Support Haiti’s Long-Term Recovery with Fonkoze
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The sad truth is that the international community does not have a long attention span. Humanitarian relief efforts galvanize millions, even billions of dollars in the short-term, only to lose steam once the cameras turn off and the reporters go home.
In this regard, it’s crucial that we support organizations that were present in Haiti before the earthquake and that will be present long after. Fonkoze is Haiti’s foremost microfinance institution with hundreds of thousands of Haitian clients, many of who rely on Fonkoze to sustain their businesses and livelihoods.
Join with those who know Haiti best and support Haiti’s long-term recovery with Fonkoze – http://fonkoze.org
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Saw something on twitter about Aeropostale offering to ship peoples’ used jeans to Haiti. Besides it being an exploitative way for Aeropostale to get people into their stores and buy more new jeans, this “campaign” annoys me because Haitians don’t want our stinky old jeans! They’ve got the factories to make new, fashionable jeans (and I think you’ve perused these wares before).
Comment by demers January 19, 2010 @ 6:26 PMLike you say, we need to be thinking about how to transform this from aid to development. I wonder if any of the aid could be used to buy jeans from Haitian factories (near Okap, that weren’t damaged) to give to the Haitians from PaP. Thoughts? Can it, should it, will it happen?
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/01/19/how_to_help_haiti_rebuild
Comment by demers January 19, 2010 @ 9:14 PMPlease contact me I would like to help.. we are mobilizing to send shelters, food, medical.
Comment by Rod Russsell February 1, 2010 @ 5:12 PM