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Personal Narrative: My Life In Haiti
My life philosophy has always been to impact the world and help people. Growing up in Haiti where more than half of the population live in extreme poverty and two out of three Haitians lives on less than US$2 per day according to the world food programme, I quickly realized how the people around me and my friends didn’t have the opportunity that I had in order to reach their potential and achieve their dream. Attending school, having a meal where many of the opportunities that many people were deprived of in Haiti. Extreme poverty is one of the biggest factor in Haiti that affect so many people, and having seen how it directly affect many of them made me realize how grateful and thankful that I am to have been able to grow in a secure, safe,
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