Charity Navigator - Friends of the World Food Program

The death and injury of thousands of innocent people as a result of the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12th and the economic hardship of tens of thousands of Haitians that will surely follow in the near future is absolutely tragic, in the sense that these people are not responsible for their suffering.

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The agency is already on the scene, mobilizing emergency food assistance to families. The agency needs food assistance as quickly as possible to prevent hunger worsening the misery already caused by the disaster.

Please give as generously as you can to meet the enormous need in Haiti. The life of an impoverished child in Haiti is as precious as the life of any child in the world. A family struggling to make ends meet in Port-Au-Prince matters as much as any family thriving in a safe, suburban neighborhood. Help us reach the needy and fulfill the great human promise that all lives have equal value.

We will keep you updated on the latest developments. Thank you so much for your support in this tremendous moment of need.
 

Life Sayings - Bertrand Russell:

Three passions have governed my life: 
The longings for love, the search for knowledge, 
And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind]. 

Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness. 
In the union of love I have seen 
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision 
Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined. 

With equal passion I have sought knowledge. 
I have wished to understand the hearts of [people]. 
I have wished to know why the stars shine. 

Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens, 
But always pity brought me back to earth; 
Cries of pain reverberated in my heart 
Of children in famine, of victims tortured 
And of old people left helpless. 
I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, 
And I too suffer. 

This has been my life; I found it worth living.