Powerful aftershocks continue to strike the country of Haiti. As many as 200,000 people have died, while an estimated one million were injured. Many hospitals, homes, and vital services have been destroyed. An estimated total of 600,000 to 700,000 people are in need of food, water, shelter and medical care. (That’s approximately the size of the city of Baltimore proper.)
I’ve avoided blogging about this for a couple of reasons. It’s receiving world wide coverage so I thought, what can I say that would influence people more than the images being flashed across their screens? Also, it breaks my heart to think about all those poor people. I selfishly thought I would make a donation and leave the fundraising to celebrities and the media.
I received a request from a friend that reminded me we must all try to do our part. Perhaps you’ve already given. Can you give again? I’m going to skip some luxuries and give a little more, because I have things like a home, food, a soft bed, and medical care that so many Haitians – 40 percent of which are children under 15 years old – do not have.
I’m sure you have your charity of choice. If you need suggestions, here are a few of mine:
The Salvation Army International
UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Fund)
Regardless if you can contribute monetarily, if you’re a praying person, please continue to remember these people. Long after the fickle attention of the media wanders, they will still be trying to sort out the broken pieces of their lives.
Thank you for listening and for any help you can offer.
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As with most earthquakes, it is the poor who suffer most. I know someone who has visited Haiti and seen firsthand the disparity between the rich half and the very poor half. “Papa Doc” Duvalier lined his pockets at the expense of those he governed, the after effect of which resides to this day, people so poor that they sometimes resort to eating cakes baked of grease and mud just to feel something in their stomachs. Without an earthquake Haiti was a mess. With an earthquake it is hell. Hopefully enough attention will now be focused on the misery there to finally bring about the desperately needed humanitarian reforms so long overlooked or denied.
Arafin
Thank you for posting this.
MIke
Mike, thank you for the nudge.
There are somethings that just touch your heart. I made a donation.
Will
Bless you. Sincerely.