This guy walked up to us as we were walking along the beach in Haiti and said 'My arm hurts...can you take a look at it?'
Assuming something minor, I was shocked to see that his upper arm had a complete fracture of the humerous about halfway down...and it had been untreated for 2 years.
After a year, the incredible pain kind of went away and he still has use of the arm because the muscles have grown to hold the arm together.
Moving his arm, which was painless to him, made my knees turn to jelly.
It isn't right that this has gone on for 2 years and hasn't been treated because he has no money and no access to care. We are no longer in Haiti (this happened almost on the last day) but we have his contact info and are trying to arrange someone in Haiti to do the surgery to put his arm back together (before his brachial artery gets severed by the freely moving broken bone).
This is what it means to have no access to care...that this can go on for over 2 years. I can't imagine what the first year was like.
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Recorded on February 1st, 2010, in the same studio as the original 25 years earlier (Henson Recording Studios, formerly A&M Recording Studios) "We Are The World 25 For Haiti", in which Jones and Richie serve as executive producers and producers, was created in collaboration with executive producers Wyclef Jean, Randy Phillips and Peter Tortorici; producers Humberto Gattica and RedOne; and co-producers Rickey Minor, Mervyn Warren and Patti Austin to benefit the Haitian earthquake relief efforts and the rebuilding of Haiti.
Academy Award-winning writer-director Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), whose own personal efforts as well as those of Artists for Peace and Justice have already saved countless lives in Haiti, filmed the private recording session to create the accompanying video and behind-the-scenes production, and serves as Film Director and as an Executive Producer with Jones, Richie, Jean, Phillips and Tortorici.
The 25th Anniversary recording features over 80 artists and performers. The recording of We Are The World 25 For Haiti embodied the same enthusiasm, sense of purpose and generosity as the original recording 25 years ago. Every one of the artists who participated, regardless of genre or generation, walked into the room with their hearts and souls completely open to coming together to help the people of Haiti.
