Saturday, January 16, 2010

Haiti

We are trying to honor the unfolding catastrophe in Haiti by being mindful of our circumstances: fresh water, house, food, ordinary lives. That seems to be a way to have the children aware of things, without having them be traumatized by the images in the media. I think about the kids in Haiti who will have this in their minds for the rest of their lives.

But I can't believe it's taking so long to get aid in. Didn't Katrina give us any tools to do it better (at least faster) this time around?

2 comments:

  1. That is SUCH a good question!!!

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  2. Unfortunately, the thought has occurred to me that if we're STILL working on Louisiana and Mississippi, how are we EVER going to rebuild Haiti? But of course we must . . . so I hope we HAVE learned something.

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