In the
article Haitians living in fear 'under the tent' by Allie Torgan, CNN, after
the earthquake happen in Haiti in 2010 a lot of people and families were left
with no homes and still homeless, and killed 220,000 people. And reports of
rates and sexual violence have been all too common after the earthquake also.
The article
includes quotes from a woman from Haiti named Dina, "On the evening of
January 20, several young men were firing gunshots in the air. They came into
our shelter and grabbed my 19-year-old niece, “They just came in, grabbed her
and dragged her away. She was raped by several men. They took her at around 9
p.m. and let her go at around 2 a.m." she said. And there also was another
report that a woman, named Guerline said that she and her 13-year-old daughter
were attacked on the same night in March. This shows that this has been a big
problem in Haiti after the earthquake happened in 2010.
I think that
this is a big problem that someone should look at because it's not safe for families
at night for them and their children to lay their heads down a night because
anything can happen to them.
This article
makes me think deeply about the topic and that people should pay more attention
to what happening in other countries, and not just what’s going on in the
United States, because we have bigger problems then what they are focused on
now, and this problems need to put a stop to it, and now and i think that we
can help by helping them with new homes with security.
I think you are right about Haiti and about how we don't pay enough attention to the rest of the world. Haiti has been in crisis for a very long time, in part due to the policies of our government. 95
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