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Flight to Crisis aims to fill gaps, to ease the strain on groups that have a continual presence in Jacmel, and to bring what is needed, when it is needed. Flight to Crisis is working with established organizations on the ground in Jacmel to provide expertise and supplies that match current needs. One of these organizations, the Community Coalition for Haiti, is assisting Flight to Crisis with donations and in establishing itself as a 501(c)3.

Both the supplies and the volunteers will be flown in by chartered plane; additional supplies are being routed through partnering organizations and arriving via the Dominican Republic. We have made arrangements for a base camp and other critical needs such as security, transportation, communications and supplies. We have made every effort to make sure that the volunteers’ skills can be utilized and that the volunteers are safe and have the opportunity to make a positive impact (as opposed to making things worse, being in the way, etc.) Rather than the entire group working in a single location, the volunteers will be paired up, or put into small teams, and dispersed to the organizations that feel they could benefit from their expertise (these decisions are made in Haiti by the partner organizations) .

The first flight leaves February 11th and will bring approximately 30 volunteers to Jacmel for two weeks. Subsequent flights are already being scheduled. I welcome your critical insight and ongoing feedback. Another woman has been monitoring our progress and her post can be read here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anne-dilenschneider/flight-to-crisis-needs-vo_b_450573.html

(and I’ve forwarded on to development chums too).