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    Default Mercy Corps for the relief effort

    I know some of us are looking for groups aside from the Red Cross to donate to in the wake of Katrina. The Red Cross is great, but they are quite beaurocratic and have been getting a ton of donations, so please look at this website and donate.

    I am also donating to the Humane Society.
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    I wanted to add this because I was discussing (with a counselor) the mental health services that will be needed for the effects of Hurricane Katrina.....the victims are in survival mode right now, but months and years from now, the damage will catch up to them. I wanted to strongly suggest people with experience or education in the psychology/ psychiatry field consider volunteering their services...there will be a need in this regard for years to come.

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    Default Re: Mercy Corps for the relief effort

    I was talking with another SW members about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder issues. Even though most of these people will eventually re-build their lives, counseling adds up, and it's unlikely that for most of the survivors that their financial situation will change enough to be able to afford four figures a month for counseling for the whole families.

    The effects of this will linger for years in so many ways.
    "She has written so well, and marvellously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer...But this girl, who is to my knowledge very unpleasant and we might even say a high-grade bitch, can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves as writers"

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    I was thinking an catastrophic event like this would underscore the need for better medical services access to all Americans regardless of economic status, but that's too Political for this forum. Anyhow, peer counseling helps a lot and is often free, and one of the strong points of many ethnic & low-income peoples is familiy solidarity- they will help eachother through this.
    BTW, my county just received a family of 17 from NOLA. They got here in a three car caravan, with the minivan running on 5 cylinders. The local mall gave them a gift allowance of $600, and the local community is reaching out to them. It's touching to see people who they themselves are just getting by, working hard to help others.

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