Ride4Haiti.org -- Paul and Len's Cross-Country Ride for Partners In Health
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Ride4Haiti.org -- Paul and Len's Cross-Country Ride for Partners In Health
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We finished at 109% of our goal. Thank you! |
We cycled across the country and are now returning to our real lives--or trying. If you are curious about the trip, click on the link for our blog. There are also lots of pictures at the Trip Photos link. We have exceeded our goal of $100,000, and are now trying to see how much more we can raise. Thank you to all who contributed or pledged. On long hot days with the wind blowing in our faces, your generosity powered us forward. If you would like to join the 290+ people who participated in our Ride for Haiti, go to www.pih.org to contribute online or learn where to mail contributions. Help make a huge difference in the lives of some of the poorest people on earth. Thanks! Paul Burman and his father, Len, are cycling across America to raise money for Partners In Health (PIH), an incredible organization that is providing high-quality health care to people in the most remote parts of Haiti--as well as smaller programs in Peru, Russia, Rwanda, and Boston. All money raised will go to benefit PIH. Paul Farmer is a physician and anthropologist who believes that poor people deserve the same high-quality medical care available to so many of us in the U.S. He is delivering on that belief in Haiti, Peru, Russia, and elsewhere. In Haiti, Partners In Health’s sister organization, Zanmi Lasante, provides excellent health care in six rural clinics, reaching patients in remote rural areas through its network of over 1000 community health workers who make daily visits to patient’s homes. Dr. Farmer also makes house calls, sometimes walking for half a day to villages accessible only by foot. Often his patients need more than medicines and procedures, and he arranges for those needs to be met as well. In addition to health care, PIH addresses the underlying causes of disease by drilling wells to supply clean drinking water; building sturdy, rain-resistant houses; and providing education for children who would otherwise go unschooled. In partnership with a local microfinance organization, PIH is now also helping Haitians start small businesses with micro-enterprise lending and training programs. In addition to Haiti, Partners In Health also has programs to treat antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis in Peru and in Siberia’s prisons, where the disease is an epidemic. We learned about Paul Farmer and Partners In Health from Tracy Kidder’s book, Mountains Beyond Mountains (which is also a great way for you to learn more about PIH). Inspired by the book, we decided to cycle across America from late June to early August to try to raise $100,000 for PIH. We’re asking our friends to pledge a dollar per mile ($3,600) if you can or even more. We understand that you may have other charitable priorities, and contributions of a dime ($360), a penny ($36) or any amount can do a lot of good and will be gratefully accepted. We’re obviously making a major commitment to PIH and hope that you will join us. The more funds we raise, the more we can help some of the poorest people on earth.
The Reward of GivingYour contributions do amazing things. For example, the picture below shows Samuel, an HIV patient at Zanmi Lasante (Partners In Health in Creole), before and one year after treatment with anti-retroviral drugs. For $350 ($0.10 per mile) you can literally give a year of life to people like Samuel, and keep their children from becoming orphans. For $3,500 (about $1 per mile), you can pay to treat 10 people for a year. (Click here for more examples.)
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