Mangoes
Leogane, Haiti – Saturday, June 5, 2010 Before the project you could sell one dozen mango for 5 gourdes, now you can get 37 to 40 gourdes per dozen about $1 US. — Belizer Joseph Clenol “Ti Nol” We left Port-au-Prince for the countryside following along the fault line of the earthquake to Leogane. It [...]
Theodule
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Monday, June 7, 2010 I want to use my medical training and organizational skills to reform Haiti’s healthcare system. — Theodule Jean Baptiste Haiti has one doctor for every 10,000 people. That was before the earthquake. On January 12, Haiti’s fledgling health care infrastructure was destroyed in 35 seconds. Hospitals and health [...]
Josanie
Cineas Tent Camp, Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Tuesday, June 8, 2010 With 10 gourdes of charcoal you can make food for the whole day. – Josanie LaFortune It’s about 9 a.m. and Josanie LaFortune sits in front of her tent in the Internally Displaced Persons camp she now calls home. Her “home” is located in the [...]
Caribbean Supermarket
Caribbean Supermarket, Port-au-Prinice, Haiti – Monday, June 7, 2010 I have a family. I need work. I just want to work. — John Demarais Barefoot and shirtless, John digs through a mountain of rubble. It was the site of the Caribbean Market, one of the country’s largest retail supermarkets and where an estimated 100 people perished and [...]
