This picture says it all! It is very heartbreaking to see a young life not able to live the life god gave to this child. My sympathy and prayers goes out to Haiti and the loved ones they have lost!

Never to walk or run around again........... Such a strong, simple, and touching picture. My prayers go to little Clercilia and her family.

Simple yet so powerful...I literally have tears in my eyes...

This is so very painful to view. Did you see the other photographs, ( the link is above), taken by Ramon Espinosa.

The little children....so sad, yes enough to bring one to tears.

And we sit back wondering just how large a turkey we should get for Thanksgiving.

The images are powerful. I feel that they should be viewed by all people, and all children. Note # 3 as a man drags a dead cholera victim through the streets. Numbers 8, 10, and 23. Number 12 I believe has the caption: " contaminated water and food" # 24 " severe diarrhea, vomiting, and fever, symptoms of chloera. Picture number 4 of a man holding a sign: " Minustah Ak Kolera SA Marasa, ( Minustah and Chloera Are Twins.

The United Nations mandate of "Minustah" link: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/minustah/mandate.shtml

Oh Lord and such a painful death too, suffer not the little children........or something like that....

Cry it out, Lady Robin of Hood. If I wasn't so damn old....

This is not just another problem that tossing money at will cure however plans, action, money, and stopping the people who stand in the way. Last month a missionary in Haiti, went to a warehouse full of medical supplies only to be denied because she did not have the forms filled out properly. Where was the UN then. I suppose she didn't have a Beretta to pull out and demand.

What happened to the money the Red Cross sucked in with their slick "Text Haiti?"

What happened with the promised Billions from the western nations? Did I not see Bill and George walking hand-in-hand after the earthquake. They were going to head-up immediate aid. Where are you now Bill? I understand George, you have to sell your book. France, you promised 1.5B.

We, the people of the United States promised and gave. We should give with our strings attached. That any US dollars used for aid will be put to use by American contractors. We need the work. There are thousands of small companies who build a modest pre-fab home 10 X 12; better than tents and will sustain winds over 100mph. Temporary, until the people at Woods Hole can decide where to dump the rubble, via Ford or John Deere or Caterpillar. The rubble will make a new port of entry, then rebuilding can begin.

As the months pass, and UN peacekeepers patrol the streets more and more innocent children will die. For the Love of God, we have hungry children in America. A nation that plows under crops and subsidizes it with the taxpayers money. We are the greatest nation in the world. We know and practice mercy and compassion.

Please look at these photographs. Cholera is brought on by contaminated water and food. We have the best well drillers in the world. Which American company was it that saved the lives of the miners in Chile? These people and others can drill wells up in the mountains and run plastic pipes all over: Fresh Water.

It must have been back in the 1950's when my wife came down with cholera. I was finishing some degrees and even had a modest job making a few bucks. We don't know if she got it in Afghanistan or Pakistan. By the time we hit Lahore she was very ill. My wife is a strong and brave woman, she had never complained about any ailment. She was very sick. I rented a small house and some furniture. I went to the market and bought bleach, bottled soda, and fruit to squeeze. I also bought a big piece of opium. Today that is the drug of choice, in a very mild form for patients suffering from sever diarrhea. Once we stopped that her body was able to take in the fluids and retain them by the spoonful of the fruits: "re-hydration." There were no IVs or doctors. She was very sick for weeks. When she was able to walk and eat we spent a month on the Arabian Sea, ( Indian Ocean) for her to regain her full health. She nearly died. A month later, back on the road, a British doctor on a train said to me, "well done lad, you got it in the nick of time, and did all the right things."

From my very limited experience, these small children, a mere armful, skin and bones, a small body that holds only a cup or two of fluids, are dying from dehydration. Their little brains are being fried from 105 degree fever. Last week the deaths were 400, now over a 1000, mostly children in arms.

Mutabaruka said "i wonder.. is it because i'm black"? Send some blessings to Haiti, Pray for Haiti to recover and be Beautiful again.