UNICEF Canada

September 17, 2008 16:03 ET

Emergency in Haiti Radiothon for UNICEF

More than 300,000 children at risk are in need of immediate help

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Sept. 17, 2008) - Recent back-to-back hurricanes that lashed Haiti, and the flooding that followed, have already taken the lives of 700 people and the situation remains very grave. More than 800,000 people have been affected, of which 300,000 are children.

To support the UNICEF emergency appeal for its relief operations in Haiti, a radiothon will be held this Saturday and Sunday, September 20 and 21, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on CPAM Radio-Union 1610 AM.

All details will be announced at this important press conference.

Event:      Press conference with:


            Lili-Anna Peresa, Executive Director, UNICEF Quebec


            Me Jean-Ernest Pierre, CEO, CPAM Radio-Union


            Marcel Tremblay, Member in charge of citizen services, 
            Executive Committee of the City of Montreal


            Pierre-Richard Casimir, Consul General of Haiti in Montreal


Location:   Place des Arts, Hall des Pas perdus 
            (in front of Salle Wilfrid Pelletier's doors)
            175 Sainte-Catherine West, Montreal


Date:       Thursday, September 18, 2008


Time:       10 -10:30 a.m.