b'These are just a few of the examples of the things we were able to do with $517,000 sent by HOTs donors to specifically address the many needs that arose during the war.The full list is far more extensive.Many of you received my Sunday night emails during the war that gave incremental updates on the work we were doing.On page 57, we summarized all the grants we made during the war.HOT is uniquenot just in what we were able to accomplish, but in the way we were able to identifycriticalneedsupfrontandensure funds were available with zero delay. As with pastcrises,wewereincontactwithour partners as events unfolded, and were able to authorize immediate (i.e., that day) purchases.Thiscomesfromourlackoforganizational red-tape, our direct relationships with those whoknowtheimmediateneeds,andour generous donors who understand that we need to have the ability to respond immediately.ThosewhohavefollowedHOTthroughouttheyears(orwhohavereadtheHOTNews) should recognize this model.In many other crisis situations, we were similarly there for the victims. 56'