'GOING TO HAITI'

TOWARDS THE LAST REMAINING days of 2009, most of us were locked up in prayers for long life and prosperity as we usher in the new year, we want our lives to change; so that we can live up to expectations and continue to execute the assignments we have been tasked to do in our respective fields of specialisation. We want the new year for example to bring us closer to the things we have been yearning for all this time - to succeed. But am not talking about 50 Cent's opinions on survival - 'Get rich or die trying'

Well in Haiti, Wednesday's event to be precise on the 12th January reminded us once again how we are vulnerable to natural disasters and the unfortunate thing is that the ordinary people hardly come close to anything pertaining to weather patterns. It was therefore sad as people fell on the ground and on top of that their own houses were falling on them, vehicles and everything turned upside down, such is the tremor of earthquakes that usually [prevail] in that part of the world.

JOURNALISTS can hardly participate in rescue operations but their role during such incidence is noticeable, when the quake first stroke barely thirty minutes after; Tv channels like AlJazeera and CNN were one of the first international stations to break the news. Yet the news was the same except that each time a reporter or an expert talk, the individual will not forget to mention how poor Haiti is, and the need to for the international community to do something and help the quake victims.

Going to Haiti is not bad at all so let the aid workers go, imagine the country and try to figure out the number of black people who call this [place] their home and imagine if this was not just an extension of Africa, probably thats why we are trying to sympathise with Haitians during these difficult times.