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To: World Food Program and World Health Organizaiton
To: PAHO.org (WHO/Pan American Health Organization)
cc: UNICEF Australia
cc: WFP Haiti, wfp.portauprince@wfp.org
cc: Oxfam Quebec - international Program
cc:Meili Faille (canadian federal deputee in Vaudreuil-Solange)

A group of volunteers from RIH (Réseau International Humaniste) : 13 haitians volunteers/corodinators with 300 helpers in la Plaine and 10 haitians volunteers/corodinators with 50 helpers in Fontwa who have experience with education projects in Haiti and took the initiative in these past few days, to re groupe people in need in the 2 locations below (3-4000 people in la Plaine; 500 in Fontwa).

They prepared and help to organize people there who are in need of humanitarian and medical help,(RIH volunteers organized people in priority as women, kids, in need of medical assistance, etc and helpers), there are willing and capable to help distribute humanitarian help and/or other help)
They have no access to any humanitarian or medical help for 10 days now.


In order to facilitate the arrival of help we ask them to answer a questionnaire which give more details on exact location and nature of the needs at these 2 locations

in La Plaine:
information was checked FRENCH/ENGLISH

People in la Plaine are located at L'ile lavoie (there is a camp between Lilavois 1 and Lilavois 3)«Complexe Parking» located along side Route (Road) Nationale 1 approx. 12 to 15 jm from Port au prince

Coordinators and helpers who can help to distribute humanitarain help : 13 coordinators and 300 helpers in need of humanitarian help: 3,000 à 4,000 personnes in need of food and water in need of medical help:: 250 hurt
47 emergencies
Ernst André - Richard Bodelet -

In Fontwa (or Fond'Oies)
Difficulties in communication with them to get all the exact info only location has been confirmed other info are our best estimates exact location of group in need of help. People from Fontwa are in Tombe-Gateau, at the entrance of street market, on route (road) de l'amitié direction: Jacmel

coordinators and helpers who can help to distribute humanitarain help : 10 coordinators with 50 helpers (estimate)
in need of humanitarian help: : 500 (estimate)
in need of medical help: 40 (estimate)
medical emergencies : no known
phone number and name of contact: Andrew

Thanks for letting us know about any follow up. So we can let them know. Thanks so much!

Jean-Marc Grambert
Convergence of Cultures- Coordinator -New York -USA
RIH Liaison -New York