Photo © Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR: Nelvis Clerge sits on the rubble that was his family's home in Port-au-Prince. Nelvis, a 55-year old construction worker, built the house with his own hands 25 years ago. The Clerge family is one of many struggling to survive in post-emergency Haiti with little assistance.
This image is part of a larger slideshow on survivors of the Haiti quake, and the work of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières in Haiti. You can donate directly to Doctors Without Borders/Medicins Sans Frontieres by clicking the widget at the side of the page. The American troops are leaving Haiti and the job is just beginning. Doctors Without Borders were in Haiti operating their hospitals before the quake and were the first in with their portable surgical units hours after the quake hit. They will be there for a long time and need your help to deliver real, direct medical assistance. You can be assured that any donation to them for Haiti will be used in Haiti and they will not waste a penny on superfluous executives.
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1 comment:
I wonder this about us Americans: what do WE have to complain about? How can one view the slides of utter destruction and despair and then worry about our bank accounts or whether we have enough money to remodel our bathrooms?
I'm afraid our 'empathy' has limits and 'time's up' for Haiti.
The longer I live the less I understand my American culture.
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