Excerpt: Marleine Bastien, co-chair of Miami city’s Haiti Relief Task Force, has just returned from a trip to Haiti to assess the country’s needs – which she says are enormous. “The situation is catastrophic,” she says. “Haiti has been basically crushed. Thousands and thousands of buildings, schools, universities, hospitals have been destroyed.” The country, Ms Bastien says, needs more help from the diaspora and international donors. But despite Haiti’s desperate situation, Ms Bastien’s message to the Haitian people is one of hope. “Do not lose heart,” she says. “We have friends overseas who are concerned by what you’re going through and want to help – not just in the short term but for as long as you need help.”
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