14 January 10
Helping Haiti
If you haven’t heard, a 7.0 earthquake struck the capital of Haiti causing an already impoverished city to be reduced to rubble. Tens of thousands of people have died. Tens of thousands of people are likely to die due to injuries, illness, being trapped, starvation, etc. in the days and weeks to come.
I’ve wanted to help and sending a $10 text message seemed like a good idea, but it didn’t seem like enough. So I did what I often do during disasters and times of crisis, I visited the CARE website. I knew they had people on the ground when the earthquake happened so I knew they’d have some information on their website and they did. And that’s when I realized that sending money really is the only thing we can do right now. Unless you have medical training, that’s all most of us can do, just send money. And it’s important that we send it to organizations that have the ability to ramp up under chaotic situations like this to get good works done. CARE is the one I believe in wholeheartedly, without a doubt. They’re a fantastic organization because they don’t just help out during a crisis and leave. They’re all over the world, helping people who want to help themselves but need a little bit of encouragement, education, and sometimes money to be able to do so. And this is what CARE provides. They don’t come in with the opinion that they know how to solve the problems. The find a community and talk to the women of the community to find out what the core problems are and then work with the women to find a solution that the women will be able to make work for themselves.
Because I want to help CARE help Haiti, and because I get matching donations through the day job, I want to give more money to them. But, like many people, money is tight. So I turned to the one thing I do have, my purse shop. I have a number of bags available that are ready to ship right away. I’d already lowered the price on them because I want to clear them out to make room for new bags I’m starting to sew. So I’m willing to donate $20 for the sale of each bag that I make between now and 2/28 to CARE. I’ve already sold one bag that will ship tomorrow. And that $20 will become $40 after I fill out a little form and ship it off to Day Job Headquarters. So if you’re interested in helping Haiti and you need a bag, perhaps this is a good compromise? No need to mention anything special when you place the order (and if you don’t have an Etsy account, just email cinnamon at poise dot cc and we’ll handle the sale another way).
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