They Can't Afford Haiti Fatigue. So They Rally As Another Disaster Hits
Activists and relief workers can't help but respond to mounting disasters in Haiti, even though they are fatigued from the constant churn of relief efforts.
When news of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti over the weekend reached Marleine Bastien, she asked herself two questions.
"I was numb. I was angry, asking, 'Why Haiti can't get a break? How are we to cope with so many disasters piling on each other?' " she recalled.
Bastien runs the Family Action Network Movement, an organization based in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami that provides educational, health and other services to low-income and marginalized communities.
"I went through a myriad of emotions," she said. "Then the idea came that, you know, this happened.
