The world as we know it to this day has been vastly influenced by “advanced” beings known as humans: men, women, and something in between. Each of them is defined by their unique acts of courage, friendship, love, reliability, knowledge, sincerity and hope. Sadly enough, they are also defined by their acts of cowardice, theft, judgment, hate, stupidity, bigotry, closed-mindedness, rape and murder. These are the acts that define us as beings, human beings, the last creatures put on this earth by the Almighty. The Bible says that God put man on this earth to tend to the flora and the fauna. I beg to differ. Considering the vast amount of land and animals we are incapable of taming, I would say God put us last because he knew of the consequences we would bring about, so that delay might have saved us a few more thousands of years of life before the great apocalypse that so many speak of.
This year is my second summer working in “l’Hôpital de l’Université d’Etat d’Haïti” in Haïti, the main hospital in the capital. Last summer, we organized a major seminary, bringing together every chief of service to present what’s wrong with the hospital and plan changes for the better with the partial help of an American company. They provided the hospital with syringes, security boxes, etc…the basic needs for a typical hospital. That was the first step, meaning more are to be carried out for further progress. As more money comes in for aid, personal pockets are overflowing. As a result, the hospital has become a slow and depressing walk towards death. This year, conditions have gotten worse because of a strike from the sanitary workers. The state has refused to pay them for four months running now due to “lack of funds”. As a result, there’s garbage everywhere, the outdoor bathrooms are overflowing and running into the courtyard, flies and rats outnumber the number of patients and doctors, aggravating several cases, killing some. I’ve seen a side of man up close and personal that more fortunate others have only read of or heard on the news. So much vice encompasses humanity that any act of good is viewed with doubt and disbelief. People become cynical. People become pessimistic. People lose hope. The only light they see at then end of the tunnel is an oncoming train with no brakes. They become dark, not believing or seeing any purpose for anything anymore. So what’s the point of this, of what I’m writing? By asking you, maybe I can get some light into you. That way, you can help me understand how it got so bad, when every little sprout of good is stepped on.
