High-level members
of CARICOM, including Chairman Roosevelt Skerrit,
General Secretary Edwin Carrington and Prime
Minister of Barbados David Thompson met at
Jamaica House in Kingston Thursday night to
discuss, then announce the Community’s
response.
Even before that, individual countries of
CARICOM have been stepping up to the plate
to play their part in lending a hand to their
sister country.
Even economically small Saint Lucia has been
on the ball in expressing its sympathy to
the Haitian people and in donating $500,000.
Individuals, groups, organizations, businesses
from across the country have been doing their
part in raising cash and other necessities
for Haiti. And this has been the trend throughout
the countries of the region.
We applaud the spirit of brotherhood that
is currently sweeping the region as each country
feels bonded to each other in this moment
of anguish for the people of Haiti but also
in the knowledge that it could have been either
one of them since this region is exposed to
natural disasters of all kinds.
Certainly there is strength in numbers as
is being seen right now. This is an example
to the region that no one country can stand
alone. We all need each other.
(M.G.)
