Archive for January 2017
AMAZINGLY POSITIVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES!!!
As you know if you’ve been reading our previous blogs, we began an ambitious home rebuilding project after the hurricane, to help people in the area around our clinic rebuild their destroyed or badly damaged houses. In the first stage of this project, we had our Community Coordinator, Gemi Baptiste, visit over 700 homes in…
Read MoreBACK IN JÉRÉMIE!
JANUARY 17, 2017 I think the number of gray hairs on my head has doubled in the past two weeks and yesterday certainly contributed. Cherlie and I had been in Port-au-Prince since January 6th, due to unrest and violence, not only in Jérémie, but on the road to Jérémie from Cayes. On Friday, the 13th…
Read MoreUPDATE ON THE SITUATION IN JÉRÉMIE
According to our staff in Jérémie, there continue to be daily protests on the streets and these will continue through the week. There is less violence, however, and businesses are open, but no Americans are visible on the streets, since the threat to them is still very severe. Today there were very high winds and…
Read MoreSituation in Jérémie is Still Uncertain!
Not much new in terms of news today. The road to Jérémie is still blocked by gangs of protestors and there is unrest in the town of Jérémie itself. Extra Haitian police forces are out in number, according to our sources and there is less violence than there was yesterday. But, the situation is still…
Read MoreTIMING IS EVERYTHING
Cherlie and I were in the US for two weeks to visit family and take care of FHH business during the holidays. We were in Florida yesterday, getting ready to fly back to PAP, when we received news that there was unrest in Haiti. It was related to the fact that a politician named Guy-Philippe…
Read MoreREBUILDING HOMES AND LIVES
Upon seeing and experiencing the devastation of Hurricane Matthew and being witness to the uncoordinated response of relief and aid organizations, Cherlie and I felt strongly that we needed to do something to help Haitians in communities around the clinic to rebuild their homes. Over 90% of the houses in the area were severely damaged…
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