“This is the way for immediate relief,” Murphy said. But it’s only available to some: “Unless you have an organization requesting to send food to you, you can’t find it on the market.”
She said she has collected a few food donations, but they’re in storage because she has nowhere to send them. The person who makes those deliveries said he wouldn’t be able to get through until November.
In the meantime, for immediate relief, Murphy said food would have to be ordered through the transfer service.
“For each family in the city, I can set aside $118,” she said. “I have a list I can send directly to them.”
At this point, Murphy is trying to fill the need out of her own pocket, she said. But she is hoping for donations.
“Once I receive the money, I can order the food myself,” she said.
“We may feel some level of sympathy as we are all humans, or we may empathize as some part of the U.S. itself has experienced similar devastation from Hurricane Gustav and Hanna and ask ‘what can we do?,’ considering our own needs and responsibilities,” Murphy said in a press release. “Although the situation may look overwhelming, a small contribution when it is made from several sources indeed makes a difference.
Haitian Community Development Project has been asked to be part of the relief effort to help the people of Haiti, mostly those from the town of Gonaives, and in turn it is asking you and others in the community to consider making a small contribution toward this effort.”
