Green action and organizations from the House of Human Rights - BaBe, CMS, Documenta, GOLJP organized a donor evening to collect aid for victims in Haiti on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at the House of Human Rights, Selska cesta 112 c.
The opportunity was also used to familiarize participants with the political and ecological situation in Haiti before and after the earthquake, as well as to discuss the efficient and organized provision of humanitarian aid.
The program included presentations by Tihomir Ponoš, A Brief History of Political Turmoil in Haiti; Jagoda Munić: The Impact of Environmental Devastation on Aggravating the Consequences of Natural Disasters and Human Rights; Gordana Obradović, Feminist Support in Disasters and Lovorka Marinović, Challenges of Humanitarian Interventions - Dogs of War and Disasters. The hosts of the donor evening were Marina Škrabalo and Sanja Sarnavka. The appropriate music of the Haitian midday was played during the evening by DJ D-gree.
Zdravka Sadžakov (BaBe) managed to receive donations of products from Zagrebačka pivovara (beer), Imotski, Imotski (wine) and Labud.
At the dinner itself, 11,310.00 kuna was collected from about a hundred people who responded to the invitation, and payments from several civil society organizations are currently being awaited. The final amount of funds collected will be known on Friday, and the money will be transferred to the accounts of the Red Cross, Caritas and UNICEF.
