Haiti Meeting Reflection

Last year I participated in Dressember. A nationwide project to help raise awareness for human trafficking. Each day of December, participants wear a dress to help spread the word that human trafficking is a prevalent issue in today's society. I would like to host a fundraiser to help raise awareness and donate money to ending modern day slavery. Since we live in such a small town, it's hard to make an impact on the rest of the nation but by doing this project we can help make a difference, starting with our small high school. Another idea I have is to host a competition against sports in each season to raise money to donate to a cause of the teams choosing. By doing this, more people will get involved and each of the teams get to show support for a good cause. There’s so much room for myself and others to grow through being a part of such an amazing student body. Starting with making incoming freshman and students that may not have very many friends feel welcome and appreciated and going all the way to trying to make our world a better

The country that I chose to research for my paper is Haiti. Haiti is located in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Haiti shares the Island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. The capital of Haiti is Port-au-Prince, and the population is 9,996,731. Haiti has two official languages French and Haitian Creole. About 2.1 million people of the population live in Port-Au-Prince, which makes the capital an extremely congested city.

What do you want for your birthday? This question was the beginning of an everlasting memory. For my birthday gift I asked my parents for a missionary trip. They acceded and I got the blessing of joining my church on a trip to Haiti. Preparation for the trip included months of collection of provisions and donations. In addition, I took part in a puppet show and choreography. To prepare for these participations I had to assist to rehearsals every week. Aside from this, the church prepared various workshops for those of us who were taking part of the trip. The workshops provided us with information about the different situations and communities we would encounter as well as the precautions we would have to take in order to avoid diseases. Two

In the fall of 2014 I was presented with the opportunity to go on a missions trip to Zambia. We had a few meetings about this trip and interest grew. Next thing I knew it was March of 2015 and I was headed off to Haiti. Plans had changed but I could never have imagined what great impact this would have on my life.

Haiti is an island country that borders the Dominican Republic and is also close in region to the islands of Jamaica, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. This country of Haiti has French as its national tongue, due to European colonization, however, the country is dominantly and significantly of African descent. Also, the nation’s official language is French and the native sport in Haiti is soccer. One of my good friends, Pierre Gaston, who claims the “mountainous country”(as it is translated in English) as his original home, was delighted to recall the impactful memories that living in Haiti granted him before later moving to the United States of America.

During the 1700s the french had ruled over the nation which is now known today as Haiti.When the french had ruled over haiti it was known as one of the richest nations, by trading coffee beans and sugar. However,this was done with the help of many slaves the french had imperialized. Imperialize is “subject to imperial rule or influence” in simple terms is means when one country rules over another country getting its resources. Which is exactly what the french had done towards Haiti. If haiti had been one of the richest nations then,why is it suffering from economic problems today? Well during 1791 haitians began to rebel against the french starting the most successful slave rebellion in the western hemisphere, However then later threatened

In just thirty seconds, my life had taken a chaotic turn, making me realize just how much I had taken for granted .

Everyone visited a place that they would want to go back to. Whether it is in your home town or out of state. There is always something that make a person want to go back to that place. Haiti is mines. The sounds that make people want to move their body, the magnificent scent of the variety of the different kind dishes are delightful, and there was never a dull moment.

As an undergraduate student majoring in Public Health, I have been fortunate to expand my knowledge about the health, social and politics challenges which affect other countries outside the U.S. There are many under developing and developing countries which are going through this challenges but the reason for this letter is about the country Haiti. Haiti had a devastating earthquake January 12, 2010 which tipped the scale of barely stable balance. This natural disaster destroyed the already weak health, social and political system. Infectious and communicable disease which were closed to being under control came back rapidly. Cholera outbreak occurred, which killed more than 5000 people and left over 500000 people sick,

This story is about couple that fell in love. The boy had to leave Haiti because he is against the government and he had a radio show that influenced the people against the government. So, he was wanted by the police and he had to leave Port au Prince in a boat to Miami.The boy and his girlfriend tell their own sad stories through a series of letters. Since, they cannot mail these letters to each other, they are writing to release their frustration, nostalgic and loneliness because they are far away from one another.

This past year went by quickly as we had a busy year expanding our outreach programs to more people in need. We expanded our sustainability projects teaching Haitians to help themselves and others in their community. Then Mother Nature challenged us all—It was a year for courage and determination among all the people living here in

On January 12, 2010, an earthquake of 7.3 on the Richter scale devastated the Haiti island, leaving more than 316,000 dead, 350 injured and more than 1.5 million homeless, according to data provided by Haitian government. Because of this situation many of the Hattians decided to migrate outside their country in the pursuit of a better life with the promise of an American dream. But after 2010, U.S. authorities began to deny them refuge leaving them homeless in the borders of Mexico. Now, more than 4,000 Hattians are living and working in Tijuana. Since the arrival of the Hattians, I felt the need to know more about their life and culture. So I decided to go to one of the many Haitian restaurants that exist today in Tijuana and learn about their culture.

Haiti is the poorest county in the Western Hemisphere, but it once was a very wealthy nation. Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean with the Dominican Republic. They are blessed with beautiful mountains and beaches, copper, gold, and oil. At one point, Haiti was more wealthy than the British colonies that were located in the Caribbean. Haiti is rich with natural resources, so why is Haiti the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere? They are the poorest nation because they have a lot of natural disasters, they have a history of an unstable government, and they have a poor healthcare system.

09/16/16 was the date that my mother told me that I have to go Haiti. “What for “ I couldn't believe it “ I have 3 AP classes! are you serious?! Please don't make me go” I remember pleading her. It was for immigration purposes, in order to stay I had to get my permanent residence or else I had to say goodbye to this land that has being home for 6 years.

Thank you, partners, and thank you World Vision for the donations we received for the poor here in Haiti. We sent blankets, towels, sweaters, and even some handmade blankets to the people of Peyi Pouri. This is one of the poorest areas of Haiti. It is also on top of a mountain and it gets very cold at night. The little children shake with the cold. We have no words to say “thank you!” These items were new, FIRST CLASS and simply beautiful! Imagine how the people and children felt! Thank you, World