Earthquake in Haiti: "It Took the Earth to Move my People"

 "It took the Earth to move my people. And ever since my heart can't stop shaking."   

 -Sgt. Lawrence Gonzalez, President of The United Haitian Students of Florida

In light of the recent events that have taken place on the small island of Haiti, my homeland and the birthplace of my relatives, I cannot help but feel guilty about the situation at hand. "It was a natural disaster, Pascale you had no way of preventing what occurred, it was out of you're control...it was out of our control" some may say. Despite these words they fail to provide me with any comfort. I am guilty as charged for allowing Haiti to be in the state that she is currently in. We as a people are guilty as charged. It should not have taken the Earth to move in order for us the children of Haiti to be called to action. For many years of my life I have told myself and others countless times that I want to work in Haiti and provide them with the health care that is desperately needed that so many turn a blind eye. For 10yrs now I've promised to dedicate my career goal goals in the public health arena to Haiti, but yet my cations have not been aligned with my goals. I know what the situation is like in Haiti I have witnessed it with my own two eyes during a family trip in 2000. So why is that I have I yet to move and do for my country, do for my people?

It doesn't take monetary means to help Haiti, it takes will power to help Haiti. will power that so many American born Haitian individuals are able to provide, will power that many native born Haitian inhabitants of the US are able to provide...so why is that we sit idle and watch our country perish before our eyes. For 200 years Haiti has endured much struggle and while we still have pride in her and our heritage we continue to let her struggle and continue to let her people...OUR people perish and die in vain. Toussaint L'Ouverture did not fight in 1804 for Haiti's independence so that she may live a life of poverty and struggle, I refuse to believe that our ancestors died in vain. And I refuse to believe that we as people who are of sound mind and able body will continue to watch a country and its inhabitants...OUR country and OUR people die without a cause. I refuse to sit idle and watch as these event come to past. Hence forth I PLEDGE my life, every fiber in my body to the cause...the cause that LIBERATES Haiti of its economic strife and life turmoil. I don't speak these word in vain but speak them with affirmation, believing that what took place in Haiti  is a wake up call to her children. Yes these things have to come to pass as the Bible says but it also say that good deeds are what we owe to each other. I hope that we as a people aren't called to act only for a moment and return to everyday lives as if nothing took place, but I hope that we as  people come together forever united  in the belief that Haiti will one day be a prosperous country once again. I refuse to believe that Haiti is so far gone that prosperity cannot be brought back to her name.

Please continue to keep Haiti in your prayers and if your are of sound mind and able body Haiti desperately needs your help irregardless of your race, culture, or creed. I have included a list of sites where relief efforts are being made possible in the an effort to alleviate Haiti of its current sufferings.

Be Blessed