Accra, Jan. 21, GNA - The African University College of Communications (AUCC) on Thursday joined the global effort to help the people of Haiti after the devastating earthquake that hit the country last week.

Speaking at a press conference held in Accra, Professor Reginald Jackson, Vice President (Academic) of AUCC, said the college would announce a fund and appeal for donations to be sent to Haiti through legitimate aid organizations. Prof. Jackson said the College was recently initiating an academic collaboration within the Caribbean region with Dr. Linda Davis, Vice President of the College of Bahamas.

The idea of the collaboration was to extend assistance to the people of Haiti in the Caribbean region. Meanwhile, the Student Representative Council (SRC) of AUCC has also set up a fund, dubbed "AUCC FOR HAITI YOUTH FUND". Nana Glover, the president of the AUCC SRC, said it was meant to raise funds for the youth and people of Haiti. He said the funds generated would be sent through the appropriate agencies like World Vision International, Red Cross Society and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. "We will like students of Haiti to know that as part of the rebuilding process, our doors are open to them. We will like the youth and people of Haiti to know that we are part of the recovery process," he said. Haiti is located on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with a population of about 10 million people. It carried out its first successful African revolution for independence in the Western hemisphere on January 1, 1804. The country suffered storms and hurricanes in 2008 which left almost 800 people dead.