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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: fee]
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It's all the way to the back.  To the right of the three tall office buildings.  I mean it's sorta just a spec, but it's in the picture.

Soo, you planning on volunteering in Haiti?  How many organizations do volunteer work down there?

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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: blewmeanie]
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blewmeanie said:I heard some cunt on fox new suggesting that we send down contractors to help with the recovery in Haiti instead of all the volunteers, that way we both get something out of this.:rofl: I felt like reaching through the screen and shaking a bitch.

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BothHands said:Soo, you planning on volunteering in Haiti?  How many organizations do volunteer work down there?

I have no idea--I imagine there will be a lot mobilizing projects down there in the coming weeks/months.  Probably the most prominent in the States will be Christian humanitarian groups, which usually take volunteers even if they aren't religiously affiliated.


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I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: Lion]
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If you want to goto Hattie join some branch of the military  special forces there's always a coup every few years backed by us.

I thought about it since I have some medical training. It is a human tragedy for sure. I think once my schooling is done I would want to go overseas and help but not or ever in Hattie. Its nothing against the people there.  Just to risky


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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.


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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: trekie]
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trekie said:
If you want to goto Hattie join some branch of the military  special forces there's always a coup every few years backed by us.



Haha good point.

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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: c0sm0nautt]
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In Haiti the U.S. backed armed group FRAPH which oust democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in a military coup d'état in September, 1991. Aristide is replaced with a military junta led by Raoul Cédras until U.S. President Clinton orders Aristide's return to resume his mandate as president.

sometimes your lucky and you get to goto hattie 2 times a year :shrug:


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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.


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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: trekie]
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Yep, it's no news to me our country has no problem toppling democracies when it suits geopolitical economic interests. Mohammad Mossadegh of Iran is another example.

Does anyone know if these volunteer programs are strictly volunteer or do they pay for transportation and a meager wage?

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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: c0sm0nautt]
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c0sm0nautt said:Does anyone know if these volunteer programs are strictly volunteer or do they pay for transportation and a meager wage?

It depends, but it's doubtful, unless perhaps you are a specialist in something like medicine, construction, counseling, project oversight, etc.


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“Strengthened by contemplation and study,
I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
my spirit as was before: ascetic.”

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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: Lion]
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.:.


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Edited by blewmeanie (01/23/10 11:51 AM)

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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: Lion]
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I'd love nothing more to go there and help them. But certain restrictions with the law put a damper on that plan. I probably wouldn't come back to the states, but i wouldn't stick around there either.


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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: blewmeanie]
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blewmeanie said:
Why would they need you there to do construction? If you're not a medical professional or an engineer, they don't need you for anything, there are plenty of people in Haiti who are willing to do the work, and who actually need the income.

I guess I just assumed there would be a big call for volunteers in the reconstruction, like there was in New Orleans and in the tsunami-affected regions.  You raise a good point, though.


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“Strengthened by contemplation and study,
I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
my spirit as was before: ascetic.”

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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: Lion]
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Lion said:
blewmeanie said:
Why would they need you there to do construction? If you're not a medical professional or an engineer, they don't need you for anything, there are plenty of people in Haiti who are willing to do the work, and who actually need the income.

I guess I just assumed there would be a big call for volunteers in the reconstruction, like there was in New Orleans and in the tsunami-affected regions.  You raise a good point, though.


:lmafo: Reconstruction you mean sheet metal tied to pieces of wood


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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.


Edited by trekie (01/19/10 03:10 PM)

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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: trekie]
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I would love to volunteer, I even looked in to a lot of different programs.

You know what I found out? They are more than willing to except the help, AFTER you've spent a grand or more to pay for the expense's.

This completely ruins the idea for me. Where is all the donation money going?! I'm a broke student, there's no way in hell I would give them that much money. Far to broke to afford such costs.


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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: urbanwolf]
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I consider it , if i could get in touch with smugglers down there


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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: midweststoner]
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midweststoner said:
I consider it , if i could get in touch with smugglers down there


I had considered this, but after such a tragedy do you think any sort of black market infrastructure would even still exist?


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"One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that, an unjust law is no law at all.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.

"Seek not abroad, turn back into thyself, for in the inner man dwells the truth." -- St. Augustine

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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: urbanwolf]
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If your asking whether I want to travel to some shit ass country infested by gangs trying to seize power in the aftermath, and bust my ass for free, then no.

I'd be much more comfortable with an M16, plus I would get paid in the military.

urbanwolf said:
I would love to volunteer, I even looked in to a lot of different programs.

You know what I found out? They are more than willing to except the help, AFTER you've spent a grand or more to pay for the expense's.

This completely ruins the idea for me. Where is all the donation money going?! I'm a broke student, there's no way in hell I would give them that much money. Far to broke to afford such costs.


Exactly, sheer manpower is not enough, they need capital to rebuild.  Plus the cost of keeping the volunteers safe and somewhat comfortable must be ridiculous.

In an ideal world, I would love to take the first flight down there and help out.  Just my own sense of self preservation, and the sheer amount of damage weighted with the realistic possibility that rebuilding is even possible makes me say no.


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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: MrEd]
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MrEd has a point. What about the protection of the volunteers? I'm not stupid, I know what's gone on in this country, I know what they do to each other. How is a volunteer to remain safe if we can't even protect ourselves?


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"One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that, an unjust law is no law at all.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.

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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: urbanwolf]
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Unfortunately, instead of uniting people under a common humanitarian cause of helping fellow human beings; Haiti has become a platform for the world's political disagreements and the spinning of propaganda.  It's painful to think of the hardships being endured right now..

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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: urbanwolf]
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.:.


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Edited by blewmeanie (01/23/10 09:08 AM)

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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: blewmeanie]
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Sure it would, whenever it eventually got there..

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Re: Anyone considering volunteering in Haiti? [Re: Lion]
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Id love to. I was planning to visit a tropical island anyway, why not go to help out?

I looked into the Peace Corps a few years ago but they wouldnt take me.

As soon as I find a volunteer service that is not through a church or the peace corps and doesnt require a heavy financial backing Ill sign up.

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