Sadly US Funeral Directors have sent a message to Haiti-LET YOUR DEAD ROT. Funeral Directors are needed in that poor nation yesterday, not only for dignified burials|funerals but for sanitation and safety. The dead are lying in the street covered in flies. Bodies are being run over by cars.
The message came through the National Funeral Directors Association(NFDA) the number one funeral directors association in the USA. Their statement said they would wait and see what kind of assistance is needed!
Haiti Earthquake photo from flickr.com
They said communications in the country were out and there are safety issues for those traveling to Haiti. They said they are dealing with Health and Human Services and Homeland Security. Even if there is government resistance, by their own code of ethics funeral directors have an obligation to be there. If the Obama administration said no go, the funeral directors should have insisted on yes!
With Regrets and apologies here to the nation of Haiti here is the NFDA’s delayed lame response.
“Numerous members of NFDA have expressed interest in traveling to Haiti to assist with DMORT operations and to help local funeral directors preserve the dignity of those who died. At this time, NFDA staff is working with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Haitian Consulate
to determine the type of assistance needed from the funeral service community and when it might be safe to travel to Haiti.
Unfortunately, all communication with Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital and hardest hit by the earthquake, has been cut off. In addition, NFDA has been unable to reach an NFDA-member firm located near the capital.” via nfda
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The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) has the contacts and ability to pull off a coordinated effort now . There office is closed. They are home watching Haiti earthquake coverage now. It is Friday 7pm EST January 15th 2009
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