Let's build a better Haiti says President of Caritas Haiti

(Jan.20,2010): The president of Caritas Haiti is acknowledging that the recent earthquake that destroyed his country's capital, is an opportunity to build a better homeland for Haitians. Bishop Pierre-André Dumas of the Diocese of Anse-a-Veau and Miragoane affirmed this in a Caritas communiqué, in which he described his experience of the 7.0-magnitude quake that struck Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12. "At the moment it's all about the emergency," he said, but one day the questions will be about reconstruction. He said that doesn't mean rebuilding things as they were before; instead, we have a chance to build a better Haiti in which, people are at the heart of everything. All the people who died, didn't deserve to go so soon," Bishop Dumas stated. He reported that he himself lost his two-month-old niece, as well as his brother-in-law in the earthquake.
Bishop Dumas affirmed: "For those of us left, at the moment there is only pain. This is a test for all of us. It won't last forever, but we have to live through this test with faith. He underlined his belief, that our charity and the way in which we live this crisis will help increase our humanity. He said "All of the symbols that join us together: the cathedral, the president's palace, ministries, the schools, religious communities and many more places are in ruins. Now we have to build again to be able to live together. Bishop Dumas encouraged rebuilding in a way that excludes prejudice and discrimination and gives rise to trust and solidarity .