Emergency in Haiti

Hi everyone,

Well, something has happened since I last wrote. You've probably heard about Tuesday's giant earthquake in Haiti, off the coast of Port-au-Prince. It would be one thing if an earthquake of that magnitude occurred in a country with no other troubles, but this is Haiti. Haiti was in really bad shape to begin with, and with this earthquake, the country has been devastated. The capitol is all but flattened, and foreign aid vehicles are having a difficult time getting into the country, since there is no infrastructure in Haiti. It's a perfetct storm in Haiti.

So what can you do to help? You can give some money to Red Cross, Oxfam, or whoever else you think will do the best job of helping the Haitians in this time of crisis. Also, pay attention to any text alerts. If you see or hear a message telling you to text a number to some address, it will automatically pull $5 or $10 from your account to fund whatever recovery efforts are in progress. But beyond immediate action, we need a long term effort to help Haiti get out of desperate poverty.

Before this, Haiti was in debt to all sorts of countries. The people had so little that they had to eat dirt to survive. This disaster can be the opportunity for those of us in the rich developed nations to shine a light on this destitute poverty in the third world, which comes as colsse to us as Mexico or Haiti. This can be an opportunity to forgive the unjust debt that the countries have because of dictators, it can be an opportunity to promote a working infrastructure in Haiti, and help the people, help them. I hope you'll do what you can.

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