Interview

In Haiti the government is letting hundreds of poor people die of food starvation and not doing anything to help, in fact they are just ignoring the fact that there are people who are dyeing everyday. I am interviewing a very poor woman for Haiti. Her name is Astryd; she just recently had two kids die. One of them was her two year old son named Slovensly, he just died earlier this week. He had diarrhea and was coughing up long white worms. Astryd also watched her 11 year old daughter named Manouchka who die two weeks ago. Manouchka died the same day she got sick from an illness called cholera. When Manouchka died her body was taken immediately and buried in a mass grave outside of Port-au-Prince to a mass grave up. 

Reporter- “So Astryed, where is the children’s father? I am sure he could help you.”

Astryd- “He was killed on January 12 in the earthquake; he was pulling a cart when the earthquake happened. He is also buried down in Port-au-Prince with our children that are gone so at least they can be together and maybe some day I will join them.”

Reporter- “It must be very hard for you to lose two kids in just two weeks and then to also lose your husband within a small amount of time. How do you feel about that?”

Astryd- “When you are around death for as long of a time I have, you get kind of used to it.”

Reporter- “Why do you think the government is not doing anything to help out all of the people?”

Astryd-“Well, its because they think that since they are higher up in the food chain that they don’t have to do anything about all of the poor people starving who are homeless and have no food. They are all lazy and if they did anything right they would start by helping out everyone who is homeless and has no food and not tend to their own needs first.

Reporter-“Are you currently employed because I heard that there is a 70% unemployment rate in this country?”

Astryd-“I was employed until the earthquake happened and it wiped out the entire business were I worked. I can’t find a job currently because everyone is still trying to rebuild.”

Reporter-“Ok, Thank you for your time I hope to see you again soon.”

Works Cited

Carrol, John. (2010, December 02). Dying in Haiti. John Carrol. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://dyinginhaiti.blogspot.com/2010/12/genocide-in-haiti.html

Danto, Ezili. (2009, August 29). Haiti, Genocide and the New Slavery Model. Ezili Danto. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/4575-haiti-genocide-and-the-new-slavery-model.html