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DISASTER MAY BE UNFOLDING RIGHT
NOW IN HAITI, HIT TODAY BY A
POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE.

[ screaming ]

WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS
A JOLT THAT THREW ME
TO THE GROUND.

AND I WAS THROWN IN A WAY
THAT I COULD SEE THE CITY,
AND I SAW ONE BUILDING

JUST GO POOF, UP LIKE A PUFF
OF SMOKE LIKE IT EXPLODED.
AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

THE GROUND STARTED TO GO LIKE
A WASHING MACHINE,
CHUG-A-CHUG-A-CHUG-A-CHUG,

WHERE YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE
HOLDING ONTO THE GROUND,
ACTUALLY.

AND YOU COULD SEE BELOW
THAT IT WAS LIKE WAVES,
AND I SAW THE CITY,

BUILDING BY BUILDING,
GO POP, POP, POP, LIKE FIRE
CRACKERS, AND EXPLODING,

AND THIS SMOKE COMING OUT OF
THEM UNTIL IT BECAME ONE BIG
SMOKE, LIKE AN ATOMIC BOMB.

[ people screaming ]
IT ONLY TOOK A FEW SECONDS
BEFORE I GOT BACK UP,

STARTED TO WALK UP AND THIS
SMOKE... WHICH WAS NOT SMOKE,
IT'S THE DUST,

IT WAS ALL THE DUST
FROM ALL OF THE BUILDINGS THAT
HAD FALLEN DOWN... ARRIVED WHERE

WE WERE... THIS IS MILES.
SO IT WAS A BIG THING.
IT'S LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD.

[ building crumbling ]
[ screaming ]

OF HOURS, I WAS OUT IN THE
STREETS AND JUST WENT DOWN
TO THE MAIN HOSPITAL

BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD STARTED
TO CONGREGATE THERE, AND
I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.

THEY WERE,
PEOPLE WERE LYING ON DOORS,
ON THE GROUND, ON SHEETS,

HOSPITAL BEDS, GURNEYS
THAT HAD BEEN PULLED OUT
OF THE HOSPITAL FROM SOMEWHERE,

LIKE IN THAT ONE LITTLE...
IT WAS MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW,
30 METERS... WAS KIND OF A

"SOMEONE DEAD, SOMEONE BEING
MOURNED, SOMEONE ILL HOPING
TO GET TREATMENT".

IT WAS ALL KIND OF THERE.
AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
FOR ME OF WHAT

AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
FOR ME OF WHAT
WE WERE UP AGAINST.

[ speaking French ]
IT WAS VERY HAZY AT THE

BEGINNING, YOU KNOW THERE
HAS BEEN A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE
THAT NOBODY KNEW REALLY

WHAT THE DEPTH ON THE WHOLE
TRAGEDY WAS.
AND THEN I TURNED ON CNN,

AND I COULD SEE THE WHOLE
THING UNFOLD.
I SAID, "OH, MY GOD."

AND YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL,
I WAS VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT OUR STAFF BECAUSE WE

HAVE NEARLY A THOUSAND STAFF,
AND THEN I WAS THINKING,
"OH, MY GOD,

WE HAVE A 12 STORY BUILDING...
DID IT STAY UP?"
OUR BUILDING WAS DAMAGED.

AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T KNOW,
BUT WE THOUGHT THERE WAS EVERY
LIKELIHOOD THAT STAFF HAD DIED.

THE U.N. HEADQUARTERS WERE
ALSO DAMAGED BY THIS,
SO THEY LOST 40 OR 50 STAFF.

HOW LONG AGO DID YOU LAST
HEAR THEM?
LAST TIME I HEARD SOMEONE

WAS 36 TO 48 HOURS AGO.
36 TO 48 HOURS AGO WAS THE LAST
TIME YOU HEARD, WHAT WAS IT,

WAS IT TAPPING? WAS IT A VOICE?
IT WAS TAPPING,
IT WAS TAPPING.

IN RELATION TO WHERE YOU WERE,
DO YOU KNOW WHAT DIRECTION?
THAT PLACE.

TO THE, OKAY.
SO, TO YOUR RIGHT.
WE WERE ALL IN THE SAME PLIGHT,

IN A SENSE.
THIS WASN'T A DISASTER SOMEWHERE
ELSE THAT YOU WERE GONNA HELP.

THIS DISASTER WAS HAPPENING
TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM
AND YOUR STAFF, WHO WERE HAITIAN

TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM
AND YOUR STAFF, WHO WERE HAITIAN
OR EXPATS WORKING IN THAT CITY.

I GOT A PIECE OF PAPER,
WROTE A LETTER TO THE AMBASSADOR
AND WALKED RIGHT UP

THE DRIVEWAY,
FORCED MY WAY IN AND SENT THIS
PERMISSION FOR THE AMBASSADOR

TO DO HUMANITARIAN EVACUATIONS
AND ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE BY USING OUR

GOLF COURSE.
FRANTICALLY, WE WERE MAKING
PHONE CALLS AND EVENTUALLY THE

WORD CAME BACK: THE BUILDING
STAYED UP.
AND THE PEOPLE WE LOST,

THE STAFF THAT WE LOST,
WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON DAYS
OFF.

AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS AT 4:53,
I THINK, IN THE AFTERNOON,
SO RUSH HOUR WAS JUST ABOUT

TO START, AND SO THERE WAS A LOT
OF PEOPLE ON THE STREET
IN RUSH HOUR, SO THAT

SAVED AN AWFUL LOT OF LIVES.
WE DID END UP HAVING ONE STAFF
MEMBER WHO LOST HER DAUGHTER,

VERY TRAGIC.
AND SHE, INCIDENTALLY,
WAS OUR RELIEF SPECIALIST.

I STILL REMEMBER VERY VIVIDLY,
I JUST SAW HER FALL IN
TO SOMEBODY'S ARMS ABOUT,

I'D SAY, THREE DAYS LATER WHEN
THE CONFIRMATION CAME THROUGH
THAT THEY'D FOUND THE BODY OF

HER DAUGHTER IN A PRIVATE GIRLS'
SCHOOL IN PORT-AU-PRINCE.
AND SHE WENT TO THE FUNERAL

AND REFUSED TO STAY HOME AND
WAS BACK IN THE OFFICE THE
NEXT DAY.

AS A COMPANY, WE SAID,
"WELL, FIRST OF ALL,
LET'S MOVE QUICKLY."

AND THE FIRST THING WE DID
WAS TOP UP EVERYBODY'S PHONES
WITH FIVE DOLLARS SO THAT PEOPLE

WHO WERE CAUGHT IN RUBBLE,
THEY COULD TEXT, OR IF THEY
COULD PHONE, BUT IT WAS MAINLY

TEXTS, TO TELL PEOPLE WHERE
THEY WERE.
SO, WE SAW INCREDIBLE STORIES,

IN PARTICULARLY THE WEEK
AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE WHERE
PEOPLE BEING RESCUED USING

AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE WHERE
PEOPLE BEING RESCUED USING
THEIR CELLPHONES.

SCRAMBLING TO FIND OPEN
SPACES TO LIVE IN, SO A LOT
OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE NEWS

WOULD KNOW THAT PEOPLE WERE
SLEEPING IN THE STREETS,
AND THIS REALLY WAS THE LARGEST

OPEN SPACE IN THE ENTIRE CITY.
IT USED TO BE THE GOLF COURSE,
THE ONLY GOLF COURSE

IN THE COUNTRY.
AND IT'S LOCATED
SMACK DAB IN THE CENTER.

WANNA PUT ANOTHER ONE UP HIGH
LIKE THIS?
JUST PUT A LINE ACROSS HERE,

FROM THIS DIAGONALLY...
WE'D MAKE CAMP IN THE FRONT
YARD OF A BROKEN HOUSE.

AND EACH DAY AS WE WERE
ORGANIZING AND SENDING OUT
THE TRUCKS AND DOING ALL

THAT STUFF, WE'D SEE THESE U.S.
MILITARY HELICOPTERS GOING
OVER HEAD.

AND WE FOLLOWED THEM ONE DAY,
AND THAT'S WHEN WE CAME UPON
THE PETIONVILLE GOLF CLUB 'CAUSE

THAT'S WHERE THE EIGHTY SECOND
AIRBORNE WAS BASED...
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,
AT LEAST THE LAND...
IN RESPONSE TO THE EARTHQUAKE.

AND THEY SORT OF ARRIVED HERE,
AND I SAID, "WHO ARE THEY?"
AND THE ARMY MADE AN AGREEMENT,

AND IF THEY WORKED OUT,
THEY COULD STAY.
THIS IS ALL PLASTERING FOR CASTS

THIS IS ALL PLASTERING FOR CASTS
THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE OVER
THE DULAP IN CENTRAL CITY.

