Prayers For Haiti

Linus · 01-13-2010, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyclopea

Why would you call other forum members- or anyone- "inappropriate" for wanting to get disaster relief sent to the site of a catastrophe?

I'm sure there is an obvious reason why forum members, newscasters, politicians, and aid relief workers and supporters are "inappropriate" for wanting to get help to a disaster site but I just can't see it.

Prayers for Haiti, and prayers for all those with the ability to get aid and assistance to Haiti A.S.A.P.

I can't speak for Daywalker but someone mentioned this to me recently. CNN posted an article about how Haiti was due for a major earthquake and they continue on about how the study was done and that no one should be surprised. Now this may be true but the real challenge to one is .. why is the news article relevant? Shouldn't the article be about what is needed there as far as support, how to get funds there, etc.? What is starting is the string of "pointing fingers" syndrome and I think Day wanted a thread that was about raising funds and awareness rather than discussing the political "so-and-so promised but didn't deliver" kind of discussions.

Daywalker · 01-13-2010, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linus

I can't speak for Daywalker but someone mentioned this to me recently. CNN posted an article about how Haiti was due for a major earthquake and they continue on about how the study was done and that no one should be surprised. Now this may be true but the real challenge to one is .. why is the news article relevant? Shouldn't the article be about what is needed there as far as support, how to get funds there, etc.? What is starting is the string of "pointing fingers" syndrome and I think Day wanted a thread that was about raising funds and awareness rather than discussing the political "so-and-so promised but didn't deliver" kind of discussions.

Thank you Linus.

I just did not want a Support thread to turn into a thread of folks going
(...likely, in a heated manner) back and forth over issues concerning
the political and economic aspects of such a Tragedy.

For Me...there is a time and place.
Right now, it would seem that Support should be at the forefront.

Dean Thoreau · 01-13-2010, 05:23 PM

"
For Me...there is a time and place.
Right now, it would seem that Support should be at the forefront." by daywalker

Support has to come in the form of more than prayer...it has to come and is coming in cold hard labor...China has sent 50 rescue workers,,Even afghanistan is sending people,,,places that can barely take care of their own..are sending.help..and Thank the divine for that......Individuals on the internet all "1 billion of them.. all they need to do is each donate a dollar to fonkoze..... or another site that directly assists Haiti's poor and orphaned...and everyones PRAYERS will be answered.

Direct support is needed

IttyBittyFem · 01-13-2010, 06:43 PM

For fact, I am not the only one in our Community that has been a victim of nature's wrath, completely losing their home and everything within.

I actively became involved with organizing and distributing the catastrophes donations, which came pouring in from people we did not even know. Their generous benevolence gave us all hope. It's an amazing feeling when complete strangers come together to assist in any way they're able to help those in need.

Our most important items that were crucially needed during the first 48 hours were water, cooked food, blankets, clean clothing and after, volunteers to assist in cleaning up the destroyed remains.

We so easily take for granted in our every day lives, possessions that keep us warm, a washer and dryer, electricity, turning on a faucet assuming water will come out, phone lines and cell towers destroyed kept us totally isolated, vehicles no longer worked, refrigerators gone, the list goes on and on.

That evening, sleeping in a gymnasium on cots lined up with people in the same position, reality began to sink in. Both my sons and beloved Boxer were safe and reflecting how in a moment, life can be so easily be taken away. At that moment, I was grateful. Possessions can be replaced but my sons and best girl Biscuit were unharmed.

I pray for the Haitians that have lost family members, for their loved ones that are unable to receive confirmation and for those that have lost everything they own. My heart breaks for their anguish and loss.

Personally, the gift cards and cash were probably the most appreciated donations however, any donation that is made is appreciated, truly.

Mindy · 01-13-2010, 07:16 PM

I have an old college friend whose ex wife and family are now in Haiti. He is worried sick and trying to find them. I can't imagine the grief people are going through trying to locate their loved ones.

