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For some of us the earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12th is still fresh in our minds. Although the stories have fallen off the main pages of many major media sources, the immediate needs for assistance are still very real. As the United States pledges relief and the international community rallies to continue support hundreds of local volunteers still give all that they can on the ground in Haiti in largely unheard of areas.
River Gods in Central Square is having a fundraiser for Haiti this Sunday. A suggested $5 donation gets you Haitian food, a live DJ and raffles - with proceeds going to Partners in Health, a Boston group that was working in Haiti long before last month's earthquake. Starts at 7 p.m., 21+.
Paul Levy posts extracts from a message from Dr. R. Malcolm Smith, Chief of the Orthopaedic Trauma Service at Mass. General, who reports an unusual issue:
The Phoenix lists clubs and restaurants who are doing things for Haiti this holiday weekend.
The Boston Haitian Reporter talks to Richardson Innocent, who recently returned to Port-au-Prince from Boston:
... Every morning, all the young guys in the neighborhood get up and hit the streets right away, we go through the rubble and we try to get people out. We can still hear the people inside some of them screaming for help, for water.
Alan MacKinnon at the Gardens at Gethsemane cemetery reports he flies out of Logan at 6 a.m. on Sunday:
Got together with the Organization of Former Members of Mahanaim, met them at Temple Salem Seventh Day Advent Church. They have a place for me to stay in Haiti and will provide volunteers to help with my efforts to document the burial process and locations of their friends and loved ones.
Meeting starts at 7 p.m. at Holy Cross Cathedral, 1400 Washington St., according to state Rep. Linda Dorcena-Forry (D-Dorchester):
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