Comments on: Mercy Corps and Haiti https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/ Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: michael https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511986 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:52:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511986 actually, they MC does have a Christian foundation, but it doesn’t bother me..

http://www.ministrywatch.com/profile/mercy-corps.aspx

]]> By: aporeticus https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511985 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:07:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511985 I think I work where Gerry works. Woot.

]]> By: DuWayne https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511984 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:49:40 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511984 Dammit!!!

http://ga1.org/ct/K1Bd9Sd1gRvM/

]]> By: Ted Powell https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511983 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:39:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511983 DuWayne: “Here is a URL”
As you may have already seen, it didn’t make it into the posted comment.

]]> By: DuWayne https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511982 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:59:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511982 I would like to note that Doctors Without Borders lost three facilities in the earthquake and are working desperately to provide care without a lot of their equipment and presumably drugs.

If you happen to have some affiliation with Center For Inquiry, any funds sent to their SHARE program will go directly to DWB in Haiti. They are sending one hundred percent of what comes in. Here is a URL <http://ga1.org/ct/K1Bd9Sd1gRvM/>

It is my understanding that SHARE does not keep any funds that are sent in, what little administration is involved is dealt with by volunteers and CFI staff who are paid with CFI funds. Ultimately SHARE just functions as a clearing house to get funds sent directly where they are needed, to non-religious organizations. I am meeting with some CFI folks in a week or so and will find out what I can then.

If you would rather just give directly though, it very much sounds like DWB could really use some help in Haiti right now. A significant problem in disasters of this magnitude, is that the healthcare infrastructure is completely gone at a time when the need for emergency medical care is at it’s highest. Not to mention healthcare workers, including emergency workers, are among the victims.

]]> By: Gerry L https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511981 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:32:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511981 I will vouch for Mercy Corps, which is headquartered here in Oregon. I have been contributing to them for years, and my company is offering to match employee donations for Haiti Earthquake Relief with an equal amount to Mercy Corps.

]]> By: Bjorn Watland https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511980 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:01:13 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/13/mercy-corps-and-haiti/#comment-511980 Partners? WTF?! I thought aid was all about establishing a dependency on outside assistance. Surly, this “partnership” thing is a mistake.

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