Haiti Sunday August 29, 2010

http://www.humedica.org/index_eng.html

check it out, this is the english website from the organisation we work with in Haiti. If you scroll down you will be able to find information regarding the family sponsorship program and I soon will write a story about it.

 

 
August 21, 2010 Zimba no more
I realized I totally forgot to tell you that our cute little puppy has died. Rene and I were gone on a short break and received a message that Zimba was killed while one of our drivers parked the car in the drive -way of our teamhouse. He was a cute little dog and we are sad he is no more.
 
Food Distribution August 9-15, 2010
thumb_laplaine-egliseThis week I found myself, together with my assistant and translator, Jacqueson; as well as the Social Worker from the hospital we work with,  getting involved with every family in the FSP (Family Sponsorship Program) as we had a food distribution. It was great meeting them all again, in total we have 68 families with a total of 348 people in the program registered and more on the waiting list.  Their stories and living situations still sad and with the rains coming down each night, sleeping under a tarp or a tent is not ideal. Yet to see them and share with them why we are doing what we are doing was great. 
 
Our space in the teamhouse July 10,2010

thumb_living_room_viewthumb_bedroom_to_living_room_viewThis is it people, Ikea came and Rene got it all put together. Our living/sleeping situation in Haiti. What do you think???

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Moment of weakness - June 29, 2010

Or was it a heatstroke??? But he is cute!!!

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June 22, 2010 Kouman ou ye?

thumb_st_mark_beachthumb_haiti_sun_setMoi bien, mėsi! (Creole for How are you? Fine thank you!) We spent a wonderful weekend away from Port au Prince. Some donors from Europe came to check out the progress of the renovation of a project in St. Mark and we went with them,  after visiting the site we were also taken around and saw some tent cities. St Mark did not suffer the earthquake like PaP and the people in the tents are refugees from the capitol...

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Nieuwsbrief Juni 2010-128

Eindelijk een nieuwsbrief van ons hier in Haiti, vershuisd van het kampeer terrein bij de school naar het team huis waar we met 15 mensen en in het weekend met 19 mensen wonen. Een gave zomer van ons uit warm Haiti.

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Haiti a country we call "home" June 3, 2010
thumb_haiti-flag11Haiti a mostly mountainous country with a tropical climate, Haiti's location, history and culture - once made it a potential tourist hot spot, but instability and violence, especially since the 1980s, have severely dented that prospect. Haiti became the world's first black-led republic and the first independent Caribbean state when it threw off French colonial control and slavery in a series of wars in the early 19th century.  On various occasions, Haiti has experienced political violence throughout its history However, decades of poverty, environmental degradation, violence, instability and dictatorship have left it as the poorest nation in the Americas.   Haiti  ranking 150th out of 192 countries on the Human Development Index, is the poorest country in the Americas 
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Moved into the Team House May 30, 2010

thumb_our_team_house_in_haitiYes it is true, we did it, we left Quisqueya Christian School were humedica has had their camp since two days after the earthquake. Saturday May 29th was the day that we moved all 19 of us (including the Leogane team) and we now are living at the humedica Team House. It is only a 5 minutes drive from the school compound, where we still will have our offices,  to the house. It is a  nice house with 5 bedrooms  (or 7 pending how you are counting), a covered open balcony and a large living room area. Of course there is a kitchenl. The move was rather easy as all the furniture etc. are still in the Dominican Republic. All we needed to do was: pack up your bed and go ! We ...

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It is our goal... May 27, 2010
... to demonstrate the love of Christ to people affected by disaster, conflict and poverty not only in what we do but in who we are in Christ. 
 
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