Sunday 31 January 2010: The last 2 days I spend going to the bank and back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! None of the banks in Jakmel have opened their doors yet, since the earthquake. Our bank, BNC bank has big cracks in the walls and word has it that this bank might stay closed for some time. The Western [...]
Friday, January 29, 2010
January 27, 2010 Reprinted from: Financial Advisor Magazine People who give to charities providing earthquake relief in Haiti can claim the donations this year under recently adopted tax provisions, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Taxpayers who itemize deductions on their 2009 return qualify for the special tax relief provision, which was enacted January 22, [...]
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday 27 january 2010: This afternoon we have moved into our new home. It has been a lot of hard work, the last 2 days setting up this new home, but it looks and feels great. We made it that we have shade the whole day long over our new playground. And our kids are [...]
Thursday, January 28, 2010
TRANSLATED FROM DUTCH TO ENGLISH Arjan van der Veen of the Commercial Boats sailing from Den Helder we got the offer to be shipping goods to Haiti, with the schooner brig “Tres Hombres”. Soon the 28th day because they would all leave. Lia had been specifically stated that we currently need them and so we [...]
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wednesday 27 January 2010: Our work in progress. Since yesterday morning we have been very busy with cleaning up our little piece of land, and constructing our new little tent village. Some friends of mine have come to help us with this big job, and Frantz our director, Rochel our security guy and Tizepi have [...]
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday 25 January 2010: The Dutch media crew from RTL4 that had visited us last friday had promised us to try to get us a big tent from the Dutch marines who have come in to Port au Prince, to help Haiti after the quake. On Sunday I received an e-mail from Martin van Norel [...]
Monday, January 25, 2010
We used to have 14 children. Amawanda Pierre, born on January 21, 2006, was the third child that came to live with us on October 17, 2007. She was severely malnourished and dehydrated, unable to stand on her legs, maximum 2 days away from dying at the age of 21 months. Amawanda Pierre on October 17, 2007, her first [...]
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Saturday 23 January 2010 ~ Jacmel Haiti When the crew from RTL 4 News was here, they gave us some medical supplies from their travel survival kit. Some of it we can use very well, but other items like blood plasma, and lots of gauze we do not need for the moment. So in the [...]
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Wednesday 20 January 2010 This morning at 6.02 AM a big aftershock that luckily only lasted for about 4 seconds, but everything was shaking a lot. Around 10 AM 2 people from WFP came to see us at the orphanage and were able to tell me that it was a strength 6. Yesterday afternoon we [...]
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Luke, one of our founders, arrived in Jacmel today with an SUV full of antibiotics, painkillers, IV fluids and other critically-needed medical supplies. Late Sunday night, he and a friend arrived in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. On Monday, they purchased an entire drugstore’s supply of prescription medicine, stuffed them into an [...]
Sylvaince’s grandmother came to us and asked if we could care for Sylvaince as she was to old to properly care for him. About a month later His older brother Yakime joined him. At the time of the boys arrival their grandmother told us that the boys mother had passed away and that their father had never been around. Later we found out that their mother was still alive and living outside the country. Read more about Yakime →
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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