MORE AND MORE PEOPLE,
LITERALLY BY THE TENS
OF THOUSANDS, STARTED POURING

IN HERE, ESPECIALLY AFTER
FOOD STARTED BEING DISTRIBUTED
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THE

EARTHQUAKE IN ORDER TO HELP
KEEP PEOPLE GOING.
SO, IT BALLOONED SOMEWHERE

BETWEEN 45 AND 60 THOUSAND
PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING
HERE AT THE HIGH POINT,

WHICH ALSO CORRESPONDS TO
WHEN J/P HRO STARTED ITS RUBBLE
REMOVAL AND DEMOLITION PROGRAMS.

THAT BASICALLY STARTED BECAUSE
PEOPLE WEREN'T MOVING OUT.
IN FACT, THEY WERE CONTINUING

TO COME IN.
AND SO SEAN AND THE TEAM
WERE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE

OUT WHY WEREN'T PEOPLE GOING
BACK, AND THE BIGGEST REASON
PEOPLE GAVE WAS THERE WAS

PEOPLE GAVE WAS THERE WAS
NO PLACE GOING BACK TO.
IT WAS TOTALLY BURIED.

YOU'RE SEEING AN INTERSECTION.
AS FAR AS I CAN SEE THIS WAY,
AS FAR AS I CAN SEE THAT WAY,

ANY GIVEN MOMENT OF THE DAY,
THIS CAN BE FIXED.
THEN ABOUT A MONTH IN,

I WENT,
WE HAD BECOME EMBEDDED WITH THE
EIGHTY SECOND AIRBORNE,

AND GENERAL KING CAME,
AND HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO
GO TO CARREFOUR AND LEOGANE

GO TO CARREFOUR AND LEOGANE
WITH HIM THE FOLLOWING DAY
BY HELICOPTER.

SEEING THIS PLACE I'D LIVED IN
FOR A MONTH... SUDDENLY AND
SURPRISINGLY LIVED IN

FOR A MONTH... FROM THE AIR,
AND SAW THE SIZE OF IT.
AND THAT WAS,

THAT'S WHERE I FOUND MYSELF
BEING EMOTIONALLY WALLOPED.
IT'S LIKE, "OH MAN, IT'S SO BIG,

IT'S SUCH, IT'S SO MUCH TO FIX,"
AND YOU KNEW BECAUSE YOU KNEW
BY THE AREAS OF OPERATION

YOU WERE FUNCTIONING IN
WHAT THOSE, IF YOU DID A KIND
OF GRID OF THIS HUGE AREA

IN YOUR HEAD, YOU KNEW HOW MUCH
SUFFERING WAS ONGOING
IN THOSE AREAS.

♪ [ man singing in French ]

YOUR GENEROSITY TO PROVIDE
IMMEDIATE RELIEF
TO THE HAITIAN PEOPLE.

THE CANADIENS FAMILY
IS TEAMING UP WITH UNICEF
TO COLLECT YOUR DONATIONS.

SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS...
man: THE GAME THAT WE HAD AFTER
THE TRAGEDY WAS JUST COUPLE DAYS

AFTER, AND PEOPLE IN THE CROWD
WERE HONORING THE PEOPLE
IN HAITI, THERE WAS A MOMENT

OF SILENCE.
BUT, THAT NIGHT I WAS PRAYING.
FOR ONE OF THE FIRST TIME,

I WAS PRAYING TO SCORE A GOAL.
I WANTED TO DO A GESTURE THAT,
COMING FROM ME, THAT WOULD BE

BIG, THAT THEY COULD SMILE AND
HOLD OUT THEIR FISTS HIGH AND
SAY, YOU KNOW, "WE'RE STRONG,

WE'RE TOGETHER UNITED."
SO THAT GAME, WHEN I GOT THAT
GOAL, I WAS REALLY PROUD AND

GOAL, I WAS REALLY PROUD AND
REALLY HAPPY TO DO THAT
FOR THEM.

[ crowd cheering ]

IT'S FUNNY HOW WE SAY THINGS
ALWAYS HAPPENS FOR A REASON
AND HOW LIFE ALWAYS TRY TO DO

THINGS RIGHT.
I GOT RELEASE BY THE MONTREAL
CANADIENS SHORTLY AFTER THE

EARTHQUAKE, SO I WAS ABLE
TO DEVOTED MY TIME TO FIND
SOLUTION AND FIND WAYS TO

SOLUTION AND FIND WAYS TO
CONTRIBUTE AND HELP OUT MY
PEOPLE IN HAITI.

IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY
WHEN YOU ARE A CELEBRITY AND
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING UP TO YOU,

KIDS ARE LOOKING UP TO YOU
IN THE WORLD BECAUSE WE HAVE
THE POWER UNITE PEOPLE, TO GET

PEOPLE BELIEVE IN A CAUSE, AND
GET PEOPLE TO FOLLOW YOU AND
DO GREAT THINGS.

THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS
BECAUSE GOD PUT ME IN A POSITION
THAT I COULD INSPIRE AND HELP

BECAUSE GOD PUT ME IN A POSITION
THAT I COULD INSPIRE AND HELP
OUT SOCIETY.

HIGH FIVE, HIGH FIVE!
DID YOU SEE THAT?

WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE BECAUSE
GEORGE LARAQUE CHOSE WORLD
VISION TO BE HIS MAJOR

CONNECTION WITH THE WORK
IN THE COUNTRY
AND GOT INVOLVED IN A HOSPITAL

THAT WE HAD AN ASSOCIATION
WITH AS WELL.
AND SO HE'S BEEN A GREAT,

HE'S BEEN A GREAT FUNDRAISER,
HE'S BEEN A GREAT ADVOCATE,
THAT'S ONE CHOICE.

AND ANOTHER PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE,
WOULD BE SEAN PENN WHO CAME IN,
ACTOR, YOU KNOW KIND OF FITS

THE CLASSIC "I'M GONNA DO
SOMETHING RIGHT AWAY"
BUT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN,

I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS
WITH HIM, FROM WHAT I HEAR
FROM OUR STAFF,

THEY'VE HAD EARLY STRUGGLES,
OF COURSE, TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING, BUT THEY'VE GOTTEN

GOOD TECHNICAL CAPACITY
IN THE ORGANIZATION,
THEY'VE BUILT IT UP.

AND SO, I MEAN, I ADMIRE WHAT'S
BEEN DONE SO QUICKLY.
FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NAIVETE

CAN GIVE YOU...
WELL, LET'S SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT
INFORMED ENOUGH FOR CYNICISM

TO BE DISTRACTING.
YOU'RE SURE THAT YOU CAN FIX IT,
AND YOU FIX A LOT OF THINGS

BEING SURE YOU CAN FIX IT.
IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE
ON ITS OWN, BUT IT'S A GOOD

SEED TO CARRY ALONG WITH YOU
AS YOU MOVE FORWARD
AND ACCEPT NEW DEMANDS.

Dave Toycen: THE BIG QUESTION,
OF COURSE, IS:
WHAT CAN WE DO IMMEDIATELY?

I MEAN, HAITI NEEDED EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, MEDICAL NEEDS, FOOD,
CLEAN WATER, SHELTER.

WE ENDED UP DECIDING THAT WE
WOULD FOCUS ON CHILD-FRIENDLY
SPACES FOR CHILDREN, JUST MAKING

WOULD FOCUS ON CHILD-FRIENDLY
SPACES FOR CHILDREN, JUST MAKING
SURE KIDS HAVE A SAFE PLACE.

LATER, WE GOT INTO SOME
SHELTER CONSTRUCTION, AS WELL.
WE DID CAMP MANAGEMENT

WE DID CAMP MANAGEMENT
IN A FEW PLACES WHERE YOU'RE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE AREA.

SITUATION.
AND ACCESS WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.
THE ROADS WERE STILL BLOCKED

AND ACCESS WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.
THE ROADS WERE STILL BLOCKED
IN MANY AREAS.

WHERE YOU WEREN'T TWO WHEELS UP
ON THE EDGE OF RUBBLE
ON THE SIDE OF ROADS, YOU KNOW,

AND EVERYTHING ELSE,
NOT TO MENTION
THE SMELL OF HUMAN BODIES

AND ALL THESE POWER LINES
TORN DOWN AND BOUNCING OFF
THE WINDSHIELD.

ARE WE WALKING...?
YEAH, WE'RE WALKING.
OH, ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

HI, MAN.
HOW ARE YOU?
I'M DOING GOOD, AND YOU?

