As if chronic poverty, corrupt governance, an earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, and a cholera outbreak that is threatening to kill thousands more were not devastating enough.
Now the poor, longsuffering people of Haiti, many of whom are still hovelling in post-quake, makeshift tents, are withering under the onslaught of Hurricane Tomas – with its tent-flooding and cholera-spreading winds and rain.
I have no doubt that even this will not break their national spirit:
Haitians are blessed with survival instincts and resiliency that are unparalleled. Therefore, I fully expect many more of them to pull through than would be the case if this earthquake had struck elsewhere.
(Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake, The iPINIONS Journal, January 14, 2010)
But I still feel moved to say this prayer on their behalf:
My God, my God, why have you forsaken the people of Haiti…?
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