Tuesday - Haiti changed forever. A cataclysmic earthquake rumbled the earth beneath the People of Haiti, causing deaths in the hundreds of thousands. This number is expected to increase rapidly with the clearing of debris and the difficult task of getting supplies to them. People all over the world put aside their political/religious views of Haiti and helped with donations such as clothes, canned foods, medicines, time from medical practitioners, and monetary contributions. What individuals fail to realize is that the people of Haiti have been crying out for help for decades. It has been mentioned multiple times across the headlines of a "curse" placed on the Haitians that began in the early 1800s during their rebellion. Many view what happened to them on Tuesday was that of the infamous curse. Whatever their past as a nation was then does not and cannot overshadow their cry for help now. We [American's] do not move unless we are in a state of panic or chaos. It should not take an event of this magnitude in order for us to lend a hand. Our perceptions of other people has been skewed by our Americanized way of thinking -- if it doesn't happen to us, it doesn't happen at all. The "Yele Haiti" cell phone campaign has raised over 3 million dollars since the start of the program and has the potential to make so much more. If you have not helped yet, I challenge you to do so immediately. If you have thank you, but your work is not done. Encourage someone else that you know to donate ANYTHING. Help your fellow MAN.
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