Chicagoans are among those who are helping with relief efforts in Haiti.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he’s planning a trip to the earthquake ravaged country and hopes to go in the coming days.
The Chicago civil rights leader says his Rainbow/PUSH organization will appeal to corporations and other humanitarian groups for assistance.
On Saturday evening, Chicago-area Haitians have planned a rally.
So far, Haiti’s government has already recovered 20,000 bodies. That doesn’t count those recovered by independent agencies or relatives themselves.
Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says final toll of 100,000 dead would “seem to be the minimum.”
– Associated Press
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