Haiti

Source: New York Times Online

This is a picture that inspires me.

Nobody really understands the significance of the Haiti situation and how many people were affected.

So, last week, along with a fellow student leader, we hosted a Haiti relief event that raised a great amount of money.

Seeing how people are affected and how their lives are so significantly different than ours is important to understand the huge tension in terms of the differences of our civilization and somebody elses'.

In Haiti, you had all of these people making about $800 a year, on average, who were already having a difficult time with their lives.

And then an earthquake.

There are about 57 more aftershock earthquakes that are expected in Haiti.

This type of image inspires me to research into different types of cultures and civliizations across the world and how this differs from the civilization that we live in.

Why are we so isolated?
Why is there a lack of focus on the rest of the world?

Ultimately, we should never be divided and we should always look into other cultures.

That's one reason this picture inspires me aside from the reason that it calls for help from fellow citizens.

So, in summary, this picture motivates and inspires me because:
1) The obvious need for relief in Haiti
2) The need to research and look into other civilizations and cultures all across the world!

-Moneer Al-Nabolsi