Filomena Giese wrote: > HELPING HAITI > A Haitian friend in Berkeley who has been deeply involved in outreach to > Haiti for many, many years, > just told me that the most urgent thing needed is health and hospital > care. He and others are devastated > at losing relatives and friends. > He especially recommends Partners in Health. If anyone of our Goan community > wishes to donate, > here are the 2 sites to contact. Please inform your friends and pass the > word on. And make sure the > donations are marked for Haiti.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Filomena Saraswati, One of nicest things of living in a socialist country is that people here are truly concerned about the well being of their neighbours. And the term 'neighbours' is used loosely here, extending to both the person across the street as well as the person across across the ocean. As some of you know, the Governor General of Canada was born in Haiti. She went on TV with a passionate appeal for help. Help for Haiti. The response? A very generous one from all Canadian residents. But that's not all. Canadian businesses and the government itself have responded with what really counts. On Friday, my employer announced that it would contribute a dollar for every dollar contributed by its employees to alleviate the suffering in Haiti. The Govt of Canada responded with a similar contribution. As with all natural disasters, I usually sacrifice the cost of a crate of beer, deciding that at the very minimum, that contribution would give me much more pleasure than usual. The response by Canadian business and the Federal govt means that my $28 dollars is now being matched by my employer which doubles the contribution to $56 and that $56 is being matched by the Federal Govt which ups the grand total to $112.00 One can provide a lot of medication with $112.00 Mervyn1132Lobo PS. I hate to say this but when I spoke to my sister in the US today, she claimed that religious leaders there are of the opinion that God send the earthquake to Haiti as a punishment. One of their leading religious figures said that the earthquake was a result of the punishment that God sent to Haiti because of the pact Haiti made with the devil. Yep, it did not make sense to me either. Here is the link to the American Broadcasting Company report, see if you can do any better: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/01/pat-robertson-blames-earthquake-on-pact-haitians-made-with-satan.html __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/
