Haiti Personal Statement

I am currently a senior Political Science major, History minor, with a concentration in International Relations. I am also the chairman of the Howard University NAACP Political Action Committee. I am an academic, I am a student leader, but more importantly, I am a servant. It is my firm belief that the reason I was blessed to be given the opportunity to get a college education is so that I can use this privilege and knowledge to help others. Just recently in December I was fortunate enough to go on a service trip to South Africa with the YAALI program. There we did community service and connected with our brothers and sisters on the continent. This was a very impressionable experience for me, especially because it was my first time leaving
How has this policy and others like this contributed to the underdevelopment of Haiti? I also want to study how Haiti can maximize and develop their human resources in order to improve the quality of life. Lastly, how has mismanagement and lack of resources in Haiti contributed to the ecologically hazardous environment, such as the large scale of deforestation on the hillsides of Haiti. I am interested in how all of these different issues are interconnect and contribute to Haiti being the poorest country in the western hemisphere and what solutions can be developed. I would like to gain more insight on the question of what is being done and what can be done to stimulate economic growth and political stability in Haiti? I am interested in which nations, preferably black nations, could possibly align themselves with Haiti for aid with political and economic development, not merely humanitarian and disaster aid. Before any of these questions can be answered it is necessary to connect with the Haitian people on a human level first, which is why I am eager to serve in ASB Haiti at any