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Haiti – August 2012 – Day 4

We’ve done the reconnaissance for our project so today is departure day. In Haiti the drama never ends. Mike and I got together for breakfast only to learn that a hurricane is headed for the island. Mike checks the internet … Continue reading

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Haiti – August 2012 – Day 3

We’ve scoped out our project at the orphanage so we wanted to go back to Port-Au-Prince to see the John Branchizio school and the C.I.T.I. school in Cite Soliel. PAP can be very dangerous so we employed security to do … Continue reading

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Haiti – August 2012 – Day 2

We got up well past the crack of dawn and had a nice buffet breakfast at the Indigo Resort restaurant. At 9:00 am the car was ready for us to take us to the orphanage at Williamson. Our translator was … Continue reading

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Haiti – August 2012 – Day 1

August 21 Traveled to Haiti today. It was, thankfully, an uneventful flight. The Port-au-Prince airport is always chaotic but I made it through. Someone from Mercy & Sharing was there to pick me up and provide transportation. My friend Mike, … Continue reading

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Haiti

I will be returning to Haiti soon to visit the Williamson orphanage, the Branchizio School and Cite Soliel. We are putting together a team to install a playground at the Williamson orphanage and do some maintenance. I received news that … Continue reading

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Alert! – Haiti update.

I received a call from Susie Krabacher. Yesterday, two new children were admitted to the orphanage. Mdm. Chenet (M&S’s in-country manager) and Dr. Rodriguez are convinced that one of the children is Enok’s brother. They (who are Haitian’s) said that … Continue reading

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Haiti – October 2011 – Day 3

Not a lot on the agenda today. We had the armed guards and the security vehicle hired for the day. Getting an armored vehicle and trained guards in Haiti costs about $800/day. Because of kidnappings and other violence it can … Continue reading

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Haiti – October 2011 – Day 2

The primary item on the agenda today was to visit the John Branchizio school in Port Au Prince (PAP). Well before the earthquake, Mercy & Sharing embarked on a project to build an orphanage about 40 miles north of PAP. … Continue reading

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Haiti- October 2011 – Day 1

Wow! After the Cuban travel fiasco I actually flew on an international flight that wasn’t a total horror show. Arrived, boarded, flew and landed on time. The Port-Au-Prince (PAP) airport was chaotic but very civilized compared to Kinshasa. Maybe there … Continue reading

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Getting ready for the trip to Haiti.

I’m going ahead with the trip to Haiti. However, the other day I was on a conference call. It seems that one our schools was robbed and vandalized by a gang from Cite Soliel. They seem to think that since … Continue reading

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