I want to thank NASA for running up and taking this picture of Haiti for me. The island there in the middle, that's La Gonave, home to 100,000 precious people.
One year ago this week a terrible thing happened. On January 12, 2009, at 4:53 in the afternoon the earth shook Haiti hard for about one half minute. "This was our 9-11," I remember someone saying.
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Have you heard about oil company plans to develop La Gonave?
$3 will allow us to plant a banana tree that, within a year-and-a-half will produce a #100 pound banana bunch AND will reproduce, producing shoots that can be separated from the mother plant and planted elsewhere. $5 will allow us to plant a mango or avocado tree
$100 will place a biosand water filter in a family's home, providing enough safe, good tasting water for up to ten people. Thes filters remove all bacteria and parasites from bad water, making it safe to drink. These basic and durable filters last 10 years with very little maintenance.
$5 will place a Creole-language preschool level reader in the hands of a young Haitian child.
$20 will provide materials to build a latrine for a Haitian family
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Have you heard about oil company plans to develop La Gonave?
http://www.globalrenewableenergy.org/gre/lagonave_scopeofproject.php
http://thehaitianblogger.blogspot.com/2010/05/oil-developers-want-island-of-la-gonave.html
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