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HEKS: 3 million collected for Haiti – Thank you for your support( 1. March 2010)
By the end of February the Swiss Interchurch Aid organisation (HEKS) had received in excess of 3 million francs in donations for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010. HEKS would like to thank all...
The aid organisation has been working on development and emergency aid projects in Haiti for 37 years, has local partner organisations at its disposal and has a coordination office in Port-au-Prince. This good network...> more
Haiti emergency aid update: 100 tents for 100 families(18. February 2010)
An overly long stay in the hastily erected transition camps poses a serious health and safety problem. It is therefore important that the earthquake victims are able to return to their own properties as soon as...
People still want to sleep outside and the rainy season is due to start soon. To encourage people to return and to point the way, HEKS and DEZA have taken a joint decision with the mayor’s office in Pétion-Ville, a...> more
Information updates on our emergency aid measures in Haiti( 3. February 2010)
HEKS, the Swiss Interchurch Aid organisation, is providing 1 million francs of emergency aid for earthquake victims in Haiti. This supplies food for 3000 people in Port-au-Prince.
HEKS has started to implement emergency aid measures for the desperately needy population: having had a coordination office in Port-au-Prince for many years, HEKS was in a position to take preliminary measures quickly...> more
HEKS provides emergency aid for those affected by storms in Albania(28. January 2010)
Heavy downpours have caused devastating floods in the north of Albania. HEKS has been working in Albania since the start of the 1990s and, in conjunction with two partner organisations, is providing emergency aid for...
Over 10,000 hectares of agricultural land on the River Drin have been flooded and around 5000 people have had to be evacuated. The total cost of damage is estimated to be around 70 million Euro. The Roma, who lived in...> more
HEKS increases aid for earthquake victims in Haiti to 1 million francs: emergency aid already reaching 2500 people(19. January 2010)
HEKS, the Swiss Interchurch Aid organisation, is increasing its aid to the earthquake victims in Haiti to 1 million francs. This will both provide 2500 people in Port-au-Prince with food and water and go towards funding...
The HEKS coordination office in Port-au-Prince has started to provide emergency aid for the desperately needy population. Every day 2500 people in the capital are receiving a hot meal and water through two distribution...> more
HEKS: Half a million francs for earthquake victims in Haiti(13. January 2010)
HEKS, the Swiss Interchurch Aid organisation, is contributing half a million Swiss francs for emergency aid and reconstruction in Haiti. HEKS has been actively involved in Haiti for 37 years with development and...
HEKS will be providing emergency aid and reconstruction. In the first phase this will essentially consist of the distribution of basic foodstuffs, clean water, cooking utensils and sanitary products, as well as the...> more
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