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Daddy Clay
Talking About Haiti/Giving to Haiti
2 Years, 4 Months ago
How are you managing the conversation that you are having with your kids about the tragedy in Haiti? What kinds of questions are these events bringing up around your dinner table? Are you taking action as an individual or as a family? Where are you directing your help and resources?
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Daddy Clay
Re:Talking About Haiti/Giving to Haiti
2 Years, 4 Months ago

This image is hidden for guests. Please login or register to see it.So far, we've had one dinner conversation about what we might do. This resulted in the poster my daughter produced. They had some questions about what makes earthquakes, but not much else. I don't think they begin to understand the human toll there (who can?). Obviously, I've done the text gift to the Red Cross (my son sent one from his phone as well), and I also am a believer in an organization called Partners in Health, which is probably the biggest healthcare provider left in operation. I made a donation there.
Last Edit: 2010/01/15 18:17 By Daddy Clay.
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jdelguidice
Re:Talking About Haiti/Giving to Haiti
2 Years, 4 Months ago
I'm thankful my little man is only 1 month old. I can't begin to fathom how to explain this kind of tragedy to someone that could understand but not understand at the same time. My soul hurts just thinking about it.

I did the 90999 thing myself, as well. I also donated to Catholic Relief Services as they have 0% overhead and were already on the ground before the quake.
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groovedaddy
Re:Talking About Haiti/Giving to Haiti
2 Years, 4 Months ago
I found this article to be particularly interesting

blogs.redcross.org.uk/emergencies/2010/0...lp-not-hinder-haiti/

Planning such a large-scale relief project has got to be a challenge.
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krellpw
Re:Talking About Haiti/Giving to Haiti
2 Years, 3 Months ago
My son is 6. While we haven't exposed him to the news, images etc, we have talked about the the situation in very general terms with him. We talked about the fact that the earthquake occurred and that there were lots of kids who lost their homes and everything that they had.

We were able to make it concrete and constructive for him in that his birthday was this past weekend and he agreed that while Mom and Dad and grandparents would give him gifts, his friends and classmates should take money that they would have spent on gifts and donate it to Haiti relief at the charity of their choice.

He was really excited about that to be able to try and find a way to help.
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