Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy has posted a series of blogs on its website www.impact.upenn.edu, each of which is highly informative about how to reach out effectively to our brethren in Haiti. You may also access the blogs individually:
Haiti & Katrina: Differences donors should know: http://bit.ly/c0tlJh
Haiti: Jump Starting the Recovery with Solutions for the Long Term: http://bit.ly/5E0vhd
Haiti: Getting It There Without Getting In The Way: http://bit.ly/6pNKtR
Haiti: “Cutting Through the Noise”: http://bit.ly/7SEzJ3
Haiti: High Impact Technology for Disaster Relief Giving: http://bit.ly/57nsqq
Haiti: How Can I Help?: http://bit.ly/5kVi1B
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Responding to the catastrophe in Haiti
The poverty-ridden challenges of living in Haiti before last week's earthquake were morally upsetting. There is a sad history of exploitation behind those challenges. The current catastrophic devastation from the earthquake follows on the heels of a previous natural upheaval -- a recent series of highly destructive hurricanes. The resilience of human beings is being harshly tested among Haitians, a people chronically provoked.
How we respond is a measure and reflection of our humanity, global citizenship, and morality. That makes it tough in the current situation where only those who are part of a rescue organization can got into the country, and even few of them can get where they are most needed inside the country.
There are two obvious ways of reaching out: donating money to the bona fide rescue organizations, and volunteering with them.
DONATIONS:
To avoid scams, it is best to donate only to well established rescue organizations, especially those that have deep familiarity with Haiti. Although there are many more with the bona fides, in order to minimize the need for inter-organization coordination within Haiti, and to minimize administrative costs, we recommend:
Action Against Hunger http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/where-we-work/haiti Penn Nursing has a special relationship with AAH through which graduate students may be placed for at least 3 months
American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/
CARE https://my.care.org/site/Donation2?df_id=5080&5080.donation=form1&s_src=171040040000&s_subsrc=redghaitiearthquakebrand110&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=c.a.r.e&utm_content=careisbringing&utm_campaign=redhaiti5080
Also https://twitter.com/care ; also http://apps.facebook.com/causes/191170
Clinton Foundation – Haiti https://re.clintonfoundation.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=3882&gclid=CMe8jY_CsZ8CFdA65QodUyb-1A
Doctors Without Borders https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=197&hbc=1&source=ADR1001E1D01
Oxfam https://secure.oxfamamerica.org/site/Donation2?df_id=3580&3580.donation=form1
Partners in Health (Paul Farmer's org) http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti
Penn Volunteers in Public Service annual drive will run from Tuesday, January 19 through Friday, February 5, 2010. Proceeds will go to Yele Haiti: http://www.yele.org/ Collection jars are set up at the OTIS Helpdesk in 213 CFH and in Cherry Sturdivant’s office at LIFE.
UNICEF http://www.unicefusa.org/?gclid=CJr50vDBsZ8CFYNo5Qodc2v6kQ
* Note that some credit card companies are taking a fee of about 1-3% on charitable contributions. However due to pressure from media columnists, Amex and Visa have waived the fee through February. Nonetheless best to check your credit card company's policy on this before donating.
VOLUNTEERING:
We as a school can lead some humanitarian efforts. We can mobilize to provide care after transportation and communication systems open up. We could join trauma teams which the Department Medicine or teams at CHOP or HUP have put together.
Some suggestions already received include:
add the link to your preferred aid organization to your personal emails, your facebook, your blog, your website
If you didn't catch 60 minutes and want to hear from medicine on the front lines in Haiti, check out this clip: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6108550n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel
What are YOUR ideas for what members of our school ought to do now within our limited human capital resources and while insuring the safety of our school members? Please post your suggestions below. I would love to hear from you.
How we respond is a measure and reflection of our humanity, global citizenship, and morality. That makes it tough in the current situation where only those who are part of a rescue organization can got into the country, and even few of them can get where they are most needed inside the country.
There are two obvious ways of reaching out: donating money to the bona fide rescue organizations, and volunteering with them.
