Something a little more critical is afoot in the world, though, as of yesterday, when the devastatingly poor nation of Haiti was struck by a massive earthquake. At least Canada has the capacity to do something right and has a team on the way to precede the DART team, which I sincerely hope will not be delayed.
I'll refer the reader wondering "what can we do"? to any or all of the following resources:
The Yarn Harlot is rallying Knitters in support of MSF, which has already been very active in Haiti and sadly, is now worried about their own staff and volunteers as well as their patients in Port au Prince. Nonetheless, they've spent the night scrambling MORE teams to get there and help. I don't know if I have US/International readers, but their international site is here: MSF International and you don't have far to look for international links to donate for your country/region.
Other organizations which are on the move to this area:
or the Red Cross America both have aid campaigns underway.
I will repeat for you a plea that Stephanie Pearl-McPhee entered on her blog: Please donate if you can, but mark your donation for general "Disaster Relief" or "Greatest Needs" if possible, not for a specific country/region/event as much as that may be the need of the moment. Many aid organizations are bound to policies that prevent them from using funds donated to a specific campaign for other needs if the specific campaign is sufficiently addressed. This has left situations where disaster relief funds have gone un-used once order is re-established in a region, while other areas of the world are devastated but funds cannot be raised. Suffice to say, Haiti is a major campaign concern now for humanitarian aid, but lets not limit the reach of our concern or our funds for future benefit, either.
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