Haiti One Year On: What is Needed Now
Posted on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 at 8:41 am
Concern was on the ground distributing water to Haitians just 48 hours after the earthquake of January 12, 2010. Photo: Haiti, Concern Worldwide
By Jennifer Jalovec, Haiti Emergency Program Coordinator, Concern Worldwide
My journey to Haiti really began with 9/11. I had been working in marketing and promotions for broadcast and print media in New York at the time, a job I had held for nine years. In the days following the attack, I started to question what I was doing with my life and if I were making any kind of positive impact in the lives of others.
Fast forward to 2005: I joined the Peace Corps at age 35, and my humanitarian career was off and running. Today, I am the Emergency Coordinator for Concern Worldwide in Haiti, overseeing a recovery program for the poorest country in western hemisphere, which is still reeling from the devastating earthquake that struck it a year ago. Read the rest of this entry »