DONATIONS:
To avoid scams, it is best to donate only to well established rescue organizations, especially those that have deep familiarity with Haiti. Although there are many more with the bona fides, in order to minimize the need for inter-organization coordination within Haiti, and to minimize administrative costs, we recommend:
Action Against Hunger http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/where-we-work/haiti Penn Nursing has a special relationship with AAH through which graduate students may be placed for at least 3 months
American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/
CARE https://my.care.org/site/Donation2?df_id=5080&5080.donation=form1&s_src=171040040000&s_subsrc=redghaitiearthquakebrand110&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=c.a.r.e&utm_content=careisbringing&utm_campaign=redhaiti5080
Also https://twitter.com/care ; also http://apps.facebook.com/causes/191170
Clinton Foundation – Haiti https://re.clintonfoundation.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=3882&gclid=CMe8jY_CsZ8CFdA65QodUyb-1A
Doctors Without Borders https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=197&hbc=1&source=ADR1001E1D01
Oxfam https://secure.oxfamamerica.org/site/Donation2?df_id=3580&3580.donation=form1
Partners in Health (Paul Farmer's org) http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti
Penn Volunteers in Public Service annual drive will run from Tuesday, January 19 through Friday, February 5, 2010. Proceeds will go to Yele Haiti: http://www.yele.org/ Collection jars are set up at the OTIS Helpdesk in 213 CFH and in Cherry Sturdivant’s office at LIFE.
UNICEF http://www.unicefusa.org/?gclid=CJr50vDBsZ8CFYNo5Qodc2v6kQ
* Note that some credit card companies are taking a fee of about 1-3% on charitable contributions. However due to pressure from media columnists, Amex and Visa have waived the fee through February. Nonetheless best to check your credit card company's policy on this before donating.
VOLUNTEERING:
We as a school can lead some humanitarian efforts. We can mobilize to provide care after transportation and communication systems open up. We could join trauma teams which the Department Medicine or teams at CHOP or HUP have put together.
Some suggestions already received include:
add the link to your preferred aid organization to your personal emails, your facebook, your blog, your website
If you didn't catch 60 minutes and want to hear from medicine on the front lines in Haiti, check out this clip: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6108550n&tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel
What are YOUR ideas for what members of our school ought to do now within our limited human capital resources and while insuring the safety of our school members? Please post your suggestions below. I would love to hear from you.
Friday, January 15, 2010
We did it!
It is all true! And without each one of you, we could not have done it! We are starting 2010 with the fantastic news that we have accomplished our Where Science Leads Campaign goals by reaching $73.5 million by December 31st.This positions us to receive the $1.5 million challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation, pending their final approval.
The campaign total -- $75 million – is the largest in the history of nursing schools and meets the ambitious goal we set for ourselves to raise the quality of Penn Nursing education, research and practice.
If that accomplishment is not incredible enough in itself, I am pleased to tell you that in the final three months before the campaign deadline, our concerns about meeting our goals were quickly replaced with overwhelming enthusiasm and commitments from our School’s community.
Within the month of December alone, more than 500 donors, determined to help us meet our goals, responded with generous commitments. Without you as active and proactive members of our School community, we would not have been able to achieve our unprecedented goals.
Your productivity, vision, participation and support were instrumental in creating both the inspiration and the momentum for our accomplishments. In addition, a remarkable number of you were active volunteers and donors as we pushed to meet the Penn Nursing Kresge Challenge. It is because of these internal and external partnerships and inspiring investments in our School that we are able to accomplish many of our strategic goals, including improving our School’s facilities and environment, ensuring quality education, building new levels of support for our science and practice, and enhancing access for a diverse group of students.
With no shortage of opportunities, the more profound results of this campaign will continue to emerge as we move forward in advancing knowledge and making an impact on the quality of healthcare.
Please accept 75 million thank yous and wishes for a very Happy New Year!
The campaign total -- $75 million – is the largest in the history of nursing schools and meets the ambitious goal we set for ourselves to raise the quality of Penn Nursing education, research and practice.
If that accomplishment is not incredible enough in itself, I am pleased to tell you that in the final three months before the campaign deadline, our concerns about meeting our goals were quickly replaced with overwhelming enthusiasm and commitments from our School’s community.
Within the month of December alone, more than 500 donors, determined to help us meet our goals, responded with generous commitments. Without you as active and proactive members of our School community, we would not have been able to achieve our unprecedented goals.
Your productivity, vision, participation and support were instrumental in creating both the inspiration and the momentum for our accomplishments. In addition, a remarkable number of you were active volunteers and donors as we pushed to meet the Penn Nursing Kresge Challenge. It is because of these internal and external partnerships and inspiring investments in our School that we are able to accomplish many of our strategic goals, including improving our School’s facilities and environment, ensuring quality education, building new levels of support for our science and practice, and enhancing access for a diverse group of students.
With no shortage of opportunities, the more profound results of this campaign will continue to emerge as we move forward in advancing knowledge and making an impact on the quality of healthcare.
Please accept 75 million thank yous and wishes for a very Happy New Year!
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