Haiti is struggling right now. A week ago,
it was struck by Hurricane Matthew, which killed many and left others without
shelter. Now, there is a cholera outbreak, although this really isn’t new news.
Cholera is an infectious and also fatal bacterial disease of the small
intestine. People get cholera from infected water supplies and causes severe
vomiting and diarrhea. Cholera has been around Haiti and is not showing signs
it’s going anywhere. About 90% of Haiti’s previous habitats have fleeted or
have died from the hurricane or Cholera. People are laying in buildings and
just left to die. This is super sad and it makes me realize how we take clean
water for granted. The part of the article that really got to me was the part
where it describes a young girl in a purple dress with a pink sweater
clutching a live chicken in her arms as
her and her family brace themselves to cross a river. I feel so bad for the
kids and the parents. In another instance, a father was running with his
daughter draped over his shoulder with fear in his eyes, as the article
described it. I guess what amazes me the most the hope people still have, even
in the worst of situations. No matter how bad things are, Haitians are still
fighting to survive and I wish there was more we could do. A citizen named
Joseph Kenso said, “when you look around you, it’s like the end of the world.
Look around you. The disaster speaks for itself”.
--Jazmin Galindo
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/world/americas/cholera-haiti-hurricane-matthew.html?ref=world&_r=0
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