Lending support for a battered nation
WE’VE ALL SEEN THE
pictures and the video of the havoc wreaked on the Caribbean island nation of Haiti by a major earthquake last month.
One would have to be completely heartless not to be touched by the destruction, devastation and the human toll the few minutes of nature’s fury wreaked on Haiti.
And indeed, people in America and around the world have shown their heart, reaching out to Haiti with donations and personal relief efforts.
In the past week, The Review shared some of the stories of local people who were in Haiti at the time of the earthquake, what they saw and felt, and how they made an effort, however small, to reach out to and help the afflicted people of Haiti, young and old.
While their efforts might seem small against the scope of the events there, it has to be remembered that many, many small efforts, such as theirs, combine to make the great effort called for to ease the pain and suffering and help with the rebirth of a nation.
They are to be praised for their efforts, which will be far from the last to be made in Haiti.
Indeed, other local residents are in Haiti now, lending their hands and their hearts to the effort to rebuild and restore that torn nation. And others will be making the same journey over the coming months, bringing whatever aid and comfort they can to the people of Haiti.
While not all of us can go to Haiti personally to help in the relief effort, we can continue to make our support known through our contributions to charitable organizations making that effort, by lending moral and financial support to those we know who are making that trip, and by keeping Haiti and its people in our thoughts and prayers.
As we have seen here in this country, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s impact on the Gulf Coast and surrounding areas several years ago, the devastation of a natural event like a major earthquake, hurricane, tornado or typhoon happens in just a brief moment of time; the effort to recover and rebuild takes much, much longer, and requires our unending attention.
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