Saturday, January 30, 2010

Out of Faith and Compassion: Diary of a Haiti Volunteer - The Haiti Earthquake - TIME

Out of Faith and Compassion: Diary of a Haiti Volunteer - The Haiti Earthquake - TIME:
"Lonnie Vargas is a production manager for Time Inc. Almost instinctively, he and a group of 11 people, including a restaurant manager, a school principal, an accountant, a flight attendant and a truck driver figured out how to get down to the island nation. All were members of the Old Bridge, New Jersey branch of Calvary Chapel, a non-denominational church that is spread around the world. They arrived a few days after the quake struck with 20 duffel bags full of medical supplies — and the name of only one contact, who lived in the Dominican Republic's side of the island. While a few people on the team had helped after 9/11 and Katrina, most had never done anything like this before. Following are excerpts from a diary Vargas kept of the work they did and the obstacles they overcame. — By Deirdre Van Dyk"
READ THE WHOLE THING. (yeah emphasis intentional.

For instance, if you don't read the whole thing you will miss things like this that just keep reocurring in story after story from volunteers:

"I was really taken aback to discover that people like Cody and Maria were the only ones actually putting resources into the hands of the Haitians. Not the Haitian government, the US, Canada, Columbia, or French (all of whom I saw in the country) and especially not the UN.

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