On January 12th, a 7.0 earthquake struck within a few miles of the heavily populated capital of Haiti, already the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, and caused untold damage. Mercy Corps is accepting donations towards the relief effort.

$5,367 donated from the Portland Tango community as of March 3, 2010

Estimates vary from 50,000 - 200,000 dead, and upwards of 3 million people affected.

Mercy Corps is accepting donations to help those people injured, displaced, and without food, water and basic shelter. A group has been set up to track contributions from the Portland Tango Community. You can add your donation by going to
mercycorps.org/fundraising/portlandtangocommunity

See a list of all the groups that are donating:
mercycorps.org/fundraising/haiti

Please help.