Haiti
is one of the worst places in the Western hemisphere to live.
Thanks, in large part, to the unending misapplied
intervention
by the United States political leadership, which has
allowed
successive despotic governments
of Haiti
to trample of the basic human rights of Haiti's people,
especially the children.
Again and again the people of Haiti have endured
the robbery of their meager wealth by
corrupt leadership supported
by the
United States government.
Now Haiti is one of the poorest nations on earth.
In the early days of the AIDS crisis Haiti was maligned
in the U.S. and Haitians endured extreme acts
of discrimination when the Haitian people were
misidentified in the U.S. media as carriers of the
deadly virus.
Now children are sick,
the water is filthy, the
infrastructure is in ruins and the new Haitian government
is once again under the thumb of a directionless
U.S. foreign policy.
We have asked ourselves what can we do to help these
people?
After careful consideration we decided that an organization
called World
Vision was the best way.
World
Vision has been working in Haiti for years.
Going from village, to city, bringing help to those
children and families who are most in need.
They are firmly established in the country
and are the best hope these children have
for a future free of starvation,
disease and ignorance.
A percentage of your Membership
contribution
will go directly to World Vision
and specifically help the children
whose photos we include here.
Perhaps one day Haiti will be the island paradise
it once
was and it will be in part because of your
help.
We are offering our help by sponsoring individual
children through World
Vision.
We are in no other way associated with World
Vision.
We do not necessarily share the opinions or beliefs
of World
Vision but we feel that World
Vision
is the most effective instrument
for allowing us to directly help the children of Haiti.
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