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Lambda Tau Omega and HASA join forces to aid victims of Hurricane Noel
Krysta Venturella
Issue date: 11/12/07 Section: News
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Lambda Tau Omega Sorority, Inc. along with the Haitian American Student Association is collecting non-perishable goods and clothing from Nov. 12-15 to aid displaced families and victims of Hurricane Noel, which ravaged the Caribbean in early November.
More than a hundred people died and thousands of others are still without the bare necessities, such as shelter, food and clothing. Students are encouraged to bring bottled water, baby formula, rice, beans, milk, canned goods, clothing, shoes, diapers, blankets, insect repellant, bleach, diarrhea medication and flea powder.
The William Paterson University community can help. Boxes will be placed in the student center and atrium. All donations will be taken to Iglesia Bautista in Passaic, one of many groups shipping cargo containers to those affected.
"The sight of the damage is heartbreaking," said Jennifer Maury, one of the students leading the efforts.
The damage of this storm first began in October in the Bahamas and made its way through Cuba, then to the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where meteorologists say it turned into a category one hurricane. After leaving the Caribbean, Noel made its way to Mexico, where one million people have been left homeless.
The National Weather center reported the Dominican Republic as the hardest hit by the hurricane, where flooding and mudslides left approximately 66,500 people without homes and 115 people dead - not including the 50 missing people as of Nov. 5.
The Island of Hispaniola, which Haiti and the Dominican Republic share, is rich in agriculture with an abundance of plantain, tomato and banana plantations. Sources say there has been 95 percent damage to plantations, leaving Dominicans and Haitians rummaging for food.
The island's water supply and transportation have also been greatly affected. In towns where water is drawn out of wells, there is no clean water available. They patiently wait for more rain in order to wash and bathe themselves.
More than a hundred people died and thousands of others are still without the bare necessities, such as shelter, food and clothing. Students are encouraged to bring bottled water, baby formula, rice, beans, milk, canned goods, clothing, shoes, diapers, blankets, insect repellant, bleach, diarrhea medication and flea powder.
The William Paterson University community can help. Boxes will be placed in the student center and atrium. All donations will be taken to Iglesia Bautista in Passaic, one of many groups shipping cargo containers to those affected.
"The sight of the damage is heartbreaking," said Jennifer Maury, one of the students leading the efforts.
The damage of this storm first began in October in the Bahamas and made its way through Cuba, then to the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where meteorologists say it turned into a category one hurricane. After leaving the Caribbean, Noel made its way to Mexico, where one million people have been left homeless.
The National Weather center reported the Dominican Republic as the hardest hit by the hurricane, where flooding and mudslides left approximately 66,500 people without homes and 115 people dead - not including the 50 missing people as of Nov. 5.
The Island of Hispaniola, which Haiti and the Dominican Republic share, is rich in agriculture with an abundance of plantain, tomato and banana plantations. Sources say there has been 95 percent damage to plantations, leaving Dominicans and Haitians rummaging for food.
The island's water supply and transportation have also been greatly affected. In towns where water is drawn out of wells, there is no clean water available. They patiently wait for more rain in order to wash and bathe themselves.
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e anthony DeMorizi MD
posted 11/13/07 @ 9:11 PM EST
I am afraid that we dominicans suffer the curse of "los infelis" ie: 'the sufferers', which is only to say we the poor are doomed to suffer. It's a feudal anachronism from Spanish Middle Ages, that condemns the sufferers as if it's God's Will. (Continued…)
Jozef Solc
posted 11/14/07 @ 1:26 AM EST
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