Wednesday, January 13, 2010

haiti

haiti
photos courtesy of NY Times
Looking over the Port-au-Prince Bay, hillsides of once humble homes now lay as ruins of concrete. An earthquake with a magnitude of no mercy has buried everyone - from UN workers  and the Parliament to the most impoverished communities of the world. An estimated ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND HUMANS have lost their lives.

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, by a severe margin. Four out of five people live in poverty and more than half in abject poverty. Prior to Tuesday's earthquake, aid was greatly needed. Now, even more so.

If you have some bucks to spare, be it by cooking at home for the eve or resisting tempting purchases, Haiti can use it. 

Technology has simplified donations. You can text "Yele" to 501501, which will donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund donations will be charged to your cell phone bill, or you can click here.

Anything helps. Do it for Teddy.

RIP Teddy P


Sorry for the sad post but we need to reflect on what's wrong in order to celebrate what's right.


xoxo


farisita

7 comments:

  1. I just made my donation to The Red Cross to help the people in Haiti.I hope things get better.
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  2. I get goosebumps everytime I see or hear something about this. What an absolutely devastating tragedy. My thoughts go out to everyone effected.

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  3. it is so sad. the pictures are a good reminder of how much has to happen for haiti to recover from this disaster.

    i donated via text to the red cross -- i guess $2mil has already been raised!!

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  4. Thanks for stopping by. Wow, it's really so sad. I've already donated by text, I guess every bit helps!

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  5. gosh so terrible. my heart hurt x

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  6. seeing such tragedy makes me so sad..
    my heart really goes out to them..hopefully they'll recover from this disaster..

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  7. i donated via cell phone too you can text haiti to 90999 and they'll donate $10

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