In September 2008, Hurricane Ike slammed into the Caribbean hitting Haiti and Cuba, causing serious flooding, wind damage and crop devastation.
From truthdigg.com In the 12 years since Operation USA began directly providing humanitarian aid to Cuba’s main pediatric hospitals and its much-lauded international medical school, licenses have had to be obtained from both the US Department of Commerce and the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury. The shorthand name [...]
Proceeds from the November 29th concert will go help Operation USA to fund hurricane relief efforts tailored to meet local needs of families and health facilities in Cuba, Haiti and Texas.
In 2008, named the
“#1 Exclusively Privately Funded Charity”
by Charity Navigator.
Co-recipient of the
1997 Nobel Peace Prize as part of “The International Campaign to Ban Landmines”