Blogs About "Haiti"

I arrived on August 11, 2010 to a very warm, humid and sticky Port-au-Prince. At the arrivals terminal at the airport, a band greets us with loud local music and dancing. It is a wonderful welcome! The musicians are dressed in bright colors and are brimming with smiles. I am comforted by this warmth as I prepare to embark on the “Africa for Haiti” mission to Haiti. I have heard so...

For the first time in several years, I did not actually sit down to write my list of 2010 resolutions, which typically includes both personal and business goals. The way the first few weeks of the year have been going, I now understand why. Everything is just moving too fast, and yet positively forward, so opportunities for progress and positive change arise almost daily, and thankfully we are almost always ready...

'Don't say that I will depart tomorrow--even today I am still arriving.

Look deeply: every second I am arriving to be a bud on a Spring branch, to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile wings, learning to sing in my new nest, to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower, to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.

I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry, to fear...

I'm going to keep a running blog - on Haiti, on the community of 85 Broads connecting in this time of unimaginable loss and human tragedy. I'm simply going to post the words shared by 85 Broads members, starting with the note on Haiti sent to all 85 Broads members.

Dear 85 Broads members,

We were very saddened to receive news of the devastating earthquake that impacted Haiti on Tuesday evening....

I just checked, within 5 minutes of "A Note to 85 Broads Members About Haiti" being sent this afternoon, a reply, from a trusted voice in the network: Jacqueline Novogratz of the Acumen Fund. In this time of enormous need for Haiti, knowing how, where and when to contribute is essential. And for guidance, a trusted voice is who you turn to.

Here is Jacqueline's email to the 85 Broads community...