YEAH, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I WAS OFF YESTERDAY.
AH, OKAY, GOOD.

I WAS OFF YESTERDAY.
AH, OKAY, GOOD.
SO, YOU GOT A REST, GOOD.

AND FOUND THAT THE STREETS
WERE COVERED PILE HIGH...
I MEAN, 9, 10 FEET,

2 OR 3 METERS, OF RUBBLE...
AND SO IN A MATTER OF DAYS,
THEY MOBILIZED AN ENGINEERING

THEY MOBILIZED AN ENGINEERING
CREW THAT STARTING WITH HEAVY
MACHINERY CLEARING THE STREETS.

IN AUGUST OF 2010,
THE WORD "CHALLENGING" CAME
TO MIND.

AND THEN WHEN WE BROUGHT
OTHER PEOPLE HERE,
I'D HEAR A LOT OF THE WORD

"UNCERTAINTY" BECAUSE UNCERTAIN
AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
IT COULD BE DONE.

THERE WAS QUITE A LARGE
ORDER IN FRONT OF US TO REMOVE
RUBBLE FROM THESE COMMUNITIES,

WHICH HAD PRETTY MUCH SHUT DOWN.
THEY WERE NO KIDS WALKING
TO SCHOOL, THEY WERE NO LADIES

SELLING, SHOPS WERE NOT OPEN,
CARS WERE NOT ABLE TO DRIVE
THROUGH HERE.

AND SO THROUGH OUR WORK HERE,
WE'VE REINVIGORATED THE SPIRIT
OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY BEING

ABLE TO ALLOW THESE PEOPLE
TO WALK IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
ONCE AGAIN.

Benjamin Krause: WITHIN DAYS,
REALLY WITHIN MOMENTS OF A
STREET BEING CLEARED,

THE OLD SHOP KEEPERS WOULD COME
BACK AND FOR QUITE A WHILE
IT WAS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

IN THE DAYTIME, BUT MUCH MORE
OF A GHOST TOWN AT NIGHT.
AND THEN AS PEOPLE BUILT UP

THEIR CONFIDENCE AND KIND OF
REESTABLISHED THEIR ROOTS,
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE STARTED

MOVING BACK IN.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHEN WE
STARTED TO SEE THE POPULATION

DECREASING FROM CAMP.
EVERYBODY WAS WARNING US,
"OH, THEY'RE GONNA COME IN

WITH THUGS AND BULLDOZERS AND
EVICT THESE PEOPLE WHO'VE GOT
NOWHERE TO GO.

WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS
THE EIGHTY SECOND AIRBORNE
WAS REDEPLOYED TO OUR

DEPLOYMENTS, AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ,
AND WE WERE LEFT WITH MANAGEMENT
OF THE CAMP.

AND SO, WE SHOULD GET THE
SHELTER CLUSTER ON THE PHONE
AND MAKE SURE TO ANSWER THAT

QUESTION BY THE END OF THIS
MEETING, OR WE WILL PROVIDE ALL
THE TENTS NECESSARY.

IT HAS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT...

IT'S ALL GONE ON TOO LONG.
Woman: ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THE

EARTHQUAKE HIT, WE HAD REALLY
COLLECTED QUITE A LOT OF MONEY,
WHICH WE WEREN'T REALLY SPENDING

'CAUSE WE WERE TAKING ACTUAL,
LEVERAGING, YOU KNOW,
RELATIONSHIPS TO TAKE PHYSICAL

GOODS DOWN.
SO, I CALLED PAUL FARMER
A WEEK AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE,

WHO'S TELLING ME, YOU KNOW,
HOW DIFFICULT, HOW STRETCHED
THEY WERE, WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

I SAID TO PAUL,
"WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS,
WE WANT TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT?"
AND HE SAID,
"WE HAD PLANS TO OPEN A NEW

HEALTH CENTER IN MIREBALAIS.
MIREBALAIS IS ONE OF THE POOREST
AREAS OF HAITI, AND WE THINK

IT'S GONNA BE A 6, 7, 8
MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT,
AND WE WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP.

WELL, THIS LITTLE 8 OR 9 MILLION
DOLLAR HOSPITAL
IS THE PHOENIX RISING OUT

OF THE ASHES.
IT IS THE SINGULAR BIGGEST
EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE,

EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE,
WITH SHEER WILL
AND VISION.

TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF
PORT-AU-PRINCE, YOU KNOW,
I'D ALWAYS LOOKED TO THE IRON

MARKET AND SAID, "GEEZ,
IT'D BE LOVELY TO FIX IT."
AND THEN POST THE EARTHQUAKE,

I SAID, "WE'RE GONNA FIX IT."
SO, IT WAS A TOSS UP BETWEEN
THE CATHEDRAL

AND THE IRON MARKET.
AND YOU KNOW, SPIRITUALLY,
I'D SAY THE CATHEDRAL WOULD

HAVE BEEN A GREAT PROJECT
BECAUSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
THEY NEED TO HAVE A RELIGION,

THEY NEED THEIR SPIRIT UPLIFTED
AND MAYBE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
GREAT, BUT THAT WAS NOT GONNA

PUT MONEY FOR PEOPLE AND
LIVELIHOOD.
WE SAID, "WE'RE GONNA DO THE

IRON MARKET, BUT WE'RE GONNA
GET IT DONE IN ONE YEAR."
AND EVERYBODY SAID, "YOU WON'T

GET IT DONE IN A YEAR."
AND IN THE END WE DID IT IN
9 AND HALF MONTHS BECAUSE

THE TIME WE GOT THE DESIGN DONE
AND EVERYTHING ELSE,
SO WE RACED TO DO THE PROJECT.

Woman: THE PEOPLE HAD THE
TRUCKS CAME HERE, DELIVERED THE
GOODS AROUND THERE.

YEAH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
IS TO MAKE SURE THE ORIGINAL
PEOPLE THAT HAD THESE LITTLE

PEOPLE THAT HAD THESE LITTLE
STORES IN THE IRON MARKET
THAT THEY ARE INVITED BACK IN...

TO SHOW,
"HEY, NUMBER ONE THIS COUNTRY'S
GONNA BE REALLY REBUILT.

NUMBER TWO, THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT NATIONAL MONUMENT
NEARLY, IF YOU CALL IT THAT."

AND THREE, IT'S A WAY OF
SHOWING PEOPLE THAT THERE'S
HOPE THAT THE ECONOMY WILL

HOPE THAT THE ECONOMY WILL
RETURN AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE
TO MAKE A LIVELIHOOD.

YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY 4, 5
THOUSAND PEOPLE IN TOTAL
MADE UP OF MAYBE A THOUSAND

MADE UP OF MAYBE A THOUSAND
FAMILIES THAT SOMEHOW TOUCH
THE IRON MARKET.

♪

Man: THERE'S MANY, MANY THINGS
THAT NEEDED TO BE REBUILT
IN HAITI, AND PEOPLE WOULD ASK,

"WELL, WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF REBUILDING A CHURCH?"
THE CHURCH IS THE PLACE OF HOPE.

IT IS A COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT IS A PLACE FOR FAMILIES.
IT IS A PLACE OF GATHERING.

AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE,
IT WAS A PLACE OF GRIEVING.
FOR A PERIOD OF ALMOST A YEAR

HUNDREDS OF FUNERALS HAD TO
BE DONE.
AND THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY,

THE FUNERAL IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT, AND MANY, MANY
FAMILIES IN HAITI COULD NEVER,

NEVER RECOVERED THE BODIES.
SO, THE FUNERALS BECAME MOMENTS
OF REMEMBERING, MOMENTS

SO, THE FUNERALS BECAME MOMENTS
OF REMEMBERING, MOMENTS
OF THEM COMING TOGETHER.

AND IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED
THE FUNERALS, WELL, THEN THERE'S
A WEDDING THAT TAKES PLACE IN

THE CHURCH, SO A LIFE GOES ON.
THERE'S A BABY PRESENTATION
AS THEY DO IN THEIR TRADITION.

SO, THE CHURCH IS A PLACE WHERE
LIFE IS BEING ANNOUNCED AGAIN.
PASTOR WILSON'S A VERY RESPECTED

LEADER IN HAITI.
HE'S BEEN ON NATIONAL
COMMITTEES.

HE'S ALSO RESPECTED IN
PORT-AU-PRINCE ITSELF
AND PETIONVILLE ESPECIALLY.

AND HIS CHURCH IS AT A
CROSSROAD IN THE CITY,
AND WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE

HAPPENED, THE CHURCH BEGAN
TO FALL DOWN, AND IT REMAINED
STANDING, BUT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE

FOR THE PEOPLE TO GO BACK
IN AGAIN.
IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS.

