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Public Announcement about Embrace Relief Medical Center in Haiti

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To all our donors and to the Haitian Public and the Government:
Embrace Relief has been working to operate a hospital in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti, for more than one year, but has experienced several problems with obtaining imperative paperwork and waiting for crucial materials to operate the hospital. Although we have done everything possible to make this project a success, we cannot continue to fulfill our obligations due to the problems we have faced. Therefore, Embrace Relief decided to end our medical center project in Haiti. Our Efforts:
  • Embrace Relief prepared a new webpage for the Haiti Hospital Project along with 3D drawings and a leaflet explaining the project.
  • Signed an agreement with Project Cure (a member of InterAction) for all medical equipment and worked with doctors to finalize the list of equipment.
  • Contacted the Minister of Health of Haiti to sign a protocol to operate the hospital and get customs clearance. We received verbal confirmation, but we did not receive any written documentation.
  • We have had a bad experience in the past with the Minister of Health due to the fact that they could not get our relief items from customs. We had to abandon one container full of medical items in customs because we had waited for customs clearance for 6 months and eventually they expired.
  • We agreed to work with MedShare to have them supply medicine for the hospital.
  • We sent doctors to analyze the country’s health problems.
  • Embrace Relief hired an advisor to help solve the problems that we had experienced while attempting to operate the hospital to no avail. He was unable to help us in the 5 months we worked with him.
  • Embrace Relief applied to USAID twice, but due to recent grant cuts, we were unable to get the money we needed to continue with the Hospital Project.
From our part, we have prepared the necessary essentials, partnered with other organizations, and attempted to organize trips to the site, however, many things have fallen through. For these reasons, we stopped the Haiti Hospital Project. Embrace Relief announces it is giving the rights of the facility back to the Municipality of Croix des Bouquets.

Birthday Donations

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Happy Birthday from everyone at Embrace Relief! On this special day, you may feel like you would rather give than receive. In recent years, more and more people have been asking for friends and loved ones to make charitable donations in lieu of presents. If you want to encourage those around you to make the world a better place in your honor, please consider setting up an Embrace Relief fundraiser on your Facebook page. Since it is your birthday, everyone will be looking at your profile to give you their birthday wishes. While they are there, you might want to ask them to a worthy cause. Here is how you do that:
  1. Click Fundraisers in the left menu of your News Feed.
  2. Click Raise Money.
  3. Select Nonprofit/Charity.
  4. Select Embrace Relief, choose a cover photo and fill in the fundraiser details.
  5. Click Create.
Make the most out of your birthday by helping those in need. Today is the day where we celebrate how great you are, and nothing will make you feel better than the knowledge that you changed the lives of people around the world. Use this birthday to show everyone the caring person that you are.

Qurban 2018 Distribution

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Embrace Relief’s 2018 Qurban campaign was yet another success. Thousands of people across the globe were distributed packages of meat – an essential source of protein which some of these people sadly cannot afford to buy throughout the year. According to the World Health Organization, there are 153 million children suffering from growth deficiency in developing countries. Meat and animal products are necessary for children in order to grow properly because of the protein, minerals, and vitamins they contain. As part of our Hunger Relief program, Embrace Relief administers qurban organizations in up to 40 countries every year and help you easily reach out to people in need across the globe. Every donation you make translates into meat for about ten families and bring joy to tables. This year, Embrace Relief distributed qurban meat to more than 24,000 families in four continents, thanks to your generosity! From the Philippines to Yemen where famine is rampant, to refugee families in Greece and low-income neighborhoods in the United States, ER volunteers worked for days to prepare and take meat packages to the houses of people in need.  We thank all our dedicated donors and volunteers for yet another successful campaign year!

Indonesia Earthquake & Tsunami

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Indonesia, one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, was struck by twin disasters on Friday — a 7.5 magnitude massive earthquake triggered a tsunami that unleashed an 18-foot wave, which turned parts of Palu and the surrounding strip of coastline into a graveyard. A tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake hit, but many people in the region could not receive alerts because of power cuts caused by the tremor. The current death toll is at least 844 now, and officials fear it could climb far past that figure as several large coastal towns still remain cut off by damaged roads and downed communication lines. Volunteers have begun burying victims of Indonesia’s deadly earthquake and tsunami in mass graves, while many people are still looking for missing loved ones. It is estimated that nearly 17,000 people were made homeless by the earthquake and tsunami in Palu alone.

Hurricane Florence

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Hurricane Florence, which hit the Carolinas last week and which is now officially downgraded to a tropical depression has already left a lot of damage in its wake. More than 1 million people were under mandatory evacuation orders as the storm crawled toward the East Coast, and days of record-breaking rain have pushed rivers over their banks, and water levels — still rising in some places — are unlikely to recede fully for days. The death toll from the storm has risen to at least 18, and some 523,000 homes and businesses are still without power in North and South Carolina as of Monday morning. The authorities and volunteers in North and South Carolina are carrying out rescues by air and water, curfews are in effect, and many thousands of people remain out of their homes. As the remnants of Florence are getting farther North, Embrace Relief wants to contribute to recovery efforts.    

Adopt a Refugee Family in Greece

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Embrace Relief thanks you for your interest in helping support refugee families currently in Greece. After completing the form below, you will soon be matched with a refugee family in need and will be contacted by one of our staff members whom will provide you with the family portfolio and contact information. From there you will be able to make direct contact and work one on one with your adopted refugee family.

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    Chicago Education Fund

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    Embrace Relief will be establishing a scholarship fund for college students. As many of you know, Embrace Relief is dedicated to assisting our local communities in need and helping those who are financially struggling

    The cost of higher education in the United States is incredibly high and it only continues to rise, making it even more difficult for a growing number of people. According to the College Board, the average cost of tuition and fees for the 2013–2014 school year was $30,094 at private colleges, $8,893 for state residents at public colleges, and $22,203 for out-of-state residents attending public universities. For the majority of students, the only way to attend college is through securing student loans which often times only cover the cost of tuition.

    Criteria for Applicants

    Embrace Relief is raising money for Education Fund to give scholarships to a number of hardworking students for their undergraduate studies. In order to be eligible for a scholarship, applicants must meet the following qualifications:

    1) A Child of a refugee family or he/she is self a refugee.

    2) Possess a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

    To apply, an applicant must write a 750-1,000 word essay about what he/she plans to do in college, how he/she plans on giving back in his/her life, and what volunteering means to him/her. We are accepting applications anytime. Please submit essays along with your full name, University, and cumulative GPA.

    If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]