We saw a lot of livestock on this last trip to Haiti. I have LOTS of donkey pics (yee haw!). We even saw a few pigs, especially in Fonde Baptiste, in the mountains. I wish that I would have investigated whether they were HAITIAN pigs, US pigs, or FRENCH/CHINESE/GUADELOUPEAN pigs! Apparently it makes big difference.
So, [...]
It’s been four days since the Mission Manna team got back from our trip to Haiti. Re-entry into the states has been an adjustment. The extreme between rich and poor is so great that it’s hard not to feel guilty in the midst of our relative wealth.
To help deal with the loss of leaving our [...]
We had our busiest clinic of the trip. We saw in excess of 320 children. That is a lot. We are all sitting around waiting for dinner and are eager to get home.
It has been a fabulous week. Although the work was hard, it was very rewarding. It was worth the long hike into [...]
We just got back from Piyat where we saw 320 kids. All is well with Mission Manna!
We had two good clinics in the Mts. 216 kids showed up in Ivorie and 212 in Fonn Baptiste.
The road was better than we have ever seen it and we had great weather.
Tonight, a few off us will go to St Marc to talk to the rotary club about a grant that originates in India.
DB
We had another great day in clinic. It’s SO GREAT to be seeing kids that are doing better six months after our program started. You can see that the parents are equally (well, actually MORE) thrilled than we are.
We were also encouraged that the St Marc hospital is in much better shape than it has [...]
We had another great clinic today. We saw about 12 kids in the MM program and they all look great! The total number of kids was about 160.
After that we toured the hurricaine-damged bridge and the market.
DB
We saw 200 kids today in clinic. Many with malnutrition. The kids on our akamil program are doing well. We saw ten of the thirty kids. We will see more in Sous Bogne tomorrow.
We also saw the ten boys at the house of bread orphanage. They are as good as always and their English is getting better, [...]
All is well with mission manna! We are in the hotel and had a great lunch. And at least we have Internet for now. We will organizing meds and going to the orphanage to check those kids. There is lots of storm damage but everything is running.
We hope all is well at home. We [...]