From Barbara Rylko-Bauer and Betty Wolder Levin:

We would like to recommend a way to contribute to Haitian relief efforts that will target the poor, in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, January 12.

Partners in Health, the NGO started by Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl, and Jim Yong Kim, has had an ever-expanding presence in Haiti since 1985 and is currently the largest NGO healthcare provider in Haiti, with a focus especially on the poorest populations.

PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO PARTNERS IN HEALTH TODAY TO HELP HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS. FOR MORE INFO, GO TO:

http://www.pih.org/home.html

Why Partners in Health?

* Contributions through PIH are especially valuable in that their overhead is a mere 5.7%, which means that 94.3% of money donated goes directly to programs.
* Their focus is on health and healthcare, but they use a comprehensive care model that includes disease treatment and prevention, as well as providing help with housing, clean water, food security, education, environment renewal, and job creation.
* They are committed to engaging communities in their own care and solving of the social problems of poverty.
* They are unique in their commitment to using local expertise, local populations, and local resources, and to working within the public sector, thereby helping to strengthen Haiti's infrastructure.
* Their approach links health to social justice, self-generated sustainability, self-determination, and human rights.
* Paul Farmer (a medical anthropologist and infectious disease physician on the faculty of Harvard University) is currently the U.N. Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti (working with Bill Clinton). In this capacity, he has a vast amount of knowledge regarding the needs of the Haitian government and the Haitian people, especially at this profound time of crisis.

For all these reasons we would like to ask you to at least consider donating to the Partners in Health Relief Fund. They have staff and the capacity to immediately respond with relief efforts on the ground. Whatever amount you give, large or small, you can be assured will all go toward helping those in need in Haiti, especially the poorest (who usually suffer the most in such crises).

For more information about the organization, please go to www.pih.org.

In solidarity,

Barbara Rylko-Bauer
Betty Wolder Levin

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