My house is standing. Many thousands dead. Bodies everywhere. Big buildings fell. Just piles of rubble. Decomposing bodies. People asleep in street or plazas afraid of aftershocks. Have not seen any aid yet.

-Reed Lindsay, Jacquet, Port-au-Prince

Reed Lindsay of Honor and Respect Foundation rushed to Haiti on Tuesday as a humanitarian first and secondly as a journalist. He arrived in Port-au-Prince yesterday evening, spent last night in the Venezuelan Embassy. His words above came from the streets of Jacquet, his former neighborhood and the site of the first assembly for Friends of SODA, now known as Honor and Respect Foundation (HRF). Fortunately Reed found a number of friends in Jaquet alive and well but as you can tell from his words above the situation is dire.

HRF is mobilizing as quickly as possible to get positioned to use your donations to assist those in need. E-mails and calls of concern are pouring in.

If you feel you can donate, please know that ALL monies will go DIRECTLY to the people in Haiti with not a single penny being spent for administration, etc. Reed will assess the immediate requirements in the neighborhoods HRF has been involved with in Port-au-Prince and we’ll keep you posted as he sends word back.

If you can use your personal and professional networks to raise additional moneys, know that donations will be used in the wisest way and directed efficiently to those whose lives have been shattered and find themselves filled with despair and sorrow.

Thank you for your past support of Honor and Respect Foundation and special heartfelt thanks today for your thoughts and your caring about those in need in Haiti. We’ll keep in touch with you as we receive word from Haiti.

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