QueenofQueens · 01-13-2010, 05:38 PM

MADRE is a great organization that partners with local agencies, co-ops, etc. specifically in the interest of women and children. Because they partner with organizations within the communities they serve, they have ways of expediting efforts to distribute aid that outside organizations don't.
They are spearheading an emergency effort in Haiti, where they do ongoing work. Here's a link:

http://www.madre.org/index.php?s=4&news=263

Soon · 01-13-2010, 06:02 PM

Earthquake Hits Haiti – Places to Donate

This is what Prof Susurro writes on her blog (likeawhisper) in regards to Haiti:

It’s hard to write something pithy today in the face of yesterday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. No other place in the Americas represents the point of such great hope (freedom), punishment (ie the global colonial sanction against Haiti for daring to revolt against slavery & win), or atrocity (perpetrated externally and internally). And as such, no other place has been so completely vilified; even now, in the face of so much death, some people on the internet are claiming this is some payback from G-d. Still others turn away with compassion fatigue not based on any actual compassion but rather the belief that “there is always some poor black kid crying out somewhere.” Never do we ask why that is or how that happened. Yet, the global community still stands together for Haiti even amidst the naysayers. Multiple organizations have mobilized to help Haiti, while still others have been there all along and are simply asking for help with supplies and extra donations. Despite the negativity on the internet, the bulk of people are trying to do the best they can to raise awareness and get $ and supplies to Haiti, including the twitter folks circulating ways to donate via text message.

My heart bleeds for Haiti in ways words fail to describe and I am at a loss for what to say to you dear readers that I do not think you do or should already know. Instead, I will be working in my local community to help with Haitian relief efforts, and encourage you to do the same.

Places to Donate Labor, Supplies, &/or Money to Haiti

Jet · 01-22-2010, 07:49 PM

Significantly raising the charity stakes: All of the musical performances for the event will be available for $.99 per song through Apple's iTunes store--with all proceeds benefitting Haiti through Hope For Haiti Now charities.
Follow this link to iTunes for more information!

Much more information about this very worthy cause can be had at http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/

WILDCAT · 01-29-2010, 01:46 AM

I saw on the news tonight, that a 16yr. old girl was found - DAY 15, in the rubble... still alive (by a French rescue team there). They heard something and began digging and saw her head and was able to get her out!

It's these kinds of miracles I was hoping to witness.

I guess some folks said (emailed like CNN or something), that she probably crawled into this spot - as she could not have lived this long. They had to use special tools to open up the space for her to get out.

The doctor who regularly talks on CNN was/is there, and spoke of another example where someone else survived about that long as well. I can't recall the condition or the circumstance to which he referenced there...(?)

Anyway, her family thought she was dead after day two. I guess the whole block of buildings where this teenager lived was flattened.

Severely dehydrated and her BP very low, but appears that she is going to make it. She was caught in a bathroom. Perhaps she had some water access somehow enough to last throughout these past two weeks, from broken plumbing or such - and just enough ventilation for air.
__

Though I saw folks fighting over food distribution, which was poorly organized in this instance and heart breaking to watch, I also saw a street full of folks "dancing" tonight there, celebrating that they were alive! That was something beautiful to see. It matters to them, the outreach they are witnessing and experiencing - although the conditions remain horrific on the whole. Help is pouring in. There is lots of love in this world!

The music special fundraiser the other night on TV here brought in like 20 million dollars from call-ins phone donations? I think that is correct, but going by [my] memory of what I thought I heard on the news from that one event alone.

Andrew, Jr. · 01-29-2010, 07:14 AM

I still cannot believe what the news is each day coming from Haiti. Survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. The USNS Comfort is now filled to capacity. If anyone has the opportunity to tour this ship do it. I did about a year ago. It was truely amazing. I read somewhere that cruise ships are now stocking up, and making stops offshore to deliver much needed supplies like food, water, and medical supplies. I also know that some of the troops that were in Iraq, are now being sent to Haiti. They are helping with the looting and distributing the food in isolated areas so everyone has a fair share.

My heart just aches when I watch the news about the orphans. That is truely heart breaking.

Bill & Melinda Gates donated $10 billion dollars for children to have vaccines worldwild - mainly in the poorest countries. Now that will make difference in so many children's lives.

Dean Thoreau · 03-14-2010, 09:54 PM

This evening I opened my email and there was a letter saying to me:
Dean of course you may come. please come, come as soon as you can.
Can you stay a year or so? we need you.

My prayers have been answered. I am leaving for Haiti as soon as my current employer can replace/release me, and I can get on a plane. I am figuring I will be flying out June 15th.on the experience of a life time and a calling that I have heard for many years will at long last be responded to.

I love haiti, always have always will, and now with a grandaughter who is part haitian..well i just love haiti all the more. many years of prayers and mediations have been answered tonight by that one small email.

I will keep you all posted...

Dean

Andrew, Jr. · 03-15-2010, 12:03 PM

Dean,

I will be praying for you. There is so much to be done. My Church is sponsoring another Church in Haiti. We have been sending over money, as well as first aid items thru the military. The pictures I have seen just are overwhelming. The destruction, and the constant lack of supplies, food, water, and basic essentials. It is mind boggling.

