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A Galway father and daughter team, Ben and Karen Wrafter, will be among the 250 volunteers travelling to Haiti to help the Haven charity build homes in the earthquake stricken nation.

An Athlone pharmacy has raised some €2,000 in donations as part of a campaign to deliver medical supplies to earthquake-stricken Haiti.

On Sunday more than 100 Tribal Spirit Drummers from across Ireland will gather in NUI, Galway in a fundraising event for earthquake relief in Haiti.

GALWAY SINGER-songwriter Emmet Scanlon is going to Haiti to help the Haven charity’s work in building houses for the earthquake stricken island.

The team at Petals Hair and Beauty Westport has a great offer on in their salon on Bridge Street, Westport, to help local woman Gena Heraty in her work rebuilding lives after Haiti’s earthquake.

Little John Nee will be among the artists performing in Kelly’s, Bridge Street, tomorrow, for a fundraising concert and show for the earthquake victims in Haiti.

A benefit gig to support a building project in Haiti will take place on Saturday (September 5) in Galway.

A novel 1,000 items sale will take place in Castlebar on Friday, November 6, and all proceeds will go forwards the Niall Mellon Township Trust.

Over the past three months this region has suffered at the hands of mother nature — first with the floods which devastated and continues to devastate lives in parts of South Galway and in and around the Claregalway area where many people are still to return to their homes.

Irish based international NGO Haven is calling on Galway people to volunteer to build houses for Haitian families experiencing extreme poverty. The organisation, which works to provide houses and community development schemes in the impoverished country, will hold a meeting in Galway this evening (Thursday). The group has also appealed for donations to help stricken communities following this week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti.