Cholera Outbreak in Haiti
Posted by Debbie Shore on Tuesday, November 2, 2010
At Share Our Strength’s Annual Conference of Leaders two weeks ago, my brother Billy Shore addressed the crowd of attendees by referencing the story of Alima Dari, a young girl he befriended in Ethiopia who died of cerebral malaria at the age of 15. At the end of his speech he concluded with a sobering reality: “there is such a thing as being too late.”
On January 12, when an earthquake killed over 300,000 people in Haiti, it was painfully evident that help for Haiti’s development had come too late. In the face of this tragedy, Share Our Strength was able to respond quickly. Thanks to our generous network and individual donors, we raised and granted $280,000 to organizations providing earthquake relief.
Now, a water source has been contaminated in the region of Artibonite, and cholera is taking its deadly course against an already vulnerable population. Partners in Health, a recipient of one of our emergency grants, is responding to the cholera outbreak by providing urgent care, training for health professionals, and soap and clean water for patients in the affected regions.
At Share Our Strength, we remain committed to Haiti’s recovery. I urge you to donate to Partners in Health’s work to combat this epidemic. Billy’s two trips to Haiti since the earthquake have reaffirmed our confidence in Partner’s in Health’s ability to generate real results. Not only are they experts in the field of Public Health, but they also carry over twenty years of experience working on the ground in Haiti. Please visit www.pih.org to learn how you can help end this epidemic before it becomes too late.
November 2, 2010 | 1 comment(s) | Tags: Haiti
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