Please help

November 11, 2005

Although our focus is on orthognathic surgery, I'm taking the

liberty to post this.

Help is urgently needed in Pakistan. 800,000 people are without

shelter and winter is fast approaching. A colder than normal winter

is forecast, with 17 feet of snow in some places. These people are

suffering from disease, diarrhea and untreated injuries. 3.3 million

are homeless and half of the victims are children. This story from

the Guardian Weekly talks about the trauma that these victims are

living through.

The United Nations has only 20% of the money it needs to continue

relief operations over the next six months. UN helicopters could

stop flying as early as this week.

This earthquake was a natural disaster, but our failure to help

survivors is a man-made disaster waiting to happen.

Please give NOW to the charity of your choice. Red Cross, Unicef and

Oxfam are some of the charities with relief funds for Pakistan, and

you can quickly donate online.

Thanks for reading this, and thanks for helping.

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