WE are the world, Not Somebody Else.

Start a blog.  Write a song.  Sing a song.  Make a video.  Play a game on FreeRice.com.  Send a Tweet.  Retweet.  Become a follower.  Leave a comment.  Make a donation to Red Cross.  Join One.org.  Give to the World Food Programme.  Join the Peace Corp.  Volunteer.  Build a home.  Offer a hand.  Offer hope.  Share you heart.  Do something.  Do something for others.  Do something for others in need.

We are the World.  We must come together as one.  It's time to lend a hand.  Haiti needs our help. 

Today's post inspired by those talented singers willing to get involved and to reach out to those in need.  I may not sing well (or at all), but God has given me a gift and a call to help those in need.  May you, too, be inspired to make a difference.

Mud Pies: More Than Child's Play for Haiti's Children

This was Haiti's reality BEFORE the earthquake.  Now the situation is even graver.  You can help to end this level of poverty, this level of suffering. 

Here's the Plan:

1. For each person who becomes a follower of this website, including the already existing 10, I will donate $1 to a charity dedicated to improving the lives of those touched by the earthquake in Haiti.
2. For each person who leaves a comment this week on any post, I will donate $1 to the same charity.
3. For each TWEET/RETWEET about this post or this website, I will donate $1 to the relief efforts in Haiti. (Just be sure that any TWEET/RETWEET is directed @LadyWanderlust with http://worldaccording2lisa.blogspot.com/ in it to ensure I receive all Tweets).

Spread the world. Raise awareness. Bring Relief to Haiti

Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is: Helping Haiti

After researching Haiti, THE POOREST country in the Western Hemisphere (and now the hardest hit), I realize that I am being called to do more than just publish blogs to help my fellow man.  Education is crucial to ending the poverty, but it takes money, especially in Haiti, to bring about real change.  Haiti needs our contributions.  Haiti needs MY contributions.  It will take money to rebuild the basic infrastructure, to provide basic necessities to those who lost everything, and to put food in the bellies of the hungry.  It is time for me to pay up.

Many of you may know me as LadyWanderlust on Twitter or as Her Majesty the Blogoddess at the WorldAccording2Lisa.  My alter ego, the Blogoddess, is a snarky, flippant, and sarcastic woman who acts as if love were nothing more than a song lyric, men are a nuisance, and life is one big joke.  However, behind that facade is a woman who really dreams of making a difference, as a mother, as a teacher, as a blogger, and as a resident of this blue marble.   So with this blog, I intend to raise money for Haiti, while raising awareness.

Here's the Plan:

1. For each person who becomes a follower of this website, including the already existing 10, I will donate $1 to a charity dedicated to improving the lives of those touched by the earthquake in Haiti.
2. For each person who leaves a comment this week on any post, I will donate $1 to the same charity.
3. For each TWEET/RETWEET about this post or this website, I will donate $1 to the relief efforts in Haiti.  (Just be sure that any TWEET/RETWEET is directed @LadyWanderlust with http://www.thepowerofonlyone.blogspot.com/ in it to ensure I receive all Tweets).

That's it.  That's "The Plan."  Help me to build up this blog so I can reach my New Year's resolution to help "the ordinary one person become an extraordinary impetus of change by addressing key global issues and empowering individuals with the knowledge of the issues & the means to make change."  The more people who follow this blog and tweet/retweet about "The Plan", the more money I will donate to Haiti and the more the message will get out.

Thank you, Lisa