What are you doing to help Haiti?

[ChristianDior]

What are you doing to help Haiti?
Or do you even care?

I haven't figured out what to do yet, but I am going to listen to see what Wyclef Jean advises.

[Superhans]

Do they speak English there?

[CrystalGeezer]

Praying.

[Daddy Cool]

Absolutely nothing.

Viva Haiti.

[lux girl]

Absolutely nothing.

Viva Haiti.

What does this mean????

[CrystalGeezer]

What does this mean????

Viva Hate...E.

Maudlin Street's a great track for this natural catastrophe.

[lux girl]

Sorry, didn't get the "joke"
Finding it hard to watch news reports on this disaster.
Haven't figured out yet what contribution me and Mr Lux can make

[Our Lady]

I'm going to vote against natural disasters.

[Superhans]

Let's play a game of funniest Haiti joke.

What's the difference between Britain and Haiti?

Haiti has a wonderful history in distinctive art... :lbf::lbf::lbf:

[Superhans]

I'm going to vote against natural disasters.

http://www.wrestlingupdateonline.com/Natural_Disasters_Bio_0001_291x354.JPG

[CrystalGeezer]

I'm going to vote against natural disasters.

The bill will never pass.

Lose the battle but win the war by voting to have natural disasters awaken countries to the notion that reinforced concrete buildings are a good idea. :thumb:

[lux girl]

Let's play a game of funniest Haiti joke.

What's the difference between Britain and Haiti?

Haiti has a wonderful history in distinctive art... :lbf::lbf::lbf:

Hope you're nice and warm and cosy in your home tonight. Hope your belly is full with food, you have running water and not grieving for lost loved ones.

[Superhans]

Hope you're nice and warm and cosy in your home tonight. Hope your belly is full with food, you have running water and not grieving for lost loved ones.

I think that's a bit out of order, don't rub this awful disaster in the face of the people of Haiti, please. :)

[Kewpie]

Thanks God! You're the best.


Poor timing to have it in my opinion. Have your natural disasters right around christmas, not in January when people are moody.

People should put superhans on ignore.

He has nothing better than rubing your nerves.

[Superhans]

I've never 'rubed' anyone's anything, thankyou very much.

[Jukebox Jury]

Can someone quote Kewpie for me?
I have her on ignore:straightface:

Jukebox Jury

[Half_a_Person]

Probably donate money. My sister did it, too.

[Daddy Cool]

I've never 'rubed' anyone's anything, thankyou very much.

If this were a game of darts, you know what I'd give that comeback? An 'undred an haiti.

[Corrissey]

The American Red Cross pledged an initial $1 Million to Haiti Relief. I sent a $10 donation today by texting ‘Haiti’ to 90999 (donations are taken from your phone bill).

Our church is taking a special offering this Sunday to donate to the Church World Service (www.churchworldservice.org) which is a relief, development and refugee assistance ministry of the 35 denominations that make up the National Council of Churches USA. We've also decided to host a bake sale on the 31st to raise more funds to send to CWS. Donating what I can makes me feel good and somewhat useful in face of this unimaginable tragedy.

[MindlessRuffian]

I'm doing nothing. I'm poor and I barely eat myself. I'd help if I could. But I would NEVER send money directly to Haiti. The government is not known for the most noble usages of cash flow.

[troubleluvsme]

Giving money to The American Red Cross, or another US based organization.

My Church sends several people (especially doctors and dentists) there many times a year for medical assistance. We have a few Haitian kids in our Parish
(who are up here for more serious medical treatment) who still haven't been able
to contact their families.

I wouldn't give a dime to the UNICEF bullshit.

[MindlessRuffian]

Giving money to The American Red Cross, or another US based organization.

My Church sends several people (especially doctors and dentists) there many times a year for medical assistance. We have a few Haitian kids in our Parish
(who are up here for more serious medical treatment) who still haven't been able
to contact their families.

I wouldn't give a dime to the UNICEF bullshit.

