Pada setahun yang lalu sebuah gempa berkekuatan 7,1 skala Richter mengguncang Haiti. Efeknya sungguh dahsyat.
Menurut kantor berita Associated Press, gempa itu menewaskan lebih dari 200 ribu jiwa, sementara 1,5 juta korban gempa yang selamat kehilangan tempat tinggal.
Pejabat Haiti pun tidak bisa memastikan berapa banyak warganya yang tewas akibat gempa berkekuatan 7,1 pada Skala Richter itu. "Tidak ada yang tahu berapa banyak yang terkubur di reruntuhan , 200.000? 300.000? Siapa yang tahu jumlah mereka yang tewas?" kata Menteri Komunikasi Haiti, Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue.
Bagi rakyat yang selamat, penderitaan tampak masih berlanjut. Pasalnya, tim relawan mengaku lambannya aliran bantuan makanan dan logistik kepada mereka yang membutuhkan. "Kami berharap bisa bertindak lebih baik dan lebih cepat," kata Ketua Program Pangan Dunia, Joseet Sheeran, saat mengunjungi Port-au-Prince.
"Ini belum cukup, kami masih mau nambah lagi," kata Lunie Marcelin, ibu berusia 57 tahun yang memiliki enam anak saat menerima bantuan makanan dari pasukan penjaga perdamaian PBB di kawasan kumuh Cite Soleil.
Sementara itu, rakyat Haiti di Port-au-Prince Minggu kemarin dibuat panik oleh gempa susulan berkekuatan 4,7 pada Skala Richter. Ini sudah lebih dari 50 kali terjadi gempa susulan sejak gempa besar yang melanda negeri miskin di Kepulauan Karibia itu pada 12 Januari lalu.
Pemerintah pun hanya mengimbau agar 600.000 warga yang menggelandang di tempat-tempat terbuka di Port-au-Prince - kota yang berpenduduk 2 juta jiwa - untuk tinggal di kamp pengungsi atau menumpang di rumah kerabat di luar kota.
There comes a time when we hear a certain call When the world must come together as one
There are people dying and its time to lend a hand to life The greatest gift of all
We can't go on pretending day by day That someone, somehow will soon make a change We are all a part of God's great big family And the truth, you know, Love is all we need
We are the world, we are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's start giving There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives it's true we'll make a better day Just you and me
Send them your heart so they'll know that someone cares So their cries for help will not be in vain We can't let them suffer no, we cannot tell them to wait Right now they need our helping hand
We are the world, we are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's start giving There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives it's true we'll make a better day Just you and me
When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all But if you just believe there's no way we can fall Let us realize that a change can only come When we stand together as one
We are the world, we are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's start giving There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives it's true we'll make a better day Just you and me (x4)
We All Need Somebody that we can lean on When you wake up look around and see that your dreams gone When the earthquakes would help you make it through the storm When the floor breaks a magic carpet to stand on We are the world united by love so strong When the radio isn't on you can hear this song I got a light on the dark road you're walking on A sign posted to find the dreams you thought was gone Someone to help you move the obstacles you stumbbled on Someone to help you rebuild after the rumbles gone We are the world connected by a common bond , LOVE The whole planet singing along
We are the world, we are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's start giving Theres a choice we're making We're saving our own lives its true we'll make a better day Just you and me
Everyday citizens, everybody pitching in You say more love, you say no more You sensing more, you sensing more love You and I, you and I Twelve days no water where's your will to live? we'll amplify the love and watch it multiply feeling like the world's end we can make the world win like Katrina, Africa, Indonesia, and now Haiti needs us they need us, they need us
We are the world, we are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's start giving Theres a choice we're making We're saving our own lives its true we'll make a better day Just you and me
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