The rock star news anchors have moved on to new assignments. Here in the states, the round-the- clock news coverage has been replaced by domestic political news and riveting coverage of White House party crashers. Across America, a new season breeds a new crop of judges and would-be American Idols, as they line up by the thousands to prove they have what it takes to capture the attention, the hearts and the votes of a fickle public. As the intense attention focused on Haiti for the past week begins to shift to things mundane, arcane or simply entertaining, as inevitably it must, the children and the people of Haiti struggle to summon the courage, the will and the means to survive another day. Another day of numbing uncertainty. Another day of loss. Another day of despair. Another day in Haiti.
In the midst of this, one hope shines through, clear and bright as the Caribbean sun. That ray of hope, that will to live, to grow, to play and to laugh lives in the sparking eyes and broad smiles of the children of Haiti.
I was first drawn to the children of Haiti by a story told by Pastor David Wolber, one of the founders of the Lazarus Project Haiti. He told of a single mother, with two young children, forced to work on the streets of Port au Prince to feed her family. Each new day, she labored to earn enough to buy one meal for one child… never both. She rarely ate, instead hording food to give the children. Eventually, she passed away from malnutrition, leaving her sons behind as orphans. Then, Pastor Wolber told us how common this scene was on the streets of Port au Prince. It took place every day, with different names and different faces, but the result was always the same.
That was in good times.
More than ever, the children of Haiti need your help. There has never been a better time to make a difference in a child’s life. I urge you today to give a Haitian child a fighting chance for a new life, or any life at all, by contributing here to Lazarus Project Haiti. One hundred percent (100%) of the funds given to The Lazarus Project go directly to the children and the people of Haiti. They are equipped and organized to do the work in Haiti and they have been doing it for years. They need your help. If you prefer to donate online, contribute here to Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Springfield, VA. They will send your online contribution directly to The Lazarus Project. On the Prince of Peace website donation screen, select ‘Other’ and type in ‘Lazarus Project’. One hundred percent of your contribution will then go directly to the children and the people of Haiti, through the good work of the The Lazarus.
Images from my work in Haiti on behalf of Lazarus Project Haiti .
Jobe
Children on the way to school in Port au Prince
Freinds at the Village of Hope School
Jorel Carte leads the children of the Village of Hope in song.
Children of The Village of Hope
Children on the way to morning class in the Village of Hope
Girls at Marie major's home for girls outside Port au Prince
Bubbles
A student at the Village of Hope
A student at the Village of Hope
A mother and her son at work near Port au Prince
A guiding hand
A child at Marie Major's home for girls
A student at The Village of Hope
Marni Maree reads to a child at Hope House
Please make a contribution to Lazarus Project Haiti today. The children of Haiti desperately need our help. If you would like to see more images from the series ‘The Sprit of Hope; The People of Haiti’, go to my website and choose the Editorial category from the Portfolio.
by Neil
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