Agreed. Bill O'Reilly was urging people today not to give money directly to the Haitian goverment (Which, knowing the prior conditions of Haiti, I knew) and to donate money to doctors who are going over there that you know will use the money for things they need.

[therightone]

Resources:

January 14, 2010

International charities are just beginning to ramp up their efforts in Haiti. If you're looking to give money to help these relief activities, here is a list of some of the larger, established international aid organizations responding to the disaster:

American Jewish World Service

AmeriCares

CARE

Catholic Relief Services

Direct Relief International

Doctors Without Borders

International Committee of the Red Cross

International Rescue Committee

Mercy Corps

Oxfam

Partners in Health

The Salvation Army

Save the Children

World Food Programme

Some organizations accepting donations by text message:

American Red Cross: You can text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to American Red Cross relief for Haiti, charged to your cell phone bill.

Yele Haiti: You can text "YELE" to 501501 to automatically donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund, charged to your cell phone bill.

The list is just a starting point for you and your own research. There are a number of online tools available for evaluating charities and making donations to a broader range of NGOs, including CharityNavigator.org and NetworkForGood.org.

[musicalcat]

I find it difficult to watch the news. It's sad and I feel there's not much I can do. Then I can't forget what I've seen.
But I donated money through the Swedish red cross.

[troubleluvsme]

It's really sad. I'm watching Wyclef Jean on the News right now, talking about how they cleaned up bodies from the street all day.

I don't think I knew he was Haitian.

[Scarlet Ibis]

My daughter told me today that she'd like to donate a week's worth of her allowance to Haiti. I told her I'd send some too. She's so dear. I'm proud.

[Superhans]

If this were a game of darts, you know what I'd give that comeback? An 'undred an haiti.

Best 'Haiti based' joke, I've seen here for sure. Some people haven't really made an effort though, unfortunately.

[Corrissey]

I just heard the texting ‘Haiti’ to 90999 donations total $5.9 million! :)

[ChristianDior]

What you might not realize is that the day before the quake within the city limits of Port Au Prince , an estimated fifty thousand children were being kept legally as sex slaves under that country's twisted laws.

Some are no doubt buried right now along with their captors.

Within the same grave, a sick tormentor gets his justice and an innocent victim suffers no more. Think about that one, people..


One should at least hope that this legal form of slavery will be abolished someday, maybe the quake will be the catalyst for that change.
This place was already hell on earth before the first building fell.


Some of you fiends are just awful, you must be British or something...:sick:

[Reelaround]

Some of you fiends are just awful, you must be British or something...:sick

Very nice I'm sure, but what does this have to do with being British?

[ChristianDior]

merely an observation of humour, tho I suppose being British isn't a prerequisite for being dark...

[Happy Maudlin]

I'm doing nothing. I'm poor and I barely eat myself. I'd help if I could. But I would NEVER send money directly to Haiti. The government is not known for the most noble usages of cash flow.

Do you mean the Haitian government that has tremendous lack of power and is totally non-existent at this point? The organizations are in charge of the money.

[Happy Maudlin]

My daughter told me today that she'd like to donate a week's worth of her allowance to Haiti. I told her I'd send some too. She's so dear. I'm proud.

You're a good mom and your daughter is evidence of that. You should be very proud.:)

[Reelaround]

merely an observation of humour, tho I suppose being British isn't a prerequisite for being dark...


Don't be stupid now (though)

Nothing is a prerequisite for being anything

[Happy Maudlin]

I am very sad over the devastation in Haiti. Many of my friends and classmates are Haitian and they are distraught over the safety of their family members.
Most of the organizations aren't government affiliated and every penny is sent to the relief of Haiti (and this truth is not assured but assumed, because I am a trusting person and would not fancy myself cynical to people's outpouring of help and concern for Haiti.) I think the government or some sectors of government affiliated troops, social workers, volunteers, whatever are sent there out of the government's own pocket i.e America's tax money.
I am poor as well. but I still have a desire to help.
Oh by the way did anyone hear the rubbish Pat Robertson said about why Haiti is under destruction?

