Family and Friends in Haiti

Dear Friends:

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their concern about my mom, Dulia Merisca, the other loved ones I have in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and your generous offers to help.

As of today, I still have not been able to speak to my mom directly, but we are hopeful as we got word that she is ok.

Our next steps are to go to Haiti, as soon as flights from U.S. are permitted, locate my mom, assess the damages to our home in Port-au-Prince, and fly her back to the U.S.

Additionally, we have other relatives on my mom's side of the family, and extended family members, like Francois Paul (Papa DouDou), who lives closer to the National Palace, where the damages are even greater, and we will also try to locate.

That being said, we've set up a fund and a payment process that should make it fairly simple and secure for anyone to make donations thanks to Paypal and the generous customer service of JP Morgan Chase Bank personnel. Just click the 'Donate' button below to contribute.

We don't know exactly what we're up against until we get there, but hopefully we'll raise enough to cover our costs to travel there and assist them however we can.

Of course, after we secure the safety of our family and friends, we plan to expand this fund to address aide for Haitians in Haiti on a broader scale.

Again, thank you for your kind offers. Me and my entire family thank you for your concern and donations.

If you experience any difficulties with the Donate button or have questions, suggestions, contacts in Haiti that could expedite our efforts, you can contact us at help2haiti@gmail.com.


Sincerely,
Vladimir Merisca and Family