An Earthquake of 8.8 Magnitude struck Chile - Feb 27, 2010
Humanity First has already started preparing a disaster relief team
An disastrous earthquake of 8.8 magnitude has struck Chile on Saturday Feb 27th. With an epicenter 60 miles offshore from the port city of Concepcion the earthquake caused several deaths with as many as 30 aftershocks.
There are reports of heavy damage from 30 seconds long earthquake that struck 3:30 in the morning
According to preliminary reports, the earthquake has damaged the infrastructure heavily resulting in shutting down Airports, etc.
Humanity First`s Disaster Response Team and volunteers are on standby for
deployment while further assessment is being done.
Humanity First is accepting donations for the relief work.
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Haiti Earthquake Relief Fundraising Events
Held successfully in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Regina
Get together and join hands in helping our brothers and sisters in Haiti. For this noble cause Humanity First held fundraising events "Dine and Let Humanity Shine" to support Haiti Earthquake relief.
Fund raising events were held successfully in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Regina.
Humanity First appreciates all the support and participation.
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Live Radio Telethon on 530AM was Held Successfully
Callers contributed generously during the 2 hour Telethon.
Live Call-In Telethon to raise funds for HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF efforts was successfully held on Sunday, January 24th, 10:00pm till midnight
Callers from as far as China called in to make donations for Haiti Earthquake Relief through Humanity First.
Humanity First team that returned from Haiti today also shared their experience and appealed for desperate need of food, medicines, doctors, shelter etc. in Haiti.
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Earthquake Hits Haiti - Humanity First team arrived Haiti
Humanity First Accepting Donations for Haiti Relief
A Humanity First team of 11 members has arrived Haiti and started the relief work. They have medical personals and large quantity of medical supplies.
An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude has struck Haiti today 17 km south of Port Au Prince at 5pm EST and caused heavy damages. At least 5 aftershocks have been reported after Haiti was hit with the largest earthquake ever recorded in the country.
There are reports of heavy damage, but communications are limited and so far there are no official reports on casualties.
According to preliminary reports, the earthquake occurred in the very highly populated region of Ouest in Haiti and has potentially affected critical infrastructure and may have high humanitarian impact.
Humanity First has alerted its Disaster Response Team and volunteers are on standby for deployment while further assessment is being done.
Humanity First is also accepting donations for the relief work.
Dontaions can be made
Online
or cheques can be sent to Humanity First.
Press release
 
Glimpses of Humanity First team departing for Haiti Relief
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Fighting Hunger - One Pizza at a Time!
Volunteers to Distribute Pizza to Homeless on Dec 24 & 25
To share the holiday season in letter and spirit, Humanity First will be putting food on the table of those who are struggling hard in their daily sustenance.
Under “Feed the Homeless' program, volunteers will be distributing Pizza, water and juices to the homeless in downtown Toronto at Allen Gardens (Sherbourne St. and Gerrard St. on December 24 and 25. (more)
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Let's Dine and Let Humanity Shine!
Fundraising Dinner Held on November 5th, 2009
Humanity First organized a fundraising dinner in support of Shelter & Water Projects. The “Dine and Let Humanity Shine” event was held on November 5th, 2009 at Woodbine Banquet Hall in Rexdale, Ontario.
click here for details
Click here to watch Local News Report (City TV)
Humanity First appreciates all the supports for the participation and making it a great success . . .
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Recent Disasters in Samoa, Indonesia and Phillippines
Thousands have died and hundreds of thousands displaced
Recently there have been number of disasters around the world. In Phillipines, there is been flooding, Indonesia has been hit with earthquake and Samoa has been hit earthquake and Tsunami.
Humanity First is responding to these disasters and after initial assessment has started the relief work.
Our medical teams are on standby in UK, USA and Canada and waiting for further assessment from local teams.
We request your assistance through generoous donations under the head of "Disaster Relief".
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City of Vaughan and other parts of GTA hit by Tornado
Humanity First is available and on standby to assist in any relief work. The response team is ready to assist the city and other agencies. Our team is currently assessing the situation and has supplies ready if required. Our food bank located in Concord can offer food to any one in urgent need
For urgent assistance, please call 1-416-440-0346
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Appeal for URGENT help to assist victims of Cyclone Aila
Cyclone Aila in Bangladesh
Cyclone Aila kills more than 120 and more than 500,000 forced out to shelters in Bangladesh
Humanity First appeals for urgent help to assist victims of Cyclone Aila.
Local Humanity First teams are on site distributing food medicine and other necessary items.
Donations can be made online or to your local representatives.
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Humanity First Sponsors Run For Vaughan to Build Hospital in Vaughan
Run for Vaughan is a Charity run on May 31
Humanity First is sponsoring the Run for Vaughan charity run to raise funds for the future hospital in Vaughan.
