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Countless Lost Limbs Alter Life in Haiti’s Ruins
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — “Don’t cut off my leg!” Fabienne Jean screamed repeatedly as she was carried through the gates of the General Hospital here after the earthquake. “I’m a dancer. My leg is my livelihood. Please, don’t take my leg.” “It is a sad story,” Ms. Jean, 31, a slim, graceful woman who danced for…
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Plane-to-Haiti Haiti relief mission Preview
Plane-to-Haiti Haiti relief mission Preview from DC3 Music Group on Vimeo. On January 13, 2010, DC3 Global and The Wheelchair Foundation (partnered with MedShare) launched an ambitious mission to send a private plane full of medical supplies and doctors to Haiti. Over the following weeks, dozens of everyday people pulled together to accomplish and extraodinary…
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Haitian wreckage touches charity veteran
Jeff Behring is no stranger to need. He’s traveled to impoverished areas all over the world making deliveries with his family’s Wheelchair Foundation. When he returned to Port-au-Prince recently he was dismayed by the devastation. “I have never, ever seen anything like it,” said Behring about the devastation in the capital. “It’s hard to believe…
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Horrors of the Haiti Earthquake and the Power of Human Understanding
Yesterday I received this moving account from Los Angeles psychotherapist, Dr. Nancy Sobel, describing her experiences volunteering on a medical team in Haiti. It illustrates the incomparable power of human understanding in times of devastating collective trauma: “As I watched the compelling coverage of the earthquake on Anderson Cooper, there was one scene that captivated…
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Sanibel Rotary Club Prepares For 27th Annual Arts & Crafts Fair, Raising Funds For Haiti Relief Efforts
The Rotary Club of Sanibel-Captiva is gearing up for its Annual Arts and Crafts Fair being held on the grounds of The Community House on Sanibel Island, Florida. The event, coming this weekend (February 13th and 14th) marks the 27th year the club has conducted a juried fair of crafts persons and artisans on the…
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Haiti benefit concert Feb. 13 features two relief workers
A Hearts for Haiti Benefit Concert at California State University, Fresno on Saturday, Feb. 13, will include a presentation by relief workers Dr. Joaquin Arambula and Tim Miller, members of a Selma medical team who traveled to earthquake-devastated Haiti last month. Proceeds from the 7 p.m. concert at the Satellite Student Union will go to…
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Early Tax Deduction for Haiti Relief Passes Congress
Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) — Taxpayers will be able to deduct donations for Haiti earthquake relief on their 2009 returns instead of waiting until 2010, under a bill approved by Congress. “This legislation is an additional incentive for Americans to contribute,” Finance Committee Chairman Senator Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana, said in a statement. The…
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Around Danville: Team from East Bay helps Haiti
JEFF BEHRING, of Blackhawk, and a team of volunteers flew to Haiti on Jan. 27 on a humanitarian mission following the Caribbean nation’s devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. “My father loaned his plane and flight crew to send doctors, nurses, wheelchairs and medical supplies donated by John Muir (Medical Center of Walnut Creek) and Medshare to…
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Couple lands in Haiti to begin new life with humanitarian group
Peter and Sara Craig have finally started working in Haiti after finding transportation there aboard a private jet. The couple, along with their sons, Noah, 4, and Abram, almost 2, are moving to Haiti from Hillsboro, Ore., to begin work with Clean Water for Haiti, a humanitarian aid organization that works to provide clean, drinkable…