Comments on: Prions pour Haïti

By: sylvio

sylvio — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:41:07 +0000

dear angel, your columns are so well written and thoughful i wonder why you aren’t getting paid to write for some more widely read publications…..

By: Lin

Lin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:41:22 +0000

It’s frustrating to not be able to help except by donating money and praying. So exactly the way I felt watching on television the people in New Orleans sweltering on that overpass without water or food. I just wanted to scream. Money and prayers seem inadequate at such times.

By: OdetteO

OdetteO — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:20:35 +0000

Thank you for all the great links and information. I donated to Doctors Without Borders. It’s not enough, but it’s something.
I watched the 60 Minutes Haiti piece online tonight:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6108550n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel
The part about shoveling bodies into mass graves will haunt me.

By: Whiskey Deer Wolf

Whiskey Deer Wolf — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:04:34 +0000

I had a hard time settling on who to donate to last week but, finally arrived at Medecins sans Frontiers too. I live in a Haitian neighborhood in Brooklyn it’s never been this quiet for so long. The people are solemn and aren’t smiling these days, there’s lots of worry. Our building is full of families that would send big 50 gallon drums of food to their families that they couldn’t bring over to the states but, now they are unable to help their loved ones in such a direct way. It’s very sad ’round these parts, lots of praying going on.

By: Tolly

Tolly — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:44:16 +0000

Oh, Angeliska. Thank you for this post. I also remember watching TV when Katrina happened, and just thinking – in not so eloquent terms – WTF? How are we just going about our day to day? Similarly, when Bush won (the second time), I cried all day and glared at anyone who looked mildly pleased. Not very productive.

I have also been feeling slightly fat and happy in my comfortable US environs, while the Haiti situation goes on.

On a slightly different note, how much do I love that quote by Manny Chevrolet? (Can’t believe that’s actually his name?) A gem, indeed.

By: cecilia pawlowski

cecilia pawlowski — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:09:10 +0000

Living in a safe country like Sweden it is hard to imagine what the people on Haiti is going trough… but listening to the news and watching the pictures showing small children getting amputated!!! and parents crying it is chocking and terrible. They have nothing, not even medicin to stop pain….. I totaly agree with you, Doctors without borders is always our choice when it comes to giving money. Then you Know that the money really gets there and not end up in someones pocket!!!Warm thoughts to you and above all, to the people of Haiti.

By: katinka

katinka — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:32:51 +0000

sometimes it seems like maybe the world is ending…in a very slow, prolonged way. it fills part of me with alot of worry and i have done quite a bit of praying lately, especially for the people of haiti and their relatives.

i couldn’t sit in my warm house the other day with walls around me and a roof above, and even though my finances are tight at the moment, not make some sort of donation.

thank you for this post!

♥

By: amy

amy — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:40:17 +0000

I’ve been thinking so many of these same thoughts.
I wish I could do more than send money but I haven’t any applicable skills for this…
Everyday I’ve been making sure to take some time to think about the people there, to imagine what it must be like and then send them well wishes.