Dr. Tracee Laing with Father Rick Frechette at Nos Petits Freres et Soeurs (NPFS, French for “Our Little Brothers and Sisters”) in 2007.
Father Rick Frechette, CP D.O., St. Damien Hospital, Port au Prince, Haiti and long-time friend of Healing Art Missions recently contributed to a blog post on the Phycology Today website. It’s a powerful piece that speaks of the current chaos in Haiti and the real-life consequences of fake news.
“For the past year-and-a-half (not to mention the last 400 years), the Haitian people have been suffering deep political and social upheavals, often violent, caused by the decreased value of the local currency by half, and increased cost of living by a quarter.
Do the math with whatever income you have. (The majority of Haitians earn less than $800 annually.) You can now afford 25% of what you used to be able to buy. In addition, the severe shortages of fuel, the scandal over the funds that subsidized fuel, and the frequent and violent blocking of the roads, bring dramatic challenges to every single person in Haiti without exception.”
To continue reading the article in its entirety, click HERE.