Bigger Fish Need Frying…
This is quick. Yes, we are still doing the Tso Pema Medical Emergency Fund. Yes, I will continue doing pitches for donations (right now we need diabetic supplies for instance) as there is ongoing need. But…
Right now, today, the poor of Haiti need help far worse than we do. Today. Not next week, not even wait until tomorrow, but right now. There are THOUSANDS of people dead and dying in the streets in the aftermath of a 7.0 earthquake Tuesday afternoon. After checking around, I’m pretty convinced that the organization I’m going to donate what I can to is Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders.) They were already there helping the needy in Haiti, they do a tremendous job and they have dived right in and begun helping anyone and everyone they possibly can - and reporting clearly and accurately about the situation in Port au Prince. Here’s a link to their page:
and here is the link to the U.S. page to make donations for Haiti Emergency relief.
You don’t have to be able to donate a minimum of $35. It’s okay to click “other” and donate what you can - I know from experience just how much difference $5 or $10 can make in a third world country! Please give what you can. If money isn’t something you can spare (and I know these are tight times) then take a few minutes to say prayers, mantra, light a candle or send an e-mail to your friends sharing this information. Think about what you’d want someone to do if it were you, your family, your city that had just come tumbling down in ruins and do that to the best of your ability. We are not separate, we are one vast, sentient amalgamation of beings. Help the hurt.
Thanks.
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