"For so long, no one cared, no one knew us." an emotional quote from Haitian American Actress Garcelle Beauvais. She was a visitor on the Larry King Help Haiti fundraiser from a few nights ago.
I never watched LK before, but I wanted to see how this mini-telethon played out for Haiti. Within two hours, the show had raised nearly 5 million dollars for UNICEF and the American Red Cross. Not too bad. All good, YET, I couldn't help but dwell on Garcelle's words.
She was right.
In my visits to Haiti, I always wondered how people could live in such poverty, when only 600 miles from the USA. WHY, why didn't we seem to care, why didn't people know about the country, where it was located, the conditions people lived in, why, why, why. My head hurt sometimes in thinking and wondering why. Yet when I would talk about the country and conditions, I could easily see people were only as interested for as long as they could pretend they were interested. The talk would then quickly turn to other, insignificant (I think anyway) subjects.
So I wonder, NOW, with this continuous horrendous tragedy, if, just maybe, if, Haiti could be re-buildt. There has been such an incredible outpouring of support from so many countries. Maybe it could be a beautiful country once again, Maybe.....Maybe, Haiti will be like the Phoenix symbol...a bird that dies in ashes, but rises again to be a much more beautiful creature, after it was re-born. I know whimsical....but I am so hoping and so praying that good may come from all this heartache, death, and sadness....
I never watched LK before, but I wanted to see how this mini-telethon played out for Haiti. Within two hours, the show had raised nearly 5 million dollars for UNICEF and the American Red Cross. Not too bad. All good, YET, I couldn't help but dwell on Garcelle's words.
She was right.
In my visits to Haiti, I always wondered how people could live in such poverty, when only 600 miles from the USA. WHY, why didn't we seem to care, why didn't people know about the country, where it was located, the conditions people lived in, why, why, why. My head hurt sometimes in thinking and wondering why. Yet when I would talk about the country and conditions, I could easily see people were only as interested for as long as they could pretend they were interested. The talk would then quickly turn to other, insignificant (I think anyway) subjects.
So I wonder, NOW, with this continuous horrendous tragedy, if, just maybe, if, Haiti could be re-buildt. There has been such an incredible outpouring of support from so many countries. Maybe it could be a beautiful country once again, Maybe.....Maybe, Haiti will be like the Phoenix symbol...a bird that dies in ashes, but rises again to be a much more beautiful creature, after it was re-born. I know whimsical....but I am so hoping and so praying that good may come from all this heartache, death, and sadness....
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I hope when they do rebuild they have potable water, sanitation, electricity - it could happen. It could be a good thing................. ah but the devasation now, heart breaking.
That is my prayer.
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