If you are like me, you have watched the situation in Haiti, from a distance, and wondered if there was anything you could do. Abundant Water is developing a disaster response capability to assist communities that have experienced natural disasters to quickly produce their own clay pot filters to provide clean drinking water. Unfortunately we cannot do anything to directly assist after the recent earthquakes.

However, I have received this heartfelt plea through my extended family. The Haitian Development Fund is a small and lean organisation that operates a small medical clinic in Port – Au – Prince. In a great stroke of luck this clinic was largely spared during the recent earthquake and is now providing round the clock medical assistance. If you have a moment, please read the letter from co-founder Greg Richmond and make a contribution to their valuable work – I have.

Sunny

Friends,

Just hours ago I learned that my friend Dr. Moise Cely has survived the

earthquake in Haiti. Not only has Moise survived, but so has our

medical clinic in the Sarthe neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, where he

has been treating hundreds of patients since the earthquake. This is

amazing news for which I am so thankful.

In 2001, after visiting the slums of Port-au-Prince with my friend Brent

DeLand, Brent and I and another colleague started a non-profit

organization called the Haitian Development Fund. Over the past nine

years, we have raised thousands of dollars, all of which has been used

to operate Dr. Moise’s clinic in a shanty town in Port-au-Prince. With

the support of good friends and foundations, we are the sole source of

support for this clinic.

When the earthquake hit Haiti this week, I immediately feared that the

clinic had collapsed. By Saturday morning, when we hadn’t heard from

Moise, I started to fear he hadn’t survived. But not only have the

clinic and Moise made it through the earthquake, our clinic has been one

of the few Port-au-Prince medical facilities that survived and continued

to treat patients. For this, we are extremely thankful.

I ask you to visit our website, www.hdfund.org, to learn more about our

work and to make a contribution to enable us to continue our work in

this time of unprecedented need.

Thank you so much.

Greg Richmond

NACSA