When a Hurricane hit our Island Puerto Rico... My Family do not sent "Thoughts and Prayers" after "Maria". We rolled our sleeves and filled a container with assistance not only for our family but also for a Hospital plus those in need and My Nephew flew to the island to make sure the help went to the right people. We also received Donations (more than 17,000). Donated by Friends and Strangers with no Relation or Connection to the island. I was ready to do it again for Dorian and when time comes My family will rolled up our sleeves again and go to work with the Joy of Helping our Kins and Strangers alike. One of us (my brother in law Nelson Alvarez) passed about a month later from completing the operation. Nobody worked harder than him during the task at hand and to me his weak heart gave up at 57!!! But not before the contributions made it to the Island we loved and love so much.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Great and Massive Kudos to you and your family for being True and Decent Human Beings and my most sincere condolences on the loss of your brother, it IS people like yourselves that bolster my hopes for Humanity and the Human Race.
You've reminded me of when our little community with a population of around 19,000 people all got together and collected nearly 300 tonnes of non-perishable goods, blankets, tents, cooking utensils,clothing, etc, with not a Bible in the entire lot then asked a Xrstian Charity IF they'd help us to send them to the needy in the big Himalayan Earthquake a few years back.
The Charity, which I won't name at present though a well media publicised one, REFUSED point-blank since " We had NOT included bibles or religious materials in our donations."
We searched around and found a Non-Religious, Non-Government Group that not only sent trucks to collect everything we had collected BUT also air freighted it ALL to the needy FREE of Charge.
We had also struck the same problem when we had collected for the Boxing Day Tsunami, a refusal from a Xrstian Charity BUT an acceptance and assistance from another Non-Religious/Non-Government Organisation who also air freighted our collection totally free of charge.
I tend to think that " If you want something done the right and decent way, then do it yourself/selves and do NOT rely upon or let the religious organisations finish the job."
Triphid
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Sep 4, 2019
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GipsyOfnewSpain, your nobility and thoughtfulness is to be commended by all, I do not go by color, race, religion, I simply respect good people and you can number yourselves as great people! Hugs to you and your family and friends,more importantly, stay safe. X
Austin-Cambridge
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Sep 3, 2019
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Wow! Beautiful story! I don’t see this often! Makes me want to do more.
bradnyijuan
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Sep 2, 2019
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Actions rather than superficial superstitions .Bravo
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