Week 3: Blog post 1b: North America: Haiti: Desperate Haitians living in caves, eating toxic plants in post-hurricane Haiti

     According to the Miami Herald article titled : "Desperate Haitians living in caves, eating toxic plants in post-hurricane Haiti", even after six months of the hurricane Matthew, there are still many refugees who can't maintain their normal lives and the aid is necessary because of destruction of their crops, livestock, and houses, lack of food or water, and decrease of emergency aid. To begin with, the article says that about 240 people were found having been living in a mountain cave since the attack of hurricane as they lost their means of living and shelters. Moreover, there were a few people who had died by eating fruits and foliage known to be poisonous to struggle to their starvation. What is worse, since significant time passed after the disaster, the emergency aid that had been supplied is decreasing, and thus several relief groups, such as Food For The Poor, plan to send them food and necessities and urge us to get more interested in them. To sum up, the article states far from where we live, there are still many people struggling to live and many ruins to be repaired, and they need help for their shelters, poor environment to find food, and substantial aid.

     In 2012, when I was in high school, two huge hurricane attacked Korea one after another, and because of the unusual event, there were many damages around me : casualties, damage of property, and anxiety. According to the news report, there were about 25 people who died or are missing, and because of the severity, most of all schools including ours were closed. In addition, as well as the overall damage on the properties of agricultural or fishing industries, the elementary school besides our school was caved in with their side walls and our school suffered blackout and leakage of rain from the ceiling. However, instead of these damages, what made me scared most was the anxiety about what will happen to us, or whether we can overcome it without any harms. Even though the long time passed, there remain some realization that the natural disaster is horrible accident in the aspects of life of humankind, the private or public properties, and emotional pressure of nation.

CHARLES, Jacqueline . "Desperate Haitians living in caves, eating toxic plants in post-hurricane Haiti." Miamiherald. N.p., 24 Mar. 2017. Web. 28 Mar. 2017

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article140663663.html