<p>friend’s hallmate in the French House confirmed morte…as well as a French TA I know…</p>
<p>I don’t think I like this earthquake very much.</p>
<p>Donated to PIH today.</p>
<p>So sorry Wu…</p>
<p>WuTang, I’m sorry. :(</p>
<p>Wu Tang and everyone else suffering in this tragedy, my condolences to you and yours</p>
<p>For those who would like to advocate for PIH, MENTION Partners in Health, and if it is one of the top three charities mentioned- automatic donation. </p>
<p>here is a give away on this web site.
[Confessions</a> of a Pioneer Woman - ThePioneerWoman.com](<a href=“http://thepioneerwoman.com/confessions/]Confessions”>Confessions)</p>
<p>There’s not a person alive who doesn’t have Haiti on his mind today, and I encourage all of you to research the very best charities and aid organizations—those whose funds will go directly to help the people who need it—and give as your situation allows.</p>
<p>Today I’m having a different kind of giveaway here on Pioneer Woman. Rather than give away Amazon gift cards or an iPod or shiatsu massagers, I’m giving away two (2) $500 donations to the Haitian-related charity of the winners’ choice.</p>
<p>In addition, so that all of you can help make a difference, I will donate one dime (10 cents) for every entry received in this giveaway to Haitian recovery efforts.</p>
<p>Friday at noon I will randomly select two entrants, and will donate $500 to both of the winners’ chosen charity. (Note: the charity must be well established, and must be geared toward work in Haiti.)</p>
<p>Next, I will multiply the number of entries received by $.10, and will divide that total by three. I will then choose the top three cited charities in the comments (Statistician Don, get ready!), and will donate 1/3 of the total to each of the three charities.</p>
<p>I read “Mountains Beyond Mountains” several years ago when it was S’s freshman reading book. So inspirational! I had donated to ARC and PIH yesterday before reading this thread. Just added a little more to PIH!</p>
<p>A local church had 12 folks working at an eye clinic in Haiti. All are accounted for. I think 5 are home and the rest are elsewhere (e.g. DR) or by now are on a plane. A couple were unharmed. The rest had injuries ranging from relatively minor to severe.</p>
<p>Did anyone see Rachel Maddow last night? She reported that Doctors without Borders is bringing in an inflatable hospital. Those things are amazing.
[Haiti:</a> MSF Treats More Than 1,000 Patients; Inflatable Hospital on the Way (1/14/10) | Doctors Without Borders](<a href=“http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=4155&cat=field-news]Haiti:”>http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=4155&cat=field-news)</p>
<p>By the way - for anyone wanting to spread the wealth, MSF is another very worthy organization. <a href=“https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=197&hbc=1&source=ADR1001E1D01&__utma=1.2924164630988624000.1263550730.1263550730.1263550730.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1263550730&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1263550730.1.1.utmcsr=google”>https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=197&hbc=1&source=ADR1001E1D01&__utma=1.2924164630988624000.1263550730.1263550730.1263550730.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1263550730&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1263550730.1.1.utmcsr=google;
<p>Thanks, SJmom–I went on that site and mentioned PIH.</p>
<p>Its terribly sad that the 4 students from Lynn U have not been found. What a nightmare for the families! The U has really done an outstanding job in flying crews down immediately and offering support to students and families.</p>
<p>Several of S FL colleges have been organizing relief headquarters.</p>
<p>I like the idea of Engineers without Borders</p>
<p>Apparently there’s also a “Bankers without Borders” … don’t know how much progress they’ve made though.</p>
<p>It’s so painful to watch the footage of the people in Haiti in the midst of this disaster. It brings back memories to me from Katrina. I applaud all of you for your caring and donations. Remember that Haiti will need our continued assistance for a very long time to come, long after the news cameras move on to something else.</p>
<p>A Praise: Our missions team (made up of about 20-30 students and the rest adults (six from our church) in the Central Florida area) have been airlifted via army helicopter to Dominican Republic as of this afternoon. A 737 coming in from Ft. Lauderdale will be picking them up sometime today with other Americans who’ve gotten out. They should be home this evening. After witnessing the devestation around them, they truly realize how blessed they are returning “intact.” Still praying for Haiti … </p>
<p>Zebes</p>
<p>great news, zebes!</p>
<p>That’s awsome news, zebes! Sending more prayers from here too</p>
<p>It’s just heartbreaking to see the conditions. Some of the coverage is beyond painful to watch. I hope the technology of high def TV, bringing this tragic event home to people in an especially direct way, will inspire people will step up to help in record numbers. </p>
<p>The Chronicle of Higher Education had a article on students from the US caught in the earthquake over there. Some sad endings there as well, unfortunately. </p>
<p>[Amid</a> Haiti’s Devastation, More Missing Students Turn Up, and Some Are Evacuated - International - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/article/Amid-Haitis-Devastation-More/63524/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en]Amid”>http://chronicle.com/article/Amid-Haitis-Devastation-More/63524/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en)</p>
<p>Has anyone been following the blog ‘thatschurch’? It’s written by someone who has connections to two young women from Pittsburgh who run an orphanage in Port-au-Prince. D1 sent me an email last night, telling me how everytime she reads updates, she starts crying due to the enormous response that she sees unfolding before her eyes. So she called tonight and asked me if I read her email and did I read the blog; I told her yes and told her I’d already donated to PIH, and she replied, “Oh, the place based here in Boston (she lives in Boston)?” I was impressed that she’d heard of them, and she was impressed that I picked a solid organization to donate to. She sort of overestimated her guess of how much I’d given, so now I’m feeling guilty, and may go back and give some more.</p>
<p>Back to the thatschurch blog, they are collecting supplies that they will need in Pittsburgh (that’s where the two women who run the orphanage are from) when they are able to get these 150 children back to the states. I told D1 that I should change my route to Allentown tomorrow (taking D2 back to school) so that we go through Pittsburgh and I could drop some stuff off. May still do it. </p>
<p>By the way, the story of the two women from Pittsburgh and the BRESMA orphanage story have now made CNN, if anyone has seen it.</p>
<p>Drives me nuts how they’ve been unloading tons of food and supplies at the airport for days now, yet every TV reporter says that he/she hasn’t seen any of it getting to out to the people. The linear-thinking bureaucrats running the show there apparently never worked at a restaurant. Everybody knows that when a restaurant patron is seated, you get them a glass of water and a basket of bread immediately. They will be FAR more patient waiting for everything else if they’ve got SOMETHING in hand. Likewise, the people in Haiti need SOMETHING immediately, even if it’s just bottled water and some crackers.</p>
<p>I saw a heartbreaking story of an 11 year old girl who was rescued from the rubble yesterday, only to die 15 minutes after her rescue because she couldn’t get the medical help she desperately needed. As far as distribution of food goes, it has taken much too long to get food to the people. There was television coverage of a food truck trying to distribute food and someone saw a date on the crackers from 2008 and thought that was an expiration date. It was a packaging date and the expiration date wasn’t until 2011. This caused a riot at the food truck and the truck had to leave because people were becoming unruly. There has to be a better way of distributing food and supplies, but there is so much chaos in Haiti that many more people may die of sickness and starvation because of the chaos.</p>