My friend Grady is doing something really important. Kashmir is in a world of hurt right now after sustaining a 7.6 magnitude earthquake on October 8th. 73,000 dead, 3 million homeless, and things are going to get worse before they get better. It’s already snowing in parts of Kashmir, and full winter is right around the corner.
International response to the disaster has been tepid at best. The U.N. is something like 80% short of its target monetary goal. Personal donations to relief organizations are low as well. After the Tsunami and Katrina, I think that a lot of people are simply exhausted, charitably and emotionally.
Grady, who has a personal connection with the Kashmir region, has put up kashmircare.org in an attempt to mobilize as much support as possible for CARE, a wholly worthwhile organization who is well-equipped to give the sort of aid that is needed most. Please visit kashmircare.org, read about what’s going on, and consider helping.
Thank you.
More information on CARE can be found at the Charity Navigator site. On a scale of 0 to 70 (with 70 the best), they rate CARE as 69.23.
Now the only question I have is why the hell anybody would want to use a 0-70 scale.