What is the future for Haiti and its people?
The events that unfolded in Haiti surrounding the earthquakes has been horrific. Everyone is so sad by what has happened in Haiti and to the Haitian people. I noticed a recent headline that screamed: What is the future for Haiti and its people?
This made me think and I believe the number one priority is to save the people and nurse them back to health.
After that, so much needs to be done from clean-up, to reconstruction, to educating the children, to reestablishing an economy…that it is hard to determine long-term priorities. My thought is - and I am sure others have thought of this already - let’s enlist the Peace Corps to make Haiti its next major project. Young Americans, who are finding it difficult to find a job, can be stationed in Haiti for a year or two either right out of college or even before they graduate to begin the process of helping Haitians with the long process of reinventing their country in every way. It will take years but, it would be worth it.
Not only would this be a huge help to the Haitian community but, maybe the world would see that we - Americans - are helping these people and maybe they’d appreciate our efforts. So, doing what is right, could lead to enhancing the image of Americans around the world.
In addition, our young adults would get some fabulous experience and a great start to their lives by doing so much good.