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Tell us your thoughts on the crisis in Haiti
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This was a gripping and amazing report from Haiti. Just a shame that the one following on the carbon trading scheme was so inane and useless.
First of all, congratulations on - in my opinion - the most outstanding program on Australian TV. Having worked in Haiti for three years, my heart jumps every time this tiny nation is mentioned in a place as far away as Australia. It is a tragedy what Haitians have been enduring for what seems an eternity, their situation cannot possibly get worse but yet it does again and again! I thank you for bringing the plight of the Haitian people to Australian homes. Hopefully, with more people becoming aware it will somehow translate into support for this struggling nation. I found the Haitian people to be most resilient, hard working, honest, resourceful and amidst all the hopelessness they always have a smile or extend a helping hand. Haiti and its people have left an indelible mark in my heart.
It makes me wonder the reasons and conditions why some societies prosper and some end up basket cases. Fifty years ago South Korea emerged from a devastating war, and today it is a modern high tech prosperous society. In fifty years time will Haiti be a prosperous society or remain a basket case.
To make a cash donation for food delivery to Haiti through the UN's World Food Programme (WFP, go to the Friends of WFP at www.friendsofwfp.org.
You can donate through World Vision Australia. Read about the emergency relief work being done: http://www.worldvision.com.au/emergency/CaribbeanHurricanes.asp?isource=79 and call 13 32 40 to donate to the Emergency and Preparedness Fund.
The French Colonial ex-Masters could at least send some troops or something. Napoleon, I think, went there any killed some of the people.
What good will handing out money do, when the underlying problems of corruption, overpopulation,
I too watched the show and was totally moved by it. What restraint and survival the people showed. I wonder just how controlled, we of the first world, would be under the same circumstances? On a bad note, I was embarrassed by noticing what the UN was handing out - 1 small packet of biscuits and 2 small bottles of water. It's hardly nutritional food? Could they not have found rice or beans on some description? It's actually prompted me to write a letter to the UN, because if they're going to bother flying in supplies they might as well make it worth the expense? On a positive note, here is where you can donate https://donate.savethechildren.org.au/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=222
I have just watched the Dateline episode regarding Haiti. As the story progressed I could not help but remember post Katrina images of another time when a Government ignored such suffering. Then I thought of the 700 billion bailout, of our own relatively petty concerns for our robust economy and I couldn't help but feel embarrassed on behalf of the first world.
Shocking, children forced to eat mud cakes! Its those kind of images that drives the misery of poverty home. How can we help?