[platypus]

Donated via text message.

[Raphael Lambach]

Brazilian missionary Zilda Arms died there. We're all shocked about her death. She was such a wonderful people - one who fought for others all her life.

[Scarlet Ibis]

Donated via text message.

How? And who did you donate to?

[Scarlet Ibis]

You're a good mom and your daughter is evidence of that. You should be very proud.:)

Thank you! :)

[ChristianDior]

Don't be stupid now (though)

Nothing is a prerequisite for being anything

I never said anything was a prerequisite for anything, so perhaps it is you that is being stupid here..:crazy:

[Reelaround]

I never said anything was a prerequisite for anything, so perhaps it is you that is being stupid here..:crazy:

Blah blah blah

I don't give a flying feck what you think about a Brit

[Cassius]

How? And who did you donate to?

If you text HAITI to 90999 you donate $10 to The Red Cross. I'm assuming it's tacked to your regular monthly bill.

[therightone]

Reliable Ways To Donate Money To Haiti Effort

The devastating earthquake in Haiti has left the country in ruins, and untold numbers dead. People all over the world want to make contributions via text, websites, or hotlines. But there's still confusion about exactly which charities are the most reliable.

Answers according to:
Mr. DANIEL BOROCHOFF (President and Founder, American Institute of Philanthropy)

Go to npr.org and click on TALK OF THE NATION.

REBECCA ROBERTS, host

Many people are wondering how they can help in Haiti. As we've heard, the situation is grim. Today, President Obama promised that aid was on its way to the devastated nation, and made a direct appeal to Americans for help.

President BARACK OBAMA: Even as we bring our resources to bear on this emergency, we need to summon the tremendous generosity and compassion of the American people. I want to thank the many Americans who have already contributed to this effort.

ROBERTS: That was President Obama, speaking this morning. Now, many people may want to help, but don't know the best way to give. Daniel Borochoff is the founder of charitywatch.org, and he is going to join us to help sort it all out.

Joining us now from WBEZ in Chicago is Daniel Borochoff. He's the president and founder of the American Institute of Philanthropy. Welcome to the program.

Mr. DANIEL BOROCHOFF (President and Founder, American Institute of Philanthropy): Yes. Thanks for inviting me.

ROBERTS: So when a disaster of this proportion hits, it can feel overwhelming. You sort of don't know where to start if you want to help. What's your best advice?

Mr. BOROCHOFF: Well, take a breath, because this is going to go on for many years. You've got the short-term emergency needs, but you've got to help rebuild here after the disaster. And let's not forget about Haiti when it's over. So there's certainly a lot to consider. And there's a lot of great new tools that we could be talking about to use, but you still have to think it through the - just like you did the old-fashioned way before.

ROBERTS: And so we're also hearing from these new tools. There's a mobile-giving drive that's been organized where you send a text message, and it gives $10 that then appear on your phone bill. How confident can people be that these things work?

Mr. BOROCHOFF: Well, one thing to consider is, is some of these services, they distribute the money every - quarterly, meaning three times a year. So you may be able to quickly agree to give the money, but it may not wind up for the charity for a while. So we actually strongly encourage people to give directly, because there's less chance the money could be siphoned off. It's likely that the mobile phone company wants you to pay your bill before they're going to allocate the money.

And this is something new, and there could be things going wrong with it. So, certainly, we don't want to discourage new people from giving that might not ordinarily give, but it's almost always better to give direct.

ROBERTS: Another thing people get concerned about are sort of fly-by-night, give-now pseudo charities that are actually scams. How can people make themselves aware of those?

Mr. BOROCHOFF: Well, at the American Institute of Philanthropy's Web site at Charitywatch.org, we've identified about 25 not-profit groups that are top rated that may actually give 75 percent or more of their budget to programs, don't spend more than $25 to raise $100 in our accountable and have experience in the region. You got - these are like A-plus and B-plus groups. You've got to be careful. I mean, there's other famous groups like Feed the Children and World Emergency Relief that are raising money for Haiti that get an F.

