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<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">karen saum <<a href="mailto:karensaum@hotmail.com">karensaum@hotmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 15, 2010 5:51:05 PM EST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><br></b></span></font></span></font></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; "><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:42:09 -0600<br>From: <a href="mailto:one-help@list.one.org">one-help@list.one.org</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:karen.saum@stanfordalumni.org">karen.saum@stanfordalumni.org</a><br>Subject: $890 million for Haiti<br><br><div align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="550"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img src="http://www.one.org/images/mail/one_sm_blank.jpg" border="0" height="93" width="550"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="550"><tbody><tr><td width="25"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></p></td><td align="left" valign="top" width="498"><font face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" color="black" size="2"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Dear Karen,</div><a href="http://www.one.org/us/actnow/drophaitiandebt/o.pl?id=1398-146899-CnZov3x&t=1"><img border="0" align="right" src="http://www.one.org/international/images/email/haiti_email_graphic.gif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; "></a><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">The harrowing images and stories coming out of Haiti are devastating to watch. The incredible outpouring of concern, aid and assistance coming from the United States and all over the world offers hope, but for many of us the question lingers: “What else can I do?”</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-weight: bold; ">One way we can help Haitians build a better tomorrow is to convince global creditors to cancel Haiti’s $890 million international debt.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Doing so will help make sure that every possible future dollar goes towards rebuilding a stronger Haiti, not to servicing old debts.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Thankfully, the United States has already forgiven Haiti’s past debts and now only gives assistance in the form of grants. We need Haiti’s other creditors—the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and countries like Taiwan and Venezuela—to follow our lead and do the same.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has the power to help make that happen.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Please click the link below to join me and send Secretary Geithner this urgent message:</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><b><a href="http://www.one.org/us/actnow/drophaitiandebt/o.pl?id=1398-146899-CnZov3x&t=2">http://www.one.org/us/actnow/drophaitiandebt/o.pl?id=1398-146899-CnZov3x&t=2</a></b></div><blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><i>As Haiti rebuilds from this disaster, please work to secure the immediate cancellation of Haiti’s $890 million debt and ensure that any emergency earthquake assistance is provided in the forms of grants, not debt-incurring loans.</i></div></blockquote><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Even before the earthquake hit, Haiti—the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere—faced tremendous challenges. But there was also hope. Recent years have brought a more stable government and tenuous gains in the fight against poverty.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Haiti needs an international effort to make sure that, as it begins the long road to recovery, it is not burdened with unpayable debts.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">We must also be vigilant that any new aid from the IMF and other sources doesn’t come in the form of loans that would create new debt for Haiti.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">It all starts by calling on Secretary Geithner to use his influence to persuade international lending institutions and countries to do the right thing and drop Haiti’s debt.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; ">Take action now:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><b><a href="http://www.one.org/us/actnow/drophaitiandebt/o.pl?id=1398-146899-CnZov3x&t=3">http://www.one.org/us/actnow/drophaitiandebt/o.pl?id=1398-146899-CnZov3x&t=3</a></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Thank you,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Sheila Nix<br>U.S. Executive Director, ONE</div><br></font></td><td width="27"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="40" width="550"><tbody><tr><td width="25"><br></td><td width="525" height="40" align="left" valign="middle"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.one.org/us/" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255); font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><b>ONE.ORG</b></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.one.org/blog/" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255); font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">BLOG</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.one.org/c/us/about/803/" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255); font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">PRIVACY</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.one.org/us/actnow/ " style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255); font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">SUBSCRIBE</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.one.org/s?i=1398-146899-CnZov3x" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255); font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">UNSUBSCRIBE</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.one.org/us/contact/" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255); font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">CONTACT US</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.one.org/us/about/" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 255); font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">ABOUT</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><img src="http://open.one.org/o.gif?id=1398-146899-CnZov3x" height="1" width="1"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><hr>Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/" target="_new">Get it now.</a></span></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>