Haiti - moments
Two moments stand out from the rest...
One day, Junior was talking about his sister who died in the quake, two months after giving birth. His mom is now raising the baby, and he was wondering what to do about the situation, whether to put the baby up for adoption in another country. He was struggling with the idea of losing yet another family member, vs. the opportunity for the baby to have an education and a life outside of Haiti. I talked with him about how I was adopted, and how it was possible to have a relationship with my birth mother's family (once I found her when I was 28), while still respecting the primacy of my "real" (not biological) parents. The issue was that if the baby is adopted in another country, it's unclear how much contact the baby would ever have with the family.
On the day I left Haiti, I stopped by Samba's offices at CHF. He was working with Hughes Communications, and introducing them to a new CHF employee who he proposed would work with Hughes. He said that he spoke English and knew a lot about networking technologies. Then he explained that this new employee had lost his wife and two children in the quake, and that he just needed to get out and get busy to distract himself from what happened to him (to which the guy nodded in agreement). The new employee then proceeded to explain his experience (in almost perfect English) and offer ideas about how he could help out and be productive.
I assume no commentary is necessary.
One day, Junior was talking about his sister who died in the quake, two months after giving birth. His mom is now raising the baby, and he was wondering what to do about the situation, whether to put the baby up for adoption in another country. He was struggling with the idea of losing yet another family member, vs. the opportunity for the baby to have an education and a life outside of Haiti. I talked with him about how I was adopted, and how it was possible to have a relationship with my birth mother's family (once I found her when I was 28), while still respecting the primacy of my "real" (not biological) parents. The issue was that if the baby is adopted in another country, it's unclear how much contact the baby would ever have with the family.
On the day I left Haiti, I stopped by Samba's offices at CHF. He was working with Hughes Communications, and introducing them to a new CHF employee who he proposed would work with Hughes. He said that he spoke English and knew a lot about networking technologies. Then he explained that this new employee had lost his wife and two children in the quake, and that he just needed to get out and get busy to distract himself from what happened to him (to which the guy nodded in agreement). The new employee then proceeded to explain his experience (in almost perfect English) and offer ideas about how he could help out and be productive.
I assume no commentary is necessary.
posted by Andy at 5:11 PM
1 Comments:
Andy,
You're a very good egg for going over there and assisting!
Keep posting.
Julie
a friend of Miss George...
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