January 19, 2010

Help for Haiti

Just a quick note...It's been exactly a week since the earthquake hit Haiti, hundreds of thousans of people have lost their lives and even more number of people need our help. It will take a long time for all the wounds to heal (physically and emotionally). If you want to help but have no clue what to do, you can donate to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) (or Doctors Without Borders as we know them here). From what I read, they already had their quarters there, but unfortunately it was badly damaged, and they might have lost some of their staff . MSF Canada changed their website so that it is very easy to donate now. When you donate, you can choose where you want your donation to be spent (Haiti or "Greatest Needs" seem like the best options to me right now). Let's all take a moment of silence today to remember all the people who lost their lives in this disaster, all those that are hurt or lost, those who lost loved ones, how we can help them, and remember how lucky we are that we can sit comfortably in front of our computers at home worrying about things that seem trivial in comparison (for my own case at least).

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