Yes, please keep us posted. I wish you Godspeed.

Namaste,
Andrew

01-13-2010, 05:23 PM	#3
Dean Thoreau Member How Do You Identify?: Ftm - Male- exfemale Preferred Pronoun?: He’s Him Relationship Status: Has a gf Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Philadelphia pa Posts: 889 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 251 Thanked 760 Times in 219 Posts Rep Power: 4529749	" For Me...there is a time and place. Right now, it would seem that Support should be at the forefront." by daywalker Support has to come in the form of more than prayer...it has to come and is coming in cold hard labor...China has sent 50 rescue workers,,Even afghanistan is sending people,,,places that can barely take care of their own..are sending.help..and Thank the divine for that......Individuals on the internet all "1 billion of them.. all they need to do is each donate a dollar to fonkoze..... or another site that directly assists Haiti's poor and orphaned...and everyones PRAYERS will be answered. Direct support is needed __________________ Dean Thoreau Last edited by Dean Thoreau; 01-13-2010 at 05:45 PM.

01-13-2010, 07:16 PM	#5
Mindy Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: her/she Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 194 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 49 Thanked 174 Times in 57 Posts Rep Power: 13974	I have an old college friend whose ex wife and family are now in Haiti. He is worried sick and trying to find them. I can't imagine the grief people are going through trying to locate their loved ones. __________________ You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy. ~John Calvin~

01-13-2010, 06:02 PM	#7
Soon Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: attached Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,896 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,046 Thanked 13,094 Times in 3,386 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	from likeawhisper's blog (good blog) Earthquake Hits Haiti – Places to Donate This is what Prof Susurro writes on her blog (likeawhisper) in regards to Haiti: It’s hard to write something pithy today in the face of yesterday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. No other place in the Americas represents the point of such great hope (freedom), punishment (ie the global colonial sanction against Haiti for daring to revolt against slavery & win), or atrocity (perpetrated externally and internally). And as such, no other place has been so completely vilified; even now, in the face of so much death, some people on the internet are claiming this is some payback from G-d. Still others turn away with compassion fatigue not based on any actual compassion but rather the belief that “there is always some poor black kid crying out somewhere.” Never do we ask why that is or how that happened. Yet, the global community still stands together for Haiti even amidst the naysayers. Multiple organizations have mobilized to help Haiti, while still others have been there all along and are simply asking for help with supplies and extra donations. Despite the negativity on the internet, the bulk of people are trying to do the best they can to raise awareness and get $ and supplies to Haiti, including the twitter folks circulating ways to donate via text message. My heart bleeds for Haiti in ways words fail to describe and I am at a loss for what to say to you dear readers that I do not think you do or should already know. Instead, I will be working in my local community to help with Haitian relief efforts, and encourage you to do the same. Places to Donate Labor, Supplies, &/or Money to Haiti

01-22-2010, 07:49 PM	#8
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,647 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	Hope for Haiti Benefit Significantly raising the charity stakes: All of the musical performances for the event will be available for $.99 per song through Apple's iTunes store--with all proceeds benefitting Haiti through Hope For Haiti Now charities. Follow this link to iTunes for more information! Much more information about this very worthy cause can be had at http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/

01-29-2010, 01:46 AM	#9
WILDCAT Member How Do You Identify?: Very PROUD BUTCH LESBIAN! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: PA Posts: 679 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 796 Thanked 551 Times in 238 Posts Rep Power: 761791	AMAZING!!! I saw on the news tonight, that a 16yr. old girl was found - DAY 15, in the rubble... still alive (by a French rescue team there). They heard something and began digging and saw her head and was able to get her out! It's these kinds of miracles I was hoping to witness. I guess some folks said (emailed like CNN or something), that she probably crawled into this spot - as she could not have lived this long. They had to use special tools to open up the space for her to get out. The doctor who regularly talks on CNN was/is there, and spoke of another example where someone else survived about that long as well. I can't recall the condition or the circumstance to which he referenced there...(?) Anyway, her family thought she was dead after day two. I guess the whole block of buildings where this teenager lived was flattened. Severely dehydrated and her BP very low, but appears that she is going to make it. She was caught in a bathroom. Perhaps she had some water access somehow enough to last throughout these past two weeks, from broken plumbing or such - and just enough ventilation for air. __ Though I saw folks fighting over food distribution, which was poorly organized in this instance and heart breaking to watch, I also saw a street full of folks "dancing" tonight there, celebrating that they were alive! That was something beautiful to see. It matters to them, the outreach they are witnessing and experiencing - although the conditions remain horrific on the whole. Help is pouring in. There is lots of love in this world! The music special fundraiser the other night on TV here brought in like 20 million dollars from call-ins phone donations? I think that is correct, but going by [my] memory of what I thought I heard on the news from that one event alone.

