My mom can beat your mom

This pic was taken last week in Haiti. In the middle are my parents, surrounded by UN officials, when my mom was given an award for her public service. For the past year, there has been a UN peacekeeping force in Haiti, with 43 countries represented and 7,300 peacekeepers lead by Brazilian forces. The mission is on a 10-year mandate, and its goal is to "re-stabilize Haiti"...whatever that means...they failed 10 years ago with a smaller mission led by Pakistan. But this time, they've pledged to be effective, and from what we've seen...I must say that it will work this time, considering the relatively long mandate and the size of the mission which includes, blue helms, community/training police, doctors, sub-contracting engineers, the whole nine.

This is where my mom comes in: She runs an orphanage in Haiti called Don D'amour (gift of love). She has been working with French humanitarian donors in the delivery of medicines aimed at people that cannot afford them. That's how it started at least, until she became the single link between the UN's and other organizations' humanitarian operations.


Fier de toi maman