Just Sara » crisis http://www.saraburbi.com Professional Collector of Random Info Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:44:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Haiti – 12 January 2010 http://www.saraburbi.com/2011/01/12/haiti-12-january-2010/ http://www.saraburbi.com/2011/01/12/haiti-12-january-2010/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:25:39 +0000 Sara http://www.saraburbi.com/?p=1539 haiti-gmaps-20111201

That's what Google Maps shows today of Port-au-Prince. The white/blue spots are tents. It would be interesting to know ow long ago exactly this satellite photo was taken

It’s been 1 year since a devastating earthquake hit Haiti. I’m sure we all remember the images on TV and the news cover.
I will not talk about the money that was supposed to be invested in helping Haiti or about the hundred, thousands of words of hope and encouragement said, the help promised and never delivered. I will just post a few links to remind ourselves how lucky we are and how much good we could do, we can do.

Some images on this page are not for the light hearted: Médecins Sans Frontières

This is a very informative blog from Michael Deibert, a British journalist.

Some news from UNICEF on the current situation in Haiti and some striking pictures that show how much has not been done in 1 year.

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Read the article and bear in mind that 500 euros = 675 $ = 442 £. Try and think of how you would live with that amount of money as your monthly pension/income.

]]> http://www.saraburbi.com/2010/02/25/euro-crisis-has-italy-pensioners-worried/feed/ 0 Goodbye free online newspapers? http://www.saraburbi.com/2009/12/28/goodbye-free-online-newspapers/ http://www.saraburbi.com/2009/12/28/goodbye-free-online-newspapers/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:26:16 +0000 Sara http://www.saraburbi.com/?p=748 I don’t think so. But click here and read the article. The end is so true… Why people would pay to read a particular newspaper online, if they can find free news on other websites? Unless they *really* read that newspaper *only*, most people will definitely save their money and find free sites, which cannot be banned anyway. Business moguls should wake up. Now more than ever, a lot of people don’t have much money left to waste and sure don’t want moguls to earn more than they are already earning ;) D’oh!

]]> http://www.saraburbi.com/2009/12/28/goodbye-free-online-newspapers/feed/ 1 The Safety Net http://www.saraburbi.com/2009/11/29/the-safety-net/ http://www.saraburbi.com/2009/11/29/the-safety-net/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:18:14 +0000 Sara http://www.saraburbi.com/?p=645 “This is the most urgent time for our feeding programs in our lifetime, with the exception of the Depression. It’s time for us to face up to the fact that in this country of plenty, there are hungry people.” KEVIN CONCANNON, an under secretary of agriculture, on the rapid increase in food stamp use across the country.

Click here to read the New York Times article.

View the Food Stamps map

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