Hi! My name's Lindsay Harnish. I'm originally from Pennsylvania, USA, but have been living in Valparaiso, Chile for the last couple of years, and have fallen in love with this country and its people.

We've set this webpage up primarily to accept donations for the Chilean earthquake relief effort. Much of this country has been devastated by the earthquake and the tsunamis it generated along our coast.

Please donate as much as you can. 100% of funds collected go to the relief effort. No donation is too small (or too large! ;-) ) You can securely use any credit card using the Paypal "Donate" button at the bottom of this page - even if you don't have a Paypal account. We're working on posting photos of the devastation, and hope to have those up and running very soon. I've added one below.

Thank you so much for anything you can send!

When I was in Villa Prat last time, 14 year old Fernando took me by the hand and led me to this room where he announced, "Aunt Leensie, this is where my brother died." 8 year old Diego was sleeping here when his adobe house caved in on him; he never woke up. There are innumerable similar stories.