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Haiti donors meet to plan rebuilding after quake destruction
Monday, January 25, 2010
(CNN) --Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton and foreign ministers from more than a dozen countries will start laying out the groundwork for rebuilding Haiti on Monday, nearly two weeks after a devastating earthquake. Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive is also due to attend the conference of the Friends of Haiti group of nations in Montreal, Quebec. The United Nations, International Monetary Fund, World Bank and European Union are also sending representatives, Canada's Foreign Ministry said. The one-day meeting is a first step toward a larger reconstruction conference on Haiti that will take place in coming months, the ministry said. It comes amid anger and frustration that efforts to rescue possible survivors have been called off. Thousands of people pushed Sunday for rescue efforts to continue at a collapsed hotel, as a 24-year-old man recovered in a hospital after being rescued 11 days after the earthquake.
Families of Americans who were staying at the Hotel Montana started an online petition Saturday in an effort to continue search efforts "until all the survivors are accounted for." As of Sunday morning, 2,395 people had signed the petition and sent 6,216 messages to the Senate, Congress and the White House, said Sue Keller, a friend of a family whose relatives are among the missing. The families hope to have at least 5,000 signatures by Monday, she said. The Haitian government has said more than 111,000 people died in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake. On Saturday, however, a French rescue team saved one life as they pulled Wismond Jean-Pierre from the rubble of the Hotel Napoli Inn -- 11 days after the quake.
Jean-Pierre had no injuries, but was dehydrated. Crews put him in an ambulance and took him to a hospital. He was a clerk at a store in the hotel, according to his brother. He survived after finding food and drink in the store's wreckage, the brother said. Looking for loved ones in Haiti Rescues like Jean-Pierre's, and others that have come more than a week after the January 12 quake, spark hope among families of the missing. But the emotional rescue came on a day when much of Haiti was mourning as operations largely shifted from rescue to recovery, and the country's president attended the funeral of an archbishop who was one of the victims. International search teams have rescued at least 132 people, the U.N. said. More than 600,000 people have also been left homeless in and around the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
Donations may be dropped off at the offices of Ellis, Ged & Bodden at 7171 North Federal Highway in Boca Raton between the hours of 7:30 am and 5:30 pm. For more information on the disaster relief efforts being coordinating through Ellis, Ged & Bodden’s, visit http://www.ellisandged.com/ or call (561) 995-1966.
Families of Americans who were staying at the Hotel Montana started an online petition Saturday in an effort to continue search efforts "until all the survivors are accounted for." As of Sunday morning, 2,395 people had signed the petition and sent 6,216 messages to the Senate, Congress and the White House, said Sue Keller, a friend of a family whose relatives are among the missing. The families hope to have at least 5,000 signatures by Monday, she said. The Haitian government has said more than 111,000 people died in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake. On Saturday, however, a French rescue team saved one life as they pulled Wismond Jean-Pierre from the rubble of the Hotel Napoli Inn -- 11 days after the quake.
Jean-Pierre had no injuries, but was dehydrated. Crews put him in an ambulance and took him to a hospital. He was a clerk at a store in the hotel, according to his brother. He survived after finding food and drink in the store's wreckage, the brother said. Looking for loved ones in Haiti Rescues like Jean-Pierre's, and others that have come more than a week after the January 12 quake, spark hope among families of the missing. But the emotional rescue came on a day when much of Haiti was mourning as operations largely shifted from rescue to recovery, and the country's president attended the funeral of an archbishop who was one of the victims. International search teams have rescued at least 132 people, the U.N. said. More than 600,000 people have also been left homeless in and around the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
Donations may be dropped off at the offices of Ellis, Ged & Bodden at 7171 North Federal Highway in Boca Raton between the hours of 7:30 am and 5:30 pm. For more information on the disaster relief efforts being coordinating through Ellis, Ged & Bodden’s, visit http://www.ellisandged.com/ or call (561) 995-1966.
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Boca Raton Law Firm Responds to Devastating Earthquake in Haiti
Friday, January 15, 2010Ellis, Ged & Bodden launches drive to collect relief supplies
The lawyers of Ellis, Ged, & Bodden, P.A., are teaming with Food For The Poor and Toussiant L’Ouverture High School to provide much needed aid to the victims of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. The earthquake, which, according to the US Geological Survey, was centered just off the coast of Haiti, about 10 miles west of the Caribbean nation's capital of Port-au-Prince had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0. Early estimates indicate that as many as 3 million people -- one-third of Haiti's population – may have been affected by the quake.
The lawyers of Ellis, Ged, & Bodden, P.A., are teaming with Food For The Poor and Toussiant L’Ouverture High School to provide much needed aid to the victims of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. The earthquake, which, according to the US Geological Survey, was centered just off the coast of Haiti, about 10 miles west of the Caribbean nation's capital of Port-au-Prince had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0. Early estimates indicate that as many as 3 million people -- one-third of Haiti's population – may have been affected by the quake.
