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New guidelines provide clearer basis for Harvard relief donations
Published On Monday, November 07, 2005 1:39 AM
By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ
Crimson Staff Writer
Laying the framework for a uniform policy on donations to disaster aid funds, University President Lawrence H. Summers announced on Friday that Harvard will offer financial contributions to University groups organizing Kashmir earthquake relief efforts.

In a letter to the Harvard community released nearly one month after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake devastated parts of South Asia, Summers pledged University funding “on a case-by-case basis to groups of University members who, with compassion and imagination, have devised ways to contribute to the ongoing relief efforts in Pakistan.” "