Noah Filipiak interviews World Relief’s Haiti Country Director, Joseph Bataille. Haiti was the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere before the 2010 earthquake and even more so after. All this despite millions and millions of dollars of international aid over the course of decades. Noah and Joseph have a “behind the curtain” conversation about how […]
What drives me nuts about organizing the Lansing for Haiti 5K
Our 4th annual Lansing for Haiti 5K run/walk is coming up on January 11th, 2014 (Shameless Plug: Click for info & to sign up! Doggy Division, Yeti Mascot, & No Race Fee this year–you can’t beat that!) We had 301 runners last year and hope to top that this year. 100% of our proceeds go […]
We have problems in the USA, so you shouldn’t help other countries…
The 3-year anniversary of the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti is coming up this Saturday. When a massive disaster like this hits close to home, it is very trendy to give and support the cause. News crews bombard the country and we are fed constant streams of the devastation, motivating people to give. But did […]