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| Laboryes |
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:18 pm
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I thought it might be good to post a few links on (other) places besides the Red Cross for Haiti donations. Personally I don’t trust the Red Cross, (Among other things, it was found that warehouses of supplies donated to them were found rotting away rather than being distributed after Katrina.) but myself and my wife wanted to help the people in Haiti in what ever small way we could.
Free Speech Radio News has a list. I'm posting their web site below. http://www.fsrn.org/content/relief-efforts-haiti-what-you-can-do-help/6063 A few others... Haiti Emergency Relief Fund In association with the Haiti Action Committee in San Francisco/Bay Area, this fund delivers resources directly to grassroots organizations in Haiti. It was founded 04 following the 2004 coup d’etat that forced the elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, from office and imposed a two-year regime of human rights violations whose consequence continues today. Go to: http://www.haitiaction.net/About/HERF/HERF.html By mail: Haiti Emergency Relief Fund/EBSC East Bay Sanctuary Covenant 2362 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94704 Canada Haiti Action Network http://canadahaitiaction.ca/. Zanmi Lasante/ Partners in Health The Zanmi Lasante medical center is located in the Central Plateau of Haiti and delivers health care through a network of clinics in that region of the country. It also trains Haitians as doctors and health professionals. The health center survived the earthquake and is moving to deliver aid to the disaster zone. Donations in the U.S. are tax deductible. To donate, go to: http://www.pih.org/home.html By mail, send cheque with “Haiti Earthquake Relief” in the memo line to: Partners In Health P.O. Box 845578 Boston, MA 02284-5578 Sawatzky Family Foundation-SOPUDEP School SOPUDEP is a pioneering school in Petionville with an enrolment of 600 students from elementary to senior high school grades. The school was not in session when the disaster struck; we do not know if the building survived. The resources of the school and its teachers are being mobilized to assist the neighbouring population. The Sawatzky Family Foundation is a registered charity in Canada and issues tax deductible receipts. Go to: http://www.sopudep.org/donate. By mail: The Sawatzky Family Foundation PO Box 626, 25 Peter Street North Orillia, Ontario, Canada L3V 6K5 My wife and myself went with... http://www.haitiaction.net/About/HERF/HERF.html As always when governments fail (as they have again) there’s only one thing we as a people can depend on......EACH OTHER! _________________ "When people refuse to obey, then democracy comes alive." Howard Zinn |
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| Laboryes |
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:40 am
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For anyone interested here's some history on Haiti.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iTQdg5hc98&feature=video_response _________________ "When people refuse to obey, then democracy comes alive." Howard Zinn |
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| SharynS |
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 5:31 am
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Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2883 Location: the 'puter |
Thanks Ly.
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| Laboryes |
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:03 pm
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Here's an article written by a friend of mine that gives some more history on Haiti past and present.
Quote: Haiti Then and Now
By John Reimann World capitalism has never forgiven Haiti for being the home to the only fully successful slave revolt nor for becoming the first independent nation of African peoples (1804). At the point of a gun (12 French warships with 200 cannons, to be exact) they forced Haiti to pay today’s equivalent of $23 billion as the price for having liberated themselves - a "debt" they couldn't finish paying off until the mid 1940s. They instituted a boycott of Haiti and then the US invaded and occupied Haiti for decades. This is the reason why Haiti is the poorest nation in Latin America. ed= read more _________________ "When people refuse to obey, then democracy comes alive." Howard Zinn |
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| Lex87 |
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:24 pm
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Joined: 31 Mar 2010 Posts: 24 Location: Victoria |
Thanks for posting those. Those are great resources with description. It is hard to trust charitable organizations especially when there's such a humungeous crisis.
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