Update: Support Haiti! Matador.com’s Call For Help

“A great deal can occur in a week. And some factors can keep frustratingly the identical.”

I’ve been following Matador.com’s campaign to assist Haiti due to the fact I posted their efforts on TheExped last week. There are a number of things to share.

Initially items initially, this is a big undertaking and, to be done properly, may perhaps get time. It would seem as although Julie and the crew do not want to just ship a planeload of ready men and women down there with tiny extra than their personal power — that could prove futile and even disastrous. They are really hard at function, contacting organizations in the U.S. and Haiti, coordinating localized and larger-scale donation drives, reviewing volunteer information and facts, and keeping anyone up to date.

In current updates, they are verifying New York City and Miami donation web pages and sharing their medically-experienced volunteers with the organization Partners In Wellness. Also, it was reported that a Matador volunteer reached an orphanage in Port-au-Prince to provide supplies. For more data, head to their update right here.

Just this afternoon, the tone of their update took a turn towards the frustrated, and would seem to echo the volunteers’ moods: “Why are we nonetheless in a holding pattern?” With frustrations beginning to rise, they remind all people that Matador is accomplishing all they can to work with dependable organizations and to navigate the seemingly endless bureaucracy. Their four factors at this time are as follows:

  1. Volunteers ARE wanted, however typically under rigid problems. (The screening method requires time.)
  2. Donation web-sites have to have volunteers for sorting and packing. (Inquire all over the place.)
  3. NYC area volunteers are needed for an event tomorrow. (Thursday, the IIHA in NYC, is hunting for volunteers to staff a panel discussion on the state of the catastrophe relief. Please e-mail Jenna Felz at felz@fordham.edu)
  4. Decide if you are in this for the lengthy haul. (Be patient, possibilities will arise and your aid will be even far more precious then.)

For a lot more details on the over facts, refer to their 1/20/10 update or their homepage.

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