Helping Haiti

In Florida while visiting a amusement park based on Christian belief they do reenactments of Christ and telling and there is a large mausoleum they have made, I was with my farther when we visited their theater. Inside the theater we saw white women and men of very old age. Now the theater was pretty full, there were enough seats to go around. So my farther was in front of me as were we getting inside and in front of him were a lot older white women Id say in their 70's to early 80's. In front of them were Haitians, not just one or two there was at least two families conjoining on to the row. They sat in front of the old women. Just sat there. They didn't budge or move until my farther the one two women behind them spoke up and asked them to move. I saw a look of pure disgust towards my farther. When the film was over I asked him as we left. "Why didn't she move right away? Why was she angry with you?" He said." They don't like us, They never have" I'm African american, I don't hate any one

I saw a food eating contest today..... ugh no wounder some people believe that most country's may not care by seeing how people carelessly wast food when some can hardly have enough for themselves. I wish there was something to let people see and understand other then just turning the t.v to MTV or some crap like that.

I sent this to my parents, Haitian immigrants, and it made both of them cry. For them, it is still difficult to see their homeland is worse condition after all these years (they have been in the U.S. for 30 years).

see the thing that gets me mad..all of these people complain about not having food,,stop having so many kids...this will solve some of this...if you know you cant feed 1 or 2 kids..why have more...i feel really bad for the people of haiti...and i wish that they continue to get the help...but chill with having some many kids

This is a great pod!!!

Very thorough, giving a good insight into what's going on in the country. I love the translator/fixer lady.

Very nice job guys.

There is desperate need in Haiti. DESPERATE! Thank you for doing this!

Ana Bianca - VeritasMundi

Good pod. Good job Lauraling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti

As you can see as Tracey Chang and I and our cameras follow Laura as she goes along a United Nations World Food Service run in the city of Cap Haiten, Haiti seems to face many heart-wrenching problems. One of the questions that you might ask after watching this piece is: Apart from having the UN distribute food to keep the population from immediate starvation, what are the long-term plans for Haiti? Unfortunately for the Haitians, that isn't so clear. One of the virtues of globalization is that it can transform the economy of a poor nation. But, like a river that's been diverted, the flow of capital searching for ever-lower wages [one short-hand definition of globalizaiton] can also completely by-pass somewhere that seems problematic--such as Haiti. For example, Haiti shares the island of Hispanola with the Dominican Republic. Both have populations of around 9 million people, but whereas 80% of Haitians live below the poverty line, only 25% of Dominicans do. The big difference seems to be in exports--a key indicator of globalization in a developing nation. In 2006, Haiti's exports totaled $443 million. The Dominican Republic's exports were $14.79 billion--33 times as large. Clearly, multi-national capital seeking lower wages is very happy to look for them in the Dominican... So the question is, what would attract investment from multinational corporations to Haiti? The UN is hoping that a period of peace and stability will provide the starting point. But after that, it's up to the multi-nationals.