AND FOR A SEASON THEY THOUGHT
THAT THEIR LIFE'S WORK WAS OVER;
THEY CAN'T GO BACK IN.

THE CITY HAD NO MONEY TO BUILD
IT, THERE WOULD BE NO NGOs TO GO
INTO IT, SO IT BECAME AN EFFORT

FOR US, FOR THE CHURCHES,
HERE IN CANADA, BUT THEN IT
BECAME CHURCHES FROM ALL OVER

U.S. AND EUROPE THAT JOINED
WITH US.
WE HAVE A VERY LARGE HAITIAN

POPULATION HERE IN MONTREAL
AND IN OUR CHURCH.
ON THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING

THE EARTHQUAKE,
I BROUGHT UP HAITIAN PEOPLE
ON THE STAGE OF OUR CHURCH,

AND WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND
HAITIANS THAT WERE THERE.
AND SO ENGINEERS BEGAN TO GET

INVOLVED FROM OUR CHURCH TO
GO AND MEASURE AND REBUILD
AND DO ROOFING.

SO WE WERE ABLE SIX MONTHS
LATER, TO GO BACK AND TO DO THE
DEDICATION OF THE NEW BUILDING.

THE UNTOLD STORY IS,
I FEEL, THAT THERE'S A PEOPLE
RISING UP IN HAITI.

THE EARTH SHOOK,
BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT
SHOOK, AS WELL, THAT I THINK

SHOOK, AS WELL, THAT I THINK
OUT OF IT, BEAUTY WILL COME
OUT OF THE ASHES.

PERFECT.
THANK YOU.

MERCI.
THERE MAY BE BLITZ OF

AVAILABILITY OF RUBBLE
IF THESE UNDP GRADS SHOW ON
WEDNESDAY THAT THEY'RE READY

TO APPROVE THAT AS A SITE
TO FILL, WHICH IT LOOKS THEY'RE
GONNA DO.

AND WHAT I'M WONDERING ABOUT
IS IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO
COULD E-MAIL US SOME PHOTOGRAPHS

COULD E-MAIL US SOME PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THE HOUSES.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS VERY MUCH.

THE PICTURES OF THE HOUSES?
PICTURES AND A PROJECT
DESCRIPTION, YEAH.

THE HARDEST THING IS FUNDING.

YOU CAN TRY VERY HARD,
YOU MAKING A DOCUMENTARY,
AND THAT'S GREAT AND THAT'S

STRONGER 'CAUSE OF THE IMAGES.
I THINK IT'S STRONGER WHEN
DONE WELL THAN ANYTHING SOMEONE

LIKE ME OR ANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES OR BROTHERS AND
SISTERS HERE CAN DO WITH

JUST WORDS.
BUT, IT'S STILL VERY DIFFICULT
TO ARTICULATE TO PEOPLE WHY

YOU BELIEVE IN HAITI,
WHY, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT
HAITI IS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO MY

OWN COUNTRY'S INTERESTS
TO SUCCEED IN HELPING TO
COMPLETE THIS,

NOT REHABILITATION BUT
HABILITATION OF THIS COUNTRY
THAT'S NEVER REALLY BEEN BUILT

IN THE FIRST PLACE.
CAN I ASK YOU GUYS A QUESTION?
YOU SAID IF THE PLOT'S BIG

ENOUGH, RELATIVE TO EXTENSIONS,
ARE WE ALSO LOOKING AT LOCATIONS
WHERE THE PLOT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH

FOR EXTENSIONS, IN OTHER WORDS,
THE HOUSE WE SAID IS THE HOUSE
THAT'S THERE?

THAT'S THERE?
THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL THAT
CAN BE DONE?

JUST UNDER 18 SQUARE METERS.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT
TO GET FULL COMMUNITY SUPPORT,

THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION
WITH THE MAYOR SAYING,
"LOOK, HERE'S WHAT THE WORLD

BANK'S LIMITATIONS ON US ARE.
WE'VE JUST PUT OUR BEST FOOT
FORWARD TO DO THAT IN THE MOST

EQUITABLE WAY.
IF WE SUCCEED AT THIS,
WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO OFFER

YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY MORE,
AT LEAST ALONG THOSE LINES."
THAT'S FAIR TO SAY, RIGHT?

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAMP
MANAGEMENT AND THE MEDICAL
PIECE OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE

DOING HERE IN CAMP,
WE'RE SPENDING SOMEWHERE AROUND
TWO HUNDRED THOUSANDS DOLLARS

A MONTH JUST TO KEEP THE
BARE BONES GOING.
AND THAT'S WITH, ESSENTIALLY,

AND THAT'S WITH, ESSENTIALLY,
ALL OF THE MEDICATIONS
BEING DONATED.

LITERALLY A CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE.
I MEAN, WE'RE, GENERALLY
SPEAKING, WE'RE IN A MUCH MORE

COMFORTABLE POSITION IN SOME
REGARDS, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
CAMP MANAGEMENT, WE'RE USUALLY

ONE, AT MOST, TWO MONTHS, OUT
FROM RUNNING OUT OF MONEY
COMPLETELY FOR THIS WORK.

THE REASON THAT WE'RE STILL
HERE IS REALLY BECAUSE
OF BILL EVANS AND THE MEMBERS

OF PETIONVILLE CLUB HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLY HOSPITABLE TO US.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RUNNING A

BUSINESS, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO BE OPEN FOR ALMOST TWO
YEARS NOW,

BUT THEY ALSO REALIZE THAT THE
PEOPLE HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO,
AND IF THEY WERE TO JUST SAY

TOMORROW, WHICH MANY LANDOWNERS
HAVE DONE AND MORE AND MORE
CONTINUE TO DO, THEN EVERYBODY

NEEDS TO GET OFF,
THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO OUT
INTO THE STREETS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE ANY
OF THE PROBLEMS.
IT MAY MAKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE

CLEAR THEIR LAND, BUT AT THE
END OF THE DAY, THAT'S NOT
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

Bill Evans: THERE'S BEEN A VERY
ORDERLY AND DISCIPLINED,
I DON'T WANT TO SAY EVACUATION,

BUT THERE'S BEEN RELOCATIONS.
SO IT'S DOWN TO 21,000.
IT'S STILL A CITY OUT THERE,

SO WHAT WE DO IS WE'VE AGREED
THAT WE'LL RELOCATE PEOPLE
FROM THE TOP AND THEN WE'LL

BRING OUR BOUNDARY DOWN.
AND THAT IS SHRINKING THE CAMP
IN AN INTELLIGENT BUT

HUMANE MANNER.
THE IDEA THAT THIS GUY
REPRESENTING MANY OF THESE

DETERMINED-AS-DEVILS PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, PREDETERMINED, AND
BY THE WAY, MANY ARE DEVILS...

THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PROBLEMS
WITH THE ELITE CLASS HERE...
BUT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE,

YOU DON'T WANT TO GENERALIZE,
AND THEY'VE BEEN ANGELS,
THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT CLUB

AND WE'VE HAD TRULY A PARTNER
AND AN INVALUABLE PARTNER.
I'VE BEEN FEELING QUITE A BIT

OF PRESSURE FROM THE MEMBERS,
SO I DECIDED TO OPEN AS
A, I CALL IT "TRANSITIONAL",

MEMBERSHIPS.
I SAY, "WE'RE OPEN."
SO, WE'RE OPEN WITH A IDP CAMP,

WE'RE OPEN WITH
BRAZILIAN TROOPS HERE,
WE'RE OPEN WITH HOSPITAL HERE,

LADIES HERE, AND WHEN I
FIRST OPENED, I HAD TWO
CHOLERA TENTS RIGHT NEXT

TO THE SWIMMING POOL.
DESPITE THE AT TIMES SEEMINGLY
ERUDITE NATURE OF BILL EVANS,

EVERY TIME I WENT TO THIS GUY
THINKING I HAD TO CON HIM OUT OF
SOMETHING, MY CUNNING WAS

DISAPPOINTED BY HIS SUPPORT,
HIS IMMEDIATE SUPPORT.
AND THAT'S LASTED 'TIL THIS

VERY DAY.
Benjamin: SO, TODAY WE'RE NOW
MANAGING SEVERAL GRANTS MAKING

UP ABOUT 85% OF OUR FUNDING.
THE KEY FOR US, THOUGH, IS
REALLY THE UNRESTRICTED MONEY

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT FREES US
UP TO DO THE THINGS LIKE
RUBBLE REMOVAL IN THE FIRST

DAYS, BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE
TO PEOPLE THAT THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN KIND

POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN KIND
OF EVERYONE SAYS THAT
THEY'RE NOT.

