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All money that Mi Ciénaga make through ads is sent to non-profit organizations. Last January we collect $46 which were fully donated to American Red Cross for Haiti relief. Now I´ve just received a letter from American Red Cross I´d like to share because they explain what they´re doing.

Thank you all.

Dear Mariano,

When Stephanie Draschler and Colleen Clark realized they couldn’t afford to contribute cash to Haiti relief efforts, they decided to get creative.

The two friends cleaned out their closets, and asked their neighbors to do the same. Together, they held a yard sale that raised $7,000 for earthquake survivors.

Like Stephanie and Colleen, people across the country are finding ways, large and small, to help Haiti.
I wanted to share with you a new ad we’ve made that shows how every donation brings hope.

Watch the video now then read our new status report on Haiti, one month after the earthquake

As you can read in our report, individual acts of generosity from Red Cross supporters like you are adding up to a huge impact in Haiti. In just over one month since the earthquake in Haiti, the Red Cross has helped more than 1.3 million people and will continue to aid hundreds of thousands more in the months ahead until the last donated dollar is spent. Together, the global Red Cross network is:

• Producing more than 1 million liters of water per day, enough for 300,000 people
• Flying in more aid and supplies every week so far, more than 85 flights carrying Red Cross aid from around the world have arrived in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

As I write this, Red Cross teams are on the ground to assess how we’ll help Haiti recover over the long term by providing shelter to people whose homes were destroyed by the quake, and by restarting local markets to get the country’s economy going again.

I’ll be checking in again soon with more updates from Haiti. Thanks again for being a part of our work there. And don’t forget to read our new Haiti status report:

http://american.redcross.org/HaitiReport

Thank you,

David Meltzer
Senior Vice President
International Services
American Red Cross

Tags: haiti

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