Children of the Border

[Ronin]

Hey,

I don't know how many Humanists are here at FF or if y'all are otherwise interested in threads regarding charity and ways to help others, but our friend Sebastian is reaching out for continued help for those still suffering in Haiti and so I thought I'd share.

His ongoing efforts really are making a difference there and I think the principles that are so often being expressed here at FF are consistent with those workers and volunteers helping out in Haiti.

He asks to spread the word about their efforts and continued needs to any and all blogs, forums, etc. as well.

Here is the contact information along with additional links for those interested:

Sebastian Velez, Children of the Border Director
Children of the Border | Home (www.Childrenoftheborder.org)

Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
26 Oxford St. Cambridge MA 02138

Assistant Resident Dean and Sophomore Advising Coordinator
Kirkland House
Harvard University
95 Dunster St. Cambridge MA 02138

781-799-2906


Links

Our main page

Children of the Border | Home (http://www.childrenoftheborder.org/)


Humanist Network News podcast interview

Humanist Network News Podcast #47: Sebastian Velez in Haiti (http://www.americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2010-02-humanist-network-news-podcast-47-sebastian-velez-in-h)


Letter from Haiti while delivering aid donated by the American Humanist
Association

Humanist Charities: Support Humanist Relief Efforts (http://www.humanistcharities.org/haiti_sebastian_letter.php)


Humanist Charities updates from our work in Haiti

Humanist Charities: Support Humanist Relief Efforts (http://www.humanistcharities.org/haiti_quake.php)


Humanist Charities main site

Humanist Charities: Support Humanist Relief Efforts (http://www.humanistcharities.org)


Harvard Gazette Article about our work in Haiti

Relief for Haitian city | Harvard Gazette Online (http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/01/relief-for-haitian-city/)


Harvard Gazette Article about out work in a Haitian orphanage

An orphanage regroups | Harvard Gazette Online (http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/01/an-orphanage-regroups/)


Harvard Humanist Chaplaincy article about our Haiti Earthquake relief
efforts

Harvard Humanist Leads Haiti Relief Effort (http://www.harvardhumanist.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100:harvard-humanist-leads-haiti-relief-effort&catid=6:lastest-news&Itemid=38)


Harvard Haiti Benefit concert, where we spoke along with the Harvard
University President Drew Faust

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/2/16/harvard-haiti-concert-students/


Article in the Harvard Crimson about Director Velez's speech at the
benefit concert

http://www.theharvardcrimson.com/article/2010/2/17/harvard-haiti-benefit-concert/

Harvard Commencement 2010 § Harvard Special Events (http://specialevents.isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k65327&pageid=icb.page301262&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent593418&view=watch.do&viewParam_entry=19074&state=maximize)


A mention in the NY Times

Jan. 19: Updates on the Crisis in Haiti - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com (http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/latest-updates-on-the-crisis-in-haiti-2/)


Press release by the Norwegian Humanist Association

HAMU støtter hjelpearbeidet på Haiti - Human-Etisk Forbund (http://www.human.no/templates/Page____9874.aspx)


Video about La Casa de Salud

YouTube- Casa de salud slideshow


Video of our community health worker explaining the birth control pill

YouTube- Estela explains pill

[LadyShea]

Looks like they're doing good work.

[Ronin]

Looks like they're doing good work.

Very much so.

Sebastian is an awesome person. All of those who are there in Haiti, on the ground doing what needs to be done in real terms on a daily basis, very much remind me of a couple who met me one day with a trailer loaded with much needed supplies and followed me into the mouth of the dragon...to help someone, anyone, no matter their station in life, no matter their race, no matter their circumstance or world view.

I have five years left to retirement and hope to vanish into that very world.

[Deadlokd]

That's awesome work ~ 浪人. Makes my efforts in my local Humanist society pale into insignificance. Great work.

[Ronin]

Update:

Sebastian Velez is the 2010 recipient of the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Distinguished Service award. (http://thehumanist.org/humanist/10_nov_dec/Velez.html)