Haiti Needs Your Help!

I’m writing about the devastating 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti yesterday just before sunset. The capitol, Port au Prince, where about one-third of Haiti’s 9 million residents live, has been mostly destroyed. According to CNN, “Haiti’s first lady, Elisabeth Debrosse Delatour, reported that ‘most of Port-au-Prince is destroyed’.”

Many, many, many people are trapped under rubble screaming, begging, and praying for help. The people there are helping as best they can, but without a flood of proper equipment for lifting and cutting concrete, it is clear that the death rate will be enormous.

There is no country in the world that has the resources to deal with the scope of devastation in Haiti (as a percentage of the country destroyed). For one thing, Haiti is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere and its building standards are nothing like what we have here in California. Many (maybe most) concrete block buildings have no reinforcing steel resulting in the massive–truly unbelievable–devastation.

Here is a CNN report.

After personally experiencing the 1994 earthquake and losing our home, I can tell you that in spite of the collapsed buildings that pancaked only a block away from us, the Northridge quake (which may have actually been stronger in terms of g-force) was nothing compared with what’s going on in Haiti.

I know that times may be tough, but the people in Haiti are in desperate trouble. Can you please make a donation to help any of the following aide organizations? [Please don't send your donations to us or use your Peace Impact Meter.] Here are some respected humanitarian organizations involved:

Mercy Corps
International Rescue Committee
UNWFP
Doctors Without Borders
Relief International

Whether you can donate, or not, your prayers are most needed for the victims and the rescue and aide workers.

Most gratefully,

Julian Kalmar

Julian Kalmar is the founder of 10 Million Clicks For Peace.