A Direct Action You Can Take NOW To Help Haiti...

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Greetings,

Haiti needs your help. As the Washington Post reported on Saturday:

Haitian President René Préval said yesterday that his impoverished country is in desperate need of economic assistance and is seeking as much as $100 million to fill a budget gap that he said could send Haiti back into anarchy.

"I believe we are at a very serious turning point," Préval said in an interview.

"We can either win or lose." He said he argued that his long-troubled country was on its way to normalcy when rising food prices, the economic crisis and a series of devastating hurricanes left it reeling.

Préval spoke through an interpreter, but when asked when Haiti needed the money, he broke into English and simply declared, "Now."

We can help Haiti now - by calling on the World Bank to cancel Haiti's debt immediately.

Please call your US Representative TODAY and urge him/her to sign on to the Congressional letter to World Bank President Zoellick calling for Haiti's immediate debt cancellation.

Haiti is scheduled to pay $1.6 million/month in debt payments over the coming six months -- $10 million-to the World Bank. The InterAmerican Development Bank has reached an agreement to suspend most of Haiti's debt payments in this time of crisis.

The World Bank needs to do the same.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) have written a letter to World Bank President Robert Zoellick, urging him to suspend all further debt service payments from Haiti and grant the nation complete debt cancellation.

Rep. Waters is asking her colleagues in the House of Representatives to join her by signing the letter.

The more Representatives who sign on to the letter, the stronger the message to World Bank President Zoellick - cancel Haiti's debt and allow the Haitian government to focus on the needs of its people.

Please call your US Representative TODAY and urge him/her to sign on to the Congressional letter to World Bank President Zoellick calling for immediate debt cancellation.

Click here to call: jubileeusa.org/haiti/haitiaction.html

Click here to go to our Haiti action page where you can see the call script, a copy of Rep. Waters letter, a fact sheet on Haiti's debt and more. The deadline for signers to the Haiti letter is 5 pm on Wednesday, February 18, so please act now!

Thank you for taking action today!

In peace,

A lot of Haitians complain about Haiti but never do anything.

The Cuban community in Miami is very strong because they take action.

It is time for Haitian people to stop being lazy and react.

Kristin Sundell
Deputy Director

Greg Peters, February 9 2009, 6:21 PM

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