For some on campus, Haiti is close to their hearts yet so far out of reach. Contact has been difficult because of the debilitated infrastructure. Professor Hervil Cherubin shared his personal connection to the crisis in Haiti and the pain he feels over losing family members while still not knowing what might have happened to more of his loved ones there.

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UALR professor Hervil Cherubin says, “This is the most difficult part, sitting here, getting information through the phone or internet and cannot do anything.”
Cherubin left Haiti as a child, but returns regularly. He hasn’t heard from relatives who live in Port-au-Prince, but heard their businesses and homes are demolished and two cousins in their twenties are dead.

He explains, “One of them I had the feeling it was really quick because the building collapsed. The other one I think was the tough one because apparently the building collapsed he was still alive. People could hear his voice, they were talking with him and during the day they could not do anything.”

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