Dear Friends,
Our neighbors in beleaguered Haiti are facing untold
suffering. Yesterday’s 7.0
earthquake devastated homes, schools, hospitals, government buildings, and an
already inadequate infrastructure.
Estimates of those killed, wounded, or left homeless by the earthquake
are staggering. Early estimates
are that more than 3 million people have been affected.
I want to be sure that you know that the American Friends
Service Committee is responding to the crisis. If you get questions about how people can support AFSC’s
response to the Haiti earthquake, please refer people to AFSC’s web site,
www.afsc.org, or our toll-free number (1-888-588-2372).
For Friends close to High Point, North Carolina, AFSC’s material
assistance program is accepting hygiene kits. For more information, please contact Ann Lennon at
alennon@afsc.org or 336-885-6921.
Right now, AFSC staff are trying to get in touch with our
partners in Haiti to assess how we can best be of service. AFSC’s plans will unfold as we
gain more information and hear from partners in Haiti, but we expect to respond
with immediate humanitarian assistance through partner organizations, and then
commit our resources to longer term reconstruction, recovery and healing, as
resources permit.
If you would like to continue to receive updates about
AFSC’s response to Haiti, email us at actioncenter@afsc.org or subscribe online
at www.afsc.org. I’ll be
sure to keep you informed as the situation progresses.
With warm greetings and New Year best wishes,
In peace,
Mary Ellen McNish
General Secretary, AFSC
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