Plea from my former school in Haiti

[ladyjade3]

Guys if any of you want to help, here's a way:

QUISQUEYA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL RELIEF FUND

We have set up an PayPal account to help our QCS families, our national workers, our community.
Many have lost family members, many are injured, have lost their houses, their businesses etc.
There will be a temporary hospital/surgery room in our chapel and a trauma centre on the basketball court starting Friday Jan 15.
We hope to be able to have a water and food distribution from our campus also.
Our soccer field is now the temporary living area for some of our staff and national workers, the PreK/K playground is occupied by children an orphanage from our community.

[email protected] is the paypal account.

Some of you might know that I lived there for 3 years growing up. My dad was a missionary doctor. I attended this school in 8th grade and it has a special place in my heart. It is an absolute miracle the campus was not badly damaged as it is right on Rue Delmas in Port au Prince.

I think there is a lot of benefit to getting funds directly to the people who are already on the ground with infrastructure already in place, as they are several steps in front of the rest of the aid which is bottlenecked at the airport and waiting to dock at a non-existent dock. I am also strongly recommending www.BHM.org and Samaritan's Purse as honest charities on the ground that are helping people RIGHT NOW.

Thank you for your consideration.

 

[angelatc]

bump for charity over government

 

[tremendoustie]

bump for charity over government

+1000 to that

Original Transaction Date Type Status Details Amount Jan 14, 2010 Gift For [email protected] Unclaimed ... -$20.00 USD
Who'll match this?

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Guys if any of you want to help, here's a way:

QUISQUEYA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL RELIEF FUND

We have set up an PayPal account to help our QCS families, our national workers, our community.
Many have lost family members, many are injured, have lost their houses, their businesses etc.
There will be a temporary hospital/surgery room in our chapel and a trauma centre on the basketball court starting Friday Jan 15.
We hope to be able to have a water and food distribution from our campus also.
Our soccer field is now the temporary living area for some of our staff and national workers, the PreK/K playground is occupied by children an orphanage from our community.

[email protected] is the paypal account.

Some of you might know that I lived there for 3 years growing up. My dad was a missionary doctor. I attended this school in 8th grade and it has a special place in my heart. It is an absolute miracle the campus was not badly damaged as it is right on Rue Delmas in Port au Prince.

I think there is a lot of benefit to getting funds directly to the people who are already on the ground with infrastructure already in place, as they are several steps in front of the rest of the aid which is bottlenecked at the airport and waiting to dock at a non-existent dock. I am also strongly recommending www.BHM.org and Samaritan's Purse as honest charities on the ground that are helping people RIGHT NOW.

Thank you for your consideration.

I had no idea you lived in Haiti... Damn good to see ya around though

 

[ladyjade3]

+1000 to that

Original Transaction Date Type Status Details Amount Jan 14, 2010 Gift For [email protected] Unclaimed ... -$20.00 USD
Who'll match this?

Yay!!!! It would be so awesome to money bomb Haiti....

 

[Pauliana]

bump

 

[RSLudlum]

Sent to:
S*** B****
Email:
[email protected]
Amount sent:
-$10.00 USD
Fee amount:
$0.00 USD
Net amount:
-$10.00 USD

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Date:
Jan 14, 2010
Time:
19:02:44 PST
Status:
Completed

 

[ForLiberty-RonPaul]

bump

 

[ladyjade3]

Thank you!

Sent to:
S*** B****
Email:
[email protected]
Amount sent:
-$10.00 USD
Fee amount:
$0.00 USD
Net amount:
-$10.00 USD

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Date:
Jan 14, 2010
Time:
19:02:44 PST
Status:
Completed

 

[inibo]

+1000 to that

Original Transaction Date Type Status Details Amount Jan 14, 2010 Gift For [email protected] Unclaimed ... -$20.00 USD
Who'll match this?

Me.

Email:
[email protected]
Amount sent:
-$20.00 USD
Fee amount:
$0.00 USD
Net amount:
-$20.00 USD

Date:
Jan 14, 2010
Time:
20:45:59 PST
Status:
Completed

 

[Pauliana]

bump!

 

[Cowlesy]

Me.

Email:
[email protected]
Amount sent:
-$20.00 USD
Fee amount:
$0.00 USD
Net amount:
-$20.00 USD

Date:
Jan 14, 2010
Time:
20:45:59 PST
Status:
Completed

Email:
[email protected]
Amount sent:
-$20.00 USD
Fee amount:
$0.00 USD
Net amount:
-$20.00 USD


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Date:
Jan 15, 2010
Time:
08:16:18 PST
Status:
Completed

Matched ya

 

[ladyjade3]

Thank you!

 

[kaleidoscope eyes]

Bump

 

[Cowlesy]

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[ladyjade3]

Here is an update from Quisqueya:
"At one gate a DR medical team came asking to put them to work, at the same time at the other gate a truck arrived from Dan O'Neil with medical supplies and more, while at the front gate a truckload of wounded Haitians showed up begging for medical help. It's easy to do the job when God is in charge."

This is my husband's Facebook status, (and right now mine also) After I read it, I sat down and wept.

