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Submitted by ryanbf on Thu, 2008-10-09 15:46.
As you know, Haiti has been devastated by a series of hurricanes this month.
We've asked you to respond in many ways, and your response has been very generous. This weekend, we'd like to invite those of you in the Washington D.C. metro region to a performance to benefit the recovery work in Haiti. We're looking forward to the wonderful Courtney Dowe at the New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt, Maryland this Saturday night from 7 to 11pm. 20% of the food sales for the night will go into our work helping Haiti recover from Fay, Gustav, Hannah, and Ike.
Hope to see you there!
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Submitted by ryanbf on Fri, 2008-09-26 21:38.Disaster Relief
In response to the series of hurricanes that have struck Haiti this summer and fall, President Preval thanks the international community for its assistance, but calls for more than just "charitable" contributions to Haiti's recovery.
http://www.miamiherald.com/582/story/703114.html
Preval is asking for latitude from debt holders and international development partners for the government to adopt policies that will lead to true rebuilding, such as infrastructure investments, and rebuilding of the rural economy.
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Submitted by ryanbf on Fri, 2008-09-12 13:53.Debt | Disaster Relief | Reforestation
In This Edition:
• Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike
• Roots of the Food Crisis
• Haiti Debt Campaign in High Gear
• Thank You Tom!
• 160 Miles for Haiti!
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Submitted by ryanbf on Tue, 2008-09-09 16:18.Disaster Relief | Reforestation
Dear Family, Sisters and Friends, Ike hit us in Gros Morne Saturday night and Sunday--worse than Hanna. There was a pause around 7 AM Sun. and I walked around the parish gardens which surround our house and the control ditches were full to the top, but holding. Then the downpour continued another six hours and the end of the second ditch broke and flooded the grounds of John XXIII high school for the second time in a week. Plans are under way to make the erosion controls stronger! The owner of the land above the gardens is willing to cooperate now.
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Submitted by ryanbf on Mon, 2008-09-08 15:26.Disaster Relief
We haven't been able to contact Gros Morne yet since Ike came through this weekend. We hope to speak to them soon, but in the meantime we have been able to glean some information about Ike's impacts from the web.
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Submitted by ryanbf on Mon, 2008-09-08 14:23.Disaster Relief
Here is a report from Pat in Gros Morne on the status of the community and agro-forestry projects there. We haven't yet had further contact with Pat since Ike hit this weekend. We are preparing to assist in the appeal that Pat and the local religious community pulled together. Thank you for the outpouring of support thus far. If you haven't yet, you can donate here.
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Submitted by ryanbf on Fri, 2008-09-05 09:45.
Today tens of thousands of Haitians are trapped in the flooded city of Gonaives in a gruesome replay of what happened in Hurricane Jeanne in 2004. Unable to move because of flooding, many Haitians are trapped on building roofs without food or clean water. Relief convoys have been turned back at the approaches to the town as they reached the edge of impassible lakes of water or could not cross huge gullies washed in roads.
We pray for the people of Gonaive, just 20km down the road from our reforestation nursery in Gros Morne. We are gathering what aid we can from supporters here to transfer to our partners in Gros Morne to help in whatever way they can.
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Submitted by ryanbf on Thu, 2008-09-04 07:52.Reforestation
Carol, In Gros Morne we hardly got a drop from Gustav but it wouldn't let Hanna move on after Hanna slammed us hard. It's worse than Hurricane Jeanne here.
We have people staying at the center in Grepin again and there are families at the Salvation Army down the road from the center.--much property and garden lost. Five houses in town were washed into Riviere Mancelle.
We don't have many reports because roads are out and phone don't work in a number of places. Gonaives is dreadful because of Hanna, and Ike and Josephine are on their way.
Keep us in prayer, Love, Pat
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Submitted by ryanbf on Tue, 2008-09-02 16:25.Reforestation
Hurricane Gustav tore ashore at Jacmel on the southern peninsula of Haiti on August 26th. More than 12 inches of rain fell in a few hours on Haiti's denuded hillsides. More than 75 Haitians lost their lives and over 8000 their homes in mudslides and flash floods in the hours afterwards. The sad truth is that Haiti was still recovering from tropical storm Fay which soaked the island earlier in the month, killing 23.
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Submitted by ryanbf on Wed, 2008-07-16 10:43.Debt
Please call your Senator(s) today and urge them to co-sponsor the Jubilee Act if they have not already. Adding more Senators as co-sponsors will help build political momentum for passage.
If your Senators have both co-sponsored (this is true if you live in Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, New York, Connecticut, or Oregon), you can still help. Please call to thank them and urge them to do what they can to ensure the bill passes the full Senate. You can see a full list of co-sponsors here.
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