Get Out & Give Back: Connecting With Haiti

Thirty years ago my Dad sponsored the village of Calvaire, located on the northwestern coast of Haiti.  I’ve been thinking about the villagers nonstop since the earthquake struck.

By Jane Hess Collins

Sister Alodie and her megaphone

The catastrophe in Haiti is all over the news. While it’s nearly impossible not to feel compassion for anyone who has been devastated by an act of nature, I’ve felt a stronger connection with the Haitians than with the Indonesian tsunami victims, the millions of people displace or killed by the earthquake in Pakistan, and even the citizens of New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina slammed them.