‘Friends missing but even after three days not accepting that they may be gone forever’

Saut d’Eau, Haiti                                                                                                               ©Tiana Markova-Gold 2004

An email I just received from a friend in Port-au-Prince:

Bodies everywhere. Death in the air. People constantly walking up and down, crying and moaning about losses of life, property and hope.

Despair and singing of GOD, and journalists from time to time. Blood stained sheets covering bloated rotting bodies of men and women and children.

Long cold nights on the asphalt with the homeless people afraid to sleep inside.

Masses gathered in front of government offices hoping but knowing that there will come no help or words of encouragement.

Blindness of persons not seeing that government is gone and that others (foreigners) are in charge.

Impatience and growing hunger and thirst that can become very dangerous if not quenched.

Hoping for time to hasten so that wounds can heal but not wanting to grow old at the same time.

Friends missing but even after three days not accepting that they may be gone forever.

Time to rest and awaken and face all of these realities again.

Tiana  Markova-Gold

Some links to organizations and information:

http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti

http://pih.org/home.html

https://donate.pih.org/page/contribute/haiti_earthquake?source=earthquake&subsource=homepage

http://relief4haiti.chipin.com/rebuilding-jacmel-haiti

http://mikeely.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/shattering-haiti-the-makings-of-unnatural-disaster/