The world looks looks at Haiti and sees how its other half lives . . .
0 comments Posted by Malaybalay Blogger at 7:06 PMThe on-going rescue operations also manifest how all the other counties have come to help: Cuba, China, Spain, among others, became one in helping all for goodwill. It is another reminder that we are in one earth. To help Haiti is also to help the world for Haiti is the way the other half of the world is living.
One shocking commentary: dead bodies litter in the streets of Haiti, dogs are "eating" or "attacking" it. If your insides do not "revolt" when you hear this, nothing can. So for us who may not be able to help financially now try to do so, however minimal and together let us pray that Haiti will survive this calamity. Filipinos too should include their six (6) countrymen who are also trapped under damaged buildings. Already the Philippine government has sent a contingent to aid them.
In the end: We are all our brothers' keepers.
There are meetings and THERE ARE MEETINGS. The meeting between Barack Obama, the President of the United States and Hu Jintao, the Prime Minister of China is what is referred in the latter type of meeting. It implies the meeting of two leaders of the two most powerful countries which is in fact vital for other countries. For Obama, it is his first visit to Beijing, China as president. This meeting is held at a time when there is economic recession so the key global issues that they have to discuss include trade, climate change and nuclear proliferation. The followers are left asking, so?
Indeed, countries which are developed are worried for while they claim that they must do something to protect the world for the sake of humanity, others already know they are doing it to protect their interests. Notwithstanding this observation, we are still happy the two leaders meet and from their initiatives, other countries can also engage in collaborative ventures where a multiplier effect can take place.
For us teachers, meetings are vehicles to bring people together to plan, discuss, decide, celebrate, learn together. Let us join the two leaders if only in the spirit of oneness with their desire to take care of this one world, mankind is in-charge of - for the present and future generations.
US-China Meeting: November 2009 in Beijing China: A Beginning for better things ahead.
