Our humanitarian aid organization, the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE), was on the ground in Haiti. Under Lieutenant General Ken Keen’s command, US soldiers in Haiti embraced a culture of compassion rather than force. Working alongside them at the country’s largest tent camp allowed our organization, CORE, to effectively take over and manage a 60,000-person camp, with drainage, organized blocks of tents, and a hospital. Imagine what the US military could do here in the US, right now, to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Ann Lee is the CEO of Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE), an NGO that works to save lives and strengthen communities affected by or vulnerable to crises

Source: The Guardian March 21, 2020 10:19 UTC