What to do? How to help?
My stomach knots with each new disaster the world faces. The same movie plays in my head: driving north on Rte. 9 in Westchester and seeing emergency vehicle after emergency vehicle heading into Manhattan like the saddest parade. Striving for optimism when despair was all I felt. Feeling inadequate.
Inadequate. At a loss in the magnitude of the sorrow and despair these people face. There are places accepting cash donations, but what else can I do?
I’ve been deeply saddened by this as well, as I am for every natural disaster or conflict where there is a massive loss of life. It just brings home to me to be thankful for each and every day, because life can be so unpredictable.
I don’t know if this might offer some other options or not, but you could look into it: http://www.caringforchina.org/resources/donation.htm