SOAP BOX: As I send this for publication, news is breaking that an aftershock registering 6.1 on the Richter scale has struck Haiti, centered about 35 miles northwest of Port-au-Prince. Even without this latest aftershock (and aftershocks are tricky things; sometimes they stop within days, but sometimes they go on for months), the people of Haiti were already in desperate need of our support. The editorial staff has been kind enough to allow me to link to charitable organizations in my recaps. I don't want to steer any donors in the wrong direction, so I'm focusing on organizations which receive a grade in the A range, from the AIP (American Institute of Philanthropy) on its Charity Watch page. You can check out the AIP link above to see what that means and how grades are assigned. With one exception (noted below**) I believe I have selected funds targeted specifically to Haiti -- not because that's the only place in the world that needs our help, but because at this time, that's where so many of us are moved to give.
** Doctors Without Borders (Emergency Relief Fund [general])
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