So you want to make sure they have a track record and they're a good group. So you've got to be familiar. Do some checking around to verify, you know, ask some different Web sites like Charitywatch.org to make sure that it's real. There's been a lot - in past disasters, there's been a lot of fake Web sites being put up. And you've got, also, individuals trying to raise money, people impersonating the victim. Or maybe they actually are a victim, but then they're able to get a lot more money than somebody else, and that's not fair.

ROBERTS: And when you say that this is an A-plus or B-plus charity, using the Charity Watch grading system, what earns a charity that level of rating?

Mr. BOROCHOFF: Groups that are able to get 75 percent or more of their cash budget to actual bona fide charitable programs, groups that don't spent more than $25 to raise $100, groups that are accountable, that have audits and tax forms and are willing to describe what they do. And then there's disaster: One thing that can happen because there's such a frenzy over it is, sometimes the group might raise too much and try to use - try to use - divert money to another cause or another problem.

So what you might do is when you're asking is ask the charity, how much do you need to spend for Haiti? What's your budget? Because there's a chance that they might overdo it, being, you know, that coverage that's available right now in this crisis.

ROBERTS: Daniel Borochoff, again, from CharityWatch.org, where you can find rankings of charities. Charity Navigator is another similar site where they have a star ranking for charities.

[platypus]

How? And who did you donate to?

Text 'Haiti' to 90999 ($10 will be automatically deducted from your phone bill). It goes to the Red Cross.

[kissmyshadestoo]

Donated $10 to the Red Cross this AM

[Poppy Full]

iydsuzCk4K0
Given that I live with my head in the sand, I only heard about this today. So sad. :(

[Dave2006]

Just sent £50 to the Disasters Emergency Committee
http://www.dec.org.uk/

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is made up of 13 member agencies who provide humanitarian aid in times of disaster.

The 13 member agencies are:

* ActionAid
* British Red Cross
* CAFOD
* Care International UK
* Christian Aid
* Concern Worldwide
* Help the Aged
* Islamic Relief
* Merlin
* Oxfam
* Save the Children
* Tearfund
* World Vision

Between them they agree which agency is best to deliver aid - rather than competing amongst themselves. So, if Oxfam has staff on the ground and can act, they get the resources, rather than another charity that then needs to mobilise resources.

Dave

[someofusisturningnasty]

I just donated 50 quid to the UNICEF childrens appeal, the front page of the bbc website carried a picture of this little lad which really upset me

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

:tears: :tears:

I fucking hate this world sometimes. How can people believe there is some sort of a caring god when shit like this happens.

[Dave2006]

I just donated 50 quid to the UNICEF childrens appeal, the front page of the bbc website carried a picture of this little lad which really upset me

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

:tears: :tears:

I fucking hate this world sometimes. How can people believe there is some sort of a caring god when shit like this happens.

The vicar on Radio 2 said this morning that god didn't cause the earthquake, but evidence of god is in the relief effort. And that the first relief came from the Pope who said prayers... Give me strength!

Credit where it's due though; churches and faith organisations around the world will be doing sterling work fundraising and send aid.

Dave

[someofusisturningnasty]

The vicar on Radio 2 said this morning that god didn't cause the earthquake, but evidence of god is in the relief effort. And that the first relief came from the Pope who said prayers... Give me strength!

Credit where it's due though; churches and faith organisations around the world will be doing sterling work fundraising and send aid.

Dave


Couldnt agree more, it's excellent how they spring into action in times of crisis. :thumb:

(though you don't need god in your head to be a good person ;) )

[Dave2006]

Couldnt agree more, it's excellent how they spring into action in times of crisis. :thumb:

(though you don't need god in your head to be a good person ;) )

I like that... I'm gonna use it next time a vicar tries to recruit me to join Alpha...

Dave

[HIM]

i might do a sponsored wank

[Daddy Cool]

i might do a sponsored wank

It takes a real man to wank over dead bodies. Although it is a bit of a niche market so you may find sponsorship difficult - contact Kleenex and BodyBags 'R' Us first I'd say.