Sean: SO, THAT'S THEM THERE?
I MEAN, THAT'S ABOVE THERE.

SO THAT YOU'RE COMING IN AND
BRINGING IN A KIND OF TEMPORARY
ECONOMY, IN A WAY... CASH FOR

BRINGING IN A KIND OF TEMPORARY
ECONOMY, IN A WAY... CASH FOR
WORK AND CASH FOR PRODUCTION.

OF PETIONVILLE.
THEY GOT HIT CLEARLY VERY HARD.
YOU SEE THE DEVASTATION OVER

THERE?
MASSIVE HOLES THAT ARE AREAS
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLEARED

AND DEMO'D
FROM THE EARTHQUAKE.
IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE

TO WORK, SO IT'S NOT A PLACE
YOU CAN BRING IN HEAVY
EQUIPMENT; IT ALL HAS TO BE

DONE BY HAND, BUCKET BY BUCKET,
HAND OVER HAND, LIKE THIS IS.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE, KIND OF ULTRA

LABOR-INTENSIVE THINGS THAT DOES
PAY OFF.
YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE

WORK SO HARD THAT THEY COULD
BUILD THE PYRAMIDS,
AND SO, AN AREA LIKE THIS,

WE'LL COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS
AND IT WILL BE A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT PLACE.

J/P HRO AND ALL OF ITS
PROJECT HAS REMOVED OVER
100,000 CUBIC METERS OF RUBBLE,

WHICH IS THE AREA THAT WE'RE
STANDING ON RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER 85,000

STANDING ON RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER 85,000
CUBIC METERS.

IT INCLUDES FOUR AREAS AND
IT'S A TOTAL OF 200,000
CUBIC METERS THAT WE'VE BEEN

CONTRACTED TO MOVE,
AN EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT
1200 HOMES TO BE DEMOLISHED.

WE SEE EVIDENCE OF DOMINOS
THAT GO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT

NOW WHERE WE HAVE MADE THOSE
KINDS OF IMPACTS.
AND SO NOW IT'S ONE THING

TO CLEAN UP THE RUBBLE,
BUT YOU GOTTA KEEP GOING.
YOU GOTTA BUILD THE HOUSES,

AND PEOPLE HAVE GOT TO OWN
THOSE HOUSES IN SPIRIT AS MUCH
AS ON PAPER, MEANING THEY GOTTA

HAVE JOBS TO KIND OF PAY THEIR
WAY TO FULL OWNERSHIP ON SOME
KIND OF FAIR MORTGAGE, YOU KNOW,

AND ALL THAT STUFF, AND SO IT'S
A KIND OF...
IF YOU GET ON THIS TRAIN

WITH THE IDEA THAT IT HAS A STOP
WHERE YOU GET OFF,
IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.

I'D LOVE TO BE THROWN OFF
THE TRAIN, BUT THIS IS MORE LIKE
WHEN WE CAME TO HAITI, IT WAS

LIKE YOU STEPPED INTO A RAILWAY
TUNNEL AND STARTED TAKING A WALK
DOWN IT AND SUDDENLY YOU NOTICED

DOWN IT AND SUDDENLY YOU NOTICED
THERE WAS A TRAIN BEHIND YOU,
AND YOU JUST GOTTA KEEP RUNNING.

THE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE HAD BEEN
MOVED IN.
IT WAS ABOUT SEVEN NGOs THERE

WORKING COOPERATIVELY.
THAT WAS A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE
IN TERMS OF THE NGOs WORKING

TOGETHER.
WE HAD SOME POLITICAL PROBLEMS
AT THE BEGINNING JUST GETTING

GOVERNMENT SATISFIED THAT
WE WERE DOING THE RIGHT
THING.

AND EVENTUALLY,
WE CONSTRUCTED ABOUT,
ALMOST 2,000 SHELTERS, HOMES...

THEY'RE ACTUALLY FOR PEOPLE...
BUT THAT TOOK MONTHS TO GET
THAT SORTED OUT.

ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS
WAS JUST THE LAND RIGHTS,
WHO'S OCCUPYING WHAT,

VERY COMPLICATED.
AND WITH THE GOVERNMENT STILL
KIND OF IN VERY COMPROMISED

SITUATION 'CAUSE THEY WERE
LOOKING TO AN ELECTION COMING
UP, AND THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE

THE CAPACITY.
THE GOVERNMENT HAD LOST
SIGNIFICANT,

OF THEIR TECHNICAL EXPERTS
AND MINISTRY MEMBERS FROM THE
DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AREAS,

SO THAT COMPROMISED THEM.
Benjamin: THERE'S A LOT OF PRESS
ABOUT MONEY NOT GETTING DOWN

TO HAITI.
I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S REALLY
TWO RESPONSIBILITIES THERE.

ONE IS, AND I DON'T WANT TO
RUFFLE FEATHERS, BUT THE HAITIAN
GOVERNMENT HAS TO RESOLVE

THE ISSUE OF LAND TENURE.
IT'S THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE
STANDING IN THE WAY OF

RECONSTRUCTION, AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY, IT'S THE
BIGGEST OBSTACLE STANDING IN THE

WAY OF FOREIGN DIRECT
INVESTMENT.
COMPANIES CAN'T COME DOWN

AND INVEST IN HAITI
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT
HOW TO BUY LAND.

THEY CAN'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT
THEY'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE SOUND.

YOU NEED A HOLISTIC PLAN
FOR EDUCATION, YOU KNOW,
FOR WATER, FOR ENVIRONMENT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THESE
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE
TO MAKE UP THE JIGSAW TO LIFT

THIS COUNTRY AND BRING IT
FORWARD.
I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A

MORE INTEGRATED PLAN, AND I
THINK THIS IS WHERE THE DONOR
COUNTRIES, AS WELL AS THE NGOs,

WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO BE REPORTING ON WHAT
WE'RE DOING, AND WHEN THE

GOVERNMENT GETS A PLAN IN PLACE,
WE'RE PART OF THE PLAN.
WE'RE NOT WORKING OUTSIDE

OF IT, AND WE'RE HELD TO
ACCOUNTABILITY AT THAT LEVEL.
I THINK THAT'S ALSO CRITICAL.

AND THEN I THINK THE THIRD
ISSUE IS JUST LIVELIHOOD.
PEOPLE WANT TO WORK,

THEY WANT JOBS.
THE ECONOMY NEEDS
TO BE DEVELOPED.

[ men singing ]
♪

President Martelly: HAITI'S A
COUNTRY WITH BIG CHALLENGES
AND BIG OPPORTUNITIES.

COMMITMENT TO A NEW VISION
OF HAITI.
I AM PERSONALLY COMMITTED

TO TRY TO MAKE THE ECONOMY GROW
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
WE NOW NEED TO INITIATE ACTION.

SOME OF THESE MEASURES INCLUDE
NEW TAX INCENTIVES, REFORM,
AND... TO NAME A FEW.

AS THE PRESIDENT OF HAITI,
I PROMISE TO TAKE BIG STEPS
TO MANAGE AND SUPPORT THIS

I PROMISE TO TAKE BIG STEPS
TO MANAGE AND SUPPORT THIS
OPPORTUNITY.

[ applause ]
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HAITI'S

HISTORY, WE'RE AT AN
INFLECTION POINT.
AND THE BIGGEST TRAGEDY,

THAT INFLECTION POINT WAS
CREATED BECAUSE 300,000 PEOPLE
DIED IN AN EARTHQUAKE.

YOU KNOW, THE WORLD'S MEDIA
WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN HAITI
ONLY FOR THE EARTHQUAKE AND

YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOW A WHOLE,
YOU KNOW, NETWORK OF DONORS
FROM COUNTRIES THAT REALLY WANT

TO HELP HAITI AT THIS TIME.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY,
"HEY, IT'S SLOW,"

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE SLOW
IN ANY COUNTRY.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THIS HAPPENED

LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THIS HAPPENED
IN IRELAND, YOU THINK WE WOULD
BE ANY QUICKER?

NARRATIVE, CERTAINLY ABOUT THE
HAITI SITUATION IS:
NOTHING'S REALLY HAPPENING.

ALL THIS TALK ABOUT REBUILDING
HAITI OR BUILDING THE NEW HAITI,
IS, YOU KNOW, A BIT OF

JUST IDEALISM THAT HAS NO
CONNECTION WITH REALITY.
AND SO I THINK IT'S QUITE EASY.

AND SO I THINK IT'S QUITE EASY.
THERE'S A CYNICAL STREAK
ABOUT THIS.

WITH THE MEDIA IS THERE'S NOT
MEDIA.
THAT'S ONE.

