Friends may wish to send aid directly to Haiti on the ground to the Ebenezer Ministries in Gonaives, or who to The Lambi Fund.
International Agencies do the best that they can to get aid into the area but thousands will die from this series of storms.
Please be mindful of this our special pocket of Africa in the hemisphere, our sister republic, only 15 years younger than the United States, who fought for the liberty of slaves in 1804, who stood against slavery, who fought for her freedom, who has stood isolated and alone through her long history. Which - while a colony- produced more than all the 12 US colonies combined. Which was held in complete isolation from the world until it was recognized by the US 61 years after independence. Which had to pay for its independence..... the only country in the world which had to do so..........
Haiti Cherie, who has preserved her indigneous animist religion, whose people while living with nothing preserve their dignity.
Haiti-- which has my utmost respect. And somehow holds the shadow of the hemisphere.
Lest we forget that our wealth came on the backs of slaves.
Lest we forget.
Let us not forget.
Write a check. You will feel better.
Showing posts with label Hurricane Gustav. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hurricane Gustav. Show all posts
Thursday, September 4, 2008
News from Haiti
reposted from the Corbett list From the Lambi Fund--
Yesterday, Port au Prince was in a state of panic. It was extremely windy and raining hard. Many houses no longer have roofs, trees are uprooted, light poles with electric lines are down… but this is nothing compared to the devastation which has struck other communities throughout the country.The Minister of Education postponed the opening of classes until next week, but in light of the unanticipated problems brought by Hanna, we don’t know if they will not have to postpone it yet again ( we have heard that there are two other hurricanes on their way)No one is talking about schools right now; the focus is on the damage wrought by Gustav and Hanna.
We are all thinking about how to begin tackling the problems which have suddenly disrupted our lives.We are receiving calls from our partner organizations with horrible news about their communities.- ODPERIB ( Organizasyon Peyizan Rivie Blanch) called to say that one member of the organization has died , the flooding is really severe, many houses are destroyed. Some of the cisterns we have funded have sustained a lot of damage.- Fanm Sofa of Mapou Rollin, just called ,Vyolèn, the president of the organization said that Hanna is even worse than Jeanne. Her house is completely destroyed and she has lost everything. The grain mill we helped build is completely flooded and the corn and millet brought by the market women to be milled just washed away. The chicken coop which we also helped build is being used as shelter by over 100 local families. No one has eaten anything since Monday.- In Gros Morne, we just spoke to Mme Cedieu who said that she lost everything her crops and her animals. She said that the land cultivated by our partner organization, AGPCM (Association Gwoupman Plante Gwo Mon), was devastated, all the plantain trees are down. Fortunately our experimental field is still standing, not too many trees were destroyed, the irrigation pump will need to be repaired. I have not talked to the Bernagea the staff member at the Center, to find out about the conditions at the Center for Plantain Propagation. We are still trying to reach him. - Tidjo and Mago called us this morning and told us that the waters are beginning to recede in Gonaives, and at Tidjo’s house as well. Tidjo has lost everything and there are now over 60 people seeking shelter on Tidjo’s rooftop. They have not had anything to eat in 3 days.Once it stops raining we will try to go to Gonaives to bring some help to Tidjo and his family to see in what way we can begin to help our partner organizations and their communities. Reaching Gonaives will be very hard, since a veritable lake now lies at the entrance of the city.In the South, St Cyr has finally gotten news from home. As you know he came to Port-au-Prince from Les Cayes to attend a staff meeting when he got news that his home and neighborhood were flooded. He was extremely distressed to hear that his family and their neighbors had to seek refuge on their roof top. He was told this morning the waters had receded. He too has lost everything. Although St Cyr has learned that there is no way to get to Les Cayes, because the Etang de Miragoane has overflowed, he is now determined to get back to his family, and he will call us when he gets there.We have heard on the radio that Torbeck and Chantal are flooded. We are supporting projects throughout the area.We have not been able to reach any member of our partner organizations in Belfontèn but we heard on the radio that the area is in shambles.The calls are trickling in we will keep you posted whenever we hear something.
Josette
Josette Perard Lambi Fund's Haiti Director
Yesterday, Port au Prince was in a state of panic. It was extremely windy and raining hard. Many houses no longer have roofs, trees are uprooted, light poles with electric lines are down… but this is nothing compared to the devastation which has struck other communities throughout the country.The Minister of Education postponed the opening of classes until next week, but in light of the unanticipated problems brought by Hanna, we don’t know if they will not have to postpone it yet again ( we have heard that there are two other hurricanes on their way)No one is talking about schools right now; the focus is on the damage wrought by Gustav and Hanna.
