An impressive number of Etsy sellers have united and donated some of their items in a special Etsy shop where 100% of sales (minus Etsy and Paypal fees) go to Medecin Sans Frontieres aka Doctors Without Borders, who are actively helping the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Please buy anything you can from this shop, HeartsforHaiti and help contribute to the cause.
Heart pendant by blakeswork, USA.I'm sure everyone has known by now about the disaster in Haiti and how they desperately need help and contribution in any form from anyone listening. If you actually do not know what I am talking about, it's time for you to step out from under that rock and get a refresher here.
I have also stumbled upon many other articles and blogs describing what is currently happening and what else needs to be done. Here's one that really pulled at my heart strings. This one's from early on after the quake happened.
Now, about two weeks, countless aftershocks and one second major quake later, donations to the relief program has exceeded $355 million and that is just wonderful! However, according to online journal Philanthropy Action, they still need as much as $3 billion for the first wave of the relief efforts over there, and billions more for reconstruction.
George Clooney's Hope For Haiti Now telethon has raised about $57 million. Way to go to all the people who called in and donated (and the artists who contributed their time and energy, of course).Okay, while I agree with some online comments that $3 billion seems like an extraordinarily excessive amount to get Haiti back to the way it was while people in developed countries are barely scraping by thanks to the worldwide financial downturn, I do think that the Haitians still need a bit more than the $355 mil to get back on their feet. The Haitians haven't gotten all they need to live yet. There is never enough water, food and a place to sleep, and, the part that I most empathise with, so many children have been orphaned, in a country which already has one of the highest numbers of orphans and poor people. And all these orphans with no food, water, shelter and someone to care for them. This is where Haiti differs from other disaster0struck countries.
So if these pictures could help persuade you to buy something from HeartsforHaiti, that would be great, and totally awesome for the Haitians!
Here's me practising what I preach heheh. Immediately bought this for $5 from HeartsforHaiti.
Je t'aime greeting card from thepapercrown1, USA.
If you'd rather just donate, the following websites can help you with that:-
Aide Haïti maintenant! = Help Haiti now!
Merci beaucoup!
Merci beaucoup!
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