Discovering a reason to follow the dilemmas of millions worldwide can seem overwhelming when you have your own problems to worry about. Many people have never considered the life of a refugee and how terrible that predicament could be. Even many, who look for ways to help, to understand become depressed after realizing how little they think they can do and how much there is to do.
Don't Worry!
Each and every person, no matter how small the contribution is, can do something. Right now, I am trying to write this blog in order to help as many people become aware of the situation and maybe inspire a few to even act.
Salgado’s way that has inspired me is through photographs of individuals and peoples that I have never met. The movement, lighting, perspective, and attitude found in each photo have helped me to see the life of those who are suffering. In this photo, many children wander the streets in Burj El-Shemali (a refugee camp near Tyre, Lebanon). These Palestinian children have never once stepped foot in their own country and have lived in ghettos and slums where little or no freedom to change one’s future. Many have lost all citizenship of Palestine, work jobs that they neither get to choose or change, and have no opportunities to see the world. Currently, “there are 12 official camps” in Lebanon, with over 400,000 refugees (Wikipedia, “Palestine Refugee Camps”).
Lebanon may not be considered as a problem currently to us. We see and hear little about it and their situation. Relating this to something current can be more effective and sometimes enlightening. Haiti, recently hit by two seismic earthquakes, need help from all who can. CNN Senior Producer Rich Phillips says it best, “breathlessly, they came, carrying suitcases, plastic bags and just about anything that would hold the few belongings they still had. Thousands of Haitian people, most of them homeless, have flooded the port, hoping for a ticket to hope, on board a ferry, being paid for by the Haitian government” (1).
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