Reaching Out to the People of Haiti
A look at some of the international relief efforts for Haiti, and how the earthquake affected New York's Haitian-American community. Transcript of radio broadcast:
31 January 2010
FRITZI BODENHEIMER:
Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Fritzi Bodenheimer.
MARIO RITTER:
Medical worker Tim Mosher prepares 5-year-old Betina Joseph for her evacuation from Port-au-Prince to Children's Hospital in Philadelphia by the aid group Partners in Health
And I'm Mario Ritter. The January twelfth earthquake in Haiti killed or injured hundreds of thousands of people. The quake also left hundreds of thousands homeless as it destroyed much of the capital, Port-au-Prince. This week on our program, we look at some of the efforts to assist Haiti and its people.
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FRITZI BODENHEIMER:
As international medical assistance has flowed into Haiti, some of the injured have been flown out for treatment.
Romel Joseph is a blind, fifty year old violinist with Haitian and American citizenship. He could have had a promising career in the United States. Instead, he returned to Haiti and opened a school in nineteen ninety-one.
At the New Victorian School he has been teaching music to students from poor families. But the building collapsed in the quake. Romel Joseph suffered injuries to an arm and both legs. His pregnant wife died two floors below him. In the eighteen hours until his rescue, he says, he kept his mind on prayer and playing music in his head.
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