W00t! Me doctor sis is famous!

jill_valentine · 09-12-2008 08:21PM

Damn. Good for her. Partners in Health are really something.

Arcade Fire nerds like me will have heard a lot about them.

Einstein · 09-12-2008 09:02PM

jill_valentine wrote: »

Damn. Good for her. Partners in Health are really something.

Arcade Fire nerds like me will have heard a lot about them.

thats right, Arcade Fire are massive suppporters of the crisis in Haiti. They give $1 from every ticket & album sale to PIH

jill_valentine · 09-12-2008 09:19PM

Win usually has a PIH logo taped to his guitar, he and Régine went to Haiti to visit PIH clinics earlier on this year too, if I recall correctly.

Arcade Fire about PIH

What PIH does with every dollar it gets

Genuinely tremendous organisation, and, not to get all grown-up on After Hours or anything, but what they do with the money they get is amazing. They're a genuinely heroic bunch of guys and girls, those PIH folk, and do pass on the sentiment.

Oh, sorry, Yore Ma.

Carry on, everyone, as you were....

Nehaxak · 09-12-2008 09:46PM

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=4884

PiH have a very good rating on there also.

I met some of them in Haiti about 7 years ago or so, found them very nice and professional people.

Einstein · 09-12-2008 09:52PM

and it pisses em off somethin serious when they get zero coverage.
750.000 became homeless/died when this years hurricanes hit.

pretty much went unnoticed.
Limerick had a flood and the Irish government requested emergency aid.

Genuinely makes me chuckle

The guy · 09-12-2008 09:52PM

As much as this is a big post for attention, considering what his sister does she deserves it.

Fair play to your sister OP.

jill_valentine · 09-12-2008 09:53PM

The guy wrote: »

As much as this is a big post for attention...

IN AFTER HOURS?!?!?!

No, surely not. We won't stand for that sort of thing here.

Einstein · 09-12-2008 09:53PM

The guy wrote: »

As much as this is a big post for attention, considering what his sister does she deserves it.

Fair play to your sister OP.

It's all about the attention. Everyone that read this thread maybe now knows more bout Haiti.

Attention? Yes.

Job done? Yes.

jill_valentine · 09-12-2008 09:55PM

Nicely played, Einstein.

Moral High Ground FTW!

Jimbo · 09-12-2008 09:56PM

Is your sister Louise Ivers?

Einstein · 09-12-2008 09:57PM

jimbo78 wrote: »

Is your sister Louise Ivers?

ya

Nehaxak · 09-12-2008 09:57PM

Einstein wrote: »

It's all about the attention. Everyone that read this thread maybe now knows more bout Haiti.

Attention? Yes.

Job done? Yes.

We still want naked pics of your sister though, sorry but this should've been made clear to you before you posted here.

Hidden Rule No. 3

Advertising one's sister requires posting of naked pics of said female, so long as the following conditions are also met...

a) She's hot
b) She's over 18
c) She's not from Cork

Einstein · 09-12-2008 09:58PM

Nehaxak wrote: »

We still want naked pics of your sister though, sorry but this should've been made clear to you before you posted here.

Hidden Rule No. 3

Advertising one's sister requires posting of naked pics of said female, so long as the following conditions are also met...

a) She's hot
b) She's over 18
c) She's not from Cork

a) I dont find my sister hot (apologies :P)
b) Yes
c) She's a Dub

SAVE_ME.222 · 09-12-2008 10:00PM

I'm goin loco down in acapulco....... oh wait

Nehaxak · 09-12-2008 10:05PM

http://www.nextgenmd.org/vol2-6/developing_countries.html

^^
Nice article from 2006 from an interview with your sister.

jill_valentine · 09-12-2008 10:08PM

Einstein Ivers, damn that's unfortunate.

Einstein · 09-12-2008 10:10PM

jill_valentine wrote: »

Einstein Ivers, damn that's unfortunate.

i got soooo much slack at school....
kicked everyones ass in physics tho

jill_valentine · 09-12-2008 10:11PM

A Nobel winner and a charity working doctor. Was one of your parents Superman?

Einstein · 09-12-2008 10:16PM

jill_valentine wrote: »

A Nobel winner and a charity working doctor. Was one of your parents Superman?

well ye know, someone had to discover E=MC squared...

jill_valentine · 09-12-2008 11:35PM

And she's based out of Harvard?

Jesus Christ.

...

I fail at life.

stovelid · 09-12-2008 11:44PM

@Jill. I've heard of groupies before, but never proxy groupies.

Jimbo · 09-12-2008 11:55PM

Just watching the show there and gotta say your sister is a bit of a legend Einstein.

And I thought I was charitable.

jill_valentine · 09-12-2008 11:56PM

stovelid wrote: »

@Jill. I've heard of groupies before, but never proxy groupies.

That's me, I'm a proxy charity groupie.

Nah, Partners In Health are kind of heros of mine since I first heard of them, and I've thought about trying to find a way to work with them. Those folks are awesome.

jill_valentine · 10-12-2008 12:06AM

This ain't easy watching.

Stheno · 10-12-2008 12:07AM

jill_valentine wrote: »

This ain't easy watching.

It's not

Earthhorse · 10-12-2008 12:16AM

That was tough but worth it.

Thanks for posting this Einstein, I wouldn't have watched otherwise.

Your sister and her colleagues are incredibly brave people.

Einstein · 10-12-2008 12:31AM

i know some peeps prob thought I was postin this for the sake of it. But I gotta say I wish that I could do somethin constructive and help over there. electricians, plumbers, builders...all could do somethin helpful, none of which I do...

I genuinely hope to do some sort of fundraiser next year...sure we'll see!

i is a proud bloke tonight!

littlebug · 10-12-2008 12:38AM

Einstein wrote: »

i know some peeps prob thought I was postin this for the sake of it. But I gotta say I wish that I could do somethin constructive and help over there. electricians, plumbers, builders...all could do somethin helpful, none of which I do...

I genuinely hope to do some sort of fundraiser next year...sure we'll see!

i is a proud bloke tonight!

and rightly so Einstein.

Earthhorse · 10-12-2008 12:38AM

Einstein wrote: »

But I gotta say I wish that I could do somethin constructive and help over there. electricians, plumbers, builders...all could do somethin helpful, none of which I do...

That's what I thought while I was watching. Even if I was qualified in something useful I doubt I'd have the guts to carry through.

Einstein wrote: »

i is a proud bloke tonight!

You should be. You even got a mention!

jill_valentine · 10-12-2008 12:43AM

Would I be right in saying that PIH primarily recruit only fairly heftily qualified medical types from abroad, so they can fill the less skill-dependant roles with locals, right?

They're always taking donations though...
http://www.pih.org/youcando/donate.html

W00t! Me doctor sis is famous!

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