Friday, February 19, 2010
Greetings, and thanks so much for thinking of me at this time. As you probably know, I've been working in Haiti for almost 20 years, and so I am very focused now on trying to respond to the needs of my friends and partners who have been devastated by the earthquake.
I just returned (2/11/10) from a trip to Haiti. After many meetings with Haitian colleagues, it became clear to me and the group I was with that the best thing we can do now is send tents, rope, and waterproof tarps to some of the hundreds of thousands of people who are homeless, exposed to the sun, and sleeping in the streets as the rainy season begins.
We have put together an effort called "Tents to Haiti." All the information you need in order to send tents, tarps, and rope to our partners in Haiti who will distribute them can be found on the website www.tentstohaiti.org .
Thanks so much, and I look forward to working with you all on this!! Our goal is to send 15,000 tents to Haiti by March 15th. Here's all the info you'll need to participate.
And oh--there's a video of me singing a new song I wrote in response to the earthquake after the Tents To Haiti text. The lyrics are underneathe the video. Enjoy, and God bless you, and thanks so much for "stopping by."
Bryan Sirchio
2/12/10
By the way, If you would like to help me, Tents to Haiti, and the organizations I work with respond to Haiti's earthquake financially, please visit the website of the organization through which I do most of my work in Haiti at this point. It is called Haiti Partners MCC (MCC stands for Madison Christian Community, which is my home church). The URL is www.haitipartnersmcc.org . You can make a secure donation to the relief efforts I'm involved with on this website. Note: this is a different organization than Haiti Partners. Sorry for the confusion. Haiti Partners is run by very good friends of mine. They did not realize that we already called our ministry "Haiti Partners" when they secured that domain name and filed for their non-profit status under that name. We will probably change our name at some point so that this is not confusing for folks.
Please contact me via e-mail or phone if you want to talk about Haiti further with me. The video below is of me playing a new song called "Yet Even Now" which I wrote on January 22-23rd, 2010. The lyrics are below the clip in case you'd like to read them as you listen.
Yet Even Now
