E 'started my journey around what is now Haiti. My impressions? I believe that the earthquake was only the final, a twist of fate to one of the poorest people in the world.
The earthquake it has only aggravated an already problematic situation.
I arrived Saturday morning mentally dependent than ever, I wanted to be able to take pictures right away.
But it did not happen.
I spent all morning to shake hands with children who came to meet me just to be pampered and brought up in his arms, wanted to be petted, seeking human contact, scrutinizing every square inch of my face. It 's like if I had found on the doorstep waiting for my girls, even more, my daughters are accustomed to me, to touch and love, but these guys were private and had become greedy, affection and love.
I was devastated by the beauty of the faces of these children, their hair and their eyes large and bright. In some states obviously melancholy and sadness, but most of them sees hope.
This will put out what may Haitians from this state, it is certain that we will put a lot of them expect that the situation will be resolved by itself or with NGOs is unthinkable, even when the humanitarian aid work 100% which I do not think so. There are many organizations that are working well, but there are many others who think differently.
I returned to the Cathedral, I also wanted to visit me, there have been many pictures that have come from there in 2010 and also I wanted to see what has become the symbol of Haiti. I found shot to hell. The church is still unsafe to fend for themselves, the ruins are for the most part still there, and the site is neither manned nor the forbidden zone. This place once a symbol of worship and historical record to Haiti has become a tourist attraction! The main entrance is closed, but you can enter from the back, paying the equivalent of $ 1.5 to people who are camping around there ... and so I have made my beautiful tourist ride.
I paid for my ticket "tourist" to a man without a leg, which made me also as a guide. The cathedral's interior is completely empty, the ruins are everywhere and looking up the aisle see so many heads of small demolition work. In the church, men, teens and children work, of course without any protection, to take away all the recyclable materials, including iron and steel combined with hunger ..... pure desperation!
I turn once again and a man with a baby in her arms followed me .... to take a picture of the girl and tells me, I did not understand whether or not his daughter, but she says that her mother died during the earthquake and shows me the small scar on his left leg, even to her the signs of earthquake . Here comes another small, man hugs him and looking at me asking if I want to do some more pictures ... he and the two angels should afford one, I lower the camera caressed the head of the daughter found in Haiti and I shook, and he looks at me for a moment seems to understand ... in fact I am sure of this ... but survival requires the to follow up the car and also ask him for money, I hardly date back in the car into gear and allotment tried looking at that little body in the physical and surely the soul become smaller and smaller in my rearview mirror. Today
giving them no money I hope, with strength lying to myself and knowing that it is not and will not be so, I managed to make it clear that using children and misfortune to eat is not just and humane. I know he'll be there again tomorrow ... but today I I understand another application of the word ethics!
RB
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