AFGHANISTAN

PHO

TO: B

RET

T W

ILLI

AM

S

THIS NEWSLETTER WAS PAID FOR

BY A GENEROUS BEQUEST

PHO

TO: R

EUTE

RS/

STR

ING

ER, C

OU

RTE

SY O

F W

WW

.ALE

RTN

ET.O

RG

Hurricane DOLLY | July, Category 2Hurricane GUSTAV | August, Category 4Hurricane HANNA | August, Category 1Hurricane IKE | September, Category 4

Hurricane preparedness resources provided* Hurricane response assistance provided

4 WWW.DIRECTRELIEF.ORG PAID ADVERTISEMENT FALL 2008 THIS NEWSLETTER WAS PAID FOR BY A GENEROUS BEQUEST WWW.DIRECTRELIEF.ORG PAID ADVERTISEMENT FALL 2008 THIS NEWSLETTER WAS PAID FOR BY A GENEROUS BEQUEST 5

GEN

NY

BIT

TER

DIR

ECT

REL

IEF

REU

TER

S/EV

ENS

FELI

X, C

OU

RTE

STY

OF

WW

W.A

LER

TNET

.OR

G

our INVESTORSJANUARY 2008 – AUGUST 2008

7

“In business, a strong incentive exists to know the customer—where they are, what they want or need, what price point works—so businesses invest to learn those things. There’s no commercial reason to spend money researching things people need but can’t buy, but we do this type of analysis to ensure we’re responding to the right needs and serving

people efficiently.”

– Thomas Tighe, Direct Relief International President & CEO

6 WWW.DIRECTRELIEF.ORG PAID ADVERTISEMENT FALL 2008 THIS NEWSLETTER WAS PAID FOR BY A GENEROUS BEQUEST

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONU.S. POSTAGE PAID

SANTA BARBARA, CAPERMIT #756

8 WWW.DIRECTRELIEF.ORG PAID ADVERTISEMENT FALL 2008 THIS NEWSLETTER WAS PAID FOR BY A GENEROUS BEQUEST