Arcade Fire Urge Fans To Donate To Earthquake Fund

Arcade Fire have encouraged fans to donate to aid organisations after the Haitian earthquake last Tuesday (January 12th).

Win Butler and Regine Chassange posted a message on the band’s website (www.arcadefire.com) explaining how people can donate funds to aid organisation, Partners In Health (http://www.pih.org).

The full post reads: “Friends, Haiti needs your help in her darkest hour. We just got off the phone with our friends at Partners in Health. Most of the medical infrastructure in Port-au-Prince is down.  Since Partners in Health’s clinics are in situated the surrounding areas and haven’t been damaged, they are mobilizing their resources towards the capital, setting-up field hospitals to treat the injured on the ground.

“Also, Paul Farmer (the founder of PIH) is at the UN and has access to the best information on where to direct the money, so for the moment if you want to help, we suggest sending funds to Partners In Health (https://donate.pih.org/page/contribute/haiti_earthquake?source=earthquake&subsource=homepage).

Chassange’s family lived in Haiti, but moved away before she was born. Arcade Fire performed a song called ‘Haiti’ on their debut album ‘Funeral’.