In my final year of High school my Global Scholars peers and I created birthkits to send to the Women in Haiti. After learning about a recent disaster in Haiti we decided to chose this project. With the knowledge that after a disaster there tends to be a spike in birth rates in Haiti and the scarcity in which medical care is available we became passionate in doing our part. Hours upon hours were spent in the library and classrooms working on them along with our own individual Capstones.
It is significant to me because it shows the hard work and collaboration my peers and I went through to try and help out those in an unfortunate situations. It was something attainable something we could do that would actually make a difference. I learned a lot from the research done surrounding the topic of birthrates and infant mortality in Haiti. I also learned that there was a time and place for attaching feelings to situations and that sometimes we can let ourselves connect with an issue but other times we must see them with a neutral point of view.
I found myself enjoying collaborating with others on work because of the ease in which ideas were bounced off of one another. As well as sharing a satisfying feeling of accomplishment when finished with a project with others. This experience taught me that yes, having a hero complex and believing you can change everything for the better is slightly impractical but, doing even just a little to help is still significant.