God, You are awesome!!!

I have to admit, I am so tired right now. (I am a desk person, and helping unload trucks with food/water/medical supplies is tiring while running around trying to get teams to work.
Today was a day that more and more things started to fall in place. I have so many medical teams that I can put to work, but lacking the medical supplies. Lord, perform miracles and bring us those very much needed supplies.

The German medical team was working the whole day at Hospital Espoir. I had (former) QCS students and some staff members interpreting for them

CRI (Crisis Response International) team was out in Leogane.

More medical teams from Dominican World Vision and another medical group through Paola Diaz showed up.

A truck with food, water and medical supplies collected by Carolle O'Neil showed up.

At the same time, a truckload of wounded Haitian came and one of the Dominican teams was put to work within 10 minutes after their arrival with very minimum equipment.

Some former QCS students came with laptops, satellite phone and internet system to be put into place tonight at QCS. That way I can work directly from school and can save fuel by not having to drive up and down from my house (Thank you, Lord)

I have more people coming in tomorrow, and 2 plane loads of medical supplies ready to be brought in (Lord, get these supplies here a.s.a.p)

I have 4 requests in front on me for interpreters (our Junior and Senior class and some staff members will be going out tomorrow)

I know people are taking pictures of what is going on everywhere (including at QCS) I don't have the time to do so, hopefully someone else will.

I personally don't like the pictures of wounded people or worse, that is just not me. Sofar I have been able to stay away from reporters of newspapers, radio and tv stations and I like to keep it that way.

I do have a link to the site of Projecthulp, a Dutch organization that coordinates relief in Haiti. (my husband is involved with that organization)
No sensation, just some of the most informative pictures to show reality in Haiti after the earthquake;

http://www.facebook.com/l/26972;www.acties-aardbeving-haiti.nl/luchtfotos100115.shtml (you'll figure out the Dutch controls, there's about 20 pictures)

Again, this is bits and pieces of our day, can't get the thoughts in my head straight enough to write a better message tonight.

While finishing this message, I felt another aftershock and my heart starts racing again.

Continuing our task knowing that God is in charge and in control.

Greetings,
Els

 

[Cowlesy]

Man i hope they can get medical supplies in there faster. I saw pictures of the little haitian airport today and it was stacked with cargo planes --- I guess 200 a day are going in and out.

It looks like your friend is getting supplies, but just on a shoe-string. I hope that the rescue/relief workers can continue to improve logistics. Hopefully Red Cross will get stuff moving throughout the surrounding areas faster.

 

[torchbearer]

at least fema isn't preventing people from helping.
it is good to see so many private organization doing to real work,

 

[MelissaWV]

Man i hope they can get medical supplies in there faster. I saw pictures of the little haitian airport today and it was stacked with cargo planes --- I guess 200 a day are going in and out.

It looks like your friend is getting supplies, but just on a shoe-string. I hope that the rescue/relief workers can continue to improve logistics. Hopefully Red Cross will get stuff moving throughout the surrounding areas faster.

I have posted this elsewhere, but the airport situation angers me to no end. My parents live in Miami, and they said there have been at least five or six reporters from various news stations that went to Haiti to tape stories. I know all the major national network news anchors have been there, and many are still there. Hillary Clinton arrived. Each of those people is not alone. Each of those people is very unlikely to be starving, or drinking bad water. Each of those people is not likely to be sleeping outdoors among the wounded/dying/sick. Each of those people had a seat on a plane.

I could conservatively say that you could stack a couple of gallons of water and a box of MREs into a seat instead of me. If I were a reporter, I would recognize that there are already myriad reporters and firsthand witnesses on the ground in Haiti, and I would say "ratings be damned, prizes and awards be damned; send water instead of me, and food instead of my cameraman." Apparently I'm the only one that thinks that.

I'm also glad to hear that hundreds of US citizens were removed from Haiti already. Fewer people to feed and house and help; get them home to where they can fend for themselves normally.

* * *

LadyJade I commend you trying to help, and you echo something I've been a firm believer in throughout this event: help those with boots on the ground. People are already there, using whatever supplies they can find, and certainly using their skills. I would add "Doctors Without Borders" to the list, because their base of operations was greatly damaged, and those people still able to are working to keep people alive.

Double match for a forum friend:

Sent to:
S*** B****
Email:
[email protected]
Amount sent:
-$40.00 USD
Fee amount:
$0.00 USD
Net amount:
-$40.00 USD

 

[ladyjade3]

LadyJade I commend you trying to help, and you echo something I've been a firm believer in throughout this event: help those with boots on the ground. People are already there, using whatever supplies they can find, and certainly using their skills. I would add "Doctors Without Borders" to the list, because their base of operations was greatly damaged, and those people still able to are working to keep people alive.

Double match for a forum friend:

Sent to:
S*** B****
Email:
[email protected]
Amount sent:
-$40.00 USD
Fee amount:
$0.00 USD
Net amount:
-$40.00 USD

Thanks, Melissa! There is something more satisfying to me about giving to these smaller places with little or no overhead, who have been there the whole time and are finally getting a little recognition. They will still be there long after the Red Cross closes up shop.