Things will certainly be improved during my visit, but I do not have high expectations.
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Donating to Haiti
Posted on January 13, 2010 by Michael
As probably everyone knows, a terrible Earthquake rocked Haiti recently. The estimates for the death toll are highly varied this early on, but I’ve so far read numbers ranging from 100,000 to 500,000. It’s possible this could be worse than the 2004 tsunami that killed roughly 230,000 people (though I doubt the economic damage will be worse given Haiti’s deep poverty). Haiti has a population just under 10 million. That means there’s a loss likely between 1-5% of the population. That would be 3 to 15 million people being wiped out in the U.S., not to mention the massive swath of individuals displaced.
As one might imagine, aid is greatly needed. There are a ton of avenues for making donations, but one of the easiest is through the Red Cross. Texting “HAITI” to 90999 will donate exactly $10.
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