Help Haiti

@lickedspoon Uncategorized January 16, 2010July 17, 2018

Since Wednesday, I have been thinking about what I could write about the earthquake that doesn’t sound woefully trite. I don’t have the words. I know that the pictures in the newspaper and on television pull my heart right out of my chest. I am making a donation to Action Against Hunger’s Haiti appeal www.actionagainsthunger.org.uk . Ninety percent of their donations go directly to their field programmes. There are many other charities desperate for anything you can spare. The Times has an excellent list of reputable charities working in the region, including the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal.

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Love and a Licked Spoon is written by Debora Robertson, food writer, editor, enthusiastic kitchen botherer and optimistic planter of pretty and edible things. She lives in north London with her husband Séan, a dog, a cat and a mountain of cookbooks and seed catalogues. She is ideologically opposed to rectangular plates. Her latest book, Declutter: The get-real guide to creating calm from chaos was published by Kyle Books in 2018. Dogs' Dinners: The healthy, happy way to feed your dog was published by Pavillion Books in 2018. Gifts from the Garden: 100 Gorgeous Homegrown Presents, was published by Kyle Books in 2012. View all posts by @lickedspoon

Published January 16, 2010July 17, 2018

4 thoughts on “Help Haiti”

Anonymous says:

January 18, 2010 at 8:04 am

Thanks for mentioning DEC. There is a Foodlovers Fundraising dinner on Mon 8 February in aid of Haiti with all proceeds going to DEC, Disasters Emergency Committee http://www.dec.org.uk.

Tickets are £175 – people can help by promoting the event on their blogs, Twitter and Facebook
http://www.foodepedia.co.uk/restaurant-news/2010/jan/haiti.htm

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Lickedspoon says:

January 18, 2010 at 7:08 am

Thank you for reading it, Joy.
Scarlett – As you say, beyond our comprehension. Anything one does to help feels so small in the face of such devastation.

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Scarlett the Heavenly Healer says:

January 17, 2010 at 11:47 am

I know the feeling. I'm quite a tough old bird but have found myself in tears when watching the news or reading a newspaper (weeping on public transport was very odd).

The situation in Haiti is beyond devastation, and beyond our comprehension. Too dreadful.
Thanks for the links.

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Joy says:

January 16, 2010 at 1:01 pm

Thankyou for this post.

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