Aicha gazes out the window, her crystal blue eyes taking in the gray sky outside the hospital near the Syrian border in Jordan, where she has been recovering for a month now. She was badly injured after her house in Dara'a, Syria was destroyed in a mortar attack.
As our six-seater closes in on the small outpost of Walgak, South Sudan, the thing we feared most -- short of a plane crash -- happens. It starts to rain.
There is an obvious need for continued relief help as Haitians live in desperate conditions. But we must make sure that the reconstruction efforts are getting implemented to provide jobs and support the local economy.
Many of the colonized people in the world share a belief: that when our colonizers leave, they intentionally leave behind a chaotic situation destined for more conflict, thereby ensuring post-colonial strife.
Haiti is not that different now than it was before the earthquake. The earthquake has only added to and exemplified the needs that have existed in Haiti for years, healthcare being one of them.
We estimate that our teams are now treating roughly 1,000 people every day. In the thousands we've treated, I have encountered story after story of survival and perseverance.
As the crisis in Haiti enters its third week, many thousands of badly injured individuals await lifesaving care. This report is from an American medical aid worker, Glen Womble.
It is still difficult to absorb the images. Though I have now heard from my family members, I experience symptoms of trauma, mainly dissociation -- my mind seeks sporadic distances from my body.
