Relief Funds
for
Hurricane Ivan Victims.
Several thousand dollars have already been donated by various individuals and organizations. They have been put to good use to supply clean water in the immediate aftermath of Ivan, construction supplies to rebuild houses, and seeds and fishing equipment to get people back to work. More is always needed and can be used.
There are three sections presented here:
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Give what you can. |
Treasure
Beach and St. Elizabeth Relief
1) Electronically via PayPal / Credit Card The funds on this page are not controlled by TreasureBeach.Net. If you have problems with them, contact the individuals listed.
2) Pay by check via mail or wire Breds Fund
or The CHILD Organization is accepting donations to assist families who have been impacted by both Hurricane Charley and Ivan. They are asking for donations to assist everyone but especially families with children. They are a tax exempt organization.
or The TREASURE BEACH
FOUNDATION or The International Society for Emergency Care's fund. (This organization has helped with Breds' projects such as Emergency Response training and the TBERU ambulance.) ISEC Tax exempt # 501c3 |
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1) Xoom.com The pick up place nearest to TB is Junction, two
locations and Santa Cruz. 3) WesternUnion.com Western Union also had reduced rates after Ivan. Thanks and Big Up to them as well. |
General
Relief
1) The Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) has established a 'Recovery Fund' to help aid Jamaica's recovery after Hurricane Ivan. Under the fund Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica can send contributions to help rebuild Jamaica via JNBS outlets for free. For no fee you can send your remittances to account number 10272794. Contributors can use any of our JN Money Transfer Outlets in Canada, the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Remember, there will be no charge for these transactions. JNBS is also going to assist those who are sending funds to their relatives or friends during this difficult time. How you may ask? By reducing the transaction fee until Saturday 9th October 2004. JNBS will be reducing its fees for sums of US$1-US$300, which are sent during this period. For example, remittances within the band mentioned, sent during the 30-day period, will be reduced from US$10 to US$7. The same trend will be for Canada and the UK (please check the outlets for the exact rates). Funds raised will be turned over to the Government on a date soon to be announced date.
2) In Canada...
The Jamaican (Ottawa) Community Association
Inc.
3) Jampact.org has a fund and Jamaicans.com has a long list. Make sure you see the second page.
4) For those who want to donate money, non perishable items etc., you can contact the Jamaican Embassy in Washington DC (details at www.emjamusa.org, the Consulate in New York (www.congenjamaica-ny.org) or the Consulate in Miami For the folks at Bellevue/NYU, please try to call Janet Madden at the NY Consulate as she is the Community Relations Officer and has been arranging for doctors from UPenn and a few other health organizations in New York to travel to Jamaica. Her number is 212 935 7505. I also believe that the NY Consulate will begin to air freight goods to Jamaica on a few of the Air J planes which were grounded in this area as early as Tuesday.
5) A Helping Hand - Unitransfer
Offers Free Money Transfer Services to the Jamaica Red Cross Individuals wishing to make donations to Red Cross are invited to visit any of the following Unitransfer offices to conduct their transfers. Unitransfer Brooklyn, NY Unitransfer Headquarters Unitransfer Boston Unitransfer Ft. Lauderdale Unitransfer New Jersey Unitransfer Miami Unitransfer Queens All transfers will be processed in Jamaica by City of Kingston Cooperative Credit Union. This offer will run through September 30, 2004. Unitransfer is licensed by the banking departments of the states of Florida, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Georgia, Maryland and Illinois. |