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Field Report, Nepal

Field Report: Nepal Earthquake Relief, May 2015

As we approached the airport in Kathmandu, after many hours of travel through London and Delhi, I got two impressions: (1) Why were there pallets of what appeared to be aid stacked on the side of the airport, and (2)…

Field Report, Haiti

KIRF Field Report: Oranges de Bainet, Haiti

Mark Kirwin at the unfinished primary school in Oranges de Bainet, Haiti Right after the 2010 earthquake, KIRF helped supply food staples to a remote village in Haiti called Oranges de Bainet. Since that relief trip, I have been in…

Angela Kirwin
July 30, 2012
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Field Report, New Zealand

Field Report: KIRF’s Earthquake Relief in Christchurch, NZ

On February 22nd this year a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand. The earthquake destroyed or rendered un-inhabitable most of the downtown commercial district in Christchurch and the neighboring harbor city of Lyttelton (where it toppled the once famous…

Angela Kirwin
April 21, 2011
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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

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 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

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