Food For The Poor is seeking donations of canned meats, fish, water and condensed, evaporated milk. Toussaint L’Ouverture High School will rely on its community ties in the devastated areas of Haiti to distribute additional relief supplies. Donations may be dropped off at the offices of Ellis, Ged & Bodden at 7171 North Federal Highway in Boca Raton between the hours of 7:30 am and 5:30 pm.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Haiti and to the Haitian American community,” C. Glen Ged, a founding partner in the Boca Raton-based law firm, said in the wake of the deadly earthquake. “I feel humbled in the face of such staggering loss; surely those of us who can offer more than heartfelt sympathy have a responsibility to provide whatever measure of comfort we can.”
Food For The Poor, based in South Florida base, is a major international relief and development organization that serves millions of hungry poor in 17 countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. In addition to food, the interdenominational Christian agency provides emergency relief assistance, clean water, medicines, educational materials, homes, support for orphans and the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance, with more than 96 percent of all donations going directly to programs that help the poor. For more information please visit, http://www.foodforthepoor.org/
Toussaint L'Ouverture High School for Arts & Social Justice is an innovative charter high school in Boynton Beach, serving students in grades 9-12. The tuition-free, publicly funded institution seeks to provide motivated students a unique secondary school experience using arts as a vehicle for social justice and individual change. The school’s vision is geared toward helping youth acquire the skills they need to be successful in college and/or work and to have a voice in co-creating a world they can believe in.
For more information on the disaster relief efforts being coordinating through Ellis, Ged & Bodden’s, visit http://www.ellisandged.com/ or call (561) 995-1966.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Haiti and to the Haitian American community,” C. Glen Ged, a founding partner in the Boca Raton-based law firm, said in the wake of the deadly earthquake. “I feel humbled in the face of such staggering loss; surely those of us who can offer more than heartfelt sympathy have a responsibility to provide whatever measure of comfort we can.”
Food For The Poor, based in South Florida base, is a major international relief and development organization that serves millions of hungry poor in 17 countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. In addition to food, the interdenominational Christian agency provides emergency relief assistance, clean water, medicines, educational materials, homes, support for orphans and the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance, with more than 96 percent of all donations going directly to programs that help the poor. For more information please visit, http://www.foodforthepoor.org/
Toussaint L'Ouverture High School for Arts & Social Justice is an innovative charter high school in Boynton Beach, serving students in grades 9-12. The tuition-free, publicly funded institution seeks to provide motivated students a unique secondary school experience using arts as a vehicle for social justice and individual change. The school’s vision is geared toward helping youth acquire the skills they need to be successful in college and/or work and to have a voice in co-creating a world they can believe in.
For more information on the disaster relief efforts being coordinating through Ellis, Ged & Bodden’s, visit http://www.ellisandged.com/ or call (561) 995-1966.
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Woman, 26, dies in turnpike crash
Monday, January 4, 2010
South Florida Sun-Sentinel TAMARAC A 26-year-old Connecticut woman was killed when the car she was driving spun out of control on Florida's Turnpike and flipped over onto a guardrail, the Florida Highway Patrol reported Sunday.
Roshah Dejean was pronounced dead at the scene about 1 p.m. Friday. A passenger in the 1993 Toyota Camry, Johane G. Boursiquot, 30, was injured and taken to Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes.
Traveling north in the center lane near Commercial Boulevard, Dejean apparently lost control of the car while attempting to change lanes, the Highway Patrol said. The car spun across the lanes, hit the outside guardrail and overturned, coming to rest on the driver's side, officers said.The crash remains under investigation.
In all auto accident cases, it is essential that measures be taken promptly to preserve evidence and to investigate the accident. The staff at Ellis, Ged & Bodden has the experience and knowledge to analyze all avenues of recovery and will work with physicians and other expert witnesses to thoroughly evaluate any injuries and damages you have suffered.
The law provides a limited time period for you to bring an automobile accident claim. If you are in Florida, and have been injured in an auto accident, or if you have a loved one injured, contact Ellis, Ged & Bodden today. We will work diligently to protect your legal rights and to maximize your recovery. The initial consultation is free of charge, so call or email us today.
Roshah Dejean was pronounced dead at the scene about 1 p.m. Friday. A passenger in the 1993 Toyota Camry, Johane G. Boursiquot, 30, was injured and taken to Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes.
Traveling north in the center lane near Commercial Boulevard, Dejean apparently lost control of the car while attempting to change lanes, the Highway Patrol said. The car spun across the lanes, hit the outside guardrail and overturned, coming to rest on the driver's side, officers said.The crash remains under investigation.
In all auto accident cases, it is essential that measures be taken promptly to preserve evidence and to investigate the accident. The staff at Ellis, Ged & Bodden has the experience and knowledge to analyze all avenues of recovery and will work with physicians and other expert witnesses to thoroughly evaluate any injuries and damages you have suffered.
The law provides a limited time period for you to bring an automobile accident claim. If you are in Florida, and have been injured in an auto accident, or if you have a loved one injured, contact Ellis, Ged & Bodden today. We will work diligently to protect your legal rights and to maximize your recovery. The initial consultation is free of charge, so call or email us today.
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