The situation in Haiti is as dire as ever, more than 1,000,000 displaced with no where to go but the streets.
TexMex started this wonderful drive, she even had an article done on her work for it :)TexMex describing shelterBox
And we have a CHALLENGE to match 3 20 dollar donations from asym!
I think there's just been the one so far. Free up a double sawbuck and I'll match it--your $20 turns into $40!
There were 5, now down to 3!
SUPPORT SHELTER to 20222 and you will donate $5
Send the word SHELTERBOX to 56512 to send more money (you will get a
phone call back asking for amount and credit card info).
It is one organization that has gotten things out to the people, here is a picture of a shelterbox tent city in the Delmas area of Port Au Prince.
Donating is as easy as pie!!!
Secure donation link: https://app.etapestry.com/...
- DONATE TO SHELTERBOX
- At the very bottom of the donation page is a comments section. Please let them know you came from Daily Kos.
- Come back here and please let us know how much you donated - from $5 to $15,000. We will add it all into the total.
You can also email me the amount if don't want to post it publicly, email is michele.collett at gmail.com Putting it here instead of just in profile bc some newsbies/lurkers may not know how to get to profile
Links to the various orgs, US, UK and Canada:
http://www.shelterboxusa.org/
They are also being used as recovery rooms:
Another pic showing 4 year old Carlos, who had his leg amputated, in a shelterbox tent recovering and playing with one of the childrens packs ;)
http://www.shelterbox.ca/
http://shelterbox.org/