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Saturday, October 18, 2014
Friday, October 17, 2014
People vs. Ebola
- you have to see this
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I can barely believe
it - thousands of us have volunteered to risk our lives at the front line of
the Ebola crisis, including hundreds of doctors and health workers! And you
have to see what the volunteers are writing -- it's beautiful.
Dear Avaazers,
Dear Avaazers,
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Ebola could threaten us all, and the most urgent need to stop it is for volunteers. If just 120 doctors among us volunteer, it will *double* the number of doctors in Sierra Leone. Other skills - in health, sanitation, logistics - can help too. This is a call to serve humanity in the deepest possible way, to accept serious risk for our fellow human beings. Click to learn more, and show our gratitude to those making this powerful choice:  |
Three
weeks ago, hundreds of thousands of us went offline to fight climate change. This week, we're going
offline to stop Ebola.
The Ebola virus is spiraling out of control. Cases in West Africa are doubling every 2-3 weeks and the latestestimate says that up to 1.4 million people could be infected by mid-January. At that scale, this monster threatens the entire world.
Previous Ebola outbreaks have been repeatedly contained at small numbers. But the scale of this current epidemic has swamped the region's weak health systems. Liberia has less than 1 doctor for every 100,000 people. Governments are providing funds, but there just aren't enough medical staff to stem the epidemic.
That's where we come in. 39 million people are receiving this email. Our polling shows that 6% of us are health workers - doctors or nurses - that's nearly 2 million of us. If just 120 doctors among us volunteer, it will *double* the number of doctors in Sierra Leone.
Other volunteers can help too -- lab technicians, logisticians, water and sanitation workers, and transport workers. Volunteering means more than time. It means risk. Health professionals have already died fighting Ebola. But if there's any group of people that would consider taking this risk for their fellow human beings, it's our community. I and others on the Avaaz team are ready to take that risk with you, traveling to the front lines of this crisis.
Great things come from listening to the deepest voices within us. If you're a health professional, or have other skills that can help, I ask you to take a moment, listen to the part of you that you most trust, and follow it.
Click below to volunteer, see messages from volunteers about why they've made this choice, and leave your own message of appreciation and encouragement for them:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/ebola_volunteers_thank_you_3/?bdbRJab&v=47528
The Ebola virus is spiraling out of control. Cases in West Africa are doubling every 2-3 weeks and the latestestimate says that up to 1.4 million people could be infected by mid-January. At that scale, this monster threatens the entire world.
Previous Ebola outbreaks have been repeatedly contained at small numbers. But the scale of this current epidemic has swamped the region's weak health systems. Liberia has less than 1 doctor for every 100,000 people. Governments are providing funds, but there just aren't enough medical staff to stem the epidemic.
That's where we come in. 39 million people are receiving this email. Our polling shows that 6% of us are health workers - doctors or nurses - that's nearly 2 million of us. If just 120 doctors among us volunteer, it will *double* the number of doctors in Sierra Leone.
Other volunteers can help too -- lab technicians, logisticians, water and sanitation workers, and transport workers. Volunteering means more than time. It means risk. Health professionals have already died fighting Ebola. But if there's any group of people that would consider taking this risk for their fellow human beings, it's our community. I and others on the Avaaz team are ready to take that risk with you, traveling to the front lines of this crisis.
Great things come from listening to the deepest voices within us. If you're a health professional, or have other skills that can help, I ask you to take a moment, listen to the part of you that you most trust, and follow it.
Click below to volunteer, see messages from volunteers about why they've made this choice, and leave your own message of appreciation and encouragement for them:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/ebola_volunteers_thank_you_3/?bdbRJab&v=47528
British 'Ebola' victim may have been joking about disease.
Colin Jaffray, 58, is potentially the first British victim of the Ebola outbreak that has killed thousands in West Africa and has spread to North America and Europe.
Read the full story:
11 October 2014
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Forgiveness by Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu.
Without forgiveness, we remain tethered to
the person who harmed us.
We are bound with chains of bitterness, tied together, trapped.
Until we can forgive the person who harmed us,
that person will hold the keys to our happiness; that person will be our jailor.
When we forgive, we take back control of our own fate and our feelings.
We become our own liberators.
Forgiveness, in other words, is the best form of self-interest.
This is true both spiritually and scientifically.
We don’t forgive to help the other person.
We don’t forgive for others.
We forgive for ourselves.
- Desmond Tutu (Archbishop Emeritus and recipient of Nobel Peace Prize)
We are bound with chains of bitterness, tied together, trapped.
Until we can forgive the person who harmed us,
that person will hold the keys to our happiness; that person will be our jailor.
When we forgive, we take back control of our own fate and our feelings.
We become our own liberators.
Forgiveness, in other words, is the best form of self-interest.
This is true both spiritually and scientifically.
We don’t forgive to help the other person.
We don’t forgive for others.
We forgive for ourselves.
- Desmond Tutu (Archbishop Emeritus and recipient of Nobel Peace Prize)
Death from above!
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