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NewReality

Social climber
Bow
Mar 10, 2010 - 12:18am PT
happiegrrrl thank you for your donation. We received both tents and they are now the new homes of several very happy Haitian earthquake survivors. Here is a photo of one of the families who received your tents. This woman has a husband and three children. The boy in the photo is her son. They lost their home in the earthquake and have been sleeping under a sheet held up by sticks until now.[photoid=148838]

Thanks for the support.

Laila
New Reality International
lmickelwait@newrealityinternational.org
http://www.newrealityinternational.org

happiegrrrl

Trad climber
New York, NY
Mar 10, 2010 - 12:36am PT
I'm so happy that I could help in that little way.

You are really going to think this is whacky, but several days ago, I got a vibe, and (I admit am prone to fantasy; in fact, extremely prone to it) but when I stopped to listen to the vibe, I imagined a woman giving a prayer of thanks for the tent. It was quite an intense moment, actually.

Who knows if it was just my imagination, but it's certainly not hard TO imagine that these poor people are extremely grateful for shelter in this desperate time.

Thank you, too, for the work you are doing.
NewReality

Social climber
Bow
Mar 20, 2010 - 02:45am PT
Not strange at all....very cool actually. This woman was so extremely happy to have received this tent. I was in touch with her son (his name is Ribinson) and he told me they now have 6 people sleeping in it every night. This was an answer to prayer for them.

Studly

Trad climber
WA
Mar 20, 2010 - 02:56am PT
Much good karma going your way Happie for a really good turn. Nice one!
Jack Burns

climber
Mar 20, 2010 - 11:30am PT
Dammit, I got two tents with busted zippers. Plus one's ripped. Oh well.

I gotta say that I understand all the skepticism regarding aid requests for Haiti. It's appalling that people are using this tragedy as an opportunity to steal from good hearted people. These lowlifes are in the minority, of course, but it has been happening enough to warrant discretion. Wyclef, I'm lookin' at you, homeslice.

Kudos to "tooth" all the folks who are over there helping out.
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
Mar 20, 2010 - 12:53pm PT
Is it too late to send a tent? I held off because of some comments earlier.

I should've gone with my instinct. I can send a used one in good condition on Monday.
happiegrrrl

Trad climber
New York, NY
Mar 20, 2010 - 05:54pm PT
Bluering - maybe email the person and see what to do. Their contact info is in the post upthread, but here it is, easy to see:

Laila
New Reality International
lmickelwait@newrealityinternational.org
http://www.newrealityinternational.org

I clicked the website and it does still have info about the tents. The website is very funky to load on my computer, but I don't know if it is my computer that is the problem, or the website is cumbersome for some reason.


I am reading the Stones Into Schools book now(Greg Mortenson) and it tells of how a full year after the cataclysmic earthquake of 2005 in Pakistan, many people were still without decent shelter. No doubt the people of Haiti are still very much in need of assistance for even the most basic things.





tooth

Trad climber
The Best Place On Earth
Mar 21, 2010 - 12:31am PT
Yes, please send the tents to Laila. She is heading back with teams of surgeons at least three more times in the coming weeks, and the rainy weather will only get worse as spring arrives.

We had the pleasure of having Laila and her husband stay at our place this weekend and she showed us the pictures of what Haiti was like last week. Everyone living under sheets, no-one dares sleep in their homes anymore because of aftershocks which scare them to death. A doctor I had worked with lost sight in one eye as her house crumbled and crushed half her face. Another interpreter lost his son, and the list goes on...

They will never get everything they need, AA has limited the number of bags we can take down on a flight, but we can ship stuff to Haiti for $5/lb, so if anyone knows of a cheaper way to bring in medical supplies, etc. it would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

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