All efforts in Haiti, that is. The situation is still "a desperate struggle to survive". Doctors without Borders is there setting up an inflatable hospital - People across the country have their eye on what to do to help (remember, it was rumblings from across the country who sparked the orphanage help when adoptive parents expressed concern about their adopted children - PA - Pittsburgh, specifically - jumped to action - as did others).
It is not time to sit back and pat ourselves on the back for pulling for the Bresma kids (though Jamie and Ali who run the orphanage deserve a hug pat on the back for what they do daily) ; it is time to keep donating, staying aware, helping when we can, supporting those doing great work there now - and thinking of those suffering so much. There are still many children there, some newly orphaned (just saw a year old infant, thin but bright-eyed - so sweet - lying on a blanket in a makeshift tent out in the open). Eyes and ears open, all. Now is the time to step out of your comfort zone and do something you've never done before. Donate more money than you ever have to a cause, think about volunteering somehow - never stop reading, watching, etc. for updates.
In fact, Pittsburgh (and other cities / people - just saw a celebrity involved with one - ???? - will reaearch and get back to you :-) has a shoe drive for Haiti going..... I'm looking for that url now... will post later... enmeshed in morning of chaos :-)...
22 January 2010
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