It’s now nearly two months since the earthquake hit Haiti and an estimated 700,000 people are living in make-shift shelters.
H2Ope for Haiti is an online raffle that Jeanne from CookSister helped launch together with BloggerAid – Changing the Face of Famine (BA-CFF) to raise funds for Concern Worldwide’s relief effort in Haiti. They selected Concern Worldwide because of its excellent track record and quick response after the quake to provide clean drinking water and water purification tablets. This non-governmental international humanitarian organisation was founded in 1968 and works around the world to reduce suffering and work towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Concern International has been working in Haiti since 1994 and had over 100 staff members on the ground when the earthquake struck. Despite losing several team members in the tragedy, they were still very quick to act with distribution of supplies.
Although the raffle is now over, you can continue to donate on the JustGiving page. Please do give what you can, every little will help make a big difference to this country in great need. The H2Ope for Haiti campaign has already raised £959 in just two weeks.
I was lucky enough to win signed copies of two of Simon Mujamdar’s books – Eat my Globe & Eating for Britain. Both of the books sound fabulous and I’ve come so close to relenting and buying them anyway, I cannot wait to get my hands on them.
You can see who else won what here.
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Good work George x
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Thanks Brenda
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