To recap:
1. Because Haiti doesn't have telephones, it's only means of communication is to write "HELP" in the sand and hope the earth (as metaphysical as this idea may be) will fly by in a one man helicopter to save it. Apparently Haiti only has one inhabitant who, thank God, wasn't in his shanty at the time of the quake. And, of course, earth is crying.
2. It appears there was more than that one guy. Also, in this picture, we see how they are stretching aid very thin (which I think is the only point to this comic). There are dead people and people stuck under collapsed buildings. Also, it seems kinda racist to me, because while they are all barefoot, they are also wearing do-rags and most of the men have no shirts. And of course, the sun is crying.
3. In severe opposition to the first cartoon, it is now the white man who is carving a help signal into a tin roof and not a short black man alone on a beach. Also, it is important to note that the more inhabitants Haiti is depicted having, the lighter their skin becomes and the less clothes they have. It seems as though there is no relief, no amount of money or aid that can satisfy the Haitians, which is obviously our fault, since we only sent that one dude.
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