I have been dreaming about writing this ever since I returned from Haiti.
My mind has been a tangled, sticky web of emotions and facts and memories, so I have put off writing about it. I’m ready now; I want to share my experience. I will do the best I can to organize my thoughts (I apologize for tangents; I am famous for those…)
My personal connection with Haiti began April 1st, 2013. On this day, I am wanting inspiration, and I mindlessly troll Facebook. I come across the status of an old coworker, Kamila. She has just returned from volunteering in Haiti, and has written that the experience was life changing. I am intrigued. (At the time I don’t know much about Haiti. I know 2 things: that it is a third world country, and that in 2010 an earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital and largest city, killing over 200,000 people. I later will find out that that the Haitian government reported that the death toll topped 220,000, with 1.5 million people displaced. The numbers are not confirmed; there are still conflicting reports.)
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