Earthquake relief Haiti: New video of the Malteser International health post in Leogane

In the beginning of February, a video journalist visited our health post in Leogane and captured the relief activities of Malteser International in a short video: Visit the health centre, meet Beate Maass, Malteser International humanitarian coordinator, and see how Malteser International supports the people on the ground after the devastating earthquake!

We are pleased in sending you enclosed an English and a French version of this video for your further use.
In order to watch and download the video, just click on the following link or visit the Malteser International channel on YouTube:

English version:
http://malteser-www.de/downloads/Haiti_Malteser_EN_110210.wmv

 

French version:
http://malteser-www.de/downloads/Haiti_Malteser_FR_160210.wmv

 

For the German version of the video, please click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9lv0r1djzY

We would kindly ask you to publish this video also on your association’s website or put a link to the video on YouTube. Furthermore, we hope that you can also make good use of this video in all kind of fundraising events.

We will also be glad to put at your disposal the complete interviews in English or French with Beate Maas, humanitarian coordinator of Malteser International in Haiti, with Dr. Alfred Kinzelbach, member of the assessment team, and with Dr. Gregory Alfred, member of the medical team and one of the volunteers sent by the Cuban association. – In case you are interested in this material, just contact us and we will send the mp3 files by mail.

With best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Petra Ipp-Zavazal

Senior Desk Officer International Communications/
Referentin Internationale Kommunikation

Malteser Hilfsdienst e. V.
Malteser International
Kalker Hauptstr. 22-24, 51 103 Köln

Telefon +49 (0) 221 9822-155
Telefax +49 (0) 221 9822-179
eMail Petra.Ipp@malteser-international.org

Web www.malteser-international.org, www.malteser-spenden.de

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