This week:
Voluptuous Vixen (538 Madison at the corner of Chartres, one block from Jackson Square) is sending its third round of sanitary napkins to Haiti. Anyone who would like to contribute can drop off feminine pads at Voluptuous Vixen. 504.529.3588 http://www.thevoluptuousvixen.com/
From: Gia Hamilton / Greetings Everyone, Gris Gris Lab has two accupuncturists who want to serve as stress relief support to the Haitian community and advocates in New Orleans. They will be donating their services at Gris Gris Lab on Mondays starting at 5:30pm. In addition, we will be offering free reiki for the entire group, its supporters and any haitian people now in New Orleans. This is one way that Gris Gris Lab wishes to serve New Orleans Friends of Haiti in a holistic way. Please come and feel free to spread the word!
What: Community Ear Accupuncture & Reiki
Where: Gris Gris Lab 2245 Brainard Street and Jakcson Ave.
Day: Mondays at 5:30pm until 8pm
Who: Sandra Dixon, EMT, accupuncturist and EMT offering free ear accupucture sessions
Contact: Gia Hamilton gia@grisgrislab.com 347 517-0045 or 504 654-1927
From: Christopher Porche West / Haitian Benefit Dinner at Satsuma Cafe! 3218 Dauphine Street, New Orleans LA 70117, Time 7:30PM, Tuesday, February 2. We are hosting a four course dinner with wine pairings for $50 with 100% of the proceeds going to the AHDH (Association Haitienne de Development Humain), a New Orleans based medical-based non-profit who is on the ground in Haiti right now trying to help as many earthquake survivors as possible. All food has been generously donated by LOCAL farmers and fishermen! Please help us in our effort to do what we can for other natural disaster sufferers. Please call or email to reserve on of the 30 spots today! 504-304-5962 or satsumacafe@gmail.com. Thanks!! About AHDH: AHDH is a charitable 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in November 1986 by a group of Haitians in New Orleans who decided to pool their professional, intellectual, economical and cultural resources in order to promote the welfare of Haitians by contributing to and/or instituting humanitarian programs. For the past 23 years, AHDH has been leading medical expeditions to the rural county (Commune) of La Vallee de Jacmel in Haiti . Please visit our website for more information about our organization: http://haitiahdh.org/ For direct giving to the organization: http://firstgiving.com/christopherwest Additonally, photographic installations by artist, Christopher Porche West will be on display in the cafe.... he will be present and selling a few prints for the cause! http://www.porche-west.com/32/haiti/ Make your selections as 25% of any artworks sold that evening or from the studio will be forward to AHDH's humanitarian mission!
New Orleans Team Left Saturday For Haiti To Help With Rebuilding
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/01/new_orleans_team_leaves_saturd.html
If all goes as planned, the Haiti Emergency Village Project, a coalition of 40 New Orleans organizations, will work with Haitians to quickly build villages for survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake, using skills learned after the 2005 flooding of New Orleans. Their efforts are facilitated by the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation and financed by private donors.When in Jacmel, Rene and his group and the newest team will operate out of a house secured by the Emergency Village Project, the local coalition led by Jacques Morial of the Louisiana Justice Institute and Charles Allen III of the Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development. Saturday's team of disaster and construction specialists planned to fly to Haiti on a commerical airline. But their luggage included 20 to 30 duffel bags carefully packed with critical medical supplies requested from Haiti by Dr. Charles Rene, a Haitian-born ob-gyn who left New Orleans last week bound for southeast Haiti. While the new team includes two medical professionals -- orthopedic trauma surgeon Dr. Fred Wilson and ER specialist Anthony Allen -- its main focus is assisting with the immediate infrastructure needs of medical facilities. Matt Duggan, who will help to inventory the site and plan infrastructure planning; Ritchie Katko, in charge of mobile mapping and communication; Holy Cross resident and retired military man Steven Ringo, who will organize the community and plan for construction; Liesel A. Ritchie, a disaster-recovery specialist from the University of Colorado at Boulder that has worked extensively with people in the Lower 9th Ward; Petrouchka Moise, a Haitian native and Baton Rouge resident who will serve as translator and coordinator; and James Goods, who will help with translation, construction and security. (FULL ARTICLE ON WEBSITE)
In solidarity,
~Jennifer
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