Terremoto en Chile.

The recent earthquake in Chile has special meaning to us here at tngv because of the personal and academic ties I have there. In the summer of 2008 while on a graduate seminar I interned with the Nonprofit Enterprise Self-sustainability Team (NESsT) http://www.nesst.org. While there I visited many parts of Chile and met with people from a number of the regions. On a special note, the image on this blog page is from my visit. The people of Chile are working hard to embrace globalization. Most of the people in the worst hit areas have little money to recover and need all the help they can get. The 8.8 quake left a number of after shocks including one that measured 5 in Santiago. This will be a major topic at tngv. The following information is from an email I received from them today.

NESsT is organizing a joint fundraising event and silent auction at Puro Chile in New York this Thursday evening, March 4th, to benefit the Levantando Chile Fund in conjunction with Puro Chile Corp, and The Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations. Heraldo Muñoz, The Chilean Ambassador to the UN, will speak and welcome guests.

You can see more information about the fund and committee at: www.levantandochile.org The website also includes information on making donations to the fund through the US and Chile.