Friend of mine went to Haiti with Hand On Disaster Relief for a couple of weeks to help with the clean-up process. While there, another volunteer had been teaching everyone, volunteers and citizens alike, the dance to Waka Waka. He made this video to show that Haiti isn't just a hopelessly destroyed country. It's full of people who, despite having no infrastructure anymore, still work together and thrive on life.
This video made it to Shakira's front page of her website and has been featured on Haitian television, as well as multiple other places. It shows a side of Haiti most people haven't seen since the earthquake.
By: Bubba | Jul 20th, 2010 (9:44 AM) | Thanks: Half A Hero
Comments
This video doesn't inspire me. Am I dead inside?
Pacman is going to file for copyright infringement
book it
Jul 20th, 2010 (10:15 AM)
so it looked like mostly white people dancing and cheering at the end, with the Haitians just watching.
Jul 20th, 2010 (10:20 AM)
SPOILER ALERT THIS VIDEO CONTAINS 0 PAC-MAN
OhSnapDragons - because thats how you get ants
Jul 20th, 2010 (11:11 AM)
dog named harry said:
so it looked like mostly white people dancing and cheering at the end, with the Haitians just watching.
yea i saw that too. less dancing and more building i saw
Jul 20th, 2010 (11:29 AM)
I support the spirit but I definitely noted
dog named harry said:
so it looked like mostly white people dancing and cheering at the end, with the Haitians just watching.
as well.
Maybe we're just all jerks.
I also was expecting ghosts and pacman :P
Jul 20th, 2010 (11:41 AM)
Haiti isn't in Africa, is it?
Jul 20th, 2010 (11:55 AM)
thunderdan said:
Haiti isn't in Africa, is it?
You know what they say about those relief workers . . . racist as hell.
Jul 20th, 2010 (11:57 AM)
dog named harry said:
so it looked like mostly white people dancing and cheering at the end, with the Haitians just watching.
yeah, i think circumstances are different for the two.
arothman sees your fail and raises you +3 internets
Jul 20th, 2010 (12:28 PM)
This song has nothing to do with Fozzy Bear. Fail.
was that calvinhobbes @ 41 seconds?
What about Chile? Not enough black people live there?
What the hell does Africa have to do with Haiti's disaster issues?
To hipsters go there and dance as well?
Yuppykiller said:
What the hell does Africa have to do with Haiti's disaster issues?
To hipsters go there and dance as well?
If you looked at all the numbers, like HDI, PPP GDP, ethnic composition, religion, and system of government, you'd swear Haiti was in Africa. It's only when you actually look at a map that you see it's not.
You looked up the economic and demographic information on a country but not at a map?
maps are for sissy men
slam a knife into an atlas and wherever the point winds up
is your destination
ironman is made of copper coated aluminium
Jul 20th, 2010 (8:21 PM)
This video is a great example of the spirit of the Haitian people. My family along with millions of others were devasted by a massive natural desaster. Even today the streets of many cities including Leogane are strewn with rubble. It's amazing that NOTHING can break these wonderful people. Even in the face of utter disaster they can still see the joy in life. :-)
ArchonRamie is made of Boehmeria nivea!
Jul 20th, 2010 (11:37 PM)
ironman said:
This video is a great example of the spirit of the Haitian people. My family along with millions of others were devasted by a massive natural desaster. Even today the streets of many cities including Leogane are strewn with rubble. It's amazing that NOTHING can break these wonderful people. Even in the face of utter disaster they can still see the joy in life. :-)
So their spirit is demonstrated in how they didn't look pissed that a bunch of white people were dancing like cheery assholes in the middle of the street?
Crooky is the Tiger Woods of fat chicks
Jul 21st, 2010 (12:40 AM)
Whole lotta honkeys in that video.
I would be happy about hope and blah blah blah, but dammit that song was annoying.
fenris is the new host of Dance Party Tarzan
Jul 21st, 2010 (9:16 AM)
This video is not very convincing
chafedpenis is getting rubbed the wrong way
Jul 21st, 2010 (12:17 PM)
While there, another volunteer had been teaching everyone..the dance to Waka Waka
Maybe we should teach people how to farm. or carpentry, or math.
Also, this gives me the impression that white people go to Haiti as a 'feel good' vacation.
Shakira? really? that's inspiring now?
also unless she's using real african traditional song lyrics, that is the stooopidest song i've ever heard
SixGun - more show than go
Jul 21st, 2010 (7:38 PM)
JDH annan said:
also unless even if she's using real african traditional song lyrics, that is the stooopidest song i've ever heard
Fixed
Grammar SS was a time of swagger and steel, gumption and irons
Jul 21st, 2010 (9:38 PM)
There wasn't a single joke-telling bear in that video!
Slorgasm - Rest in peace Josh Murdock. Peace to all the families of bush pilots in Southeast Alaska.
Jul 21st, 2010 (10:32 PM)
Is that Samantha Brown at 1:54?
teharteest is contributing to racheting
Jul 22nd, 2010 (11:32 AM)
dvrdwn will have his fingers broken if he continues to use Photoshop
Jul 22nd, 2010 (2:14 PM)
fenris is the new host of Dance Party Tarzan
Jul 25th, 2010 (12:23 AM)
