tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406728.post943235153072608932..comments2023-09-05T05:47:30.878-05:00Comments on Live From Haiti: More Solidarity Than LootingMaria Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07859455916710081977noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406728.post-182526229149143012010-03-21T15:17:49.691-05:002010-03-21T15:17:49.691-05:00Dear Marie,
I found your blog by accident, while ...Dear Marie,<br /><br />I found your blog by accident, while searching through articles about the astonishing failure of the UN "relief" mission since the earthquake. I wish I could scream to the world this message about solidarity winning over looting, rioting and savagery. Thank you for writing about this specific issue, which is rarely reported to the world by the media.<br /><br />I am a volunteer nurse in Haiti and have worked setting up makeshift clinics in the remote areas as well as in Port Au Prince at the Project Medishare hospital. I tried to work with the UN during the first weeks after the earthquake, only to find [strictly from my personal observation] a fractured and incompetent agency. I joined several other groups, filled with people like me, who realized early on -- what the goal of the UN was not... and it was not there to respond to the people.<br /><br />I returned to Los Angeles after five weeks, for a break with my family and will return this Thursday, with my son Brett, for six more weeks. I am returning for two reasons - the first is to continue working in the clinics/hospitals and documenting the small successes of the medical relief mission. The second to document the overall failures of the official relief efforts. <br /><br />I have read through most of your blog and want to thank you for posting the stories. It is more reassuring every time I run across people who love Haiti and her people. If you would like to read the journal my wonderful husband keeps for me while I am there, you can find it at www.stefoscope.blogspot.com.<br /><br />thank you<br />StefStefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943869137080913757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19406728.post-31552716028932375472010-01-20T13:17:37.942-06:002010-01-20T13:17:37.942-06:00I am heartbroken but inspired by the words of Sas...I am heartbroken but inspired by the words of Sasha Kramer. Does her writing come from a blog? If so, could you post the URL here, of her blog or the blog of her organization, so that I might read directly from it in the future?<br /><br />thank you<br /><br />KenKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374691722674668757noreply@blogger.com