Words continually fail to articulate the devastation that Haiti has suffered after last week's earthquake. Both help and hope remain all too scarce in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas hardest hit by the earthquake.
I bring up Haiti's predicament on this blog because I recall a recent New York Times' "Goal" article on how the Sporting Chance Foundation had been working to use football to improve the lives of Haiti's children. To that point, the charity had raised $100,000 to provide 60 scholarships so that local kids could attend school (most Haitian schools are private and require tuition, which puts them out of reach of many kids and their families).
I only hope that in the aftermath of this catastrophe Sporting Chance and other like organizations can continue their work to improve educational opportunities for Haitian youth. In the meantime, you can support Haitian relief efforts by texting "Haiti" to 90999, donating $10 to the American Red Cross in the process.
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