (Cell), tjacobs@interaction.org


    Nasserie Carew, 202-552-6561 (Office), 202-341-3814 (Cell), ncarew@interaction.org

    AUDIO PRESS BRIEFING ON HAITI TODAY, THURSDAY, JAN 28 AT 1PM EST


    U.S. NGOs Share Details of Progress and Challenges in Haiti

    Washington, DC (January 28, 2010)—For the first time since the earthquake, U.S. humanitarian relief
    organizations will convene to share details of their work in Haiti. More than 80 from within the
    InterAction alliance of 190 U.S.-based NGOs are currently working in the country, and these groups—
    many of them with decades of working in Haiti—have raised $350 million from the American public to
    support their work. Dial into an audio press briefing today 1pm EST to hear what field experts have to
    say about aid coordination and delivery issues, including:

    Food distribution
    Shelter - camp conditions
    Orphans - and their protection
    Health risks to children in camps
    Rescue and recovery
    Lessons learned from previous disasters

    CALL-IN INFORMATION
    U.S. Toll Free: 888-299-4099
    Canadian Toll Free: 866-682-1172
    International Toll: 302-709-8337
    Verbal Passcode (to be given to the operator): VC27526

    SPEAKERS
    Mario Flores, Director, Disaster Response Field Operations, Habitat for Humanity
    Amy Gaver, Director of International Response and Program Integration, American Red Cross
    Lane Hartill, (from Port-au-Prince) Communications Officer, Catholic Relief Services
    Edward Brown, Senior Director of Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs, World Vision
    Kathryn Bolles, Director of Emergency Health and Nutrition, Save the Children
    Samuel A. Worthington , President and CEO, InterAction
    James Bishop, Vice President Humanitarian Policy and Practice, InterAction (Moderator)

    Other experts from within the InterAction alliance will also be on the line to answer your questions.
    This list of organizations includes: American Refugee Committee, Action Against Hunger, American
    Jewish World Service, CARE, Concern Worldwide U.S., Handicap International, Hands On Disaster
    Response, Lutheran World Relief, Management Sciences for Health, Mercy Corps, Plan USA and others.
    A regularly updated list of agencies responding to the crisis in Haiti is available at:
    http://www.interaction.org/crisis-list/earthquake-haiti

    More information about how the InterAction alliance is responding in Haiti is also available on the
    website at: http:/www.interaction.org

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    InterAction is the largest alliance US-based nongovernmental international humanitarian relief and development
    organizations with 190 members. Our members operate in every developing country, working with local
    communities to overcome poverty and suffering by helping to improve their quality of life.

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