We are all thinking about how to begin tackling the problems which have suddenly disrupted our lives.We are receiving calls from our partner organizations with horrible news about their communities.- ODPERIB ( Organizasyon Peyizan Rivie Blanch) called to say that one member of the organization has died , the flooding is really severe, many houses are destroyed. Some of the cisterns we have funded have sustained a lot of damage.- Fanm Sofa of Mapou Rollin, just called ,Vyolèn, the president of the organization said that Hanna is even worse than Jeanne. Her house is completely destroyed and she has lost everything. The grain mill we helped build is completely flooded and the corn and millet brought by the market women to be milled just washed away. The chicken coop which we also helped build is being used as shelter by over 100 local families. No one has eaten anything since Monday.- In Gros Morne, we just spoke to Mme Cedieu who said that she lost everything her crops and her animals. She said that the land cultivated by our partner organization, AGPCM (Association Gwoupman Plante Gwo Mon), was devastated, all the plantain trees are down. Fortunately our experimental field is still standing, not too many trees were destroyed, the irrigation pump will need to be repaired. I have not talked to the Bernagea the staff member at the Center, to find out about the conditions at the Center for Plantain Propagation. We are still trying to reach him. - Tidjo and Mago called us this morning and told us that the waters are beginning to recede in Gonaives, and at Tidjo’s house as well. Tidjo has lost everything and there are now over 60 people seeking shelter on Tidjo’s rooftop. They have not had anything to eat in 3 days.Once it stops raining we will try to go to Gonaives to bring some help to Tidjo and his family to see in what way we can begin to help our partner organizations and their communities. Reaching Gonaives will be very hard, since a veritable lake now lies at the entrance of the city.In the South, St Cyr has finally gotten news from home. As you know he came to Port-au-Prince from Les Cayes to attend a staff meeting when he got news that his home and neighborhood were flooded. He was extremely distressed to hear that his family and their neighbors had to seek refuge on their roof top. He was told this morning the waters had receded. He too has lost everything. Although St Cyr has learned that there is no way to get to Les Cayes, because the Etang de Miragoane has overflowed, he is now determined to get back to his family, and he will call us when he gets there.We have heard on the radio that Torbeck and Chantal are flooded. We are supporting projects throughout the area.We have not been able to reach any member of our partner organizations in Belfontèn but we heard on the radio that the area is in shambles.The calls are trickling in we will keep you posted whenever we hear something.
Josette
Josette Perard Lambi Fund's Haiti Director
Monday, September 1, 2008
Relief for Haiti
I read from my friend Joe Felix of the devastation in Haiti.NO---FORTY percent of JACMEL?? The Victorian Gem of Haiti, the precious jewel. Jacmel is the premier tourist destination of Haiti.
I pause and weep.
Join me for a moment of silence, please.
I have worked along side PADF for two years. Although I do not agree with the "Washington Consensus", PADF will see that the aid is delivered on the ground.
Please send what you can, if you can.
WASHINGTON, Aug 30, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Hurricane Gustav has left a trail of death and destruction in several impoverished Haitian communities and the Pan American Development Foundation urgently seeks donations ( www.PanAmericanRelief.org) to aid the victims.
"It's very grave. We need help and we need it now," says PADF's ( www.padf.org) Joe Felix from Jacmel, Haiti, a city of approximately 50,000 residents about two hours from the capital of Port-Au-Prince. "Hurricane Gustav destroyed roads, houses and farms. There is no electricity and no potable water. About 40 percent of this city has been destroyed." Other coastal cities are just as bad and some are cut off from help, he says.
PADF is urgently asking for donations to aid the victims. PADF launched a site called www.PanAmericanRelief.org. Donations made through www.PanAmericanRelief.org are secure and deductable from U.S. taxes.
Meanwhile, two shipping containers with donated fortified rice and soy protein meal packages cleared Haitian Customs on Friday and PADF will make the food available to the victims of Hurricane Gustav. In addition to the shipping containers, PADF is coordinating with Haitian and U.S. government officials to provide assistance to the most devastated areas.
"Donations made via www.PanAmericanRelief.org will provide immediate help to families who are struggling to survive in these impoverished communities," says Amy Coughenour Betencourt, Deputy Director of the non-profit organization in Washington, D.C. "Your donation will make a difference."
About PADF
PADF had a positive impact on more than 3.6 million people in 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries last year.
PADF works with civil society, the private sector, and governments to create opportunities and improve lives for the disadvantaged in Latin America and the Caribbean. With a commitment to local capacity and the Inter-American spirit of cooperation, PADF builds programs that create jobs, enhance education, build skills, foster community participation, and strengthen resiliency through the power of people, local solutions, and partnerships. PADF was founded in 1962 as a non-profit affiliate of the Organization of American States (OAS).
www.PanAmericanRelief.org
SOURCE Pan American Development Foundation http://www.padf.org
Copyright (C) 2008 PR Newswire. All rights reserved
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I pause and weep.
