Desperate

The news in Haiti has been shocking and awful and I think sitting in a cosy house in London it is difficult to grasp the true horror and sadness of it all. But I do feel heartened by the response in the UK. The Disaster Emergency Committee which co-ordinates the UK's response to disasters such as this has been raising money on behalf of key charities and British people have donated £12m so far. It is at times like this that the geo-political wranglings that occupy countries around the world are put to one side as we remember our shared humanity and try to ease the suffering of a desperate people. I wish it could happen more often and not just during disasters - I think the world would be a very different place.