”A People in Despair: Haiti’s Year Without Mercy”
OpenForum | May 12, 2009 | 2 Comments
Miami Herald photographer Patrick Farrell has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his photographs of victims of the four hurricanes that devastated Haiti during the summer of 2008.
During four visits to Haiti, Farrell documented the plight of victims who faced blow after blow of hurricanes and tropical storms, on top of existing suffering in the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. His photographs helped raise international awareness of the damage wreaked by the storms and of Haitians’ struggle for survival.
Since the storms, agriculture has far from recovered, children are severely malnourished, and heavy deforestation will allow hurricanes to continue to devastate the poor nation, according to IPS. Although people are no longer lying dead in the streets, the world should not forget about Haiti.
To view Farrell’s moving photographs, click here.
More links below the fold.After Hurricanes, How To Heal Haiti – NPR, Mar 2009
‘We are going to disappear one day’ – Guardian, Nov 2008
“Haiti’s Unnatural Disaster”, interview with Dr. Paul Farmer – Haiti Action Committee, Sep 2008
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Jesusita Salim
Personally I don’t think that Mr. Handsome has received enough accolades for his humanitarian efforts. In my opinion a lot of celebrity do-gooders are totally phony and engage in so called good deeds merely for positive publicity. I have to say that I don’t think that George is one of the phonies out there in the world of celbrity do-gooders. I admire what he is doing for the Haitian people. I wish more celebrities were as real as he is when it comes to helping out those less fortunate in the world. So kudos to George and his desire to make this world a better place.