Calls for prayer

This morning I came across two articles which mention calls for prayer. One was in reference to the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
"The hospitals cannot handle all these victims," said Dr. Louis-Gerard Gilles. "Haiti needs to pray. We all need to pray together."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/13/haiti-earthquake-capitol_n_421295.html

According to an INN article, Rabbi Amar has called for a day of prayer and fasting tomorrow, the 28th day of Tevet.
Israel's Chief Sephardic Rabbi (Rishon LeTzion), Rabbi Shlomo Amar has issued a plea to the public to fast and pray for rain as another winter season of paltry precipitation begins to fade away.
In a letter written on official stationery of the State of Israel, Amar explained to the public that most of the winter season has passed without the "rains of blessing", and with Israel's water flow "limited and coming with great suffering," after several years of below average rainfall. "The Kinneret is almost totally dry," he lamented.
Read full article: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/135500

May G-d help the people of Haiti.
Click here to read a previous post about a letter which the Chofetz Chaim wrote pertaining to earthquakes.