tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141434932804164864.post5957990717667539082..comments2023-10-26T07:17:12.759-04:00Comments on trigger happy tara (.com): give it up for... haiti!Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08482444241716673369noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8141434932804164864.post-20193679694232323572010-01-20T11:03:31.118-05:002010-01-20T11:03:31.118-05:00I used to work, many years ago, for Ma Bell as Int...I used to work, many years ago, for Ma Bell as International Operator. One of the countries that we handled calls to was Haiti. This country was so desperately poor. Haitians in the US would go to a pay phone to call home. They had to make an appointment for their family to come to the phone company in Haiti to receive their call (usually the next day, because they were too poor to have a phone. When the appointed time came, the person in the US chunked about $9 in change into the pay phone to speak for only 3 minutes. This was a king's ransom back in the 70's. Not much has improved economically since those days in Haiti and now a terrible natural disaster. The average wage before the earthquake was $2 per day and the literacy rate is around 66 percent. (Read more facts about Haiti at Wikipedia.org.) These folks need our help and our prayers. I am proud of you T for taking a stand to help these people. :)<br /><br />Donate if you can people!BHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15926724687878453534noreply@blogger.com