day 2 at common ground
we made it through our arduous journey...ive spent the last 28 hours getting oriented and setting up accessable technology for those involved in the effort here.
finally we arrived in algiers, the west bank of the mississippi river, the heart of voodoo and the spirit of africa in new orleans. this place has such solid foundation for community and i am humbled by my accelerated education.
huh where to start...the common ground collective community center been established for several weeks now. peter and i have plugged in and are super busy already. last time i saw peter he was calibrating some medical equipment at the clinic after unpacking thousands of pounds of supplies off a huge delivery. ive been in continous meetings about media strategy and distribution routes/priorities for the region.
(http://www.commongroundrelief.org/)
im impressed with the level of organization and friendly demeaner of the folks who have come from all corners of the US to help, not to mention the people of algiers who are returning in huge numbers to a community with scarce operational stores, and no gas stations, or any infrastructure for that matter. we are distributing to hundreds locally every day and then delivering to neighboring communities.
The outlying areas to the south inhabited mainly by indigenous folks have been largely ignored and there are still many communities who have yet to receive any visit from fema or red cross, even though most all of their homes are still flooded with contaminated water...the stories are so numerous...we do these deliveries with rental trucks that cost about $100 a day to rent. if anyone has $$ to donate, i reccomend giving it to this effort, or fundraise to purchase a large delivery truck for the community center for more long term community support.
the common ground clinic--whoa--those amazing people are really on top of it.
during this time of such great need, our clinic is the sole provider for folks needing prescriptions locally. that's a little rediculious considering the scale the red cross and fema are working. they have even received calls as recently as yesterday asking for advice from red cross staffers who are just setting up shop here in the gulf coast.
these volunteers, doctors and nurses have remained cheerful and generous however, and they are beginning to integrate the natural remedies and herbal medicines you all donated into their inventory.
by the way the folks at the clinic are working about 14 hours a day and then crash out on the floor every night (16 people in small building). donations of time or volunteers are also badly needed at this location.
oh yeah, we gave the beautiful and honorable Cobalt (the shepherd to a couple in dallas who promised to take care of him (they were SUPER into him). so a tearful goodbye to cobalt released that responsibility.
love u all
sorry for the delay by the way.
ill try to write more regularly now.
please feel free to comment or to write me at kerul at truffula.net.
finally we arrived in algiers, the west bank of the mississippi river, the heart of voodoo and the spirit of africa in new orleans. this place has such solid foundation for community and i am humbled by my accelerated education.
huh where to start...the common ground collective community center been established for several weeks now. peter and i have plugged in and are super busy already. last time i saw peter he was calibrating some medical equipment at the clinic after unpacking thousands of pounds of supplies off a huge delivery. ive been in continous meetings about media strategy and distribution routes/priorities for the region.
(http://www.commongroundrelief.org/)
im impressed with the level of organization and friendly demeaner of the folks who have come from all corners of the US to help, not to mention the people of algiers who are returning in huge numbers to a community with scarce operational stores, and no gas stations, or any infrastructure for that matter. we are distributing to hundreds locally every day and then delivering to neighboring communities.
The outlying areas to the south inhabited mainly by indigenous folks have been largely ignored and there are still many communities who have yet to receive any visit from fema or red cross, even though most all of their homes are still flooded with contaminated water...the stories are so numerous...we do these deliveries with rental trucks that cost about $100 a day to rent. if anyone has $$ to donate, i reccomend giving it to this effort, or fundraise to purchase a large delivery truck for the community center for more long term community support.
the common ground clinic--whoa--those amazing people are really on top of it.
during this time of such great need, our clinic is the sole provider for folks needing prescriptions locally. that's a little rediculious considering the scale the red cross and fema are working. they have even received calls as recently as yesterday asking for advice from red cross staffers who are just setting up shop here in the gulf coast.
these volunteers, doctors and nurses have remained cheerful and generous however, and they are beginning to integrate the natural remedies and herbal medicines you all donated into their inventory.
by the way the folks at the clinic are working about 14 hours a day and then crash out on the floor every night (16 people in small building). donations of time or volunteers are also badly needed at this location.
oh yeah, we gave the beautiful and honorable Cobalt (the shepherd to a couple in dallas who promised to take care of him (they were SUPER into him). so a tearful goodbye to cobalt released that responsibility.
love u all
sorry for the delay by the way.
ill try to write more regularly now.
please feel free to comment or to write me at kerul at truffula.net.
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