This event is also supported by City of Vaughan and Region of York. Humanity First has teamed up with Run for Vaughan and other sponsors to help in building the much needed hospital in this area.
Join us on May 31 at 10610 Jane St., Maple to particpate in this chairity run and show your support for this much needed hospital in city of Vaughan (more)
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Humanity First Responds to Fiji Floods
January 28, 2009
Serious flooding has claimed 11 lives and made thousands homeless in Fiji, as the floods were the worst to hit Fiji in decades.
Humanity First volunteers are actively distributing food and other emergency supplies to assist the victims of the recent flood. In addition to the flood, there has also been direct impact on people who had to flee their homes, as there was substantial damage to crops and to infrastructure including water supplies and schools.
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Appeal for Assistance to Civilian Victims in Gaza
Up to 257 Children killed in Gaza, UN reports
The recent unrest in Gaza and the Middle East has led to hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries, and at least 257 of the dead are innocent children.
A large percentage of the Palestinian population in Gaza is made up of children who are caught up in the crossfire and are the most vulnerable as water, food, medicines and energy are in short supply. Many children are huddled in makeshift shelters and are suffering greatly.
Humanity First is raising funds to provide emergency relief to these children and is working with International NGOs such as "Save the Children" who are active in the worst affected areas. If you would like to help, please donate online or through your nearest Humanity First Representatives.
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Humanity First Helps Victims of Hurricane in Haiti
Victims were provided with food and other essential items
Humanity First releif team worked day and night to help the victims of hurricane in Hiati. A series of hurricanes and tropical storms ravaged the impoverished nation in recently.
Humanity First distributed food and other necessaties to people who lost their homes and livelihood.
The death toll from the storms in Haiti is estimated to be about 500, including 70 from the latest storm, Hurricane Ike. Hurricane Gustav passed over Haiti late last month.
In addition, the United Nations says some 800,000 people, or almost 10 percent of Haiti`s population, are in dire need of emergency assistance..
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Humanity First Completes Drilling of Another Five Wells in Africa
Humanity First asks "How many miles are you willing to walk for a glass of water?"
Humanity First is pleased to announce that it has recently successfully completed drilling of 5 water wells in remote parts of Nigeria. In Africa, Humanity First is involved in drilling Water Wells in remote villages where there is no fresh water source.
Recently five water wells have been drilled in various regions of Nigeria and the plan is to complete the drilling of five more wells by March 2009.
Commenting on completion of the 5th well, the chairman of Humanity First, Dr. Aslam Daud said: “We are very pleased to achieve this milestone where we could help people who used to walk many miles to get fresh drinking water, which is now available in their neighbourhood”.
“This was only possible through the generous contribution of people in Canada”, he added.
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Humanity First Feed a Family Food Bank
Non-Perishable Food Items available
Grocery (of Non-Perishable Food items)available to anyone in need. Ration of food for one week will be provided to families without any questions asked.
Please refer anyone in need to benefit from this program or Needy families and individuals can contact directly.
Humanity First feed a Family Food Bank is located in York Region at 245 Bowes Rd. This program is also available in whole Greater Toronto Area through our partner network. Call 416-440-0346 for help.
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Our Children - Our Future Program
A Canadian Project: Sponsor a Child or Sponsor a School
Humanity First believes that education is a right not a privilege. Similarly healthy living is a right of every child.
Humanity field offers to assist in the fields of education and health of children by fighting against poverty.
Under “Our Children – Our Future” program, Humanity First offers two sponsorship programs:
1. Sponsor a Deserving Child
2. Sponsor a Deserving School
Humanity First offers individual assistance to children facing difficult economic circumst- ances or who do not have adequate resources for a comprehensive educational experience.
Under "Sponsor a Deserving School", Humanity First will provide Equipment, Resource Material or any other support required to deserving schools that do not possess sufficient funds to promote enriched learning opportunities for all children.
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Humanity First Expands its Educational and Humanitarian programs in Africa
158 students benefited from the opening of the first Humanity First Secondary School in The Gambia, West Africa. “This will serve the community in the area extremely well. It was very much needed and we are extremely delighted at the expansion of Humanity First activities in The Gambia” explained Mr Kinte, Chairman Humanity First The Gambia.
Humanity First has been registered in Kenya and plans to expand its operations in both Uganda and Tanzania later this year. “We want to help all parts of Africa” explained one of the directors of Humanity First. We are now registered in 18 countries and would like to provide the same level of support and assistance to East Africa as we have done in West Africa. Sewing Centres, Educational scholarships, Information Technology Training, Feed a Family, Gift of Sight and Orphan Care are just some of the projects that will benefit the people of this part of Africa too.
