Haiti: The worst things seem to happen to the weakest people.

LondonRuns4Haiti in aid of the Disaster Emergency Committee - Haiti Earthquake Appeal

Run Hyde Park, Sunday 17th starting at 10am, Speakers Corner. Please Help - Run or Sponsor

No matter who you are and where you live in the UK we are better off than the people in Haiti on a daily basis. After the earthquake this is more true than ever. The estimates are horrific with up to 50,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands affected. It is hard to believe that a country does not even have the resources to afford the emergency services to help the dead and injured. The harrowing pictures on news sites like the bbc http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8458439.stm show people dead and dying on their own on the roadsides. PLEASE let's do something to help. It can start with LondonRuns4Haiti for http://www.dec.org.uk/:

VENUE: HYDE PARK - Speakers Corner

DATE: Sunday 17th January

TIME: 10:00am

DISTANCE: You choose between 4 miles to 20 miles across London

FEE: A suggested £10 each to take part and any other sponsorship you can raise

PURPOSE:

1. Raise immediate funds for the Disasater Emergency Committe www.dec.org.uk

2. Raise awareness in London and the UK that our government MUST do more to help.

Why Dec? The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is made up of 13 member agencies who provide humanitarian aid in times of disaster. These agencies cross religious and cultural divides:

• ActionAid ,British Red Cross ,AFOD ,Care International UK ,Christian Aid ,Concern Worldwide
• Help the Aged, Islamic Relief ,Merlin ,Oxfam ,Save the Children ,Tearfund ,World Vision

 

Please please help with this impromptu small effort to help those less fortunate than us in Haiti.