Since the bulk of my financial support for recovery from the earthquake in Haiti goes through Episcopal Relief and Development, I was pleased to see that Nicholas Knisely at The Lead posted a link to the Episcopal Relief and Development Report on the work that has been done in the country during the past year through donations to Haitian relief.
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The full report is here. ERD operates with very low overhead, with the greater part of the donations going to the people who need help.
Make a donation at Episcopal Relief and Development.
Update from Ann in the comments:
ER-D also hires local workers and buys supplies locally whenever possible - building the economy while helping with recovery.Thanks, Ann.
Thanks Grandmère -- ER-D also hires local workers and buys supplies locally whenever possible - building the economy while helping with recovery.
ReplyDeleteThere is a wonderful woman in our parish, a nurse practioner, who goes down to donate her time in the medical clinics from time to time. She tells us there are so many yet in need and so much yet to be done. One reason that ER-D covers as much as it does is because of the dedicated Episcopalian volunteer professionals such as she who cover the cost of the volunteer trips out of their own pockets.
ReplyDeleteBooCat, yes. Without Episcopalian volunteers, only a fraction of what's been accomplished could have been done. And a good many of the volunteers return to Haiti time and again.
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