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Humanity First launches an urgent appeal for Burma Cyclone `Nargis`
May 8, 2008
Burmese nation of 56 million, leaving a path of destruction and hundreds of thousands homeless. It arced from the Irrawaddy delta in the southwest, to Rangoon (Yangon), the former capital, farther north. The city was reduced to a chaotic standstill by Monday, with no electricity and long lines for water. The official figures put the death toll at 22,500, with a further 41,000 missing . . . more
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HF Appeal Flyer
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Relief fund for Tropical Storm Noel in Haiti
Monday, November 5, 2007
Tropical Storm Noel began lashing Haiti with heavy rains late Sunday as it slowly neared the impoverished Caribbean nation, generating fears of flash flooding on deforested hills often blanketed by rows of flimsy shacks.
Noel, the 14th named storm of the Atlantic season, was projected to reach Haiti and the Dominican Republic - which share the island of Hispaniola - early Monday, before heading on toward Cuba.
The strengthening Caribbean storm, which formed into a tropical storm earlier Sunday, poses a serious threat to Haiti, where floods killed at least 37 earlier this month.
Widespread deforestation and poor drainage mean that even moderate rains can cause devastation in Haiti, where thousands of people build ramshackle homes in flood plains.
Dominican authorities said at least 600 people had been evacuated as the storm touched off landslide, flooded rivers and pushed storm surges onto Santo Domingo's seaside boulevard.
Swollen rivers also forced evacuations in Cabaret, a town north of Port-au-Prince where floods killed at least 23 people earlier this month, said Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, director of Haiti's civil protection agency.
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Humanity First Appeals for Africa Flood Relief Fund
Monday, October 1, 2007
Humanity First has launched an urgent appeal for Africa Flood Relief Fund to provide humanitarian assistance to the victims of disaster. The early onset of seasonal rains in Africa has caused severe flooding affecting 20 countries in a belt across central Africa from Senegal to Kenya. Reports confirm at least 270 dead and 600,000 homeless. Millions more face starvation and disease after catastrophic damage to local crops and clean water following the heaviest rains in three decades. The greatest danger currently looming over is shortage of food and drinking water along with the threat of outbreak of waterborne diseases and malaria.
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Horrific earthquake in South Asia
At least 80,000 people have been killed, 100,000 injured and 2,500,000 homeless, and it is feared the toll could rise much higher.
To prevent more deaths in the aftermath of the earthquake, it is critical to reach survivors with emergency items as quickly as possible.
Humanity First Canada is working with other relief agencies in the area as well as with our local volunteers providing essential supplies including food, ready to eat meals, drinking water, as well as volunteer help to the affected communities.
What is required immediately?
Monetary donations
Food
Water
Blankets
Sleeping bags
Tents
Emergency medical kits
However, cash is preferred as it is lot more cheaper and easier to purchase these items in Pakistan.
Where can you donate?
Online at this website or
By post to Humanity First, South Asia Quake Appeal, 245 Bowes Rd., Concord, Ontario, L4K 1H8 Canada
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Humanity First provided relief in Bangladesh where more than 2000 dead and 500,000 displaced
November 17, 2007
Cyclone Sidr hit the southern coast of Bangladesh killing over 2000 people and displacing over 500,000 according to our local team. The storm surges reached over 4 feet driven by winds of 150 mph. Much of the rice crops were wiped out and there was widespread damage to homes, power and communications.
Humanity First teams on the ground were able to talk to survivors in Barisal District in the first two hours after the tragedy when mobile phones were supported by emergency power, but since then, there has been a blackout. HF has sent water launches from Dhaka and Chittagong.
HF had set up soup kitchens and also provided basic medical assistance to purify water and protected people from water-borne diseases such as Cholera and Typhoid.
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Thousands Feared Dead as Earthquake Hits China
May 12, 2008
Approximately 80 percent of the buildings in Sichuan`s Beichuan County were flattened in the quake, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday. A chemical plant in Shifang city also was destroyed, burying hundreds of people.
Outside the city of Dujiangyan, at least 50 students were killed and 900 trapped after the three-story Juyuan Middle School collapsed. Buried teenagers could be seen struggling to break loose from under the rubble of the three-story building, while others cried out for help.
In Dujiangyan, 45 miles north of Chengdu, a hospital collapsed with an estimated 100 people. Crane crews worked to rescue those trapped.
The earthquake crashed telephone networks in Chengdu and plunged parts of the city of 11 million into darkness. Residents slept outside in cars or fled to the suburbs — far from the city's high rises — as more than 300 aftershocks rattled the area throughout the day, according to state-run media.
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Help victims of Hurricane Katrina
One of the worst hurricanes to hit New Orleans since 1965. Wind speeds up to 160 MPH leading to mandatory evacuation of the city of New Orleans. Countless number of people are left homeless and displaced.
Humanity First Canada is working with other relief agencies in the area as well as with our local volunteers from New Orleans and Houston, TX in providing essential supplies including baby food, ready to eat meals, drinking water, as well as volunteer help to the affected communities.
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