{"id":44331,"date":"2020-01-05T19:58:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T00:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=44331"},"modified":"2020-01-05T21:40:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T02:40:24","slug":"australia-is-burning-how-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/australia-is-burning-how-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Is Burning: How to Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re wondering, &#8220;What can I do for Australia?,&#8221; here&#8217;s an answer: Donate to one of the organizations listed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/how-to\/australian-fires-everything-we-know-and-how-you-can-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this CNet article<\/a>. If\u00a0 you can&#8217;t donate even a dollar &#8212; that&#8217;s okay! You can still raise awareness by sharing the links with all your peeps. To get you started, here are six of the options, but there are so many more in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/how-to\/australian-fires-everything-we-know-and-how-you-can-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australia&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org.au\/campaigns\/disaster-relief-and-recovery-new-years-eve#donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Red Cross Disaster relief and recovery fund<\/a>\u00a0helps support evacuation centers and recovery programs for the affected communities<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfs.nsw.gov.au\/volunteer\/support-your-local-brigade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The NSW Rural Fire Service has a donation page<\/a> to support the firefighting efforts in New South Wales<\/li>\n<li>The Country Fire Authority is the state of Victoria&#8217;s rural firefighting service and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfa.vic.gov.au\/about\/supporting-cfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">you can donate directly here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cfsfoundation.org.au\/donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> The Country Fire Service in South Australia<\/a> also takes direct donations.<\/li>\n<li>To help support firefighters in the state of Queensland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfbaq.org\/donate-to-rfbaq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">you can donate to the Rural Fire Brigades Association via their webpage<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Salvation Army <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salvationarmy.org.au\/donate\/make-a-donation\/donate-online\/?appeal=disasterappeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">has a disaster appeal donations page<\/a> set up to deliver support to local communities affected by the blazes.<\/li>\n<li>The Victorian Bushfire Appeal is where state premier Daniel Andrews is suggesting to donate.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communityenterprisefoundation.com.au\/make-a-donation\/bushfire-disaster-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The appeal directs money to communities in need, giving directly to those affected by the fires<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been told that the NSW fire appeal, which has raised a lot, has pledged to share its donations with other charities and states as needed, so that&#8217;s a good choice if you are having trouble deciding. And I sent my personal donation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wires.org.au\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WIRES Wildlife Rescue<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re thinking, &#8220;Wait, what&#8217;s happening in Australia?&#8221; &#8230; well, it&#8217;s been burning for months.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='p0Bvj59XStlH0ImuqKp_Xw' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1187798063' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'p0Bvj59XStlH0ImuqKp_Xw',sig:'D30dc7mZ1RhS7Ce-xnHsCf7Mz5WZx8MgcQp4fTFuriE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1187798063',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>On New Year&#8217;s Eve, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/thousands-trapped-on-australia-beaches-encircled-by-fire\/ar-BBYtICm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4,000 people were trapped on a beach<\/a>. Four thousand! They escaped, but a number of people have died, with the toll expected to rise.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='npdBq95CQWpb5ShMPM1nTg' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1197103044' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'npdBq95CQWpb5ShMPM1nTg',sig:'VQW-0XH3AGR_zPHLuhr-qU8Ax02Lk3SYP42JuBNf0Ew=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1197103044',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The CNet story I keep referring to has good, short explanations about which parts of Australia are affected; the causes of the fires; and the connection to climate change, so here&#8217;s that link once again.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/how-to\/australian-fires-everything-we-know-and-how-you-can-help\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK TO LEARN ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN FIRES, AND DONATE.<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/australia-fires-half-a-billion-animals-plants-koalas-dead-willdfires-2020-01-02\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Half a billion of Australia&#8217;s unique wild animals are feared killed so far<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='h59UN7S0QzV2Zy1P3fdfBw' class='gie-slideshow' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1191120347' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'h59UN7S0QzV2Zy1P3fdfBw',sig:'WKaRQ_HfiSfcDKRtaG4gCwuKyxuHapq_g6l9I9nyrTc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1191120347,1191120340',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>One volunteer with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wires.org.au\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australian wildlife rescue group WIRES<\/a> told Al Jazeera that, while searching for animal survivors, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/01\/shape-ash-bushfires-destroy-australian-wildlife-200103005254387.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">maybe you see the shell of a body but it&#8217;s basically just a shape in the ash<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe this is conflating two wildly different issues, but it&#8217;s hard for me to understand how there are people who believe they can &#8220;protect&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/put-lip-sluts-notorious-rbg-on-your-kisser\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the health of their children by denying them life-saving vaccines<\/a> while in more and more places around the globe, you need to wear a face mask just to step outside. Do they think we don&#8217;t share the same atmosphere as Australia, <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/india\/1748585\/anti-pollution-masks-have-become-essential-in-delhis-toxic-air\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/dec\/08\/just-leave-delhi-beijing-and-mexico-city-residents-on-how-to-cope-with-pollution\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">China, and Mexico<\/a>? <\/p>\n<p><center><a id='fNaAXRoHQqdz4vv7VGmDtw' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1194790361' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'fNaAXRoHQqdz4vv7VGmDtw',sig:'nvq7oxbGAcqha2tRbisQyo10xHo4Vh7lRGnevtTQjhE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1194790361',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Actually, there is a link between anti-vaxxers and climate-change deniers: Ignorance, denial, and corporate and political propaganda. 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