News Monday, February 1, 2010 D Charity to honour Irish quake victim Charity: Andrew Grene A CHARITY has been set up in honour of an Irish United Nations worker killed in the Haitian earthquake. Andrew Grene, assistant to the head of the UN mission in the Caribbean state, was confirmed dead a week after the disaster on January 19. The funeral of the 44-year-old, who also held US citizenship, took place in Belturbet, Co Cavan yesterday. The Andrew Grene Foundation was set up to provide educational help and other support to the Haitian people. It has been established with the support of his family and all funds will be used for aid work. Taoiseach Brian Cowen and President Mary McAleese were represented by their aides-de-camp. Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith represented the Government. Irelands Foreign Minister Michel Martin led tributes to Mr Grene on news of his death, hailing him as a true humanitarian. Donations to the foundation can be made by logging on to www. andrewgrene.org Pinkie beauty salon in Dn Laoghaire raised 2,200 for Havens Haiti earthquake appeal by donating every cent they made to the charity on Friday. It was mad busy, we started at 9.30am and finished at 8pm, said owner Vaunnie McDermott. It was a fabulous day, we were thrilled with it. Neighbours Dn Laoghaire Pharmacy helped out on the day by selling tea and cakes, raising an additional 1,500 Picture: Patrick OLeary Beauty aid for Haiti Church workers held for stealing young children By Byline Here Title Here Arrested: Eight of the ten at Port-au-Prince police headquarters TEN US church activists have been arrested by Haitian police on suspi- cion of trying to kidnap 33 children. The delegation said they were try- ing to rescue abandoned children following the earthquake but Hai- tian police said they had no papers authorising them to take the young- sters out of the country. The group were arrested when chil- dren aged between two months and 12 years were found in their bus. The group said its Haitian Orphan Rescue Mission was an effort to help abandoned children by taking them to an orphanage across the border in the Dominican Republic. But a care centre in Haiti last night said most of the children taken by the Americans had relatives who sur- vived the earthquake. In this chaos, we were just trying to do the right thing, said group spokeswoman Laura Silsby. By no means are we any part of child trafficking. Thats exactly what we are trying to combat. The children were handed over by a Haitian pastor and the group had paid no money for them, she insisted. Sean Lankford, whose wife and 18- year-old daughter are among those held, said: Allegations of child traf- ficking couldnt be farther from the truth. The children were going to get the medical attention they needed. They were going to get the clothes and the food and the love they need to be healthy and to start recovering from this tragedy. But social affairs minister Yves Christallin said the US citizens members of Baptist churches in Idaho were suspected of taking part in an illegal adoption scheme and will ap- pear in front of a judge later today. Easy now: US physio Scott McGough guides Schneily Similier through his first steps The long road to recovery A BOY of four who lost a leg in the Haiti earthquake has begun taking his first steps to recovery. Schneily Similier had to have his badly damaged foot and lower leg amputated in an emergency operation after he was crushed by falling concrete. Doctors had to decide: lose a limb or lose a child. In Schneilys case, his amputation saved his life, said Laura Blank, of charity World Vision which supplies crutches. He is recovering in the Dominican Republic. Threat of disease is growing daily QUAkE survivors are now facing a growing threat of disease, aid agencies warned last night. Cholera, dysentery, diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases could soon sweep the refugee camps around Haitis capital, Port-au- Prince. Shortages of food, clean water, adequate shelter and toilets are creating a potential spawning ground for sickness following the earthquake on January 12. The crowding and puddles of filthy water that breed mosquitoes have begun to spread diseases such as dengue and malaria. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html