Can One Person Really Make a Difference in Haiti?
haiti-handsYesterday the Associated Press reported over 150,000 victims have been buried since a 7.0 earthquake shook the island nation of Haiti almost two weeks ago. When a disaster’s toll reaches such a large scale, my mind struggles to come to terms with what’s happened. I go through a series of personal aftershocks, trying to find meaning in the chaos, and to put faces to the numbers. Today I did this calculation: If the world observed a minute of silence to honor each of the 150,000 confirmed lives lost, our silence would last over 104 days. If we honored each life lost with an hour of silence, our mourning would span over 17 years. As the full magnitude of what has happened sinks in, it can feel impossible that I, as just one person, can make any sort of meaningful impact in the face of such devastating loss. This morning I read an article about 7 year old Charlie Simpson who raised over $100,000 for Haiti by organizing a bike-a-thon. What I’m learning from Charlie is that one pe
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