About this picture: Disaster Haiti Earthquake
Disasters such as that in Haiti remind us of the fragility of life, but they also reaffirm our strength.
We have seen horrific images on television: collapsed buildings, bodies in the streets, and people in dire need of food, water and shelter.
I saw all this, and more. But I also saw something else — a remarkable expression of human spirit; people suffering the heaviest blows yet demonstrating extraordinary resilience.
Haiti’s plight is a reminder of our wider responsibilities.
A decade ago, the international community began a new century by agreeing to act to eliminate extreme poverty by the year 2015. Great strides have been made towards some of these ambitious “Millennium Development Goals”, variously targeting core sources of global poverty and obstacles to development
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