Organizations
Our First Organization: Schoolhouse Supplies
Jun 20th
Click. Buy. Help. continues to evolve. You may have noticed some changes lately – and there are more planned. What’s driving these changes is responsiveness. Click. Buy. Help. is dedicated to helping non-profit organizations and being responsive to their needs is paramount.
First, Click. Buy. Help. is pleased and proud to have Schoolhouse Supplies join as the first organization! Initially, a small pilot test with their close friends and colleagues will take place from a small collection of retailers from their page. Then, as we refine our strategies, they will consider expanding to their current supporters.
Please welcome Schoolhouse Supplies to the Click. Buy. Help. community by visiting their page, learn more about the good work they do for teachers and students, and join in the pilot test – jump off from their site to do some shopping!
In addition to our first organization, a number of new retailers have been added. More >
Organization Index Page Added
Feb 9th
Interest is growing among non-profit organizations and as they become part of Click. Buy. Help., they will be added to the new Organization Index page. In addition, the navigation at the top has changed to allow drop-down choices. For now, the initial two choices and others to be added will be in alphabetical order until another redesign is needed.
Check back frequently for more organizations you can help with your online purchasing.
Thank you for supporting these causes. Let us know in the comments below if you would like to add your organization.
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Haiti’s Refoundation – Not Reconstruction
Mar 25th
Posted by Click. Buy. Help. in Organizations
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In Episode 160 on March 16, podcasters Adam Davidson and Chana Joffe-Walt discuss their recent visit and their time with Haitian Primer Minister Jean Max Bellerive. It is interesting to note the Prime Minister’s unique situation as being able to cause a “Refoundation” as opposed to a “Reconstruction.”
The difference between these two terms is profound.
Prime Minister Bellerive does not favor the term “Reconstruction” since it implies the restoring of Haiti to the condition it was before the earthquake. His belief is substantially more visionary – he believes that a “Refoundation” is needed, or stated another way, pursuing a path of building the foundation of a country the way it should be – not the way it was. Naturally, there is considerable discussion along with the actual interview and I won’t attempt to recap it here. Anyone interested would be hard pressed to more wisely invest just under 19 minutes listening to the podcast. The important aspect is this unique, one time chance to fundamentally change the country.
Of course, a “Refoundation” will be expensive. Roads, infrastructure, schools, government, health care – the list goes on and on – will take billions of dollars. But it is not just the sheer volume of funds, but the enormous and varied sources of those funds. A seemingly overwhelming challenge will be in how to manage the sources of support continuing to pour in – and making the best “foundational” use of those funds – from all over the world.
Yes, there is a connection to Click. Buy. Help.
Thank you for your willingness to change a habit when shopping online. Please continue to support the American Red Cross through the Red Cross for Haiti page. If you are a part of a U.S.-based non-profit organization and want to join us, please get in touch. If you simply want to help, click through to your favorite retailer and make a regular purchase – the commission on that sale will generate a donation – and you will have helped Haiti along its path to a “Refoundation.”
Many thanks,
Dave