Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-11th, Brooklyn) talks about the response to the Haitian disaster in Brooklyn and Washington.
Then Georgia Popplewell, managing director for Global Voices, talks about social media coming out of Haiti.
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Please: Text the word - Haiti - to 90999 - to make an immediate $10 donation to the Red Cross relief effort! It's so easy...it will show up on your phonebill. Please repost! And send out healing, loving energy to Haitians everywhere!
Obviously beyond the current horror and tragedy of this event why is Haiti in such a shambles as a country,it actually makes many African countries seem straight and true. They share the island with DR, so I can't see there being a huge difference in natural resources.
My prayers are with the citizens of Haiti and their relatives stateside.
I have been trying to find out if Jatropha would help Haiti's situation:
Jatropha the wonder plant produces seeds with an oil content of 37%. The oil can be combusted as fuel without being refined. It burns with clear smoke-free flame, tested successfully as fuel for simple diesel engine. Jatropha curcus is a drought-resistant perennial, growing well in marginal/poor soil. The by-products are press cake a good organic fertilizer, oil contains also insecticide.
It is easy to establish, grows relatively quickly and lives, producing seeds for 50 years.
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