If I had 28 precious minutes, I would watch this riveting video. I would sign this compelling petition. I would send this video, “Baseball in the Time of Cholera,” everywhere I could. http://undeny.org Now is the moment to make this go viral. Wake up the world! See for yourself the evidence.

Speaking on a panel at the World Bank along with Partners in Health co-founder Dr. Jim Kim, now President of the Bank, Dr.Paul Farmer stressed that pills and prevention are not enough to end disease because it is inseparable from poverty and that investing in one sector divorced from others will not end that poverty.

The gnawing poverty of America’s families in the worst economy since the Great Depression seems to be invisible to many members of Congress. The Agriculture Committee of the House of Representatives just approved a farm bill with $16.5 million in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP or food stamps.

The Haiti Advocacy Working Group, Haitian Grassroots partners, Diaspora leaders and additional U.S. Citizens are coming together to bring their voices to Capitol Hill on April 26, 2012. They will advocate for a just reconstruction process in Haiti, one that prioritizes consultation with Haitian grassroots groups and Diaspora groups.

In late March Haiti’s President Michel Martelly toured the new National Teaching Hospital in Mirebalais being built under the auspices of Partners in Health in partnership with the Haiti’s Ministry of Health. The facility will be owned by the Haitian Government. Jim Ansara, Director of Construction for PIH noted that “President Martelly was blown away.

Join David Campbell (founder of All Hands Volunteers), Appy Chandler and representatives from the Japanese Disaster Relief Fund Boston for a lively discussion about their international philanthropy efforts. The conversation will be facilitated and hosted by Kate Guedj, Vice President of Donor Services at the Boston Foundation and member of NEID’s Steering Committee.

“Most banks give only .025% to charity. Can you believe that?” asked Rick Wayne, President and CEO of Northeast Bank in Greater Boston, when I met him last week. “Our new all on-line savings platform, ableBanking, will give $25 to the charity of your choice as soon as you open an account.

For days Haitian and volunteer construction workers made the construction site of Haiti’s new National Teaching Hospital ship-shape for today’s visit by dignitaries, former President Bill Clinton and Partners in Health (PIH) co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer. Guided by Dr. David Walton and my husband Jim, Director of Construction for PIH, Clinton and his entourage examined.

Over 30 human rights, international development and faith-based organizations called the Haiti Advocacy Working Group (HAWG) are convening on January 23-25 with Congressional representatives, leaders from Haitian civil society and Haitian Diaspora organizations to discuss progress made in Haiti since the earthquake. The sessions include an amazing line-up of speakers.

Join TransAfrica Forum and Let Haiti Live for a film festival and discussion about lessons learned, aid accountability and transparency and Haitian responses to the post-Quake reconstruction efforts. Where Do We Go From Here? In Commemoration of the January 2010 Haiti Earthquake, on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 16, 2012 3:00 pm

On January 7, 2012 an annual gala celebrating the 208th birthday of Haitian Independence drew over 500 people — mostly Haitian Americans. In a program replete with Haitian folkloric dancing, singing, proclamations, humanitarian awards and speeches, I was invited to speak on the topic of “How we can individually and collectively help Haiti,”

Haitian Americans, Friends of Haiti, and Haitian civil society leaders will converge on Capitol Hill from January 23-25 to meet with members of Congress to discuss progress in rebuilding Haiti. Organized by the Haiti Advocacy Working Group, a coalition of international development, human rights and faith based organizations,

“One hundred and twenty eight homes near Port-au-Prince and which were finished in May, 2010, sat empty for 15 months, despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of refugees were suffering in sordid camps. Finally the homes are occupied… but the majority by squatters,” reports Haiti Grassroots Watch,

On November 16 I had the honor of speaking at a fundraising event for Wheelock College at the JFK Library in Boston. The annual event celebrates students who receive generous four-year scholarships at $20,000 per year because of their proven commitment to community service.

Haiti Grassroots Watch, a collaboration of Haitian grassroots journalists and radio broadcasters, seeking to give voice to Haiti’s poor in the reconstruction process, has just released another series of exposes of the dynamics behind Haiti’s reconstruction.

When many charities have gone, Rotary remains. Connecting Rotary Clubs worldwide to Rotary Clubs in places of great need, Rotary International is the largest non-profit service organization in the world. Haiti alone is host to 19 Haitian Rotary Clubs with over 600 active members.

Haiti is largely dark at night. Not a light pole, not a blue television light, not even a car light pierces the night in many vicinities. Now Haitian youth are breaking the night with a simple technology — one they create. At the Gressier JENKA Training Center for youth, born of a partnership between Haitian NGO,