Help Haiti September 7, 2008
Posted by Mark Folse in Toulouse Street.Tags: flooding, Haiti, hurricane, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Hanna, Hurricane Ike, Louisiana, New Orleans, poverty
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UPDATE: This post about the 2008 hurricane is getting a lot of hits after the earthquake of January 2010. I encourage you to visit this new Help Haiti post where I will add additional information on how to help Haiti.
Gonaives, Haiti after Hurricane Hanna
While we on the Hurricane Coast have suffered, imagine life in hurricane ravaged Haiti. For all of the ridiculous failures of the central government to aid the people of coastal Louisiana, our resources are enormous compared to those of either the people or government of Haiti.
Even as we reach out to help our own poorest, including the people of the United Houma Nation, please dont’ forget Haiti.
or at these independent New Orleans bookstores:
we can’t save the world, but there are people we can help
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