ʻO ke aloha wai maʻemaʻe, Just a Drop, ke noi nei i ka ʻoihana huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻiliʻili kālā e hoʻolako i ka wai palekana maʻemaʻe i Haiti ma hope o ka pōʻino i hala iho nei. Ke hoʻāʻo nei nā keʻena kōkua ulia pōpilikia e loaʻa i nā lako pono e pono ai ma hope koke o ke ōlaʻi, ke kāhea nei ʻo Just a Drop i nā hāʻawi e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo mau no nā kauhale a me nā kaiāulu.
Ma hope o ka pōʻino kūlohelohe, ua make nā haneli he nui me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka wai maʻemaʻe a palekana, ʻoiai ʻo 50 ka nui o nā poʻe i kēia manawa i nā halemai ma Haiti ma laila ma muli o ka wai lepo. E hoʻouna wale kahi Drop i nā hui i ka wā i pau ai ka manawa hoʻomaha mua e kōkua i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i ka wai a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana a paipai i nā kaiāulu i haʻalele i ko lākou mau kauhale a me nā home.
ʻO Fiona Jeffery, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me ka luna o Just a Drop a me ka luna o ka World Travel Market, i ʻōlelo: "Inā no ka ʻoihana a leʻaleʻa paha, ʻo ke ʻano maoli o ka huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ia ka mea e hui pū ai i nā poʻe mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Pono mākou e kū i nā pilikia nui ma Haiti a ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana e hui pū a hāʻawi i kā mākou kākoʻo i kona poʻe. Me nā pōʻino a pau o kēia ʻano, pilikia nui ka nele o ka wai a ke hoʻouna koke ʻia nei nā lako hou i ka mokupuni. Akā ke hoʻokō koke ʻia nā pono, pono e hoʻomau ʻia ke kākoʻo i hoʻomau ʻia ke kaʻina hana hoʻōla. ʻO ia hoʻi ke kūkulu hou ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana wai a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe. Just a Drop's "JUST HELP HAITI" noi i ka huakaʻi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi he wahi liʻiliʻi ia o ka pane honua i kēia pōʻino honua. Akā, ʻo ka wai maʻemaʻe a me ka wai maʻemaʻe he waiwai ola, a he kuleana koʻikoʻi ke aloha. Ke noi aku nei au i nā mea a pau e hāʻawi i kā lākou kākoʻo no ka mea ʻo kēlā me kēia mea liʻiliʻi e hoʻohui i ka hoʻololi nui.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mike Spinelli, ka pelekikena mua o ka American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) a me ke alakaʻi alakaʻi o ka Hui Haitian: "He mea kupanaha, ʻo ka pilikia nui a Haiti e alo nei ʻo ia kekahi o ke aloha e kau nei i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā pilikia o Haiti, ʻaʻole nā kumu. ʻAʻole ʻoe e hoʻōla maikaʻi i ka pōloli ma kahi ʻāina i ʻānai ʻia i ka moana ma ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i ka iʻa, akā, ʻo nā pou lawaiʻa. ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā pahu wai maʻemaʻe hou i Haiti ua like ia me kēia, no ka mea, ua hoʻopau ʻia ka wai. Ma muli o ka piha ʻana o 50 pakeneka o nā moena o ka haukapila ma Haiti i ka poʻe e loaʻa ana i ka hopena o ka wai lepo, a make hoʻokahi o kēlā me kēia 10 keiki ma mua o ka ʻelima mau makahiki ma muli o ka wai maʻemaʻe, ʻo Just a Drop's project he makana ke Akua iā Haiti. ʻO ka hana ʻana i nā pūnāwai a me nā kumu wai maʻemaʻe ʻē aʻe he pōmaikaʻi maoli ia i kahi ʻāina i maʻa i ka hele wāwae ʻelima mau mile no kēia pono kumu, a ʻo Just a Drop ke hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia.
I loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi, ua kōkua ʻo Just a Drop i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona mau keiki a me ko lākou mau ʻohana mai 29 mau ʻāina me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā luawai i pale ʻia, ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka paipu a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, me nā mikiona kūleʻa ma hope o ka 2004 Tsunami and Hurricane Mitch ma Grenada ma 1998. Ma hope o kēia mau pōʻino. Ua holo ka hui aloha wai o ka honua i nā noi e ʻohi kālā e kūkulu hou i nā lako wai hoʻomau a paipai i nā kaiāulu i haʻalele ʻia e hoʻi i ka home.
Nui nā ala e hāʻawi kālā iā Just a Drop. Hiki i nā hui e makemake ana e kākoʻo i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana ke hāʻawi i nā haʻawina ma ka pūnaewele ma o Just a Drop's website www.justadrop.org, a i ʻole e hoʻouna i nā loiloi i uku ʻia iā Just a Drop, i ka manaʻo o Ana Sustelo - Just a Drop Coordinator, Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant , Richmond TW9 1DN. ʻO kahi ʻē aʻe, e hana i kahi hoʻololi BACS, e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona iā Nikki Davis ma ka leka uila ma lalo nei.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka hana a Just a Drop e ʻoluʻolu e kipa www.justadrop.org.
Hoʻokaʻaʻike:
Inā makemake ʻoe e holo i kahi hanana e loaʻa kālā no nā papahana Just a Drop, e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona iā Nikki Davis, ma:
Helu kelepona: + 44 (0) 20 8910 7981
Email: [pale ʻia ka leka uila]
No nā nīnau nīnau media, e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona iā Fiona Jeffery ma Just a Drop:
Helu kelepona: 0208 910 7043
Email:[pale ʻia ka leka uila]
www.pax.travel
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The creation of wells and other ongoing sources of clean water is truly a blessing to a land that is accustomed to walking five miles for this basic need, and Just a Drop is to be applauded.
- Since 50 percent of all hospital beds in Haiti are filled with people suffering from the effects of dirty water, and one in every 10 children die before age five due to unclean water, Just a Drop's project is a Godsend to Haiti.
- As emergency relief agencies attempt to get the essential supplies through that are needed in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, Just a Drop is calling for donations to provide ongoing support for villages and communities.