WHEN THEY REPORT, THEY REPORT
AS ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE DID,
BY SENDING SOMEBODY DOWN HERE

FOR A WEEK WHO BRINGS AN
AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE OF HISTORY
IN THE MIDDLE OF A PERIOD

OF TIME THAT IS
INCREDIBLY INFLAMMATORY,
WHERE PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW,

DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET OUT
FROM UNDER RUBBLE AND TRYING
AND NEED A UNIFIED HAITI.

AND THEY START JUST SAYING,
"WELL, HERE'S THE HISTORY AND
BAD AMERICA FOR ITS HISTORY OF

TRADE POLICY EXPLOITATION
OF HAITI, AND BAD FRANCE AND
WE DON'T TRUST ANYBODY OR

ANYTHING ELSE."
WELL, ARE YOU TRUSTING THE
ARAB SPRING?

ARE YOU TRUSTING THE KIDS
IN HAITI?
THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE

THAT'S NEW THAT WASN'T INVOLVED
THEN?
OR ARE YOU JUST SAYING,

OR ARE YOU JUST SAYING,
"THE HELL WITH THAT,
THAT DOESN'T COUNT"?

TRUTHFUL TO THE PUBLIC,
BALANCE.
YES, FOR SURE THE CAMPS WERE

DIFFICULT, BUT THEY WERE
SUSTAINING LIFE.
WERE THE CONDITIONS TERRIBLE?

YES.
WAS THERE VIOLENCE IN THE CAMPS?
YES.

BUT THEN THERE WAS SEAN PENN.
AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW,
THE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND

PEACE THAT WE SUPPORTED ON
A PROJECT TO CURB THE VIOLENCE
AGAINST THE CHILDREN

IN THE CAMPS.
WHERE WAS THAT?
WHERE WAS THE PEOPLE, LIKE,

WHERE WAS THE PEOPLE, LIKE,
TOILING ON THEIR HANDS AND KNEES
MAKING PROFOUND CHANGE?

AND ALL OF WHICH HAS BEEN
WORKING WITH THE RUBBLE REMOVAL
PROGRAM AND

I LIKE TO SAY THAT I CAN SEE
THE BIGGEST QUANTIFIABLE CHANGE
THAT J/P HAS TO OFFER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND
THEY ARE KIND OF DISCOURAGED
BY NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE

IMMEDIATE EFFECT, AND I
LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M PRETTY
FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SEE,

NOT IMMEDIATE EFFECT,
BUT THE LONG TERM EFFECT,
AND FOR THESE PEOPLE,

THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT A HANDOUT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT A QUICK FIX.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO
MAKE THIS PLACE LIVABLE AGAIN
FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS AND

THESE FAMILIES.
AND THAT'S WHY J/P'S HERE,
AND THAT'S OUR MISSION

AND THAT'S WHY J/P'S HERE,
AND THAT'S OUR MISSION
AND OUR GOAL.

HOMEWORK, THEIR CRITICISM
IS MORE MUTED BECAUSE THEY
BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE

COMPLEXITY OF WHAT WE'RE
DEALING WITH.
SO, NOW WHAT YOU'D WISH FOR,

I THINK, IS MORE REPORTING
AND MORE METRICS ON JUST
WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

I USE ONE EXAMPLE THAT WAS
SHARED WITH ME BY THE SENIOR
U.N. PERSON IN THE COUNTRY,

AND JUST SAID, BASICALLY,
WITH ALL THE TROUBLES
WE'VE HAD AROUND RUBBISH

REMOVAL, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE ARGUMENT IS THAT IN HAITI
IN ONE YEAR THEY MOVED AS

MUCH AS IT TOOK THE U.S.
TO MOVE IN TWO YEARS IN THE
9/11 SITE.

SO, IT'S THAT KIND OF STUFF,
KEEPING IT IN PERSPECTIVE.
NOBODY'S QUESTIONING, I THINK,

THAT IT'S FRUSTRATING.
AND NOT ENOUGH IS GETTING
DONE FAST ENOUGH.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING
TO FEEL.
WE NEED TO FEEL THE PRESSURE

OF THAT, THE REGRET OF THAT
IN MANY WAYS.
BUT, I DON'T THINK IT'S

IN MANY WAYS.
BUT, I DON'T THINK IT'S
THE WHOLE STORY.

AND I'M A CHRISTIAN.
JESUS HAS CALLED US TO BE IN
HARD PLACES.

AND THERE WAS NO PROMISE
THAT WHEN WE GO TO THE HARD
PLACES THEY'RE GONNA GET BETTER

REAL FAST.
IT ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN.
IS IT FRUSTRATING IN HAITI?

EXTREMELY BECAUSE HAITI'S
HAD MORE DEVELOPMENT WORKERS,
MORE CHURCH GROUPS THAN

ANYWHERE, ANY PIECE OF LAND
IN THE WORLD.
AND THAT'S FRUSTRATING.

I DO THINK IT'S CREATED
A CERTAIN PATERNALISM,
BOTH ON THE PART OF THE HAITIANS

DEALING WITH US AND PUTTING UP
WITH IT, BUT ALSO WITH PEOPLE
WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS WHO

COME TO HELP.
AND THAT'S A MAJOR, THAT'S A
REALLY COMPLICATED ISSUE,

I THINK.
I DON'T LIKE TO APOLOGIZE
FOR THE FACT THAT THE GREAT

DISASTER IN HAITI IS NOT
THE EARTHQUAKE BUT IS
POVERTY ITSELF.

HEY, LISTEN.
JUST GOT OUT OF THE MEETING
WITH UNDP, I GOT GOOD NEWS.

I THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN
AND CHECK THE SITE WITH ME.

THEY WANT TO BRING ENGINEER
AND SOMEBODY FROM MSPTC,
MAKE SURE THAT THE MINISTRY

DOESN'T FEEL LEFT OUT.
BUT THEIR INITIAL ANSWER IS
IT'S A QUALIFIED "YES".

AND SO WE JUST GOTTA COME DOWN
AND SEE.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE

A NO-BRAINER.
THEY'RE ON A MISSION
TO LOWER THEIR COST,

SO IF WE CAN GET THE TRANSPORT
GROUP TO BASE IT ON DISTANCE,
WE'RE GONNA SAVE MONEY.

THAT IN A SITUATION
BRINGING RUBBLE LIKE THAT ISN'T
BRINGING SOMETHING WORSE TO IT.

HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A
SWAMP THAT IS COMBINED WITH
THE OIL THAT COMES OFF OF THE

OIL RIGS THAT COME THROUGH.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING
RUBBLE THAT WOULD BE USED

TO FILL THE AREA SO THAT THESE
PEOPLE CAN LIVE ABOVE THIS
REALLY POISONOUS SWAMP.

THE BONUS IS THAT IT'LL ADD
GREATLY TO OUR EFFICIENCY
BECAUSE WE'RE DOING HAS MANY AS

100 TRUCKS OF RUBBLE A DAY,
BUT THEY HAVE TO GO A GREAT
DISTANCE TO WHAT IS NOW THE

APPROVED DUMPSITE.
THIS SITE IS RIGHT IN CITE
SOLEIL.

IT'S RIGHT WITHIN THE CITY
BASICALLY.
AND THAT WOULD GIVE US A LOT

BASICALLY.
AND THAT WOULD GIVE US A LOT
MORE TURNAROUND ON OUR TRUCKS.

ON CITE SOLEIL 'CAUSE THE
BEACH IS ALREADY USED,
BUT IT'S FILTHY.

SO THEY MAY AS WELL NICE IT UP,
PUT A COUPLE OF LITTLE CABANAS
DOWN WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIT

AND HAVE A COCA-COLA,
AND LET THE BREEZE
GO THROUGH THEIR HAIR.

BUT IT'S ALSO RIGHT AT THAT
CORNER CITY SO THERE WERE A
LOT OF FISHERMEN.

THERE'S NO DOCKS, SO WE'RE
GONNA PUT A DOCK IN DOWN THERE.
THE IDEA, ULTIMATELY, WOULD BE

TO JUST, AS PEOPLE MOVE
FROM THE SLUM SHACKS INTO
THESE VERY NICE HOUSES

THEY'VE BUILT, HOUSES THAT
HAVE INTERIOR BATHROOMS,
AS WELL HAS EXTERIOR BUT

COVERED COOKING AREAS SO THEY
CAN COOK, NOT COOK INSIDE
NECESSARILY BECAUSE WE

KNOW ABOUT IN HAITI,
THERE'S A LOT OF OIL COOKING,
FIRES HAPPEN THAT WAY, AND SO

IT'S BEST OUTSIDE WITH THE
OVERHANG, SO THEY GOT COVER
FROM THE RAIN.

