Give Love
Picture from Lovlies and Inspiration by Kelly McCaleb
I came across this image the other day and fell in love. I love the quote too, which I had never read before. It seemed like the perfect sentiment for what has been on my mind lately.
Though I’ve missed much of the coverage of the earthquake in Haiti, what I’ve listened to has been heart wrenching. I heard a story yesterday (while waiting in the car to pick up the carpool) on NPR’s The World. An American doctor, a pediatrician, was being interviewed. She stoically talked about the nature of the injuries the children in her care had sustained. She discussed that the most prevalent injuries were crushed bones and compound fractures. She also described how the children were dying because of infection do to those compound fractures. Her makeshift hospital did not have the ability to perform surgeries or administer antibiotics because they hadn’t received any of the desperately needed supplies.
The doctor was stoic as I mentioned…. all the way through the interview. Right up until she talked about one boy in her care. She feared the boy would die if help did not arrive that very day. And then she broke down and described how the boy’s mother had lost 3 of her 4 children in the earthquake. He was the only survivor, and his fate was very precarious.
Unfortunately they never told the fate of the child. And I found myself praying for that mother that help had arrived. I imagined myself in her place. I imagined the desperation and grief. And I know I cannot truly imagine.
At our house, the kids are doing some extra jobs to earn money to send. They have heard enough of the coverage to be very sad and anxious to help. They want to send their old clothes to Haiti, and I am yet to discover whether that is needed or even a possibility. I am looking at which charity the kids could to send their job chart earnings. Maybe one that focuses on helping children.
It’s hard to give when you are making it do. But not impossible. And if everyone gives a little, it will make a lot.
We are just making it do here as well….but I’ll be baking V-day fortune cookies to sell and sending all the money to Haiti…there are ways to help…The Spirit will guide us to know how…
I can recommend Compassion International. They have a four out of four stars rating from Charity Navigator. http://www.compassion.com/
World Vision is a wonderful organization that has been helping Haiti for years as well as Hands and Feet. I think you can google to find them on the web. Hands & Feet is an orphanage from what I remember. I love that your children want to help other children.
I agree with helping out Compassion International. They have aleady been in Haiti for decades and support thousands of children there. http://www.compassion.com/
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My niece ( a 8 year old orphan) is in Miami this very minute! She is being processed and then hopefully allowed to come to Utah. :)
We collected Crutches, wheelchairs, Canes and Walkers this week. All in all over 100 crutches, 10 walkers, many canes, and one wheelchair. All of which neighbors just had sitting in their garages or sheds! The LDS Humanitarian Services money goes farther than most charities since they don’t pay their employee’s.
And whatever you do don’t give it to UNICEF! They were actually in Haiti trying to keep orphans in the country and checking paperwork at the Airport. ( I’m pretty sure that isn’t their job!)
I did a copy cat painting of that image for our living room. I tried to follow the link back to the origional source, but couldn’t find out it’s origions.
http://mamabeefromthehive.blogspot.com/2010/02/february.html