hope for haiti

Today, May 12, 2010; 4 months after the quake killed about 300 000 kids and adults, left thousands of new amputees and many injured and destroyed houses, schools and others public and private offices in Haiti. Many things have been changed since that Tuesday, January 12, 2010.
Many poeple were planning to do something on Wednesday, January 13. Like a birthday celebration or a trip to another country or a having a wedding or a graduation ceremony anything we can imagine.
I remember Angela and I was talking at the Library of the nursing school around 4 pm at FSIL, the nursing School. She was talking about her life, her daughter. Angela was a smart student at the nursing school we spent 4 years together she was fighting to get a license in Nursing and try to get a good job to make the education of her 2 years old daughter and to help her family. She has one younger sister who is a nurse student too at the national nursing school in Port-au-Prince.





She was one of these Haitian like me too that believe in education and also that being educate is the key of success.
In Haiti, most of the parents have not been to an elementary school. They think that it’s a crime and they make a lot of sacrifice to educate their children as they can. Some of the sells water in the streets, or sell bread or sugar or make a little activity where they. That was not the case for Angela because her mother was sick and I don’t know may be she had a scholarship because she was really smart. Angela was pregnant for her boyfriend, so she got married with him. Pregnancy, nursing school and live as an Haitian was a big struggle for her but she sacrificed herself completely and success for her future, her family and her country. But… she was killed by the quake and her Sister perishes with the other 200 students at her school. They were taking an exam in Port-au-prince. It’s hard to say and to believe but that was the surprise of the quake.
Who know when something like the earthquake will surprise him too?
Sometime we forget who we are, where we are from and what we are made of.
We are NOTHING!!!
Angela is a perfect example. 22 years old, smart, young and beautiful. With Lot of energy, she had a dream, a goal and a vision like we do too.
Who want to be like Angela? And who can avoid that thing that happened to Angela?
Sometime we need to recognize that “we don’t own life and we have to live everyday as a gift. A day life, dream and goal will disappear. But love that we share with others will never died “. Love’s manifestations are multiple; Jesus shared his love with us by giving his life in the cross. This is the biggest proof of love that we know since the world is world.
Haiti needs Love, especially at this time thousands of people need food, safe water, health, electricity, job, education, infrastructures…this list is long, and it means a lot in time and money. But they are the basic things that a country need. Our politician doesn’t have a good mechanism of action to enhance these systems. They tried but don’t success. We need education for the young, and a good condition of life that will give them the opportunity to stay in Haiti and rebuilt the country. There is a lot to do. The task is hard, but if we want and believe, we could.

Many things have been changed since the earthquake of January 12. Many people heard since a long time about Haiti, but never had a chance to visit. Once they have this desire to go and help after the quake hit in Haiti, they fall in love for Haiti, and also they have a new vision about life. They think more about helping, giving, loving, caring…and less about money, power. Race...
Many people left them family behind them go to Haiti and help. What they saw in Haiti. Make a change in their life. By sharing that with other people, they give more hope for Haiti.
May 18, will be a national celebration in Haiti. Its remind the 207 th anniversary of the Haitian flag.
Thank you all of you, for your prayer and support for me and Haiti.

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