Support Haiti: Buy an "I ♥ Haiti" T-Shirt

January 20, 2010 10:28 AM
January 12 was the day that devastation was unleashed in Haiti. An earthquake registering magnitude 7 on the Richter scale - Haiti's strongest earthquake in more than two centuries rocked the Caribbean nation, causing dozens of buildings to collapse.  Here at SmallWorlds, we are deeply saddened by the almost unimaginable loss and trauma that has been experienced by Haiti. It is feared that the death toll will climb to over 100,000 people.

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Calls for Help

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"Port-au-Prince is devastated, lot of deaths. SOS. SOS...," wrote Louise Ivers, the clinical director of medical charity Partners In Health, in an e-mail to the group's offices in Boston, Massachusetts.She added: "Temporary field hospital ... needs supplies, pain meds, bandages. Please help us."

"I'm calling on all friends of Haiti and people who are listening to me to please come to our aid," Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the U.S. told CNN by telephone. "The only thing I can do now is pray and hope for the best."

Buy your "I ♥ Haiti" T-Shirt - 100% of revenue donated

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If there's one thing we know about the SmallWorlds community, it's that it has a very big heart. We know that many citizens are aligned with us in wanting to make a difference to the population of Haiti.

To give you an easy way to provide your help to this devastated land, we've produced a special limited edition T-Shirt - the heart incorporates the colors of the Haitian national flag. 100% of all the revenue we receive from your I ♥ Haiti T-shirt purchases will go directly to helping the earthquake victims.

Vote for your favorite Relief Agency

We'll be sending a check after a month's time to a relief agency chosen by the SmallWorlds community. There's a link to a poll below, so you can choose which agency you'd like the money sent to.

The I ♥ Haiti T-Shirt will be withdrawn from sale after a month's time. We'll then do a follow-up report on how much we raised, and let you know which relief agency the community has decided we should send the money to.

We've chosen these 6 relief agencies:

American Red Cross

UNICEF

Save The Children

Partners in Health

Oxfam

Doctors Without Borders



Wear your I ♥ Haiti T-Shirt with Pride

Make your T-shirt purchase and you'll see it appear in your inventory as a wearable. Your donation will be added to the growing pile of SmallWorlds support that we'll be sending on behalf of the community.

Together we really can make a difference - thank you in advance for your support.

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