In which there are cookies made of dirt.

[hoveringsombrero]

'Cookies' made of clay are being eaten in Haiti because of food shortages and skyrocketing food prices. To alleviate hunger pains people in Haiti are filling their stomachs with these so-called 'dirt cookies' in their desperate attempt to prolong life. Children in Haiti are part of the thousands around the world who die every single day from hunger-related causes.

Bright Hope is making available its own version of Dirt Cookies to help the hungry in Haiti with immediate food relief, and a micro-loan in order to grow their own vegetables.

WTF? I don't really understand this sort of fund raising. Why don't they just use the money they made to make these dirt cookies to buy real food for these alleged dirt eaters? Maybe I just don't understand how this works?

That said, I sorta want some, so I might donate them a dollar or something at some point to get some, I'm curious.

Comments

[prapra.livejournal.com]

it's actually very healthy to ingest clay, it's a natural detoxifier. i was on a clay diet for a while and it cleaned my insides out hardcore....so i wouldn't be surprised if those Haitians outlast us all...

[eris.livejournal.com]

This makes me even more curious about these cookies. I actually was all prepared to donate them a dollar, since I had exactly one in paypal at the time. This was when we realised that J has my paypal card, in DC. This was an important discovery for other reasons. So a helpful discovery, but no dirt cookies for me.

Dirt Cookies Impact

[(Anonymous)]

Eris,

Thanks for your comments and questions regarding the Dirt Cookies.
I actually work for Bright Hope and would love to take a shot at answering some of your questions.

Through our Dirt Cookie project, Bright Hope was able to provide food for over 280 families in Haiti. Each family received 50lb bags of rice for three months as well as micro-loans, agricultural training, and mentorship - all provided through loving church community.

To accomplish such a relief and development project - Bright Hope had to create substantial awareness of the problem and partner with more than a hundred individual donors to raise the funds necessary to provide that kind of relief. All told, the program cost in the tens of thousands of dollars.

We were incredibly fortunate to have a local church with an industrial kitchen donate nearly all of the time, expertise, and materials necessary for the production of these cookies. In fact, Bright Hope couldn't have provided what it did for one family for what it spent on the production of these cookies. And, the cookies themselves are accomplishing exactly what they were truly intended to do... that is to make poverty real to us in the United States who don't have to see (or taste) how bitter and awful its reality truly is.

Please if you have time, please investigate our site www.brighthope.org/dirt a little more. I'd especially encourage you to watch the YouTube video that is linked there. It's an NBC special on the dirt cookie and global food crisis situation.

Also, we'd love to send you a bag of cookies - even for a penny. It's important to us that the story of those suffering in Haiti is told and understood and we're more than willing to invest a little of our own resources in that with the belief that when people find out how bad things truly are they will be motivated to help.

Blessings,
Aaron Subich
Bright Hope International

[alouqua0.livejournal.com]

wow, I'm glad I looked at this again to see last guys comment. I think I'm going to have to get some.