No Gadgets for Haiti

Bart · January 20, 2010

Not Blender news, but something I’d like to bring to your attention. I created a Haiti support site with three volunteers. Are you thinking of buying a nice gadget for yourself? Delay it just a little and instead, make a donation for Haiti now! Visit the website No Gadgets for Haiti and follow us on Twitter via @NoGadgets.

Spread the word!

Thanks,

Bart

Author Bart

I have a LONG history with Blender - I wrote some of the earliest Blender tutorials, worked for Not a Number and helped run the crowdfunding campaign that open sourced Blender (the first one on the internet!). I founded BlenderNation in 2006 and have been editing it every single day since then ;-) I also run the Blender Artists forum and I'm Community Lead at n8n.

13 responses

Coen Spoor

20 January 2010 at 08:21

Though I’ve got nothing to donate (and thus not buying any gadget), I happily support your idea!

Iconoclast

20 January 2010 at 08:53

Good job, Bart.

flawedprefect

20 January 2010 at 10:26

Love it. Good job, Bart. I did something similar a couple of year’s back. MY wife’s cousin in Vietnam needed education. I thought I needed a new iPod… then I found out for the cost of a new iPod, she would get to go to school FOR A YEAR. I sacrificed my small gadget-purchase that year, and sent that girl to school.

I’ll donate!

Thomas Baron

20 January 2010 at 14:23

Simple and efficient idea. Great job !

Etienne

20 January 2010 at 14:58

Hi Bart,

I’m not really good in English (I’m French Canadian) but I think the following sentence:

“Your has world collapsed”

Should be read :

“Your world has collapsed”

Isn’t?

Appart from that, it’s a great initiative. May be you could create a group on Facebook too? I will then share it with my contacts.

Thanks!

Mitch

20 January 2010 at 15:26

Great idea. I donated!

Dave Heinemann

20 January 2010 at 15:46

Great idea – did you come up with it before or after the 2nd quake?

I’m ‘flat broke,’ but so is everyone in Haiti, at $5-10 per DAY. So I’ll send what I can, knowing it’s worth more there, not just literally.

So no game, though I wasn’t ‘committed’ to getting one, saving what I have for – more important things.

For people who already bought their gadget, you could suggest a matching donation.

Dan

20 January 2010 at 17:35

I teach at Louis-Riel High school in Ottawa Canada and we have a great number of Haitien kids. IT has been, and is stressful and the mood is sorrow all over the school. I have collegues who have lost entire parts of their family. We have started (the day after the first earthquake) a fund raiser.

I applause you for the initiative.

Dan

dyebon

20 January 2010 at 18:05

Hi Bart, i’ve been a blenderhead for the longest and i am an Haitian. I just want to congratulate you for the work and effort you have put into this and anyone who has contributed. We still need a lot of help and THANK YOU for all the love and care. Btw Bart, if you need help with volunteering, i am willing and able.

Thank you Guys,

Junior

nickspla.net

22 January 2010 at 14:57

Hi Bart, Great idea – and a superfast implementation!

aGuy

24 January 2010 at 02:42

Site fails….

Iconoclast

24 January 2010 at 08:17

Some jackass put in a negative number.

Bart

24 January 2010 at 08:38

aGuy: I checked your IP and you were one of the people that wrecked the site. Congratulations, you just earned yourself an IP-ban both from NoGadgetsForHaiti.org and BlenderNation! Tosser.

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