Dear Friends,

We are deeply saddened by the loss of lives because of the flood in Pakistan. This was one of the worst in the last 80 years. A Pakistani Red Crescent official told that the number of people affected by the floods has risen to nearly 2.5 million people, with infrastructure receiving major damage. "We estimate that about 100,000 people, mostly children, have been hit by cholera and gastro diseases," Syed Zahir Ali Shah, health minister for Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa, was quoted by AFP as saying. As the relief effort in flood-hit Pakistan intensified Monday, officials were bracing themselves for an outbreak of disease among the millions affected by the country's worst deluge in 80 years. The United Nations said there is a need for help in providing emergency shelter, food, drinking water and sanitation facilities. Its agencies are geared to help with these issues. President Asif Ali Zardari said all available resources would be used to help those stranded by the waters, the APP reported. Raindrop Helping Hands launched a campaign to aid flood victims in Pakistan. Please send us your generous donation so that we can deliver it to those who are in need. Funds collected through the Helping Hands' account will be delivered to the authorized people in the U.S. or through our sister organizations located in Turkey.

You can make your donations by:

* Check (Please make your checks payable to: "Raindrop Helping Hands" and place the memo as Pakistan Flood. The check should be sent to 9301 West Belfort Houston, Texas 77031)

* Google Checkout (Please log on to website http://raindropturkevi.org/helpinghands.You can see the Donate Thru Google Checkout button on the left side of the website and choose Pakistan flood to make donation.)

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 hit eastern Turkey on Monday, killing at least 51 people and knocking down houses in six villages. The government's crisis center said an additional 74 people were injured in the quake, which occurred at 4:32 a.m. in Elazig province, about 550 kilometers east of Ankara, while most people were still sleeping.

Dear Friends,

This is the time that we need to show our friendship and brotherhood. Raindrop Helping Hands launched a campaign for Elazig earthquake victims.

Please send us your generous donation so that we can deliver it to those who are in need.  Funds collected through the Helping Hands' account will be delivered to the authorized people to deliver it to Elazig Earthquake victims.

You can make your donations by:

  * Check (Please make your checks payable to: "Raindrop Helping Hands" and place the memo as Elazig Earthquake. The check should be sent to 9301 West Belfort Houston, Texas 77031)

  * Google Checkout (Please log on to website http://raindropturkevi.org/helpinghands. You can see the Donate Thru Google Checkout button on the left side of the website and choose Elazig Earthquake to make donation.)

Dear Community Members,

Your generous contributions, a total of $5,000, for those affected by the earthquake in Indonesia in September 2009 have been delivered to the Honorable Kria Fahmi Pasaribu, the Consul General of Indonesia in Houston. Honorable Pasaribu expressed the sincere gratitude of Indonesian people to Raindrop Executives because of this help. We owe our greatest gratitude to everyone who donated to this campaign generously and once again our sympathy goes out to those families who have lost their loved ones. (January 28 , 2010, Houston, TX)

Haiti Earthquake: a catastrophic earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The full extent of the damage is still being assessed, but the death toll -- already in the thousands -- is climbing fast.

This is the worst earthquake to hit the area in more than 200 years

Dear Friends,
This is the time that we need to show our friendship and brotherhood. Raindrop Helping Hands launched a campaign for Haiti earthquake victims.

Please send us your generous donation so that we can deliver it to those who are in need.  Funds collected through the Helping Hands' account will be delivered to the authorized people to deliver it to Haiti Earthquake victims.

You can make your donations by:
  * Check (Please make your checks payable to: "Raindrop Helping Hands" and place the memo as  Haiti Earthquake. The check should be sent to 9301 West Belfort Houston, Texas 77031)
  * Google Checkout (Please log on to website http://raindropturkevi.org/helpinghands.You can see the Donate Thru Google Checkout button on the left side of the website and choose  Haiti Earthquake to make donation.)

Raindrop Helping Hands delivered cloth donations, gift cards, and Qurban donations to needy people from Burma. Mr. Halil Temiz, assistant director of Raindrop Turkish House went to Fort Wayne to deliver these donations to the newly arrived families from Burma. He stated that these people were really in need, and around 350 families received the donations. He also stated that these people said this is the largest amount of donation that they have ever received, and they were very thankful for these donations. Raindrop Helping Hands will continue to organize different help campaigns to help the needy people and would like to thank to people who make the donations. (November 25, 2009, Texas)