H is for Haiti

The Western Hemisphere has alway been know as the wealthiest hemisphere in the world. But there has always been one country, out of all the countries in the western hemisphere, one country is very very poor. By far Haiti has this title locked up. Haiti is and has always been a poverty stricken country, although maybe not as bad as some countries in Africa, Haiti still is extremely poor.

Well we see a poverty stricken country and pity it, we always feel terrible that there are children in this country dying from starvation and suffering from disease, but then something even more tragic occurs. An earthquake! Haiti has gone from being a country that was poor, but becoming richer to a disaster! Buildings are falling down! Children are starving to death! And to top it off the violence, in this already violent country, has risen by a tremendous amount!

"Well an earthquake happened. Who cares? Earthquakes happen in places like California and Florida all the time! So whats the bid deal?"

Earthquakes that occur in California and Florida usually don't make a huge impact on society! Sure they need to replace a few pipes on houses, maybe even fix a building or two, but these are very small earthquakes compared to the one Haiti. Haiti's earthquake was a 7 on the richter scale! That is a huge earthquake. Millions of people have died and another million are injured.

"Why is there so much violence going on? Don't these people know that violence won't solve anything?"

Imagine your in a country that now has very little food supplies and your family is starving. You have no choice but to go to other people's houses and get food, and maybe even steal. Now imagine you have food for your family, but someone is trying to take it. You will most likely have to fight them off to get rid of them, this is when violence occurs.

"Well what can we do to help?"

Haiti has many people helping as we speak. You may not want to do something as drastic as go to Haiti and work on fixing buildings, but you can easily go to google and just type in "Donate to Haiti" and you can find a helpful website. Your small change could make a huge difference in someone's life!"

A lot of people are just thinking that they shouldn't donate. That their few dollars isn't going to make a huge difference, but it will. Every penny sent to Haiti will help.

Haiti will have to cope with their current situation, and it will hopefully get better! We can only pray. But a lot of money and help are going their way, so it will hopefully get better.

Please keep Haiti in your prayers!

Life Lesson: Be happy with what you have. Because you never know when an earthquake could hit and destroy everything

R.I.P. The citizens of Haiti.

If you would like to learn more about the earthquake, and the country Haiti itself click here.

ANDY TAKHAR