Commentary: Grand River, Haiti: Some good news!
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| Published on Monday, November 12, 2007 |
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By Jean H Charles
The Cuban Government has been quietly changing the regular light bulbs of each room of the household in the Caribbean for the benefit of each family and for the good of humanity. This gesture deserves kudos from all. The young lady who came into my home to replace the bulbs did so with grace, simplicity and efficiency. There was no application and no evaluation form to fill out. There was no sticker “gift of the Cuban government“ to affix on my wall. All I have to do was to let her in with the pole basket. The operation was done in minutes.
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| Jean H Charles MSW, JD is Executive Director of AINDOH Inc a non profit organization dedicated to build a kinder and gentle Caribbean zone for all. He can be reached at: jeanhcharles@aol.com |
I was happy to see the new light of the fluorescent bulb, knowing my electric bill will be lower, she was happy to contribute to the reduction of the gas emission, cooling the earth one household at a time.
Where is the Environmental International Award for the Cuban Government?
The other good news comes from the other side of the pond of the Caribbean.
Food for Peace made my heart warm, when it teamed up with Wal-Mart to obtain all the discarded bags of seeds of this year's planting season, (Coming September the sale of seeds comes to a halt because of the thaw of the freezing weather) and give them to the Haiti Ministry of Agriculture, for distribution to the poor and to the destitute of Haiti. I was surprised and happy to see all these bags of seed of flowers and vegetables that usually go for one dollar the bag in the United States, on sale in Haiti for five or ten cents. Some of these flowers and vegetables are not known to the Haitian people. They were eager to buy them and experiment with the lavender and the rosemary.
I cannot wait to come back to Haiti six months from now to enjoy the blooming of thousands of flowers in a fertile land deprived of fertilizer.
These are indeed good news. Food for Peace went outside the paradigm of “this is not in our policy” to reach the poor one person at a time with the seedling that will grow in full bloom to embellish humanity. I hope it will continue this practice and extend it not only to Haiti but also to the other islands of the Caribbean. After all, the tropics were meant to be the antechamber of the Garden of Eden where the natives would enjoy that privileged place and where the visitors will renew, rejuvenate and depart better than they came, because they have savoured on earth the taste of Heaven. | | | | Reads : 146 | | | |
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