After being back in the US for a couple of weeks and having time to reflect on everything we saw while in Haiti and seeing the different programs on TV that have shown the mismanagement of the charitable goods sent to Haiti, it is obvious that what is needed immediately is a strong individual (not [...]
I choose to tell this story today months after the earthquake and some months after it happened. Most people think of victims of the earthquake in terms of people that got hurt during the event on January the 12th 2010, but a large number of people become victims of this tragedy long after it happened. [...]
Second visit to Haiti Roger Wells and Raymond Pierre/ June 2010 Somebody says: “you make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give” for the world disasters are significant challenges, for the Christians disasters are great opportunities; to the lights of these statements and based on our faith, [...]
The risk of an epidemic in Haiti is very high all the conditions are in place this is not a matter of if but when. The insalubrities, the promiscuity, the lack of education, the infra human condition in which the people of the tent cities are living are some parameters that clearly indicate that [...]
Day three Community Mission for Hope Once again we head to the tent cities which prove to be a challenge due to all the congestion on the road; it is easy to see why the clean-up effort goes so slow because the heavy equipment is hindered by all the traffic. We observe construction loaders [...]
More on the ground in Haiti with Dr Raymond (day 2) We started our day by going to one of the tent cities and Dr Raymond examine some small children who seem to be developing some kind of dermatological disease due to the lack of hygiene and the promiscuity. We noticed that many of [...]
On the Ground with Dr Raymond (day 1) It was obvious as soon as we hit the ground that the amount of progress that I expected to see was not evident. The basic needs did not seem to be met at this time; however, the roads had become passable. We went to visit the medical [...]
Dr Raymond is going back to Haiti this summer to help at the Haitian State University Hospital (HUEH or general hospital). He would like to buy as many pairs of flip flops as possible for the people of Haiti living in tents cities during the rainy season so they don’t have to walk in the [...]