Join me for a moment of silence, please.
I have worked along side PADF for two years. Although I do not agree with the "Washington Consensus", PADF will see that the aid is delivered on the ground.
Please send what you can, if you can.
WASHINGTON, Aug 30, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Hurricane Gustav has left a trail of death and destruction in several impoverished Haitian communities and the Pan American Development Foundation urgently seeks donations ( www.PanAmericanRelief.org) to aid the victims.
"It's very grave. We need help and we need it now," says PADF's ( www.padf.org) Joe Felix from Jacmel, Haiti, a city of approximately 50,000 residents about two hours from the capital of Port-Au-Prince. "Hurricane Gustav destroyed roads, houses and farms. There is no electricity and no potable water. About 40 percent of this city has been destroyed." Other coastal cities are just as bad and some are cut off from help, he says.
PADF is urgently asking for donations to aid the victims. PADF launched a site called www.PanAmericanRelief.org. Donations made through www.PanAmericanRelief.org are secure and deductable from U.S. taxes.
Meanwhile, two shipping containers with donated fortified rice and soy protein meal packages cleared Haitian Customs on Friday and PADF will make the food available to the victims of Hurricane Gustav. In addition to the shipping containers, PADF is coordinating with Haitian and U.S. government officials to provide assistance to the most devastated areas.
"Donations made via www.PanAmericanRelief.org will provide immediate help to families who are struggling to survive in these impoverished communities," says Amy Coughenour Betencourt, Deputy Director of the non-profit organization in Washington, D.C. "Your donation will make a difference."
About PADF
PADF had a positive impact on more than 3.6 million people in 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries last year.
PADF works with civil society, the private sector, and governments to create opportunities and improve lives for the disadvantaged in Latin America and the Caribbean. With a commitment to local capacity and the Inter-American spirit of cooperation, PADF builds programs that create jobs, enhance education, build skills, foster community participation, and strengthen resiliency through the power of people, local solutions, and partnerships. PADF was founded in 1962 as a non-profit affiliate of the Organization of American States (OAS).
www.PanAmericanRelief.org
SOURCE Pan American Development Foundation http://www.padf.org
Copyright (C) 2008 PR Newswire. All rights reserved
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Mourning for Haiti
The last post is a poor rendering of the first accounting of the deaths and destruction in Haiti-- about 35 dead and many homeless.
I am struck as I watch on CNN the pictures of the high end evacuations in New Orleans in front of Gustav juxtaposed with the pictures of the thousands and thousands of people wading in waist high water in India.
Note that there were zero deaths in Cuba which does a wonderful job at evacuations despite the fact that they cannot feed themselves and do not have freedom of the press.
As those of us,(Thank you Al Gore) who understand climate change understand, the storms will be getting worse and worse.
I am glad to see the calls from the US for clean energy.
I hope that all you who are ready this have changed to low light bulbs where you can.
Down down down,,,, to 700 kwh a month-- if you can... please... do what you can..
I am off to look for higher ground, next to some campesinos who will teach me to learn with nothing nothing nothing
I had cherished the hope that I would be able to move back to my beloved Haiti but alas...
the kidnappings
and despite the fact that there would be no one to pay for me--my Quaker Meeting would consensus for 10 years over it, and my family would certainly say "oh, aunt lizi is always getting herself into this sort of jam!!"... since clearly it would cost the kidnappers too much to feed me--well,, it would end badly for all concerned.
but Haiti will always hold a piece of my heart.
I am struck as I watch on CNN the pictures of the high end evacuations in New Orleans in front of Gustav juxtaposed with the pictures of the thousands and thousands of people wading in waist high water in India.
Note that there were zero deaths in Cuba which does a wonderful job at evacuations despite the fact that they cannot feed themselves and do not have freedom of the press.
As those of us,(Thank you Al Gore) who understand climate change understand, the storms will be getting worse and worse.
I am glad to see the calls from the US for clean energy.
I hope that all you who are ready this have changed to low light bulbs where you can.
Down down down,,,, to 700 kwh a month-- if you can... please... do what you can..
I am off to look for higher ground, next to some campesinos who will teach me to learn with nothing nothing nothing
I had cherished the hope that I would be able to move back to my beloved Haiti but alas...
the kidnappings
and despite the fact that there would be no one to pay for me--my Quaker Meeting would consensus for 10 years over it, and my family would certainly say "oh, aunt lizi is always getting herself into this sort of jam!!"... since clearly it would cost the kidnappers too much to feed me--well,, it would end badly for all concerned.
but Haiti will always hold a piece of my heart.
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