Friends, by now you have heard of the devastating earthquake that has hit Haiti. Port au Prince is flattened. Hospitals are destroyed. Government centers are in ruins. The hotel Montana, where many of us used to stay has collapsed. Now, a massive relief effort is underway. Haiti is just a few hundred miles off our shores. People are in the streets now, in the dark. There is no electricity and no running water. There are terrible casualties now but they will grow in the coming days if relief does not get to the survivors quickly, within hours. Our government and various NGOs are the only things that are able to help at all. As many of you know, I have worked with Food for the Poor www.foodforthepoor.org for the last five years on potable water systems, mostly in Haiti. They have phenomenally low overhead and phenomenally high efficiency with our charitable dollars. They have set up a fund devoted exclusively to Haitian earthquake relief and even now are in Haiti, assessing the situation and working to reestablish feeding centers, water systems and to provide medical aid. It will only take a minute for you to contribute to this effort by going to www.foodforthepoor.org. A link is on this page. Please click on it and give what you can, then send this message along to your friends. This is a truly desperate situation. We are Americans. This is a moment for us to do the right thing.
Thanks.
Ed Buckley
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