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Denver Native (Carol)
01-13-2010, 06:30 PM
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14181241

Broncos linebacker Elvis Dumervil today pleaded for Americans to help the people of Haiti after a massive earthquake leveled the Caribbean country.

Dumervil, who grew up in Miami's "Little Haiti" neighborhood and is of Haitian descent, told ESPN that he has about 50 family members living in Haiti. His mother was trying to reach relatives there today by phone, he said.

"My mom spoke to a couple of people this morning," Dumervil said. "It's a tough time right now. It's a major tragedy. I just really need help. Trying to help the poeple in Haiti, it's a very unfortunate situation."

Dumervil suggested people visit the website yele.org to make contributions.

"It's already been tough," he said. "It's already the poorest country there. Hopefully we can get some support, get some help to get Haiti back to where it was.

"At night, there's no electricity," he said. "A lot of dead bodies on the pavement, on the ground. Those bodies may be there for months. It was already struggling. It's really a time for desperate need."

Indianapolis Colts receiver Pierre Garçon, also of Haitian descent, said he was worried about the fate of relatives who live near the country's capital city, Port-Au-Prince.

"Aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews. We still have not heard much from them and my mom is still trying to call them," Garcon said. "I'm keeping in contact with my mom. It's tough to get in touch with people down there because of the phone lines."

Philadelphia 76ers center Samuel Dalembert, who grew up in Haiti, said he reached his father there, but could not contact others.

And welterweight boxing champ Andre Berto, who is Haitian-American, said he continues to worry about the country.

Dumervil added: "A lot of people are in panic mode. "It's a very sad situation. I'm really encouraging people to help."

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FanInAZ
01-13-2010, 06:44 PM
Here's a couple of sites you can go to help out when ever there is a disaster anywere in the world.

Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/

Salvation Army: http://www1.salvationarmy.org/ihq/www_sa.nsf

The SA is a Christian organization and my therefore be band in those countries that practice religous discrimination. To the best of my knowledge, this in not the case in Haiti

Jaws
01-13-2010, 06:48 PM
Just horrible.
Hard to comprehend such destruction and suffering.
They need all the help they can get.
Donated via Christian Aid's website earlier today, hoping I can make another contribution at some point soon.
Praying for people like Doom who are waiting on news about loved ones and that emergency and rescue services are able to do their work.

FanInAZ
01-13-2010, 06:58 PM
Its not that I don't trust Dumervil, but I do know that allot of scam organization try to exploit situation like this. It was possible that Doom, being emotionally invested in this disaster, could get tricked into endorsing a organization that he didn't actually know anything about. So because of this, and the fact I'd never heard of this group, I did an online search to verify its legitimacy. The humanitarian organization, Yele Haiti, did pass and so I've added their link here.

http://www.yele.org/

FanInAZ
01-13-2010, 07:01 PM
Just horrible.
Hard to comprehend such destruction and suffering.
They need all the help they can get.
Donated via Christian Aid's website earlier today, hoping I can make another contribution at some point soon.
Praying for people like Doom who are waiting on news about loved ones and that emergency and rescue services are able to do their work.

We prayed about this at a prayer meeting that I attended last night. I'll be attending another pray meeting tonight with a Spanish-American congregation in about an hour from now. I guarantee that it will be at the top of the prayer list.

KyleOrtonArmySoldier#128
01-13-2010, 07:23 PM
Donate, but seriously don't go through the red cross. 9/11 embezzlement still doesn't sit right with me and I'll never again trust that organization.