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Haiti: Thoughts on Saving the Children
Poor children living in the street are often the first victims in poor countries. Stopping to talk with these children we find stories that should impact us all. One father living in the streets kept his handicapped daughter in spite of the circumstances of life. The rest of their family was killed in the hurricane that hit Gonaïves.
While some children sit along the street selling sugar cane others stand near the stations of tap-taps. Children yearn to speak of their experiences. They watch as the tap-taps roll to a stop and the passengers exit. The poverty of Haiti’s children is one of greatest problems that Haitians must come together to resolve. Today, with poverty increasing, to talk with them is to stare at our future.
While some children sit along the street selling sugar cane others stand near the stations of tap-taps. Children yearn to speak of their experiences. They watch as the tap-taps roll to a stop and the passengers exit. The poverty of Haiti’s children is one of greatest problems that Haitians must come together to resolve. Today, with poverty increasing, to talk with them is to stare at our future.
Wadner Pierre: Good Morning Mr., why are you here with this small girl?
Luc Paul: Hello I am Luc Paul, I come from limb in the north. I am forty-five years old. I have my daughter, Odette, here with me. Her mother died, lord in the passage of the Jeanne cyclone in Gonaives. Odette is 6 years old and she is handicapped.
WP: Do you have more in your family?
LP: I had four children with my wife. But since the passage of the cyclone, I have only Odette. The others children died at the time of the passage of Jeanne.
WP: Do you wish to find a place to put Odette?
LP: Yes, but I have not found anything. I would like for the state to do something for my daughter and me and for the other children on the street. I have trained for work. I hope one day to find a place to live with my daughter Odette.
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Luc Paul: Hello I am Luc Paul, I come from limb in the north. I am forty-five years old. I have my daughter, Odette, here with me. Her mother died, lord in the passage of the Jeanne cyclone in Gonaives. Odette is 6 years old and she is handicapped.
WP: Do you have more in your family?
LP: I had four children with my wife. But since the passage of the cyclone, I have only Odette. The others children died at the time of the passage of Jeanne.
WP: Do you wish to find a place to put Odette?
LP: Yes, but I have not found anything. I would like for the state to do something for my daughter and me and for the other children on the street. I have trained for work. I hope one day to find a place to live with my daughter Odette.
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For more information:
http://www.haitianalysis.com/2007/4/24/tho...
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