AND THEY'VE GOT THAT IN THESE
HOUSES, ALL FIFTY OF THEM.
AND I THINK SPATIALLY QUITE

GOOD AT ABOUT $7,000 A UNIT,
AND THEY GOT 50 OF THEM UP.
IT'S A GREAT START.

AS PEOPLE START TO MOVE OUT OF
THEIR SHACK, THEY'LL TAKE THE
SHACK DOWN, SO IN THOSE AREAS

WE'LL CONTINUE TO FILL AND
THOSE WILL BE THE AREAS THAT
MORE OF THESE HOUSES

COULD BE BUILT.
AND, ULTIMATELY, JUST REALLY DO
A MASSIVE UPGRADE UP TO AS MUCH

OF CITE SOLEIL AS ONE CAN GET
FINANCING FOR.
ND CITÉ SOLEIL BEING, YOU KNOW,

THE ACTUAL EMERGENCY OF HAITI,
WHICH IS NOT AN AREA THAT WAS
AFFECTED, ALMOST NOT AFFECTED

AFFECTED, ALMOST NOT AFFECTED
AT ALL, BUT IT REMAINS
THE ARMPIT OF THE WORLD.

HAS PEOPLE LIVING IN SHIT
UP 'TIL, TO JUST BELOW THEIR
KNEE TO BEGIN WITH, AND

UP 'TIL, TO JUST BELOW THEIR
KNEE TO BEGIN WITH, AND
IT'S JUST A POISONOUS SWAMP.

♪
ALL OF THE GREAT WORK DONE

BY THE NGOs ON THE GROUND,
FROM THE LITTLEST
TO THE BIGGEST, SAVES LIVES

EVERY DAY, SO WE DON'T WANNA
DIMINISH THAT.
WE WANNA CELEBRATE THAT.

BUT THE ONLY WAY A COUNTRY
CHANGES IS WITH ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.

IT CAN'T CHANGE WITH AID
AND CHARITY.
THE AID AND THE CHARITY IS

NECESSARY, BUT WE NEED A
TWO-LANE HIGHWAY, ONE LANE THAT
CONTINUES TO TAKE CARE OF

THE POOR AND THE NEEDY,
AND THE SICK, AND THE OTHER,
WHICH IS FORGING AHEAD BY

CREATING JOB AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES AND BRINGING

EDUCATION.
I'VE BEEN IN THE FASHION
INDUSTRY FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

SO, THERE'S THIS PHILOSOPHY
IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY, WHICH
WE ARE THE FIRST RUNG

UP THE ECONOMIC LADDER.
OUR GOAL AND OUR DESIRE IS TO
NOT ONLY BRING JOBS, BUT ALSO

TO HELP CREATE A MIDDLE CLASS
BY BRINGING MORE TECHNICAL
AND MANAGERIAL-BASED EDUCATION.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
CREATE A NEW BUSINESS MODEL.
AND WE DON'T PAY THE WORKERS

MORE THAN WHAT THE NORM IS
'CAUSE IF WE DO, WE UPSET
THE INDUSTRY,

AND THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
IN HAITI IS GOING TO BE,
WE BELIEVE, A VERY, VERY, VERY

IMPORTANT PART OF BUILDING
THE ECONOMY AND JOBS.
BUT, AS ENTREPRENEURS,

AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN
WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR PROFITS ARE,
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH

OUR PROFITS?
SO, FOR THE FLARE, THE BOOTCUT,
THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST ONE,

SO, FOR THE FLARE, THE BOOTCUT,
THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST ONE,
SO THIS IS LIKE...

TOOK ME DOWN HERE, AND NOW
SHE'S BUILDING A FACTORY HERE.
SO, ON MY JOURNEY HERE TO HAITI,

I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE
TO START FROM AS A DESIGNER,

LOOKING AT THE CREATIVITY
AND LOOKING AT THE SOUL.
BEFORE I CAME TO HAITI,

I HAD A VISION.
I LOVE BALI
AND EVERYTHING ABOUT BALI.

AND MY BIGGEST FEAR ABOUT HAITI
WAS GONNA BE THAT IT WAS
GONNA BE TRANSFERRED INTO,

YOU KNOW, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW.
RESPECT TO MCDONALD'S, BUT A

WHOLE AMERICAN CONTINGENT,
EUROPEAN, WILL JUST TAKE OVER
THIS COUNTRY.

AND WHAT I WANTED WAS TO
PRESERVE THE CULTURE BECAUSE
THE URBAN ZEN PHILOSOPHY

IS PRESERVATION OF CULTURE,
HEALTHCARE,
INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE,

AND INTEGRATED EDUCATION.
AND I FELT THAT HAITI REALLY DID
TALK TO ME OF ALL THREE LEVELS

OF WHAT URBAN ZEN WAS ALL ABOUT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MIND,
THE BODY, AND THE SPIRIT.

AND WHEN I CAME TO HAITI
TO SEE THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE,
I KNEW I WAS COMPLETELY LICKED.

AS A DESIGNER TO
ANOTHER DESIGNER,
CRAFT TO CRAFT, IT WAS A

COMPLETE INSPIRATION.
I KNEW, AT THAT POINT, THAT
THE ANSWER FOR HAITI WAS

I KNEW, AT THAT POINT, THAT
THE ANSWER FOR HAITI WAS
IN THE PEOPLE.

ARTISANS TO REALLY CREATE AND
SHOW THE PEOPLE WHAT
THEY'RE ABOUT?"

Denis: THE FIRST THING THAT
STRUCK ME ABOUT THIS COUNTRY
WHEN I CAME HERE IN 2005 WAS

EVERYBODY WAS BUYING
AND SELLING.
THERE'S 10 MILLION ENTREPRENEURS

IN THIS COUNTRY,
PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW,
THE ARTISTIC SIDE.

THE ARTS AND CRAFTS ARTISAN
MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, HERE IS
JUST INCREDIBLE.

I MEAN, HAITI HAS THE BEST
ARTISTIC TALENT IN THE WHOLE
OF THE CARIBBEAN.

NOW, IF YOU GO TO, YOU KNOW,
URBAN ZEN IN NEW YORK AND JUST
SEE WHAT DONNA KARAN HAS DONE

IN BRINGING ALL THESE PHENOMENAL
ARTISANS, ALL THEIR WORK AND
THEIR PROJECTS, TO NEW YORK,

YOU'LL SEE THE POTENTIAL OF THIS
WHOLE SECTOR IN THE CONTEXT
OF HAITI.

♪

WE REALIZED THAT WITHOUT
AN ECONOMY, IT WAS GOING TO GO
NOWHERE.

AND THE EASIEST WAY TO GET AN
ECONOMY IS TO FOLLOW WHAT THE
REST OF THE CARIBBEAN HAS BEEN

DOING, WHICH IS HAVE A REAL
TOURISM INDUSTRY.
SO, THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY

TOURISM INDUSTRY.
SO, THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY
FOCUSED ON.

BASICALLY, NEW ORLEANS WAS
INSPIRED OUT OF JACMEL.
IT'S AN OLD, YOU KNOW, MID-1800s

TOWN WITH A REALLY SPECIFIC
ARCHITECTURE.
AND WHEN I SAW IT, I WAS LIKE,

"WOW, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
COMPLETELY RENOVATE THIS PLACE."
AND I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH THERE

BETWEEN THE ARTS, THE CULTURE,
THE HERITAGE THAT IT WOULD BE
A DRAW TO THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY

THE HERITAGE THAT IT WOULD BE
A DRAW TO THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY
WITH ALL THE ATTENTION ON HAITI.

BUT, THE BIG PICTURE IS TO
TRANSFORM THE COUNTRY SO PEOPLE
WILL VISIT IT.

THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, FOR ONE,
HAS THE HIGHEST GDP IN THE
ENTIRE CARIBBEAN.

HAITI'S ONE OF THE POOREST
COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
IT'S THE SAME EXACT ISLAND.

IT'S THE SAME BEACHES,
IT'S THE SAME OCEANS,
IT'S THE SAME MOUNTAINS.

THERE MAY BE A LITTLE LESS
TREES, NOT REALLY ON THE
SOUTH COAST.

SO, THERE'S NO REASON WHY
THERE'D BE SUCH AN INFLUX OF
TOURISM IN THE DOMINICAN

TOURISM IN THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC AND NOT ON
THE OTHER SIDE.

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I SEE, KINDA AUTOMATICALLY,
ALL OF JACMEL AND THE
NEIGHBORHOODS COMPLETELY

JUST BEING REVITALIZED
ON ITS OWN, YOU KNOW.
NOT US DOING IT,

ON ITS OWN, YOU KNOW.
NOT US DOING IT,
JUST US TEACHING THEM.

