When '09 grad Jordan Dibb couldn't find a job after applying to 1200 places, he decided to try to help out Haitians. After non-profit organizations turned down his help, he took the advice of someone who said to him when he asked how he could get to Haiti :"you can walk".
Dibb partnered with Action Against Hunger, a non-profit that works in over 40 countries to provide food and clean drinking water. Together with the organization, Dibb plans to raise $100,000 in charity money for Haiti and the relief effort.
Calling his project "I Walk for Love", Dibb has set up a web page where you can follow his journey that starts on March 27, 2010 as he walks from Minnesota to Florida. You can also find links to donate there.
The urgency of the needs that continue in Haiti can not be more succinctly stated than this:
There are 1.2 million children under the age of 5 in Haiti. Over half of these children suffer from malnutrition.
Good luck , Jordan.
[visual image: On the left are footsteps that extend from the words "I walk for love" to "Taking steps for Haiti" to "From Minneapolis MN to Miami FL" ]
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