I think a more realistic option would be to start a Facebook group to get Boom Boom Shake Shake The Room to number one.

[Mozza220559]

Best 'Haiti based' joke, I've seen here for sure. Some people haven't really made an effort though, unfortunately.

Alright! How d'ya like these big potatoes!? Haiti is a little island an' that and then because of naturally occuring techtonic plates under the land, they moved right!? And then that caused a widespread chain reaction of vibrations and that's why people are dead and buildings have collapsed.

Do I win £5?

[Happy Maudlin]

The vicar on Radio 2 said this morning that god didn't cause the earthquake, but evidence of god is in the relief effort. And that the first relief came from the Pope who said prayers... Give me strength!

Credit where it's due though; churches and faith organisations around the world will be doing sterling work fundraising and send aid.

Dave

Very true. Most church-related organizations have been helping from the get go. It's refreshing seeing religion being excercised in a way that helps people and doesn't condemn them for they supposed wickedness like Pat Robertson.

[gretchenraine]

I have a friend who left at 5am to fly to Haiti to volunteer with UNICEF.

[Superhans]

Alright! How d'ya like these big potatoes!? Haiti is a little island an' that and then because of naturally occuring techtonic plates under the land, they moved right!? And then that caused a widespread chain reaction of vibrations and that's why people are dead and buildings have collapsed.

Do I win £5?

I burst out laughing and slapped my thigh repeatedly. Excellent work. :cool:

[Stella Erikson]

I'm doing nothing. I'm poor and I barely eat myself. I'd help if I could. But I would NEVER send money directly to Haiti. The government is not known for the most noble usages of cash flow.

I agree with you. If I could I'd send the money directly to the victims.

[Bluebirds]

Just sent £50 to the Disasters Emergency Committee
http://www.dec.org.uk/

The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is made up of 13 member agencies who provide humanitarian aid in times of disaster.

The 13 member agencies are:

* ActionAid
* British Red Cross
* CAFOD
* Care International UK
* Christian Aid
* Concern Worldwide
* Help the Aged
* Islamic Relief
* Merlin
* Oxfam
* Save the Children
* Tearfund
* World Vision

Between them they agree which agency is best to deliver aid - rather than competing amongst themselves. So, if Oxfam has staff on the ground and can act, they get the resources, rather than another charity that then needs to mobilise resources.

Dave


Cheers for the link, think this is prob the best way to donate at the mo'

[Cassius]

"JANUARY 14--The Haiti earthquake has already triggered hundreds of thousands of donations to musician Wyclef Jean's charitable foundation, which expects to raise upwards of $1 million a day in the disaster's wake. However, Internal Revenue Service records show the group has a lackluster history of accounting for its finances, and that the organization has paid the performer and his business partner at least $410,000 for rent, production services, and Jean's appearance at a benefit concert. Though the Wyclef Jean Foundation, which does business as Yele Haiti Foundation, was incorporated 12 years ago--and has been active since that time--the group only first filed tax returns in August 2009. That month, the foundation provided the IRS with returns covering calendar years 2005, 2006, and 2007--the only periods for which it has publicly provided a glimpse at its financial affairs. In 2006, Jean's charity reported contributions of $1 million, the bulk of which came from People magazine in exchange for the first photos of a pregnant Angelina Jolie (the actress reportedly directed that the publication's payment go to Jean's charity, not her personally). As seen on the following pages from the foundation's 2006 tax return, the group paid $31,200 in rent to Platinum Sound, a Manhattan recording studio owned by Jean and Jerry Duplessis, who, like Jean, is a foundation board member. A $31,200 rent payment was also made in 2007 to Platinum Sound. The rent, tax returns assure, "is priced below market value." The recording studio also was paid $100,000 in 2006 for the "musical performance services of Wyclef Jean at a benefit concert." That six-figure payout, the tax return noted, "was substantially less than market value." The return, of course, does not address why Jean needed to be paid to perform at his own charity's fundraiser. But the largest 2006 payout--a whopping $250,000--went to Telemax, S.A., a for-profit Haiti company in which Jean and Duplessis were said to "own a controlling interest." The money covered "pre-purchased...TV airtime and production services" that were part of the foundation's "outreach efforts" in Haiti. No further description of these services was offered, though the return claimed that "the fees paid are below market" and that the use of Telemax was the "most efficient way of providing these services." The group's tax returns also report "consultant" payments totaling $300,000 between 2005-2007, while the 2006 return reported nearly $225,000 in "promotion and PR" costs. These expenses are not itemized further in the IRS returns."

