Hi everyone!!!
I am so excited and nervous-I have been asked by our NBNU president to talk about our experiences in Haiti at the annual meeting!! I know I like to talk but am nervous about talking in front of 400 people-I have lots of time to prepare so if everyone would like to email a summary of their experience I will use it in my talk--as well mail me a disc of your photos so I can do a power point(when I figure out how to do that!), Thanks everyone-miss you all
Cathy
Friday, March 5, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Are Haiti's problems just beginning?
We are all trying to re-adapt to our lives here. It is amazing how only a week away can really change one's perspective - I have been re-examining my "needs" and find that many of these "needs" really aren't... Who knows how permanent the new perspectives will be, but I can say for sure that some part of me has changed forever.
As Haiti drifts away from the front page, replaced by Olympic glory and tragedy in Chile, it is worth remembering that Haiti's problems may only just be starting, as hard as that might be to believe. With a million people living in makeshift shelter, and the rainy season about to begin, things could get awful. Hurricane season starts in June...
We heard before leaving Haiti that the military may be starting to withdraw - if that happens the food distribution network may disintegrate in Port au Prince, with ripple down effects throughout Haiti.
Can we do anything to help this evolving disaster? It sure seems a daunting and almost impossible task - just as it felt for me at the start of our medical mission. But as we found during our time in Haiti, we can make a difference one surgery, one smile, one life at a time. Maybe that's how we need to look at what is coming for Haiti - one box of supplies, one donation, or one conversation with our friends or neighbors may be all that we can do now, but that may the difference for one Haitian family.
Let our little group not forget...
As Haiti drifts away from the front page, replaced by Olympic glory and tragedy in Chile, it is worth remembering that Haiti's problems may only just be starting, as hard as that might be to believe. With a million people living in makeshift shelter, and the rainy season about to begin, things could get awful. Hurricane season starts in June...
We heard before leaving Haiti that the military may be starting to withdraw - if that happens the food distribution network may disintegrate in Port au Prince, with ripple down effects throughout Haiti.
Can we do anything to help this evolving disaster? It sure seems a daunting and almost impossible task - just as it felt for me at the start of our medical mission. But as we found during our time in Haiti, we can make a difference one surgery, one smile, one life at a time. Maybe that's how we need to look at what is coming for Haiti - one box of supplies, one donation, or one conversation with our friends or neighbors may be all that we can do now, but that may the difference for one Haitian family.
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