Should the population of Haiti in New York really participate in earthquake relief efforts?
Haiti population in New York is second only to the number of Haitians in Haiti itself. The Haiti population in New York wants to volunteer in Haiti to help the devastated victims. The first earthquake in 200 years, the New York Haiti population is finding it might be difficult to travel to volunteer in Haiti. The New York Times reports Elsie St. Louis-Accilien, director of Haitians Americans United for Progress based in New York, stated, “It’s very much different from anything we’ve ever lived through. We had floods, we had this here, that there. But this is the largest, all different areas hit.” The Haiti population in New York is pulling together. By noon today, it is clear to see much of Port au Prince is destructed. Bedford Haitian Community Center executive director Joseph Dormeus estimates 90 percent of the Port au Prince population is now homeless. Dormeus said, “What makes it worse is Port-au-Prince is the center of the country. Port-au-Prince was there to help. But when Port-a
Haitians in New York Eager to Help, but Struggle With How By JAMES BARRON Published: January 13, 2010 They know how to make the calls. They know what to collect and send. In a city of insular immigrant communities, none has had more experience helping with disasters back home and knowing how to make crucial life-or-death connections, than the Haitian communities in Brooklyn and in Cambria Heights, Queens. But no one was ready for an earthquake, the first in 200 years. The enormous temblor created challenges not even they had faced before, on top of the personal ones: fearing the worst for relatives they could not reach on their cellphones. Some filed into churches that led special noontime prayers, kneeling, waving photographs of loved ones, sobbing. “I’m praying for everybody in Haiti — my heart is there,” said Marie St. Aime, 57, a nurse whose brother and his eight children lived close to the presidential palace. There had been no word for him. Some, frustrated that the familiar numb
With their first earthquake in 200 years, the Haiti population in New York seems to be struggling to get around right now. Many of its citizens, however, hope to participate in earthquake relief efforts for them and for others. Good luck doing that. Sources: Gather.
Haiti population in New York is second only to the number of Haitians in Haiti itself. The Haiti population in New York wants to volunteer in Haiti to help the devastated victims. The first earthquake in 200 years, the New York Haiti population is finding it might be difficult to travel to volunteer in Haiti. The New York Times reports Elsie St. Louis-Accilien, director of Haitians Americans United for Progress based in New York, stated, “It’s very much different from anything we’ve ever lived through. We had floods, we had this here, that there. But this is the largest, all different areas hit.” The Haiti population in New York is pulling together. By noon today, it is clear to see much of Port au Prince is destructed. Bedford Haitian Community Center executive director Joseph Dormeus estimates 90 percent of the Port au Prince population is now homeless. Dormeus said, “What makes it worse is Port-au-Prince is the center of the country. Port-au-Prince was there to help. But when Port-a
