Invite an American high school freshman to write an essay on
something memorable she has experienced, and you’re likely to hear about the
first rock concert she attended or her recent vacation to Yellowstone.
Invite a
Haitian girl to do the same and steel yourself to read about the early deaths of her
parents, the disappearance of her brother during the 2010 Port-au-Prince earthquake (body
never found); the motorcycle accident in the mountains that permanently scarred
her arm. But these memories are balanced by
joyful moments, too: astonishment at seeing the ocean for the first time while
attending the MBB Leadership Training, or the excitement she could not contain
on the day she was awarded an MBB Scholarship—so much so that she burst into
tears, starting jumping around the house, and could not find words to explain
to her neighbors her good fortune.
Death is never far away in Haiti, but that makes life each
day all the more precious.
MBB Scholars rejoice at the 2014 Leadership Training.
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