{"id":391,"date":"2010-03-02T23:17:17","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T07:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.riseupmassage.com\/?p=391"},"modified":"2016-04-15T03:46:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T03:46:08","slug":"chile-earthquake-relief-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/chile-earthquake-relief-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Chile Earthquake Relief Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Feb 27th<\/sup> at 3:30 am, an 8.8 level earthquake shook Chile to the bone. You\u2019ve probably seen the pictures and can just imagine the damage to shaken buildings and tsunami- swept town centers near the ocean and the heart of the quake. My husband, Felipe, is from Linares and Talca in the\u00a07th region of Chile, fifty miles from the epicenter of the earthquake, about\u00a0four hours south of Santiago. <\/span>We were just visiting the area this January and places we just went through are now in shambles along with damage to homes of family and friends that we visited. <\/span><\/p>\n

Felipe\u2019s family is luckily unharmed but scared because of continued intense aftershocks (his parents slept in their car for\u00a0four nights afterwards, fearing thier house would fall) as well as the stress and heartache of rebuilding structures in a devastated region. Felipe’s grandmother, Aida Baeza’s, home of fourty years in the countryside is collapsed and they are working to rebuild at least a temporary structure for now to protect the remains from looting. <\/span><\/p>\n

Felipe has set up a Chile Earthquake Relief Fund through Paypal and is accepting donations. All donations will be allocated 50% to Felipe\u2019s family to help rebuild his grandmother\u00a0home and 50% sent to local disaster relief efforts in that area, active through March 31, 2010. Below are some pictures of his grandmother’s property (before the quake) \u00a0in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Anything helps! Thank you, friends!<\/div>\n
Update: Thank you so much for your kind donations! Felipe was able to raise $1500 for Chile, $750 going to Habitat for Humainity in Concepcion, Chile and $750 to rebuild his grandmother’s house. So wonderful! Felipe’s family is moving forward with the rebuild for Aida Baeza’s home and\u00a0the rest of his\u00a0family’s \u00a0homes are okay. Despite aftershocks that continue (still in May!) people are moving forward. I think it’s incredible how tragedy mobilizes a nation and brings people together in bittersweet, positive ways to overcome the stress and heartache. The human spirit prevails!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Aida Baeza outside of her homeAida’s living room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Property surrounding Baeza home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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