Aid That Really Gets There

Good Morning! This morning I was checking my facebook real quick and I see that one of my dear friends is back to doing good in our world. Barton Brooks is a Utah native who has used his resources to help people all over the world. I've pasted a few paragraphs here from him:
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I'm sure many of you have been inundated with requests for Haiti, such as "text now to donate" etc., but the need is too great to not ask you once more.

There are hundreds of aid organizations and millions of dollars pouring into Port Au Prince - and I'll never complain as they're faced with feeding millions of people - but many in the Jacmel region are facing the same difficulties with two of the basics: water and shelter.

I arrived here to find a broken town, and destroyed houses (needs that will need to be met in the near future), but when speaking with the refugees the greatest need is clean water. Dysentery is rampant in the camps, children are dehydrated, and many people nearby are getting their water from a filthy river - but we found an amazing solution.

An non-profit organization out of the U.S. with a facility in the Dominican Republic makes a filtration system with a specially baked ceramic pot, that when water seeps through, it comes out 99.99% pure - and can provide an entire family with clean water for five years. Simple, portable, and effective. We've taken them out and tested them, the locals who can afford them are already using them, and they can address the greatest health concern.

Here is my small request - will you contribute for a water purification system that will provide clean water for an entire family for five years? They are $35 - and that includes the cost to ship them to me and then distribute them here. A donation for these filters puts a filter in the hands of those in greatest need within days - please help.

To DONATE - and a few updates, and to see a video of how the filter works: www.guerrillaaid.com

Sincerely,

Barton
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Bart is able to do so much for people because he is right there, analyzing the need and getting it filled. It's what he spends his life doing. Here's a link to oprah.com:
http://www.oprah.com/world/Barton-Brooks-Global-Colors-Mission-Giving-Back_1

Donate if you can. Something so small can do so much.