I have neighbors who are from Haiti, tthe only thing I can offer is prayer and compassionate ears for their distress.

Sometimes we get lost in the scope of it all thinking that the only way we can make a difference in the world is to donate millions, organize thousands of people for a cause, get a million people to protest etc.. I have a friend who started a school in the Domincan Republic, it can only take in 17 or so students at a time but it makes a world of difference for those kids. I was at a lecture about an international organization to help women, some of it involves rescuing women in war torn countries, some was just teaching how to raise chickesns or grow vegetables and selling them at a marketplace.

Thanks so much for this lovely post. I found it first at Owning Pink and I would love to post it to my blog, too. (I will send you an email, too, to make sure you get my request.)

And I wrote about what I am doing in response at my blog, too: Holding on to Hope and Love. And sending money to Doctors Without Borders and Heifer International.

Thanks again and take wonderful care! Stacey

I have neighbors who are from Haiti, tthe only thing I can offer is prayer and compassionate ears for their distress.

Sometimes we get lost in the scope of it all thinking that the only way we can make a difference in the world is to donate millions, organize thousands of people for a cause, get a million people to protest etc.. I have a friend who started a school in the Domincan Republic, it can only take in 17 or so students at a time but it makes a world of difference for those kids. I was at a lecture about an international organization to help women, some of it involves rescuing women in war torn countries, some was just teaching how to raise chickesns or grow vegetables and selling them at a marketplace.

Thanks so much for this lovely post. I found it first at Owning Pink and I would love to post it to my blog, too. (I will send you an email, too, to make sure you get my request.)

And I wrote about what I am doing in response at my blog, too: Holding on to Hope and Love. And sending money to Doctors Without Borders and Heifer International.

Thanks again and take wonderful care! Stacey

(Some charities are better than others in terms of administrative costs and whatnot. Not knocking any group trying to do good work at all)