Katrina Relief & News
The New Orleans Times Picayune, the major newspaper has been flooded out, but is still publishing dramatic disaster coverage, breaking news, and blogging hair-raising stories. If you want to know what is really going on, this is the source.
Editor and Publisher has excerpts from the Times-Picayune blog forum that reveals the true horror of whats going on.
The liberal blogosphere is raising cash for the American Red Cross to help meet immediate human needs.
MoveOn.com is mobilizing to help matchup people who need emergency housing with those willing to provide it, especially within 300 miles of New Orleans.
Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas "is working closely with Planned Parenthood of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta (PPLAMD) to ensure that individuals from Louisiana can continue to get birth control and other reproductive health services during the current crisis. PPLAMD provides services in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. As of August 30th, the Baton Rouge clinic has re-opened, New Orleans has not. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas has offered to those fleeing Hurricane Katrina one free cycle (one month) of birth control or one free Emergency Contraception kit to women presenting to a PPHSET clinic with a valid Louisiana or Mississippi driver's license."
Donations to help Louisiana Planned Parenthood can be made here.
Church World Service, the relief arm of the National Council of Churches is on the ground and able to use resources effectively for long term recovery.
In the short run CWS advises: "Look to experienced volunteer disaster response agencies first," Brown advises, "one recognized for a particular role in disaster response. They provide valuable assistance for people to rebuild their lives physically and spiritually. Yet they're often strapped for funds for these vital services."
"CWS and its member communions work in long-term recovery, focusing on the unmet needs not addressed by organizations providing the initial response. Faith groups typically help disaster survivors develop their own recovery plans and work with them to get assistance they need to fully recover. They also send volunteers to disaster sites to repair and rebuild homes. Through CWS or individual denominations, your money goes to work to support long-term rehabilitation."
Editor and Publisher has excerpts from the Times-Picayune blog forum that reveals the true horror of whats going on.
The liberal blogosphere is raising cash for the American Red Cross to help meet immediate human needs.
MoveOn.com is mobilizing to help matchup people who need emergency housing with those willing to provide it, especially within 300 miles of New Orleans.
Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas "is working closely with Planned Parenthood of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta (PPLAMD) to ensure that individuals from Louisiana can continue to get birth control and other reproductive health services during the current crisis. PPLAMD provides services in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. As of August 30th, the Baton Rouge clinic has re-opened, New Orleans has not. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas has offered to those fleeing Hurricane Katrina one free cycle (one month) of birth control or one free Emergency Contraception kit to women presenting to a PPHSET clinic with a valid Louisiana or Mississippi driver's license."
Donations to help Louisiana Planned Parenthood can be made here.
Church World Service, the relief arm of the National Council of Churches is on the ground and able to use resources effectively for long term recovery.
In the short run CWS advises: "Look to experienced volunteer disaster response agencies first," Brown advises, "one recognized for a particular role in disaster response. They provide valuable assistance for people to rebuild their lives physically and spiritually. Yet they're often strapped for funds for these vital services."
"CWS and its member communions work in long-term recovery, focusing on the unmet needs not addressed by organizations providing the initial response. Faith groups typically help disaster survivors develop their own recovery plans and work with them to get assistance they need to fully recover. They also send volunteers to disaster sites to repair and rebuild homes. Through CWS or individual denominations, your money goes to work to support long-term rehabilitation."
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