http://www.twoideas.org/2010/01/a-few-words-on-haiti/ When I think something, sometimes I write it up. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:52:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.twoideas.org/2010/01/a-few-words-on-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-7368 Caramoan Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:50:00 +0000 http://www.twoideas.org/?p=368#comment-7368 I pray for those people who have been injured in Haiti. the earthquake in Haiti is one of the word disasters this year. I just hope that they would be able to recover soon. I pray for those people who have been injured in Haiti. the earthquake in Haiti is one of the word disasters this year. I just hope that they would be able to recover soon.

]]> http://www.twoideas.org/2010/01/a-few-words-on-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-7366 yara Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:23:07 +0000 http://www.twoideas.org/?p=368#comment-7366 have you read Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains? I just finished it and thought it was an incredible piece of work. There's a section comparing the public heath rates of Haiti and Cuba that I thought was especially relevant--we embargoed Cuba and they have one of the best public health systems in the Western Hemisphere, we meddled in Haiti and they're a mess. have you read Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains? I just finished it and thought it was an incredible piece of work. There’s a section comparing the public heath rates of Haiti and Cuba that I thought was especially relevant–we embargoed Cuba and they have one of the best public health systems in the Western Hemisphere, we meddled in Haiti and they’re a mess.

]]> http://www.twoideas.org/2010/01/a-few-words-on-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-7361 Cindy Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:27:04 +0000 http://www.twoideas.org/?p=368#comment-7361 I think you're totally correct. Haiti needed our assistance a week ago, they just hadn't had a natural disaster yet. And like Katrina, we'll spotlight the country for a moment, then another catastrophe will hit another part of the globe...and our eyes will turn elsewhere. To be so close to the opportunities afforded children in the United States and live in such a daily nightmare as a child born just a bit too far south. I think you’re totally correct. Haiti needed our assistance a week ago, they just hadn’t had a natural disaster yet. And like Katrina, we’ll spotlight the country for a moment, then another catastrophe will hit another part of the globe…and our eyes will turn elsewhere. To be so close to the opportunities afforded children in the United States and live in such a daily nightmare as a child born just a bit too far south.

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