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Haiti - How do you feed 9 Million People Everyday?

Food For Thought - Most people in Haiti want to provide for themselves, we are proud people, but most of them have no jobs... So... Do we feed them everyday? or better yet...
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Do we get this nation of proud people to earn a decent living so that they can stop behaving like beggars?

Believe me, the line for food and water in Haiti stretched far beyond the USAID and Red Cross food trucks...

When a grown man has to call a family member in the Diaspora to beg of him/her for his daily bread, it is not pleasant.

I used to tell my father not to mention my name when I would give him money to send to the elders in Haiti simply because I felt I was disrespecting them.

Yes, I am embarrassed when I have hand out money to a grown man with a wife and kids. I feel like I am humiliating him.

What if I could give him a job?

I walk tall everyday because I work hard and I owe no man no favors...

I want that for my countrymen...

Sometimes I wonder... What if my grandfather never sent my father to school? What if my father never left the countryside? What if my father never sent me to America?

I'd probably be another one, in Haiti, with his hands stretched out in front of him...

I guess you could say I am a result of other people's decisions...

Unfortunately, so are the millions of people in Haiti standing in line for a loaf of bread and a glass of water... everyday...

Liberte ou la Mort! Right???

We're still free... And we ain't dead yet!

I don't know if this makes any sense to you but... It's just one of those things I think about and have no idea why...

Sometimes I start with a headline, and then it becomes this! But this time, I didn't trim off the top nor change the title.

Thanks for reading!

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Mc says...

You feed them by readministrate agriculture, and create more »

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F.barthelemy says...

its unfortunate that our president dont have vision,,haiti is a producing and without unity how can we self sustain,,he should travel in the more »

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Graham Exantus says...

Extremely thoughtful and positive! We are a proud nation and hard-working people.Unfortunately we are a poor nation and have to depend on others more »

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Kenold Pierre says...

I remember growing up in Haiti in the 50's in the North-Est we used to have 3 industies. one in Becera One in Phaeton the other one in more »

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Josy says...

The government should start by giving its citizens other means to cook, and small solar energy stove in every home should be number one more »

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Sergo Jean says...

I think we have to stop pou bay lot nasyon responsab prop securite nou.Apran pep la a fe service volonte pou ede lot mounn san yo pa espere more »

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Vintage says...

Can we give everone a designated area and have them plant their own garden and grown their own vegs....................carrots really grow more »

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Miejo says...

mwen te gen yon kouzin mwen ki te konn voye 20 dol chak mwa pou yon jennnom, mwen di li pou ki sa ou pa achte yon je razwa ak sizo bali more »

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Miejo says...

Woodring, anpil rezon ki fe nou nan gwangou an ayiti 1- nou mepwize agrikilti 2- nou tout kouri nou ale nou lese mass pep la san model 3-tout more »

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Jean Mirville says...

Stop importing goods that can be produce in Haiti and support the Haitian farmers. That will provide jobs,control food prices and reduce more »

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