Posts Tagged ‘humanitarian aid’

Hearts broken, dreams shattered, lives devastated,and Island in distraught chaos, states the news from Haiti.   Compassionate Americans watch, listen and hear the news daily.  Some feel powerless to help, some give money, and then there are the angels of mercy who push forward taking positive action to rescue the people in Haiti.  Every day, Aid Organizations struggle to get life saving supplies and medicine into Haiti.  When I saw the news how the delivery of supplies and aid was sabotaged my heart cried out in pain: Why? Why can’t we save the homeless children, the adults who’ve lost everything, the infrastructure that’s been destroyed?  I quit asking why and started asking HOW and WHO.  How can I help, what can I do, who do I know that can help get the word out via social media channels to raise awareness about HOW we CAN help.  This is the topic of my blogtalkradio show Compassionate HR on Monday February 1 and 8, 7:30pm EST http://blogtalkradio.com/comphr .

To sit back and do nothing is an intolerable alternative.  For me, it simply isn’t an option.  On January 5th I started a blogtalkradio show with Shennee Rutt. Our goal: to tell the simple story of human resource professionals doing compassionate volunteer work in their communities? I wanted to tell the untold story.  All around us, there are HR angels of mercy quietly doing volunteer work to transform their communities.  They don’t do it for personal gain.  They act as steward leaders unselfishly with the sole goal of helping others.  I LOVE THESE PEOPLE, and I want to tell their stories, because they are too humble, and self effacing to tell the story themselves.  What does HR have to do with HAITI?

My colleagues have been giving money and time to do their part.  There are those in my industry who’ve dropped everything they are doing to roll up their sleeves to help.  There are those who’ve vetted the non-profit organizations and published it to their blogs.  That way you know the organizations they vetted are credible, reliable and helpful. I’m so proud of Mike VanDervort for dedicating The Carnival of HR to do just that.  If you haven’t read it yet, please do so as soon as you finish reading this post, because the writers from this week’s blogpost dedicated their precious time to discuss the matter at hand, and point you in the direction of honest non-profit organizations who will make sure your money will get into the hands that need it most.   I sincerely hope his schedule will allow him to appear on our show.  My twitter colleague Maureen Sharib has been actively tweeting the following : “RT @TechTrak: Petition:Emergency Airlift Orphans From Haiti Now http://tinyurl.com/yfgxw6r <—PLEASE SIGN and ReTweet “   Which I have retweeted numerous times. I am hoping Maureen will appear on our show.  She has the heart of an angel and an eye like a hawk.

Recently, I posted to twitter,  “Looking for HR Pros and their Companies who are volunteering to help Haiti  @Linkedinqueen answered the call.  She directed me to her site http://bit.ly/8cb6rt and I was deeply inspired by what her company is doing to make a difference.  She challenged her readers and listeners to give back.  In her video (see link above) Eve made this genuine offer.  She is the CEO of Social Media Delivered.  Listen to this: for every donation that you make to http://redcross.org Social Precision will match your gift dollar for dollar with free services (up to $500.00 offer valid through February 28) She cross posted this to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Linkedin.  To date, she reported today that several people have taken her up on her offer.  So please listen to her and her colleague Laura Hale explain how they are using social media for the greatest good.  The earthquake in Haiti is one of the worst disasters in history.  Please do something, if you don’t have money to donate, write letters to your newspaper editor to raise awareness.  Volunteer at the Red Cross or any of the charities my colleagues at HRCarnival mention. You can trust them, they did your homework for you.

@Animal teases me about being the sensitive, type. I raise my hand with pride, and say indeed I am.  What else could I possibly be with a blog radio show like Compassionate HR?  Helping those in need right now is not just my passion, indeed I believe it is my calling in life.  Thank you for sharing my vision.

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