01-13-2010, 06:43 PM	#4
IttyBittyFem Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Lady Relationship Status: No thank you. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 290 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 448 Thanked 310 Times in 118 Posts Rep Power: 186762	For fact, I am not the only one in our Community that has been a victim of nature's wrath, completely losing their home and everything within. I actively became involved with organizing and distributing the catastrophes donations, which came pouring in from people we did not even know. Their generous benevolence gave us all hope. It's an amazing feeling when complete strangers come together to assist in any way they're able to help those in need. Our most important items that were crucially needed during the first 48 hours were water, cooked food, blankets, clean clothing and after, volunteers to assist in cleaning up the destroyed remains. We so easily take for granted in our every day lives, possessions that keep us warm, a washer and dryer, electricity, turning on a faucet assuming water will come out, phone lines and cell towers destroyed kept us totally isolated, vehicles no longer worked, refrigerators gone, the list goes on and on. That evening, sleeping in a gymnasium on cots lined up with people in the same position, reality began to sink in. Both my sons and beloved Boxer were safe and reflecting how in a moment, life can be so easily be taken away. At that moment, I was grateful. Possessions can be replaced but my sons and best girl Biscuit were unharmed. I pray for the Haitians that have lost family members, for their loved ones that are unable to receive confirmation and for those that have lost everything they own. My heart breaks for their anguish and loss. Personally, the gift cards and cash were probably the most appreciated donations however, any donation that is made is appreciated, truly.

01-13-2010, 05:38 PM	#6
QueenofQueens Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Seerauber, Centaurita Bonita, QoQonut, Volupté Suprême Preferred Pronoun?: Lux, Ms. Lisbon if you're nasty. Relationship Status: Left of Centaur and blissfully betrothed. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Happily swooning by the big, blue sea. Posts: 171 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 50 Thanked 375 Times in 63 Posts Rep Power: 0	MADRE is a great organization that partners with local agencies, co-ops, etc. specifically in the interest of women and children. Because they partner with organizations within the communities they serve, they have ways of expediting efforts to distribute aid that outside organizations don't. They are spearheading an emergency effort in Haiti, where they do ongoing work. Here's a link: http://www.madre.org/index.php?s=4&news=263

01-29-2010, 07:14 AM	#10
Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	I still cannot believe what the news is each day coming from Haiti. Survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. The USNS Comfort is now filled to capacity. If anyone has the opportunity to tour this ship do it. I did about a year ago. It was truely amazing. I read somewhere that cruise ships are now stocking up, and making stops offshore to deliver much needed supplies like food, water, and medical supplies. I also know that some of the troops that were in Iraq, are now being sent to Haiti. They are helping with the looting and distributing the food in isolated areas so everyone has a fair share. My heart just aches when I watch the news about the orphans. That is truely heart breaking. Bill & Melinda Gates donated $10 billion dollars for children to have vaccines worldwild - mainly in the poorest countries. Now that will make difference in so many children's lives.

03-14-2010, 09:54 PM	#11
Dean Thoreau Member How Do You Identify?: Ftm - Male- exfemale Preferred Pronoun?: He’s Him Relationship Status: Has a gf Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Philadelphia pa Posts: 889 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 251 Thanked 760 Times in 219 Posts Rep Power: 4529749	Going to Haiti.... This evening I opened my email and there was a letter saying to me: Dean of course you may come. please come, come as soon as you can. Can you stay a year or so? we need you. My prayers have been answered. I am leaving for Haiti as soon as my current employer can replace/release me, and I can get on a plane. I am figuring I will be flying out June 15th.on the experience of a life time and a calling that I have heard for many years will at long last be responded to. I love haiti, always have always will, and now with a grandaughter who is part haitian..well i just love haiti all the more. many years of prayers and mediations have been answered tonight by that one small email. I will keep you all posted... Dean __________________ Dean Thoreau

03-15-2010, 12:03 PM	#12
Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	Dean, I will be praying for you. There is so much to be done. My Church is sponsoring another Church in Haiti. We have been sending over money, as well as first aid items thru the military. The pictures I have seen just are overwhelming. The destruction, and the constant lack of supplies, food, water, and basic essentials. It is mind boggling. Yes, please keep us posted. I wish you Godspeed. Namaste, Andrew