Haiti

1. The story I chose is called Resolve. It is about a physician who spent a year in Haiti. He entered the hospital when he got tuberculosis, and left two months later with the tuberculosis under control and 30 pounds fatter. He was confident he could live in Haiti even though he had no place to live. However, two days later, he returned, with his clothes tattered and torn. He said he had no family, no friends, no place to sleep, and nothing to eat.
2. I picked this story because it told me clearly about how life in Haiti is. This man nearly died after two days on the streets of Haiti, and some people live there. This shows me how poor people are in Haiti. Poor people in Haiti have no proper home, and it is difficult for them to find food and water, and they do not have the money to afford medication if they get sick.
3. It is similar to what is happening to people in Haiti now because people are also starving and dying in Haiti, except this time, thousands of people are dying instead of just the physician.
4. We should care about what is happening in Haiti because they do not have the resources to survive properly by themselves and they do not have a government to organize relief efforts for them. If we do not help them then they will probably all die.
5. Helping Haiti is related to global citizenship because right now Haiti needs all the help it can get. Part of being a good citizen is helping people, so helping people that are not in your nation is global citizenship.