While the news in Haiti flooded with updates, both tragic and optimistic, many of us feel removed: you go to school, you work, you have a family, and you have obligations. What on earth could you possibly do?

Sarah Wimmer, a young woman and paramedic from Arizona, is giving us all a very hands-on tutorial in giving and love with her relief efforts in Haiti. (Sarah Wimmer pictured below, top left.)
The 7.0 quake on January 12th and its whopping 28 aftershocks have leveled the city of Port-au-Prince and left no running water or electricity—this much is widely known. Not spoken of largely, however, are the conditions that the locals are faced with and the challenges that face those who are coming from across the globe to help.