Sachiko Ozawa, 27, is experiencing life as a college student for the second time, studying medicine to become a physician to help Haitians, whom she considers less-fortunate.
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| Medical student Sachiko Ozawa handles laboratory equipment at Yamanashi Medical University. |
Ozawa's interest in Haiti began when she was doing volunteer work in Florida in September 1994 while studying sociology at Keio University in Tokyo.
She met some Haitians who arrived in Florida after fleeing their country in boats. The children among them told her the United States "is a lot better than Haiti" and that they preferred not to go back to their country.
Ozawa reckoned that it was odd that the children did not speak favorably of their country, which at the time was in chaos following the collapse of military rule.