[Dance Spree] FW: You are Invited to Dance Spirit this Sunday with DJ Prakash and we will have a fundraiser for the Hurricane Disaster relief in Haiti

[Prakash Laufer]

Dear Dancing SpiritsYou are invited to Dance Spirit this Sunday September 21st.  We will have a special benefit to help respond to a huge humanitarian disaster in Haiti as a result of three hurricanes that have passed over Haiti in the past three weeks.  

Wyclef Jean, the musician, was recently in Gonaives Haiti with Matt Damon assessing the magnitude of the disaster.  Wyclef's comments were that the city of Gonaives was like the disaster of Hurrican Katrina in New Orleans magnified times a hundred.
Fortunately there is a group of community activists working in disaster relief and grass-roots economic development for the past several years in Haiti - many of whom are friends of mine.  They have been working in the Northwest of Haiti where this disaster has been especially bad and many of the staff are from the CIty of Gonaives.  We have raised money for their work in Haiti in the past at Dance Spirit and several months ago the founder of Bread and Puppet Theater from Vermont went to work with AMURT in Haiti with several of his colleagues and helped villagers make giant puppets. 
Below is information about the nature of the disaster in Gonaives Haiti and also links to the work of AMURT in Haiti and their response to this disaster:
 
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http://www.amurthaiti.org/

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0915/p04s02-woam.html


Even if you cannot come to Dance Spirit you can send donations to AMURT (an international NGO with headquarters in Maryland) - on-line. 

HAITI HUMANITARIAN 
DISASTER BIGGEST IN SEVERAL DECADES




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The aftermath of Cyclones Hanna and Ike caused massive flashfloods in the
Artibonite valley, submerging the city of Gonaives between September 2 and 4
under 9 feet of water and leaving a path of destruction behind. The full scale
of the disaster is hard to estimate because of the isolation of the worst hit
area, however according to official radio forecasts this is one of the biggest
natural calamities to hit the country in decades. The entire NW of the country
is cut off from land access, food is scarce and trickles in only through the
rare UN ship convoys. With the population already living on the edge after a
shock-wave of rising food prices, this current disaster will shortly become a
major humanitarian crisis of profound proportions. 






Always Dancing in the Light,

Prakash Laufer
http://picasaweb.google.com/prakash.laufer 
413-478-1241 Cell
413-585-0763 Home
 

"You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too." - Shrii Shrii Anandamurtii



-- 
Sincerely,

Prakash Laufer
Executive Director
The Brick House Community Resource Center

Turners Falls MA
www.thebrickhouseinc.org
plaufer at thebrickhouseinc.org
413-863-9576
13-478-1241 (Cell)



Sincerely,

Prakash Laufer
Board President
United for a Fair Economy
direct: 857-277-7891
prakash at faireconomy.org

United for a Fair Economy
29 Winter Street

Boston, MA 02108
tel: 617 423 2148
www.faireconomy.org

Our Mission

UFE raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. We support and help build social movements for greater equality. 





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