The tragedy that struck the Port-au-Prince region in Haiti not two months ago shook the world. Many people were left wondering what they could do and how they could help – but because of the stringent restrictions on travel in and out of the ‘hub’ city, volunteers and supplies were few and far between when they were needed most.
Airline Ambassadors was the one of the first NGO’s on the ground after the disaster with three planes full of medical supplies and sixty doctors, half of whom spoke Haitian.
Their work in Haiti has helped save numerous lives and improved conditions for many who were left without a home. We’ve been following their journey for the past month on their blog, which we encourage all of our readers to follow as well:Â http://airlineambassadorsblog.blogspot.com/
We cannot tell you how much it means to get this type of insight into a catastrophe unparalleled in our western hemisphere human history. In their efforts, detailed in their blog, we saw much pain, death and misery but also hope, love and something else…
Joy.
Those reflections, journals, stories, hit that special nerve in one’s heart that said, “These people are incredible!” This includes the AAI volunteers, doctors, the military of the US Southern Command, all the people helping and most of all the sorely wounded people of Haiti.
black & light co donates a portion of the gross proceeds of the sale of all Inspirational candles to AAI. In addition, shoppers using the AAI100 promo code receive a ten percent discount on their order and we’ll donate a percent of the proceeds of all sales using this code regardless of candle.
AAI will be on the ground in Haiti, long after the media attention wanes, like they were before the event and like they are in eighty-one other countries around the world.
black & light co is grateful to be able to provide goods and donations to AAI, an opportunity for plain ordinary people like us help them do their extraordinary things and dovetailng with our desire to measure success by how we support those in greater need.
Click on the link above or the picture below to visit the Airline Ambassador blog!
[...] in dire need around the globe. See our past blog posts ‘Airline Ambassadors Efforts in Haiti’ http://blog.blackandlightco.com/?p=493 ‘When One Witnesses’ http://blog.blackandlightco.com/?p=469 and our first post ‘black & [...]