Has the World Already Forgotten about Haiti?

It has been over a month since the people of Haiti experienced that catastrophic earthquake and still today they are struggling to move forward. For days the world was glued to the Internet, television, newspapers, and magazines to see what was happening and to see how they could help out.

What started out as shock moved to swift response as Christian organizations and soon there after, world governments jumped into action. And very closely behind, people all over the world rallied in support by sending over food, medical supplies, water, blankets, and money.

But the sad fact is, it's far from over! Already the news has shifted on to other world and local events, and every once in a while you hear a blurb about Haiti and get a reminder that they are still suffering and just trying to survive each and every day.

Every day, Haitians don’t know if they’re going to have something to eat and many don’t even know where they will sleep each night. People are living in tents, under trees or on the streets. But wait.....if you think things are bad for them right now, hurricane season is coming and things are going to get much worse!

It's going take a some time for the Haitian people to rebuild their lives...not weeks or months ...but years. This country was already very poor and now even many of those people that did have homes are left without places to live. Most have no way of earning money to put food on their table for their families let alone being able to rebuild their homes. Things are still terrifying for everyone there, they have lost homes, friends and families and are struggling every day just to survive.

Please consider helping these people. There are many great organizations that you can choose from to donate your time, goods or money to. Here are a couple of organizations that we would like to encourage you to support:

Haiti Foundation Against Poverty ---http://haitifoundation.com/

Doctors Without Borders ---www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Just in case you haven't heard this.....Congress passed a law to allow taxpayers who itemize deductions on their 2009 tax returns to qualify for a special tax relief provision for donations to Haiti. This means that all donations made prior to March 1, 2010, can be tax deductible for 2009!

Have a great day, but please remember those that are suffering...

I will leave you with this.....

http://www.i-heart.org/

http://www.theiheartrevolution.com/