Eric Hill Participates in Earthquake Memorial - Haiti

Tears and Hope in Haiti on The Global Odyssey
Feb 5, 2014 10:00 AM ET

Parc de Martissant, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 5, 2014 /3BL Media/ - Hugs and remembrances between locals at the memorial on the 4th anniversary of the 2010 earthquake. 

Our global adventurer Eric Hill was there to participate and was given he honour of planting one of the 23 trees sybolic of the 23 most affected areas. Eric spoke the former Prime Minister of Haiti, Michèle Pierre-Louis. Since leaving her position as Prime Minister she has taken on the role as Executive Director of the Knowledge and Freedom Foundation (FOKAL), an NGO making some incredible changes for the better in Haiti. 

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