Israel Flying Aid Arrives in Santa Domingo on Way to Haiti Earthquake Victims

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan 22, 2010 -
Tel Aviv --- 01/22/10 — Israel Flying Aid arrived in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic yesterday after a grueling 14 hour flight from Tel Aviv, Israel.

Israeli Flying Aid (IFA) http://www.ifaid.com is Israel's most respected nonprofit, volunteer-based, non-governmental organization (NGO) that provides humanitarian life saving aid and relief to communities in areas stricken by natural disaster or territorial conflicts.

"Our flight could be described as a voyage of heroes as search, rescue and medical teams from South Africa, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Finland, Canada, Austria, Israel and several other nations met one another and coordinated joint actions for Haiti," said IFA director Gal Lutsky.

Lutsky said that the 25-member Israel Flying Aid delegation consists of medical professionals who practice in several disciplines and Israel's first professional PR consultants who will be on site to describe Israel Flying Aid, the IDF and the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs humanitarian role in Haiti.

"The situation in Haiti is going from bad to worse," said IFA senior international spokesperson Joel Leyden. "The UN has confirmed the death toll has risen from a staggering 200,000 to more than 600,000 people. As the Israel Defense Forces have established the only advanced operating field hospital in Haiti, the IFA has arrived with the explicit purpose to treat children for severe trauma and rape. Our team is now trying to adjust emotionally to being exposed to the sight of hundreds of dead bodies and crying children who have become orphans overnight. It is a very sad situation, but our professional and creative team is here to make these kids smile and provide them with immediate and future security.

Leyden said the Israel Flying Aid convoy will set out for Haiti early tomorrow morning with a very strong security detail to make assessments and consult with the IDF, Israel MFA and other governmental and NGO entities.

Israel Flying Aid specializes in transferring emergency lifesaving aid to populations in disaster areas, and in particular nations in which the IFA presence is especially significant: nations that have no diplomatic relations with Israel. These nations are hostile not only to Israel, but their governments are hostile to their own citizens in refusing to allow entrance of foreign lifesaving aid after natural disasters. In effect, they use the disaster as a weapon of mass annihilation in order to overturn opposition.

IFA is making an urgent appeal to the global public to assist in finding and treating victims in Haiti by sending donations to Israel Discount Bank, branch 199, account # 57797, SWIFT ID: BLILIT.

The above news release was edited, distributed and SEO - search engine optimization by the Leyden Internet, Digital PR, SEO and New Media Group http://www.IsraelSEOPr.com. The Leyden Group's activities on behalf of Israel Flying Aid are being sponsored by the Michael Cherney Foundation in Israel http://www.cherfund.org and the Rochelle and Richard Maize Foundation in the US http://www.richardmaizefoundation.com.