Comments on: Stop donating to Haiti?

By: Solar Crash 2010 highlights

Solar Crash 2010 highlights — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:53:19 +0000

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By: Joshua David

Joshua David — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:35:23 +0000

Everyone knows that missionaries are saintly, and would never endanger, or traffic children. Also, they are baptists, so their actions are as pure as that of Jesus Christ himself. We know these things because Dick will tell us.

By: Lon

Lon — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:08:47 +0000

Thanks for commenting Dick. I agree, I don’t think disaster relief is an entitlement – but I do think it is a responsibility that all of us ought to have a hand in.

I think as long as people remain in Haiti, it still matters. I don’t know if donations is the primary solution – but sometimes the way out of a dark is to go and serve where it’s even darker, and possibly in the process discover just how much light you already possess…

By: Dick

Dick — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:32:07 +0000

Stop donations to Haiti altogether. Haiti has arrested 10 Baptist missionaries for “kidnapping” children? Really? Haiti was a cesspool before this earthquake, and it’s a bigger cesspool now. Obviously, these missionaries were trying to bring relief efforts to a small number of children, and now they face up to 30+ years in prison!! STOP ALL AID FROM THE U.S. TO HAITI. Maybe the Haitian government could show a little bit of appreciation instead of contempt. Disaster relief is a choice and not an entitlement. Continue to donate to worthy causes, but let’s help America out of one of its darkest times and let Haiti continue to wallow in its misery.

By: Wedneslinkday « Christianity

Wedneslinkday « Christianity — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:21:16 +0000

[...] All the money being donated for Haiti is being ‘parked’ in a contingency account for the next emergency? That’s the suggestion of an anonymous disaster relief worker at this “Stop Donating!” post on the blog Solar Crash. [...]

By: Wedneslinkday « Thinking Out Loud

Wedneslinkday « Thinking Out Loud — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:40:57 +0000

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:43:10 +0000

Some comments in general here:
http://growthmatters.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-not-to-help-in-haiti.html

By: Before it was cool...

Before it was cool... — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:38:37 +0000

[...] the right to receive them in your inbox. You belong here. Just to follow up on my last post “Stop donating to Haiti?” which received quite a number of hits – my very general take is to go ahead and [...]

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:11:17 +0000

This seems to make sense. Follow up on what you find here… We were thinking of donating for the dollar for dollar top up by the Canadian government.

By: James Shelley » Haiti Earthquake: Disaster Capitalism?

James Shelley » Haiti Earthquake: Disaster Capitalism? — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:41:44 +0000

[...] what war is to the industrial military complex: a large infusion of cash. An anonymous aid worker writes: For aid agencies each disaster is a windfall and they must ‘make hay while the sun shines’. [...]

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:11:20 +0000

I also am an industry professional and work for a large international NGO.
While part of what is said is true for some organisations, this is not the case for all.

My advice is to be wise and check out the organisation you are donating to and ask them exactly to where and to who the money is going.

For example, the organiasation I work for has long term partnerships with our partners there for more than 25 years.

By: Saturday Links — DashHouse.com

Saturday Links — DashHouse.com — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:04:24 +0000

[...] Stop donating to Haiti? – Wrestling with this one. There can be a downside to our good intentions. [...]