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Deadly outbreak in Haiti: please help now


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Disaster has hit Haitians again. As of today, 262 people have died from a cholera outbreak in the Artibonite and Centre regions of Haiti and nearly 3,800 cases have been confirmed.

Highly contagious and spread by water, cholera can cause dehydration and death within hours, especially for children, if not treated. In response, CARE is amassing cholera prevention and treatment supplies to help avert an catastrophe should the disease spread. We’re especially concerned about a possible outbreak in Port-au-Prince.

An outbreak in the capital city’s extremely crowded and unsanitary tent camps, where 1 million survivors of the January 12 earthquake now live, would be devastating. The rainy season is underway and flooding, coupled with unsafe water conditions, can worsen the crisis. Prevention is critical.

Hundreds of thousands are at risk. When you make a tax-deductible gift today, you can help CARE save lives in Haiti and respond to crisis and extreme poverty around the world.

Since the earthquake struck on January 12, CARE has been tirelessly working to help Haiti recover, including building durable shelters for families; constructing latrines, showers and hand-washing facilities; making sure clean water is available; and promoting good health and hygiene through awareness campaigns, community trainings and more.

As you know, our poverty-fighting work doesn’t stop in Haiti. Every single day of the year, in Haiti and 71 other countries worldwide, CARE provides emergency relief and delivers comprehensive programs that strike at the root causes of poverty.

Please make a tax-deductible gift today so that CARE can continue empowering people facing extreme poverty and crisis around the world.

  • $35 can help provide a hygiene kit to a family in Haiti
  • $100 can help provide clean delivery kits to 35 pregnant women in Haiti
  • $250 can help provide clean drinking water for 25,000 daily in Haiti

Please don’t wait another day to make a difference! A brighter, healthier future is possible with the help of friends like you.

Thank you for your compassion and generosity.

Sincerely,

Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
President and CEO, CARE

Who’ll Fight for Us Nov. 3?









Make Your Voice Heard in Election 2010
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Find out why Michelle, Mike and others are Labor 2010 volunteers.

Dear Carmen,

When you wake up on Nov. 3, will anyone be fighting for working families?

That’s up to us.

So much depends on these elections—jobs, Social Security, health care, corporate accountability and more.

Our vision of America is at stake.

That’s why I’m asking you to do your part—to volunteer today for Labor 2010 actions in your area. Click here.

After you sign up, a Labor 2010 coordinator in your state will contact you with opportunities to make a difference this election season by taking part in neighborhood canvasses, phone banks and worksite leafleting.

We know that educating voters works—people who know about candidate positions on working family issues vote, and vote in their best interests. But we also know that—even this close to the election—too many potential voters can’t name the candidates, much less their positions on the most important issues of our time.

That’s where you come in. We’ve done the research, dug into the voting records, scoured the news reports. Please do your part to get the word out.

Sign up today to be part of Labor 2010.

You know, there are some pretty scary candidates out there this year—people who are dedicated to taking us back to the Bush-era policies that created our jobs crisis and economic disaster. People who want to give tax breaks to billionaires, end critical government services, shred the Social Security safety net and turn Wall Street loose on us again.

Together, we can stop them. Together, we can continue the progress we’re beginning to make to create good jobs and repair the economy.

This election is too important to sit out. You have a voice—make it heard.

Thank you for volunteering.

In solidarity,

Richard Trumka

P.S. The anti-worker politicians, the corporate special interests and the Tea Partiers are afraid of our vote. They hope we’ll stay home, frustrated and angry. But that’s not us. We fight…and we win. Please sign up now to volunteer.