New Warrior Call to Action for Haiti

Men of the ManKind Project and our many supporters,

Every so often our world is faced with tragedies brought about by natural disaster – the tsunamis in Thailand in 2004 and Samoa in 2009, Hurricane Katrina in the USA in 2005 – and, as you know, this week a series of earthquakes measuring 6.5 to 7.3 in magnitude near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, an area with a gross population of over 3 million souls.

There has been devastating loss of life and there are now hundreds of thousands without basic shelter, food, water, and emergency medical supplies. Haiti is one of the world's poorest and least developed countries in the world, with a gross domestic product per capita of US$ 790, or $2 per person per day. [wikipedia]

The ManKind Project reaches out to the hearts of those so tragically impacted. We offer our prayers and blessings, from all our diverse beliefs and traditions and from nations and communities around the globe, that the suffering will subside quickly as millions of men and women from across the world mobilize to help those in need.

We have the opportunity to do many things in this time of crisis, and we call on our membership to take action as a New Warriors in the world. Three of our institutional values are compassion, generosity and respect. As men among men, and as global citizens, we can put those values into action in the spirit of give-away that we have all shared and witnessed in our work.

The ManKind Project does not advocate for any single course of action, we invite you to connect with your personal vision of what the world could be, what you can do to help, and take action to make that real today. Men, Women and Children are waiting.

Most of us have never, and will never, experience the terror and devastation facing those in Haiti today. But with open hearts and open eyes we can help ease some small fraction of the pain. The world needs good men. We are some of those men. We're not alone. We recognize and honor the heroic efforts of women and men from all nations of the world today, working to make life better in so many tragic circumstances.

Here are a number of links where you can donate money to organizations already on the ground in Haiti. Reach into your heart to help a human being survive. It is up to you. It is up to each of us.

If you can do more, do it. Live big.

http://www.google.com/relief/haitiearthquake/
Google’s Haiti Relief page (with direct support via Unicef and CARE via secure transaction)

http://www.ifrc.org/
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

“I’m starting this critical mission with a $100 donation so that our Brothers, Sisters, and their children might get some clean water and life-saving medical attention – please join me! – With Love for all that you do, Martin”

On behalf of the ManKind Project Staff and Elected Leadership,

Martin Marks, MKP Vice Chair
Keith Jarvis, Information Systems Officer
Boysen Hodgson, Marketing and Media Team Chair