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Thank you for posting this. I saw the news this morning; it is heartbreaking.
Jinx! I just made a post about this too: http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/thoughts-and-prayers-to-haiti-donation-pledges
I made a donation to Oxfam America which is an organization not listed on the City Brights list.
Thank you Laylabelle for your caring thoughts for the people of Haiti and their family members!
@Chreee - Oh, wow! Great minds think alike! I'm glad others are keeping them in their thoughts and prayers right now!
@Laylabelle - :) It's wonderful to come across compassionate people on these boards. I just read an article on NYTimes.com about the effects of the disaster on people etc. and reading comments submitted by readers is both encouraging and disturbing. There are a ton ton ton of compassionate people and there are those who say we shouldn't help them at all because America has its own problems to deal with. I hope (and believe) that compassion will prevail! I can make sacrifices to help out others who are suffering beyond belief. It just means that I may not be able to buy a new outfit soon or something...something I most certainly can deal with if I know that I'm helping someone get medicine or food.
Long live compassion!
I read about this last night... so sad. They are not equipped to handle something like this. My heart & prayers are with them.
That first photo of the man crushed between the buildings is so horrifying. Those poor, poor, people.
My gosh, I can't believe people would ever even think that way - I agree with you, I think there are more compassionate people than not, and it will win! I wish I could hop a plane and go there. I hate to watch people suffer. :(
@Chree; That's unbelievable! America may have their own problems, but there's ALWAYS someone worse off than you are... you know? If every American gave $1 think of the aide that could be provided to the Haitians! People suck sometimes, but like you said compassion will prevail :)
We usually don't allow solicitations, but we'll of course make an exception for disaster relief!
@Layla - I was also thinking about posting the same type of thing, but got a little nervous with the solicitation rules. I'm glad you posted! I get sad when I think that there are people out there who can help, but don't want to. Here's to hoping the compassion prevails too!
Via the US State Department: For those interested in helping immediately, simply text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill.
my cube mate is from Haiti - he has one family member still missing. I can't believe he's still here, but until he gets more info, i feel like all he can do is work to keep his mind right. :-(
Wyclef Jean's Yele foundation is also accepting text donations: text the word "YELE" to 501501 to donate $5.00 to the relief efforts
As with the Red Cross text donation, the $5 charge will be added to your phone bill
Also - spread the word by posting these text codes to your facebook and encourage others to do the same!
So that's "YELE" to 501501 to donate $5.00 , or "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10.00
@ Layla - I was also going to post something to this effect but I'm glad you did!
@ Melissa - I sure hope your co-workers family member is safe.
I definately said my prayers for them all this morning. I can't imagine the devastation (regionally, physically & emotionally) that they are all going through right now.
The whole situation is just horrible... It's seriously scary & making me kind of leary of going to CA in Feb! I wouldn't know what to do in an earthquake! The only think I know is that you are supposed to find a doorway to brace yourself in. Other than that, I'm clueless.
@Chree123 - People can be so short sighted sometimes. It really isn't all about America all the time. But Compassion does prevail and those people are just mean.
@okqueenbee - I was in Santa Cruz when we had that 7.0 quake in 1989. It was scary, but because we live in earthquake country, our buildings are built to withstand them. Usually it is only the old buildings that may have damage and they don't usually collapse the way things have in Haiti. Don't worry about coming to CA. We will take care of you if anything happens!
Doctors Without Broders has set up a fund for Haiti donations here: https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=197&hbc=1&source=ADR1001E1D01
Partners in Health is on the ground in Haiti right now. The SOS e-mail sent by one of their aid workers is quoted in the NYTimes article. You can make a donation here: https://donate.pih.org/page/contribute/haiti_earthquake?source=earthquake&subsource=homepage
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Please keep the people of Haiti in your thoughts and prayers as they try to recover from a devastating 7.0 earthquake. If you haven't seen the pictures of the aftermath, they are absolutely devastating. The loss is magnificent, and they have no way of quickly cleaning up or even rescuing their injured and dead. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and needs as much help as possible to recover.
I hope this isn't improper (Mr. Bee, please let me know), but please see the attached link if you're interested in ways to donate or help.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail??blogid=95&entry_id=55157
Here is a link to some photos of the damage. It's heartbreaking.
http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/metro/haiti-wednesday-quake/