YOU KNOW, IN YEARS TO COME,
HAITI WOULDN'T NEED FOREIGN AID
ANYMORE.

"OH, WOW, YOU CAN GO TO HAITI
FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAN WITH
A CHURCH GROUP OR AN NGO,"

I THINK...
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT
RUNNER.

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YOU SLEEP EASIER AT NIGHT,
IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING,
AS WELL, OTHER THAN MAKING

MONEY.
AND I THINK THAT IS,
THAT IS THE KIND OF CULTURE

THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD
WITH ALL OUR STAFF.
THEY REALIZE THAT, YEAH, WE'RE,

YOU KNOW, BONEHEADED COMMERCIAL
ANIMALS, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,
YOU'VE GOTTA DO THE RIGHT THING

BY INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES.
AND YOU KNOW, EVERY SCHOOL THAT
WE BUILT HERE IS REALLY A

COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE
COMMUNITIES SAY TO US,
"WILL YOU BUILD A SCHOOL?"

AND WE, YOU KNOW, GET INTO A
DIALOGUE WITH THEM, AND WE TEST
THEM TO SEE HOW COMMITTED THEY

ARE, HOW COMMITTED THE TEACHERS
ARE, AND THEN WE BUILD
THE SCHOOL.

AND THEN WE PAY FOR THE
TEACHERS, AND THEN WE TRAIN
THE TEACHERS, AND IT'S KIND OF

A BIG PLAN AS SUCH.
AND YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY
50 SCHOOLS IN THE LAST

12 MONTHS, YOU HAVE SOMETHING
THAT IS A MODEL THAT REALLY
DOES WORK.

AND YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT
TRANSFORMED IRELAND WAS NOT
EVERYBODY'S LOVE OF IRELAND,

OUR LITERATURE, OR ANY OF
THAT STUFF, OUR MUSIC.
IT WAS THE FACT THAT IN THE 50s

IT WAS THE FACT THAT IN THE 50s
AND 60s, THE GOVERNMENT PUT SO
MUCH MONEY INTO EDUCATION.

MY MIND THAT THERE'LL BE MORE
KIDS GETTING AN EDUCATION.
I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER REALLY

CRITICAL ISSUE FOR HAITI BECAUSE
I THINK EDUCATION IS VERY MUCH
CONNECTED WITH

FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACIES.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN
INFORMED PUBLIC.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN EDUCATED
PUBLIC BEFORE DEMOCRACY
IN IT'S BEST FORM IS REALLY

GOING TO FUNCTION.
YOU GOTTA MATCH EDUCATION
AND JOBS AND A WELL-RUN ECONOMY.

AND JOBS AND A WELL-RUN ECONOMY.
AND YOU HAVE MAYBE THE RUDIMENTS
OF SOMETHING FANTASTIC.

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THE HAITIAN NATIONALS THAT I'VE
WORKED WITH I SEE KIND OF A
VARYING DEGREE OF HOPELESSNESS

TO INVIGORATION OF HOPE
ON DAYS WHERE IT JUST KIND OF
SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, THE JOB THAT

WE DO.
I TELL THEM JUST HOLD IN THERE,
JUST WAIT A LITTLE WHILE

AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THINGS CAN
CHANGE, AND THEY DO.
THEY SEE THE PROGRESS THAT WE

CAN MAKE IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT
OF TIME AND THAT'S INSPIRING
TO PEOPLE 'CAUSE IT REMINDS

THEM THAT THERE IS HOPE AT THE
END OF THE TUNNEL AND THAT'S
WHAT THESE PEOPLE NEED MOST

RIGHT NOW IS A REASON TO GET UP
AND LOOK FORWARD
AND A REASON FOR THE KIDS TO

GO TO SCHOOL AND OPEN THE SHOPS.
AND THAT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING, AND SO IF

THAT'S WHAT WE DO, THAT'S WHAT
WE CAN DO FOR THEM AT THE END
OF THE DAY, THEN I THINK

THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED
PART OF OUR GOAL 'CAUSE IT'S
THEM AFTER WE'RE GONE AND AFTER

THE NGOs HAVE LEFT,
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE STILL
GONNA BE HERE.

AND SO LET'S CREATE A PLACE
WHERE THEY CAN BE HOPEFUL.
ALL THEY NEED IS THE OPPORTUNITY

TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES,
SO THEY CAN LIVE A DIGNIFIED
LIFE.

AND THAT'S, I THINK, IN EVERY
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
THAT I'VE BEEN.

EVERYWHERE IN AFRICA,
PEOPLE WANT TO WORK.
THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE,

IF YOU ASK THEM,
"WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?"
THE NUMBER ONE ANSWER IS,

"WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?"
THE NUMBER ONE ANSWER IS,
"I WANT TO WORK."

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LOOK AT THE HAITIAN DIASPORA
AND THE BRAIN DRAIN
OF THAT COUNTRY.

LET ME TAKE YOU TO HOSPITALS
HERE AND SOME OF THE
FINEST DOCTORS THAT WE HAVE

HERE AND SOME OF THE
FINEST DOCTORS THAT WE HAVE
ARE HAITIANS.

THEY ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL
THAN MOST.
THE IDEA IS TO HELP THE COUNTRY

DEVELOP ITSELF SO IT CAN KEEP
ITS TALENT IN THE COUNTRY.
I MEAN, I THINK THE BRAIN DRAIN

ITS TALENT IN THE COUNTRY.
I MEAN, I THINK THE BRAIN DRAIN
OUT OF HAITI IS MASSIVE.

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THERE ARE PLENTY OF MANAGERS

THAT HAVE LEFT HAITI
WELL-TRAINED WHO WORK FOR
BIG COMPANIES IN NORTH AMERICA,

WHO WANT TO COME BACK...
THE DIASPORA WANT TO COME BACK...
SO THERE IS A POOL

OF TALENT HERE.
THAT IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE
WHO ARE UNSKILLED, AND THERE

ARE PLENTY OF THEM,
BUT THERE ARE ALSO SKILLED
AND VERY HIGHLY TALENTED

BUT THERE ARE ALSO SKILLED
AND VERY HIGHLY TALENTED
HAITIAN MANAGERS.

IN THEIR COUNTRY AND IN STAYING.
I'M NOT TAKING ANY POLITICAL
STAND, BUT ONE OF THE GREATEST

THINGS THE POLITICIANS CAN DO
NOW IS TO REGULARLY SPEAK
TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE,

AND TO SAY TO THEM,
AND TO CALL THEM TO STAY,
AND TO GIVE THEM HOPE.

AND IF OVER 5 AND 10 YEARS
THERE'S GOVERNMENTS THAT SHOWS
ENOUGH INTEGRITY

AND ENOUGH STABILITY
AND LEADERSHIP TO GIVE,
TO SAY TO THE CHILDREN OF HAITI,

"WE'RE HERE, WE'RE GONNA BUILD,
AND WE'RE GONNA BUILD WITH YOU,"
THERE'S GREAT HOPE FOR HAITI.

Sean: PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING
THEIR DREAMS.
I THINK THE WHOLE IDEA THAT

DREAMS ARE A LUXURY IS A
MYTH THAT RULING CLASSES
ARE GOING TO SUFFER GREAT

LOSSES, TOO, NOW BECAUSE
YOU LOOK AT OCCUPY WALL STREET.
I THINK THAT HAITIANS ARE READY

TO STAY... I THINK THAT'S THE KEY.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY OUT OF THE
TRAUMA OF THE EARTHQUAKE,

BUT WHETHER WE INVITED THEM
OR NOT, THEY'RE PART OF THE
BIGGER WORLD NOW.

THEY SEE IT ON THE INTERNET,
THEY KNOW, AND THEY CAN GET
IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER,

AND THEY'RE SAYING,
"WE DESERVE IT, TOO,"
AND THEY'RE RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE FULLY
APPRECIATING WHAT'S GONNA
HAPPEN WHEN SO MANY OF THESE

TEENAGERS, FOR EXAMPLE,
IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE NOW
GETTING ON THE INTERNET.

AND THEY'RE BECOMING,
I MEAN, THEY'RE BECOMING
INCREDIBLY CLUEY IN

ABOUT WHAT'S POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA HAVE
A TREMENDOUS IMPACT

ON THEIR COUNTRIES,
ON THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT'S MY HOPE.

I THINK THAT HAITI IS
THE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
OF THE WORLD.

BUT IT'S NEVER NOT BEEN ROUGH,
AND I SEE IT STARTING
TO POLISH ITSELF.

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