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0114102wyclef1.html

[dothewatusi]

The Haiti earthquake has already triggered hundreds of thousands of donations to musician Wyclef Jean's charitable foundation, which expects to raise upwards of $1 million a day in the disaster's wake. However, Internal Revenue Service records show the group has a lackluster history of accounting for its finances...

Wyclef Jean (http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HIP/11_2_4.html) played apart in the 2004 coup that ousted the democratically elected Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (http://www.lrb.co.uk/v26/n08/paul-farmer/who-removed-aristide) :(

Haiti was founded 200 years ago, after the first and only successful slave revolt in the Americas. Yet Haiti's chronic impoverishment began at its birth in 1804, when having overthrown its French rulers in a bloody, 12-year slave revolt, the newborn nation was subjected to crippling blockades and embargoes. This economic strangulation continued until 1825, when France offered to lift embargoes and recognize the Haitian Republic, if Haiti would pay restitution to France—for loss of property in Haiti, including slaves—of 150 million gold francs. The sum, about five times Haiti's export revenue for 1825, was brutal, but Haiti had no choice - pay up or perish over many more years of economic embargo, not to mention face French threats of invasion and reconquest. To pay, Haiti borrowed money at usurious (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/opinion/24thu3.html) rates from France, and did not finish paying off its debt until 1947, by which time its fate as the Western Hemisphere's poorest country had been well and truly sealed. Today Haiti is still the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

Haiti has called upon France (http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-01-14/why-haitis-earthquake-is-frances-problem/) -- the ousted former colonizer of historical Saint-Domingue -- to pay restitution of $21,685,135,571.48. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100116/wl_africa_afp/haitiquakesafricaaristide) first outlined that demand in 2004 in a speech honoring the 200th anniversary of the death of revolutionary hero Toussaint L'Ouverture. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_L'ouverture) He declared that "Poverty today is the result of a 200-year plot . . .. In 1803 and in 2003, this is the same plot. Do you understand my message?"

Perhaps Aristide's demands for reparations, demanding justice, played a part in the 2004 coup. :(

[Mozza220559]

I burst out laughing and slapped my thigh repeatedly. Excellent work. :cool:

A joke during an horrific natural disaster always warms the coldest of cockles! Double thumbs up to Haiti!

[Daddy Cool]

http://www.randomfunnypicture.com/pictures/697haitian-ipod-shuffle.jpg

[Oh my god, it's Robby!]

What are you doing to help Haiti?
Or do you even care?

I used my phone to give them 10 bucks, yeah, I'm awesome :)

[Half_a_Person]

I was telling my sister last night that we should both have a bake sale to raise money for the victims in Haiti. I came up with the idea after hearing the news about this young girl who made bracelets and sold them to raise money. I was either thinking about doing it either at a community center or a church nearby.

[Mars_Rover]

Donated money, clothes, some food, etc. Still feel like it's not enough, those poor people are suffering so much.

[Danielledelu]

Just playing FreeRice.

[DAVIE]

Haven't we got to sort out our country (UK) first before we do things in other countries? We have so many things wrong with this country that the Goverment doesn't do. But if it's something in another country, then they can do something straight away and send out aid in the matter of a few days...Why can't they be that quick with issues in our country???

[LuvMozzy]

Haven't we got to sort out our country (UK) first before we do things in other countries? We have so many things wrong with this country that the Goverment doesn't do. But if it's something in another country, then they can do something straight away and send out aid in the matter of a few days...Why can't they be that quick with issues in our country???

