Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The Haitians are coming! The Haitians are coming!
Six months ago, I was unemployed, depressed and regretting having given up corporate money for a life in humanitarianism. My goodness... so much has changed since then. Truly 12/22/2010 12:00p is the affirmation moment I have been waiting for.
At 12/22/2010 12:00p, I was called by Georgeton Charles in Haiti to tell me that he went through his US Embassy interview and been approved for a VISA to study in the US. I had only received contact yesterday evening at 11:30p that through some miracle, he was being given an interview at 7a.
Georgeton woke up his local internet cafe owner to power on the shop so he could print the confirmation email. The rest of the night was spent collecting all his important papers to present to the embassy and coordinating a motorbike ride to the nearest town so he could pick up a bus to the capital city. When I called him at 6:30a this morning, he had just arrived onto the queue of the US Embassy.
Someone should make a movie of his life.
Details of the Haitian education effort: www.bit.ly/education4haitians
At 12/22/2010 12:00p, I was called by Georgeton Charles in Haiti to tell me that he went through his US Embassy interview and been approved for a VISA to study in the US. I had only received contact yesterday evening at 11:30p that through some miracle, he was being given an interview at 7a.
Georgeton woke up his local internet cafe owner to power on the shop so he could print the confirmation email. The rest of the night was spent collecting all his important papers to present to the embassy and coordinating a motorbike ride to the nearest town so he could pick up a bus to the capital city. When I called him at 6:30a this morning, he had just arrived onto the queue of the US Embassy.
Someone should make a movie of his life.
Details of the Haitian education effort: www.bit.ly/education4haitians
