Rainbow Sandals and Feelgoodz were the only two which donated. My current flip flops are wearing out--I'll do my best to buy a pair from one of these brands.
My church's college ministry did something similar before the earthquake. We asked the students that were at the college worship service to give the shoes off their feet for a village in Haiti. We shot a little video along the way and I love to throw it out there every time it is relevant. www.vimeo.com/7452943
This was done as part of a series we were doing on social justice. Our big thought behind it was "It is possible to do justice and not know God, but it is impossible to know God and not do justice." We are big on a faith that produces action.
They could also take the sheets of flip-flop material that's left over after they stamp out the flip-flops and use it as corral material for livestock. That's what they do all over Africa.
That's good charity and certainly appreciated, but, out of curiosity...
Were they asked to donate something in front of their peers? There's a lot to say about peer pressure and outside influence and "doing things for the right reasons," but I want to be sure I'm understanding how that all went down.
a lot of groups in haiti are doing the same .
all the ones i saw push religion onto a populace where half are catholic , half are protestant and all believe in voodoo .
Agreed. We try to meet their physical needs before we try to meet their spiritual need. Telling someone how Jesus loves them and as an extension you love them is pointless if they are starving. We recently sent donations to help rebuild an orphanage as well as to dig a well and buy goats for families.
what kind of industry, commerce, economy would you start in a hurricane prone, earthquake ridden island in the middle of nowhere with a government developed by rebel slaves?
damasoAug 14, 2010Buried
They contacted 100 companies and only two gave donations? Nice.
bowieAug 14, 2010Buried
How about you send them some f**king information on how to start, improve, and maintain their own industry, commerce, trade, and government?
Anything you send wont mean dick in a week if you can't make it self-sustaining.
bowieAug 14, 2010Buried
That's not nearly enough computing power, even for a country the size of Haiti!
spunalotAug 15, 2010Buried
3 months later - 500 Haitians land on Miami Beach in raft made from 1300 pairs of flip flops.
lennybirdAug 15, 2010Buried
Rainbow Sandals and Feelgoodz were the only two which donated. My current flip flops are wearing out--I'll do my best to buy a pair from one of these brands.
alaskalonewolfAug 14, 2010Buried
Yeah, should have sent more garbage bags and water.
libertarianslolAug 14, 2010Buried
All I see is 1,200 acts of immorality.
These Haitians should be heroically productive so that they can earn their own flip-flops.
partrowAug 14, 2010Buried
Send all of the plastic crocs that haven't sold down there.
dijkstra22Aug 15, 2010Buried
I hate flipflops because I don't like things between my toes....and they look stupid on guys.
tacojohn48Aug 15, 2010Buried
My church's college ministry did something similar before the earthquake. We asked the students that were at the college worship service to give the shoes off their feet for a village in Haiti. We shot a little video along the way and I love to throw it out there every time it is relevant. www.vimeo.com/7452943
This was done as part of a series we were doing on social justice. Our big thought behind it was "It is possible to do justice and not know God, but it is impossible to know God and not do justice." We are big on a faith that produces action.
mcoulter876Aug 15, 2010Buried
I hate those goddamn things and the noise they make when they hit the back of a person's heel. Irritating as hell.
braininaboxAug 14, 2010Buried
As someone who knows a Mitt Romney supporter, this is a trivial number of flip-flops.
2004taxesAug 14, 2010Buried
They could also take the sheets of flip-flop material that's left over after they stamp out the flip-flops and use it as corral material for livestock. That's what they do all over Africa.
barrettandersonAug 15, 2010Buried
That's good charity and certainly appreciated, but, out of curiosity...
Were they asked to donate something in front of their peers? There's a lot to say about peer pressure and outside influence and "doing things for the right reasons," but I want to be sure I'm understanding how that all went down.
mishacoAug 15, 2010Buried
a lot of groups in haiti are doing the same .
all the ones i saw push religion onto a populace where half are catholic , half are protestant and all believe in voodoo .
these people need food , not more religion
tacojohn48Aug 15, 2010Buried
Agreed. We try to meet their physical needs before we try to meet their spiritual need. Telling someone how Jesus loves them and as an extension you love them is pointless if they are starving. We recently sent donations to help rebuild an orphanage as well as to dig a well and buy goats for families.
hwoodAug 15, 2010Buried
Am I the only one that thought they were talking about the J-K flip flop?
mishacoAug 15, 2010Buried
want to help haiti ? incarcerate all of the haitian politicians and forgive all the foreign debt .
other wise , no amount of hand outs will help .
metis2Aug 15, 2010Buried
what kind of industry, commerce, economy would you start in a hurricane prone, earthquake ridden island in the middle of nowhere with a government developed by rebel slaves?
bowieAug 15, 2010Buried
Medical tourism.
Call centers.
Offshore banking.
Cruise-liner registration.
Nuclear disposal.