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Have you donated to help Haiti yet?
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Anonymous
Nice eye roll in a situation like this. You must feel so proud. |
Anonymous
Ditto. So sad for everyone down there. |
Anonymous
Because people that frequent this site are often educated, and don't just want to be lemmings - going along with whatever other people do without figuring out if it's their best option. I'm not willing to just donate $10 by texting unless I know that the money will be used well. Just because it's the "cool" thing to do, and "everyone else is doing it". That "social pressure" stopped having an effect on me in high school. |
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People don't need to feel ashamed for not donating. You don't know everyone's circumstances. They might be donating elsewhere. They might do 100X more for others than you do. |
Anonymous
No I don't. But I doubt it. And, my specific response was to the very rude eye rolling, uncalled for given this tragedy. And classless. |
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Clearly help is needed. Whether you give elsewhere or not . . . ANd I don'g care whether you like the "social pressure" or not.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Makeshift morgues are appearing everywhere in this earthquake-ravaged capital -- on the sidewalks, in highway medians, outside crumbled buildings. A dozen bloated bodies are piled haphazardly outside the general hospital. The corpses of about 20 adults and children lie next to a crushed ambulance in the carport of a shuttered funeral home. Desperation is mounting. Nearly two days after a massive earthquake, there are no sirens and very few signs of international aid organizations bringing assistance. Electricity is out, there is no sanitation, and food and water are hard to come by. Long lines stretch at the few gas stations that are operating. Tent cities of bedsheets and cardboard are rising in seemingly every one of the city's public parks; even those people whose homes are still standing afraid to return to them. The once-lush green space across from the destroyed National Palace has become the capital's newest residential neighborhood, with hundreds -- perhaps thousands -- of survivors staking out spaces on the trampled grass and using bedsheets to turn playground equipment into impossibly cramped living spaces. |
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OP here. I'm so sorry if I offended or put undue pressure on members of DCUM with my post. Since I obviously hope that as many of us will donate as possible, I'd hate to think that my clumsy wording would discourage anyone from doing so.
Honestly, I was moved to post by the great relief we felt over news that our friend and her family were safe Although we gave a modest donation to the Red Cross, I wish we could do more. Indeed, starting this thread was one way I thought I could contribute to the cause-- not to pressure so much as to remind people to donate if they're so inclined. I'm a forgetful person myself and wish I were better at following through on my good intentions. Reminders are helpful to me. Personally, I can't wrap my mind around the scale of devastation I've been seeing on the news. I remember reading (maybe sometime last summer) about the lack of food in Haiti and how people were actually making and eating mud pies out of dirt and some blades of grass, so this earthquake struck me as an unthinkable cruelty for people who've never had a break. I have to admit that I did presume others would feel as moved as I did. I was happy to see the responses from people saying they'd donated and to which organization. It struck me not as smug superiority but as a sign of civic pride-- kind of like the "I voted" stickers that people wear on their coats on election day. If that contributed to a bandwagon effect, all the better. So, give if you want to give or don't if you don't want to. Share your thoughts if you'd like-- your own sense of relief if you've gotten good news, your sense of good fortune if you feel blessed to live in a functioning society, whatever. Or just ignore the whole thread. Peace. |
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Lucky you all and thanks for donating.
I wish I could donate but I dont have any money,I am so broke,lost my job 5 months ago and bill collectors are calling me like crazy!!!!! I can only watch whats going on and pray that it goes away soon.It's so sad! |
Anonymous
Hope your situation improves soon. Hang in there! |
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I'll admit, I have not donated specifically to this cause yet. Why? Well one, because I tend to go in "black out mode" some days and barely watch the news. Sure, I heard about it briefly, but havent' followed it. And haven't seen any solicitations.
Two, because I give to the Red Cross every year, who I believe is always one of the main participants in helping people in disasters. And the last time there was a disaster, months after the Red Cross got a ton of donations, they fully admitted that all of the donations send because of "X" would not be used for "X" and instead would go to their general fund (which I am not against). So the money I gave towards the general fund is just as important as the money rolling in now. This is not to say, I won't give to another fund if it seems to be actually going to the people in Haiti. But I'll admit I'm leery of any non-profit that jumps up out of the blue when disasters occur. |
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We are donating to American Red Cross and Doctors without Borders.
Typing cc number in immediately after I hit enter on this. |
Anonymous
| We gave to Red Cross and Doctors w/o Borders. My company matched my donation which was an added bonus! May give again to Partners in Health. |
Anonymous
Exactly what are you trying to imply? Your donations only make me feel bad about myself, and my feelings are way more important Haiti. What makes them so important all of the sudden? I'd appreciate it if you could not spread your positive energy around, because it irritates those of us who have none. |
Anonymous
Hugs to you, OP! |