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ZAKA Returns To Haiti To Continue Searching For Body Of Missing Jewish CanadianJerusalem, Israel - February 3, 2010 5:43PMThree ZAKA volunteers left Israel yesterday for Haiti to participate in the search for the body of the missing Canadian Jewish businessman Alexander (Shmuel) Bitton, believed to be buried under the rubble of the five-storey Montana Hotel in Port-au-Prince. Other ZAKA volunteers were involved in the unsuccessful search for the missing Canadian in the first few days after the quake, working together with the IDF Home Front Command. They dug a tunnel through the rubble in the direction of the hotel lobby, in an attempt to reach the reception computers and possibly locate the number of his hotel bedroom. However, the search was called off due to fears for the safety of the volunteers and workers. Thanks to the assistance of the American Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, the ZAKA volunteers will work with an American recovery delegation which is aiming to retrieve the bodies of 17 Americans known to have been in the hotel at the time of its collapse. The ZAKA volunteers, experienced in forensic s, will be responsible for body identification. The mission is expected to last two months, with the ZAKA volunteers being replaced by others from ZAKA Israel every ten days. The Chabad emissary in the Dominican Republic will provide the ZAKA volunteers with kosher food. | 
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Time is of the essence - ZAKA volunteers understand the harsh truth behind this phrase. That's why they are always first at the scene – from terror attack to natural disaster. Even though Haiti is half way round the world from Israel, the UN-recognized ZAKA International Rescue Unit was the first Israeli delegation on the ground, racing against time to
The task is huge. The needs are great. The costs are crippling. But ZAKA's willingness and determination to help the victims are endless. ZAKA volunteers are there now and will stay in Haiti as long as they are needed. To carry out their sacred work and help the people of Haiti, they need:
ZAKA can only operate with your generous support. Please extend a helping hand to the people of Haiti by supporting ZAKA in its rescue, recovery and humanitarian relief work. Donate now to the ZAKA Haiti fund.
Welcome to the website of US Friends of ZAKA. ZAKA, founded in 1995, is Israel's dominant non-governmental lifesaving, rescue and recovery organisation, with over 1500 volunteers, 34 ambulances and 162 motorcycles deployed around the country, on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to respond to any terror attack, disaster or accident immediately, professionally and with the necessary equipment. ZAKA, which is perhaps best known for its sacred work in collecting human remains to ensure a proper Jewish burial, is also active in the fields of emergency response (using motorcycles equipped with first aid and fire-fighting equipment), search and rescue (including specialist canine, divers and rappelling units) and accident prevention. As a consequence of the Second Lebanon War, a joint ZAKA and IDF Home Front unit has been formed to deal with any future home front emergencies. ZAKA, recognized in 2005 by the United Nations as an international humanitarian organisation, also sends highly trained volunteers to assist in international disasters, working in conjunction with other emergency personnel. These include the Tsunami and Phuket plane crash in Thailand, the Katrina hurricane disaster in New Orleans, the Columbia space shuttle crash and terror attacks in Turkey, Mombasa and Taba, among others. ZAKA is the Hebrew acronym for Disaster Victim Identification - a name that today, with the broadened scope of the organisation, conceals so much more than it reveals. Read More » |
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