In lieu of a real blog post, here is some good information you can tap into to learn a little more about Haiti; promise I'll get back to writing soon!
Voices Full of Change: Some reflections on the past year in Haiti
http://www.thenational.ae/featured-content/channel-page/lifestyle/middle-teasers-list/voices-of-change?pageCount=0
Cholera Updates, with a long list of who to pray for (if that's what you're into)
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VVOS-8CRS28?OpenDocument&rc=2&cc=hti
Edwidge Danticat is a renowned Haitian author; she reads interesting words about growing up as a girl in Haiti (among other things)
http://www.ted.com/talks/edwidge_danticat_stories_of_haiti.html
Peter Haas explains in this short presentation why Haiti's earthquake wreaked so much havoc
http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_haas_haiti_s_disaster_of_engineering.html
A short video about Haitian Voodoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpeLdXeIbwA
Hope you enjoy and keep Haiti in your thoughts not because the holidays are coming to a close, not because the one-year anniversary of the earthquake is 9 days away, and not because of the protests; but because even when all these things pass the people of Haiti will need your support just as much.
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