Ben and Lexi

Friday, February 19, 2010

Perspective

A survivor's story

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“When I told my friends that I was going to Haiti they raised their eyebrows. “Haiti,” they said. “But that’s the place where they kill their presidents and eat their babies. You’d better buy yourself a large-sized gun.”

- Alec Waugh, The Sugar Islands

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Ben is a freelance photographer. Alexis works with Other Worlds in supporting grassroots movements towards economic, social and gender justice, prior to which she did advocacy work for the Mennonite Central Committee. We've lived in Haiti since 2008.

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