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Old 01-15-2010, 10:38 AM   #21 (permalink)
 
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The Dominican Republic government is pulling out all the stops for its neighbour, and already arrived in Port-au-Prince are 10 mobile kitchens with 50,000 food rations, 39 truckloads of food, 46 doctors including 10 trauma specialists, 8 mobile clinics, 8 ambulances. This might not sound much but it is a lot from a poor country like us. Today and tomorrow have been designated days of national mourning and all flags are at half mast.

The charity ShelterBox will be bringing in 1000 boxes, containing tents, stoves etc for 10,000 people and the first ones have already arrived at Santo Domingo which is our closest airport to the border, as Port-au-Prince airport is very small and full of military traffic.

I am pleased to say that past tensions between our countries have been forgotten in the face of this disaster.
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Where is the all the support from disgustingly rich OPEC countries????
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The Dominican Republic government is pulling out all the stops for its neighbour, and already arrived in Port-au-Prince are 10 mobile kitchens with 50,000 food rations, 39 truckloads of food, 46 doctors including 10 trauma specialists, 8 mobile clinics, 8 ambulances. This might not sound much but it is a lot from a poor country like us. Today and tomorrow have been designated days of national mourning and all flags are at half mast.

The charity ShelterBox will be bringing in 1000 boxes, containing tents, stoves etc for 10,000 people and the first ones have already arrived at Santo Domingo which is our closest airport to the border, as Port-au-Prince airport is very small and full of military traffic.

I am pleased to say that past tensions between our countries have been forgotten in the face of this disaster.
Oh I think your country is doing alot and it's wonderful that whatever caused tension between the two countries is put aside. We've always lived in smaller towns and in talking last night with our grown daughter who came over with one of the grandbabies we were trying to use examples that would allow us to better feel the magnitude of this. We thought of how many small towns that we know personally would be completely empty to even reach a minimum of 50,000 gone. Having babies in our family we thought about what it would be like for something as small as having only the diaper your baby had on or no milk and formula. That becomes a big thing real fast.

Our church has a presence over there and so far all our missionaries are accounted for and efforts to account for all members is still in progress and they've had trucks from the Dominican Republic with supplies going through when allowed to pass through.
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Where is the all the support from disgustingly rich OPEC countries????
Ecuador (an OPEC nation) sent 1,000 UN troops, most of them earthquake emergency rebuilding specialists, along with food, tents, bedding, and medical supplies for 50,000 people. We are too broke to send cash.
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Thank you for posting this Cassie. I posted another thread before I saw this one. Not nearly as comprehensive as yours, but it was the least I could do with the little free time I have had lately. I have donated a measly $20.00. Its about all I can afford at the moment, and the very least I could do.

Here was my post in that thread:


Hello everyone,

I just thought I would post this here. I have a good friend who has spent large mounts of time in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, who fortunately is currently located in Kumasi, Ghana, who has lost several friends in this disaster, and has many many more friends there who are either unaccounted for, or who have lost everything. Anyway, I just thought that I would post some links here to help spur those here to donate.

When things like this happen, especially so close to home, it really puts things in perspective. I know we are all busy with our personal lives, and what not, but for me personally I feel it is the least we can do to take a moment of our time, and help in pretty much the only way many of us can, and that is with funds.

Below are some places where you can make a $10, or $5 donation, simply by sending a text message. All major cell phone carriers have waived standard fees for these txt messages ( which means if you are charged on a per message basis, or get a limited number per month, they will not count against your nor cost you) sent to donate money to help in the relief efforts in Haiti. Also, there is a link to CNN Impact your world, which has a comprehensive list of reputable organisations.

So far, the ARC is estimating that around 50,000 people have lost their lives, and upwards of 1.5 million are injured, many of them seriously. 50% of all buildings in Port-Au-Prince are completely destroyed, 90% are seriously damaged, and the port has been all but completely destroyed.


PLEASE TEXT MESSAGE TO DONATE:

Red Cross: Text HAITI to 90999 ($10 donation)

Yéle Haiti: Text YELE to 501501 ($5 donation)

United Way: Text HAITI to 864833 ($5 donation)

Intl Medical Corps: Text HAITI to 85944 ($10 donation)


For a list or reputable organisations please visit:

CNN, IMPACT YOUR WORLD


Impact Your World - Special Reports from CNN.com
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