Alternative Perspectives
The people who are helping might feel really bad for Haiti and wanted to help, even if it’s just a little thing. The cause of the problem was the earthquake, so it basically wasn’t really anyone or any organization’s fault. Loune Viaud also wanted to help with not only their conditions, but to help them win the rights. Also, to make people recognize that Haiti deserves the rights to adequate living standards. The Haitians felt really scared too, because of the disaster that had happened, and even with help from people like Loune Viaud, they may feel a bit shaky from all the destruction. You wouldn’t know how something feels unless you, yourself had experienced it. That’s how this could be interpreted, but shouldn’t we, as people, at least try helping?
These different views exist because there are different people on this planet. Whether we like it or not, not everyone will choose to help and be a wonderful person. Some people may love to help and fight for true rights, like Loune Viaud. However, some people may either not care, or are too cold to even see it from another point of view. Also, some people may not believe in human rights or whether if someone deserves them. However, we all as human beings, should get human rights and be treated fairly. There are still at least 400,000 Haitians who are living under tarps or tents, even today. How do you think they feel? The government of President Michel Martelly has made a program called 16/6, where residents of different camps will be moved to some repaired areas. On the other hand, Alexandre Louissaint, who was the leader of the camp in the capital’s Christ-Roi neighborhood, complained that his camp was not taken into attention or care at all. Many have said that the 16/6 program was a just a huge fraud. Bandits have also set fire to the camps, making it even worse for everyone else who lived there and relied on living there. Why would people want to do that, when Haiti was already in huge mess and to think that it wasn’t bad enough. Therefore, some selfish people think they can make things worse. The perpetrators would be the disasters that killed people and caused all the trouble. The bystanders just don’t really do anything good, they just watch or do their own things and in other words, doesn’t care about this at all. The victims are most likely scared, uncertain, and are scarred forever by the disaster and the problems that it has brought to their environment. To be honest, being a victim is probably one of the worst roles to play in these events. They are impacted the most, however, helpers also give off a big impact to the event too.
Moreover, doesn't it count when people donated? We think there are lots of people who are trying to help every day, especially with things happening everywhere. The RFK Center was also trying to solve this issue. They worked together as a collaboration STTPs (Speak Truth To Power) . Even Haitians themselves stepped up to talk about the housing problems, and the
Pan American Health Organization helped estimated the number of deaths in Haiti. In addition, they researched about the outcome of the earthquake by figuring out what diseases people have, and tried to find a method to save them. To some people, Article 25 may not be something that they care about, but a person can only live so decently. As a reminder, Article 25 is about having the right to have what you need to live a decent life, including food, clothes, a home, and medical care for you and your family. Lastly,everyone should be allowed to have an adequate living standards and even help if someone was in the need. It’s not that easy to think about the different points of views for this theme. Human Rights can mean anything to anyone. However, this research has proven that Human Rights are and should be equal to everyone. It’s not right that some organizations were treating poor people unfairly.
QUOTES
- "Do the sick deserve the right to health care? Do the naked deserve the right to clothing? Do the homeless deserve the right to shelter? Do the illiterate deserve the right to education?"
- "As a Haitian woman who has seen first-hand what it means to be poor and sick, I know that we can all do better. We can move from the way things are, where the bottom billion is merely struggling not to suffer, to be as we say in Haiti, kapab pa soufri, to a place in which tout moun se moun. Everyone is a person. We are all human."
- "The struggle for health and human rights is only part of our struggle, because we believe that the poor must be respected when they say, as they so often do, "we want to see health, education, and welfare (including water) as our birthrights." These basic social and economic rights must be part of being human."
VISUALS
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/01/14/18haiti.h29.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unitednationsdevelopmentprogramme/4274633152/
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2010/haiti.quake/
These different views exist because there are different people on this planet. Whether we like it or not, not everyone will choose to help and be a wonderful person. Some people may love to help and fight for true rights, like Loune Viaud. However, some people may either not care, or are too cold to even see it from another point of view. Also, some people may not believe in human rights or whether if someone deserves them. However, we all as human beings, should get human rights and be treated fairly. There are still at least 400,000 Haitians who are living under tarps or tents, even today. How do you think they feel? The government of President Michel Martelly has made a program called 16/6, where residents of different camps will be moved to some repaired areas. On the other hand, Alexandre Louissaint, who was the leader of the camp in the capital’s Christ-Roi neighborhood, complained that his camp was not taken into attention or care at all. Many have said that the 16/6 program was a just a huge fraud. Bandits have also set fire to the camps, making it even worse for everyone else who lived there and relied on living there. Why would people want to do that, when Haiti was already in huge mess and to think that it wasn’t bad enough. Therefore, some selfish people think they can make things worse. The perpetrators would be the disasters that killed people and caused all the trouble. The bystanders just don’t really do anything good, they just watch or do their own things and in other words, doesn’t care about this at all. The victims are most likely scared, uncertain, and are scarred forever by the disaster and the problems that it has brought to their environment. To be honest, being a victim is probably one of the worst roles to play in these events. They are impacted the most, however, helpers also give off a big impact to the event too.
Moreover, doesn't it count when people donated? We think there are lots of people who are trying to help every day, especially with things happening everywhere. The RFK Center was also trying to solve this issue. They worked together as a collaboration STTPs (Speak Truth To Power) . Even Haitians themselves stepped up to talk about the housing problems, and the
Pan American Health Organization helped estimated the number of deaths in Haiti. In addition, they researched about the outcome of the earthquake by figuring out what diseases people have, and tried to find a method to save them. To some people, Article 25 may not be something that they care about, but a person can only live so decently. As a reminder, Article 25 is about having the right to have what you need to live a decent life, including food, clothes, a home, and medical care for you and your family. Lastly,everyone should be allowed to have an adequate living standards and even help if someone was in the need. It’s not that easy to think about the different points of views for this theme. Human Rights can mean anything to anyone. However, this research has proven that Human Rights are and should be equal to everyone. It’s not right that some organizations were treating poor people unfairly.
QUOTES
- "Do the sick deserve the right to health care? Do the naked deserve the right to clothing? Do the homeless deserve the right to shelter? Do the illiterate deserve the right to education?"
- "As a Haitian woman who has seen first-hand what it means to be poor and sick, I know that we can all do better. We can move from the way things are, where the bottom billion is merely struggling not to suffer, to be as we say in Haiti, kapab pa soufri, to a place in which tout moun se moun. Everyone is a person. We are all human."
- "The struggle for health and human rights is only part of our struggle, because we believe that the poor must be respected when they say, as they so often do, "we want to see health, education, and welfare (including water) as our birthrights." These basic social and economic rights must be part of being human."
VISUALS
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/01/14/18haiti.h29.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unitednationsdevelopmentprogramme/4274633152/
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2010/haiti.quake/