Grief and Hope in Haiti
Tuesday, January 26 2010
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Grief and Hope in Haiti
Yolette Etienne, photo: Carolyn Gluck, Oxfam - larger >>
One of the main worries in Haiti now is health and sanitation. One agency that works directly on those issues is Oxfam. Yolette Etienne is Haiti's country director for Oxfam. She has been working long hours just to make the places around the tents clean. At the same time Yolette is dealing with her own tragedies. Her mother was killed, her house was destroyed, and now she's responsible for two orphans. Yolette joins Dick Gordon to talk about the realities of living and working in Haiti after the quake.
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Out from the Fire
Robert Leffer - larger >>
One year ago today, trucker Robert Leffer was in his big rig carrying cargo down Interstate 40 in North Carolina. In the late evening darkness Robert suddenly saw a disabled car, with no lights on, right in front of him. Robert's truck careened off the road into a fiery crash that left Robert severely burned. Robert talks with Dick about his remarkable recovery, and the cherished moments with his toddler son that give him hope.
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Lessons from the Rubble
Claude Jeudy, photo: Habitat for Humanity International
Aid agencies are gathering this week to talk about what's next after the earthquake in Haiti. Claude Jeudy has a few ideas. He's Haiti's director of Habitat for Humanity, an organization that prides itself on providing safe and affordable housing. Claude tells Dick that once he saw all the crumbled homes in Port au Prince, he knew it was time to convince fellow Haitians to change the way they build their homes.
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