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KIRF planning earthquake relief effort with local friend in Christchurch, NZ

KIRF is collecting donations to purchase living supplies for earthquake survivors who lost the local Kiwi business owner in Christchurch, New Zealand. We are sourcing relief supplies in the Christchurch area as much as possible in order to support the…

Angela Kirwin
February 24, 2011

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Our “KIRF Work”: Disaster relief that is small-scale but effective

Mark Kirwin driving through Port-Au-Prince. Photo: CJ Paone We started our small foundation KIRF (short for “Kirwin International Relief Foundation”) in January 2005 after we returned home after surviving the tsunami disaster in southern Thailand with our children. Since then…

Angela Kirwin
July 23, 2010

Haiti

Mark Kirwin and KIRF’s Haiti relief profiled by Citations Magazine

KIRF’s Haiti earthquake relief effort was profiled in Citations Magazine this month. Citations is published by the Ventura County Bar Association. Mark is a member of the Ventura County Bar Association and a principle at Haffner, Haffner & Kirwin as…

Angela Kirwin
April 13, 2010

Haiti

Haiti earthquake relief: 22,000 pounds of food delivered to survivors in one week

KIRF Director Mark Kirwin and aid volunteers CJ Paone and Patrick Rea from Ventura, California are returning from a challenging but successful disaster relief effort in Haiti this weekend. In spite of the difficult road conditions, power outage, lack of…

Angela Kirwin
February 12, 2010

Haiti

Haiti earthquake relief: Rain, rain go away…

It’s raining now in Port-au-Prince. *sigh* According to my husband who is there, it took them 2 1/2 hours to drive out of the city this morning with the roads more congested and slow moving with the rainfall. (The photos…

Angela Kirwin
February 11, 2010

Haiti

Haiti Aid Distribution hindered by crowded streets, fuel shortage (video)

Here’s a short video from KIRF’s rented van full of food care packages that were needed by one of the hundreds of tent camps just outside of Port-au-Prince. You can see how just getting supplies or medical care quickly from…

Angela Kirwin
February 11, 2010

Haiti

Haiti earthquake relief: Haitian Volunteers & Local Knowledge Invaluable

The key to successful disaster relief in Haiti for us has been working with a local business owner/humanitarian and utilizing an informal aid network of his employees–many who have lost their own homes and loved ones. This pic was taken…

Angela Kirwin
February 9, 2010

Haiti

Haiti earthquake relief: Tough situation in PAP

KIRF’s three volunteers, Mark, CJ and Patrick, will be distributing the food supplies they purchased yesterday in the DR, today in Port-au-Prince (PAP). They spent last night in the city at Patrick’s Haitian friend’s house that has a security gate.…

Angela Kirwin
February 8, 2010

Haiti

Haiti earthquake relief: Volunteers from Ventura go for it

KIRF co-founder Mark Kirwin drove into Haiti this morning with KIRF volunteers Patrick Rea and CJ Paone, in their rented Hyundai van packed to the ceiling with food staples purchased in Santo Domingo. All three are disaster relief volunteers from…

Angela Kirwin
February 8, 2010

Haiti

Disaster Relief in Haiti: challenges ahead for KIRF

We are communicating with people who just got back from Haiti and those who are still there. We know where to go on the island now. The challenge now is getting reliable transportation from the border of the Dominican Republic…

Angela Kirwin
January 28, 2010

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