(Community Matters) Thought I’d post the latest HelpHaiti email update I just sent to family & friends who have donated and had their contribution matched dollar for dollar.
Good morning ALL,
Just a quick update on the HelpHaiti Fund. For those of you new to the list, there’s a long email trail below with the periodic updates to family and friends who have donated.
We’ve busted the $200k raised against the $600k match – so apprx $800k raised to date – and hope to announce this week a very sizeable additional gift. Many thanks to the Four Seasons employees, CharityBash and UT students who each raised substantial funds ($10k, $4.7k & $26k) in grass roots efforts – all now double their original raise! 🙂
As a reminder, we’re committed to the notion that the people of Haiti need us to remember them 6 months after the earthquake as much as immediately thereafter. When we raised the $500k for Katrina Relief, about half the money was raised in the first 30 days, a quarter the second 30 days and the final quarter in the next 3 months.
We’re in contact with our primary partners in Haiti – Partners in Health (@PiH_org), Concern Worldwide (@Concern) and Catholic Relief Services (@CatholicRelief). Each of these groups have moved from emergency relief into short & intermediate humanitarian aid, especially setting up temporary housing, distributing food & water and are each trying to establish some “normalcy” to the lives of millions. The rainy season is starting and the drive to get folks into tents and other temporary housing outside the rains is critical. People are weak, traumatized and vulnerable. These partners are also launching cash for work programs to inject money back into the system. We’ve assessed the cash positions of these partners (each who have been working in Haiti for decades and have outstanding direct help to administrative exp ratios) and are monitoring their progress. Continue reading
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