The venerable William Jefferson Clinton talks about what it will take to rebuild Haiti in the new issue of Esquire magazine, which hits newsstands Sunday.
The 42nd President is the central character in an article on what's being done to help Haiti six months after the earthquake struck Port-au-Prince.
|
|
"I wake up every day sick at heart that we aren't doing more," Clinton told writer Tom Chiarella.
"In the camps, we need more sanitation and protection from blowdown. In the streets, we need more jobs. We need to begin reconstruction. Then do something on the education front."
The global icon has spent much of the year in Haiti coordinating relief efforts. And when he's not there, he said, the small island country that's always been close to his heart is always on his mind.
Chiarella asked Clinton why the Haitian people like him so much and why they are "so willing to listen to him, above any other leader."
"I've tried never to have my words outrun my deeds in Haiti," he said. "You can't forget there are people listening when you say you are going to do things, and I try not to overpromise."
SOURCE: NY Daily News - Samuel Goldsmith
