I wanted to get serious for just a moment and address the Haitian earthquake situation. Many people feel the need to help and, for the most part, that’s fantastic. I just wanted to recommend that if you are one of these people, please think twice about blindly donating to the Red Cross. The Red Cross accomplishes a lot of good things around the globe, however, as a gigantic entity in sizable debt, it is unlikely that a high percentage of your donated dollars are actually getting to the people who have been most affected. A better bet might be considering a donation to Partners in Health which has a sterling reputation for getting a higher percentage of your dollars to the victims. Check out this NPR story about the group’s founder, Dr. Paul Farmer. The death toll is over 100,000 at this point and the overall damage to Haitian society is incalculable, so it’s extremely important that donations go as far as possible. Thanks for reading this and God bless the people of Haiti who have been lost and those that have lost people close to them. [NPR] Posted via email from Michael Block's Website
I wanted to get serious for just a moment and address the Haitian earthquake situation. Many people feel the need to help and, for the most part, that’s fantastic. I just wanted to recommend that if you are one of these people, please think twice about blindly donating to the Red Cross. The Red Cross accomplishes a lot of good things around the globe, however, as a gigantic entity in sizable debt, it is unlikely that a high percentage of your donated dollars are actually getting to the people who have been most affected. A better bet might be considering a donation to Partners in Health which has a sterling reputation for getting a higher percentage of your dollars to the victims. Check out this NPR story about the group’s founder, Dr. Paul Farmer. The death toll is over 100,000 at this point and the overall damage to Haitian society is incalculable, so it’s extremely important that donations go as far as possible. Thanks for reading this and God bless the people of Haiti who have been lost and those that have lost people close to them. [NPR] 
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Or, don't blindly donate dollars at all but donate your capital in the form of issuing debt. They will have to find the most efficient way to restore their economy and pay it back, with interest; or, we'll own them. Win-win-win.
Also of note, PIH was co-founded with Paul Farmer in 1987 by current Dartmouth president Jim Yong Kim...one more reason to give to this awesome organization.
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