"I think what this is doing is making people think about how to be prepared for crises like this that are successive in the long term." "I don't believe there's any thought to not caring or giving up on Haiti. Haitian Americans can't afford to despairīut Neel said she did not sense hopelessness among Haitians or those attempting to help from the United States. A new Haitian government that is just getting off the ground after Moïse's assassination must now confront a major natural disaster - an overwhelming task for any administration. In the case of the earthquake, Neel said, one disaster is compounding another. "The fatigue is mostly just the emotional beating that we're taking, because it's been disaster after disaster after disaster," said Macollvie Neel, managing editor of the New York-based Haitian Times. Complicating rescue efforts this week, Tropical Storm Grace passed through the area. The earthquake that hit the southwestern part of the country injured more than 12,000 and killed more than 2,000, a number that officials say they expect will rise. In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Grace, a woman works on a shelter at an improvised camp at Parc Lande de Gabion stadium. Her organization also started collecting money for the recovery effort as well as items that are in short supply on the ground in Haiti, such as medical equipment and over-the-counter medication. That included beginning to search for trusted groups that could deliver aid directly to the Haitian people. And people need help."īastien called an emergency meeting with over 40 stakeholders, including people from Haiti and Jamaica, to map out a plan to deliver aid to those impacted by the earthquake. "Then the idea came that, you know, this happened. "I went through a myriad of emotions," she said. I was angry, asking, 'Why Haiti can't get a break? How are we to cope with so many disasters piling on each other?' " she recalled.īastien runs the Family Action Network Movement, an organization based in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami that provides educational, health and other services to low-income and marginalized communities. When news of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti over the weekend reached Marleine Bastien, she asked herself two questions. Haitians receive umbrellas as part of humanitarian aid after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Aug.
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