Amid all the hype of the Iowa Caucus today I received a long awaited article about a report put out by Bill Quigley,a companion on the SOA delegation to Haiti, about where the money went in Haiti. The article in Common Dreams was called Haiti, Seven Places Where Earthquake Money Did and Not Go.
When we saw the present conditions in Haiti the obvious question for us and the people of Haiti was “Where did money go”?. This article gives part of the answer. Stay tuned for more.
As I said on these postings and others of the delegation had said on the on Haiti web page, Haiti Return to Slavery or Freedom we were deeply affected from our experience by the people of Haiti. They are Not the lazy, dependent persons as they are presented in the press but a kind, gentle people who have suffered greatly by other nations seeking their wealth.
My friend in Haiti Daniel Tillas is from the poorest area of Haiti Cite Soleil. He is now one of the best translators in Haiti, owner of a few small businesses and director of peace school for youth in Cite Soleil. His Christmas family letter is full of gratitude to all his friends. He says: “The last two years in my life have taught me something really precious: WE ARE NEIGHBOURS.” This is the spirit of the people of Haiti. No matter how poor they are, how they are used by others, they possess a spirit of being neighbor to everyone, in the truest and most sincere way. Seeing all the poverty and repression they face, seeing the extreme poverty of the people and how they have been used over and over again, ever since they became the first country to free themselves of slavery, it is a beautiful sight to see people full of hope, love and a deep faith.
There is a spirit in Haiti that money cannot buy or destroy. God Bless the People of Haiti.
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