Haiti Sunday

Here is my second Sunday entry about Haiti, wherein I play content curator and try to put out front a few things I’ve seen in the news about Haiti recently. The first is the always-interesting assessment of Wyclef Jean the former Fugees front man (I just wanted to use that alliteration) who has been one [...]

Haiti Sunday

I’ve been wanting to make Sunday a day when I do a round up of articles and news about Haiti. Tomorrow is six months after the earthquake, so it seems a good point to start. Also, as July’s theme is freedom, I wanted to write about the child labor/slave problem in Haiti, so it all [...]

Romial: Life And Death In Real Time

Today, I came in on a story that was just about to end, and end much too soon.  The story is told, of all things, through the Twitter feed of an organization I just learned about called  Real Hope For Haiti Rescue Center.  It’s short, and it’s tragic: @realhope4hait: Prayer request–9 year old fighting to live in [...]

Medicine

Everytime I read an account from someone who’s been to Haiti, the author says “You can’t even imagine what it’s like. I can’t even describe it.”  And I agree with them – there’s no way I can imagine what a million people, homeless, look like.  And as for what it feels like – to be there [...]

Follow-Up II

In connection to the entry about water, I wanted to share this BBC photo essay by a guy named Jake Price.  Gives you some insight into how Haitians are living – needing water and also fearing it.  Take a look if you get a chance.