A call for help

I've been wanting to put this up since forever, but hesitated to because I've been blogging a little more often than usual. What can I say, when the creative juices/thoughts are flowing, I gotta utilize them right? (More about that later).



About a month and a half ago, the country of Pakistan was flooded by monsoon rains. Today nearly 1/5 of the country is flooded (that's 30% of Minnesota in square miles...imagine Minneapolis and Saint Paul+ covered in water). The rains are still going on and southern Pakistan is taking it hard. Right now 20 million Pakistanis are at risk for diseases (malaria, other water diseases, etc) and 3 million of them are young children. 8 million people are displaced, without homes. Those 8 million are those that are in most direct need. Please help with what you can. You have the opportunity to help now by texting SWAT to 50555.

The need is beyond what we can imagine, honestly. 20 million people is the size of Beijing--its entire population. I went to Beijing last fall and let me tell you the city is HIGH in its population density and there are people EVERYWHERE. I can't imagine that amount of people suffering because their homes and livelihoods has been covered and washed away by water.

So please help and do what you can. Even $5 goes a long way. We marvel and love when our own friends think of us and buy us small things like a candy bar or coffee. That stuff makes our day. Think about the difference the thought and act of what $5 can do. To know that you are not abandoned and that the world is thinking about you in this time of need. Think about the money you spend and consider giving.

Here are the links to other sites to give:

UNHCR: https://www.kintera.org/site/c.lfIQKSOwFqG/b.5019079/k.2D59/Donate_Now/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=G001

UNICEF USA: https://secure.unicefusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=8320&8320.donation=form1

Thanks guys! Love you all... whoever reads this, lol.

-Danielle

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