Because as a human on planet earth, we should care for the other citizens on it. I'm sure you'd appreciate the help if it was the other way round.

And because the government doesn't want to sort our issues out.

I work for a development charity and two friends of mine are flying to Haiti tomorrow for seven weeks. They are so brave. I could not do it. I just push the papers and book the flights.

[Mars_Rover]

Those filthy rich b*star*s in Saudi Arabia should donate oil and/or money to the relief efforts. The charities are having to pay enormous shipping and fuel costs to get supplies through. Other Arab countries like Jordan and Qatar have given, but the Saudis - one of the wealthiest countries on earth - have donated a grand total of jack squat.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/01/saudi-arabia-unlike-qatar-iran-and-jordan-kingdom-fails-to-cough-up-haiti-cash.html

On a much, much lighter note (but still with a touch o' guile), some clever person is selling a Pat Robertson voodoo doll on Ebay, with proceeds going to Haiti relief. Bids are over $500 now! http://cgi.ebay.com/PAT-ROBERTSON-VOODOO-DOLL-Proceeds-Go-To-Haiti-relief_W0QQitemZ190366726496QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_ DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2c52bdb960

[Corrissey]

LuvMozzy, kudos to your friends/co-workers!

George Clooney's big telethon, Hope for Haiti Now, is Friday night. I'm planning to tune in. I can't believe Haiti was rocked by a 6.1 aftershock today :tears: wow, how much can these people take. 200,000 people dead, 250,000 injured and 1.5 million homeless--the numbers are mind boggling.


I was telling my sister last night that we should both have a bake sale to raise money for the victims in Haiti. I came up with the idea after hearing the news about this young girl who made bracelets and sold them to raise money. I was either thinking about doing it either at a community center or a church nearby.

Hey, Halfie -Bring your baked goods to my church to sell on the 31st. Our last sale raised $700 (for the church). PM me if you're interested and you don't have to be 18+ to get in. ;) p.s. Work on that fake ID & meet me at the Abbey on the 28th for the Handsome Devilz! :guitar:

[dothewatusi]

Two friends left on Friday for Haiti. Denise, a nurse practioner, will be assisting with orthopedic surgery with a group from Doctors Without Borders, working near the Dominican Republic border. And Kevin, a filmmaker and political activist, has already help facilitate a shipment of supplies into Port Au Prince to the Aristide Foundation. I wish them a safe and productive journey.

[Emotional Guide Dog]

I put some money in a bucket at work. Hopefully it'll do some good.

My worry is that in twelve months time, very little building work will have taken place but every Haitian soldier will have a new gun.

[LuvMozzy]

LuvMozzy, kudos to your friends/co-workers!

George Clooney's big telethon, Hope for Haiti Now, is Friday night. I'm planning to tune in. I can't believe Haiti was rocked by a 6.1 aftershock today :tears: wow, how much can these people take. 200,000 people dead, 250,000 injured and 1.5 million homeless--the numbers are mind boggling.



Hey, Halfie -Bring your baked goods to my church to sell on the 31st. Our last sale raised $700 (for the church). PM me if you're interested and you don't have to be 18+ to get in. ;) p.s. Work on that fake ID & meet me at the Abbey on the 28th for the Handsome Devilz! :guitar:

I spoke to my friend who's out there, she said they are sleeping in tents right now!
I actually work with people who are heroes. You only realise at a time like this.
I saw a bit of the telathon; Rhianna & Bono were terrible! :)

[CrystalGeezer]

http://l.yimg.com/a/i/ww/news/2010/01/28/012810rescue.jpg

They're still finding people alive in the rubble. :eek: 15 days.

[blevmo]

I actually found a cruise that gives a percentage of the profits generated to Haiti... So to help Haiti I'm actually going on a vacation, I think its pretty cool a cruise with a cause you know... Check it out...

http://www.youtube.com/v/qaE-jR1zD7I&hl=en_US&fs=1&