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Those concerned about targeting your donations to most vulnerable in Haiti may consider a donation to L'Arche who have 2 communities and a school in Haiti. L'Arche is a close partner of PLAN and PLAN Institute - we have learned so much from their work and their leader Jean Vanier. As an added bonus any donations made to L'Arche Haiti will be matched dollar for dollar by our federal government.
News Update February 5, 2010:
Dear Friend of L’Arche:
I have a brief update to give you regarding L’Arche in Haiti. I begin with a few words written yesterday from Jonathan, one of the L’Arche assistants who is “on the ground” in Haiti. His words are a strong affirmation of the need for all of us to stay close to these people in Haiti whom we do not know personally, but who are our brothers and sisters in the beautiful and sometimes very suffering human journey that we are on together.
“You who are praying, giving, crying, supporting; you who have been thinking of us daily over these past weeks; you are our silent weapon, our reason for staying the course, our source of survival... You have a part to play in the story of humanity unfolding before our incredulous eyes. Friends—friends of L’Arche or friends who are L’Arche—more precious than sunscreen on the beach, you give us the strength that would fail us on these gray mornings. It is feeling supported and loved by so many people that make us smile during prayer. This is not trivial, only to be our moral support from one day to the next.”
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A post from Jack Styan, ED at PLAN, is at http://www.jackstyan.com/my-blog/2010/02/family-movement-wiki.html
And, Stefan has posted a video of Jack Collins speaking to the same theme at http://www.stefanlorimer.com/2010/02/the-family-movement.html