Three Steps to Making Smart Haiti Donations (New York Times)
January 22, 2010
As soon as they heard about the earthquake, Haitians in Brooklyn started making their way to Savoir Faire, the record store in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, to pool what little information anyone had. And they also brought supplies to send back home — clothing, canned fruit, ramen, cases of bottled water. By early last week, the donations had been stacked into huge piles, and a plan had come into view: the store would lead a delegation of 25 people to Haiti, to rescue the children stranded at the Life for the World orphanage in the town of Source Matelas. Doctors, nurses and anyone else who wanted to come would each carry two large suitcases stuffed with food and medical supplies.
Could any mission be more heroic?
Or less efficient?
Read the full story by Ariel Kaminer at the New York Times here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/nyregion/24critic.html