Only the Memories of a Devastated Haiti Remain for El Paso Doctor

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EL PASO, Texas — Memories are all that exist for Dr. Frantz Placide in Haiti, a country he once called home, a place where many in his family are now homeless. “It’s all gone, all those places I was at. I have memories there and it doesn’t exist anymore,” said the Haitian-American ophthalmologist. The magnitude seven earthquake that devastated Haiti shortly before 5 p.m. on January 12, killing some 250,000 persons was centered about 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the Caribbean nation’s capital. Already the poorest nation in the hemisphere with 80 percent of its population living under the poverty line, the earthquake and dozens of aftershocks that stuck Haiti left millions homeless

“We were poor.

Ministry Students’ Help Goes Beyond Borders

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EL PASO — The massive earthquake that devastated Haiti causing the world to respond with help resonated in a small way in the Catholic Campus Ministry located just off-campus from the University Of Texas at El Paso. As people watched the rescue workers remove thousands of bodies from the rubble, some college students in El Paso, Texas, decided to help by adding some money to their prayers in their Sunday worship services. The organization along with help from the diocese of El Paso collected money during each Sunday service in January. In addition, an online campaign via social networking sites and word of mouth resources provided funds for the people of Haiti. “We see Haiti’s need in many dimensions, the physical, emotional, and spiritual.