18 November 2010 Today is a National Holiday in Haiti. On this day in 1803 the slaves fought their last battle against the French army of Napoleon. Jean Jacques Dessalines, still today a National hero, led the battle against Fort Brèda, Vertières in the north of Haiti. This was the last place still in the [...]
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Now that electricity is back on and the internet signal back in the air,I can send you all a sign of life from Jakmel, Haiti. We have been extremely lucky that TOMAS changed it’s course and passed us much more to the west. At first the prediction was that he would come straight over Jakmel. [...]
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
“LAKAY SE LAKAY” “Lakay se lakay” is Kreyol for “Home Sweet Home.” It is such a wonderful feeling to be home again after 2 months. Traveling this distance has been somewhat a challenge. Since I cannot walk fast or far yet I received wheel chair assistance to wheel me in and out of the plane. [...]
Monday, October 11, 2010
Today is tuesday. I was released from the hospital last friday. In total I had spend 9 days in the hospital of which the first 6 days after the operation very, very sick. Tubes and needles everywhere in my body, I did not recognize myself Of course I am still recuperating and tired, but YES [...]
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Hi Everybody, We are all alive and none of us is injured, by a miracle, mere timing kept us alive, a few minutes earlier or later and most of our kids and me would have been dead. But………. we are homeless, The orphanage is still standing, but totally unsafe. A recap of Tuesday 12 January [...]
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Lia finally got through to us this morning and confirmed what we read in a short email last night, that they are all fine. When the earthquake hit, she was at the park at the Town Square with five children. Just before 5PM she decided to head back to the orphanage. “That’s when everything turned upside down,” she [...]
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The most wonderful email I’ve ever received just came in: From Andrew Madda… LIA is fine ! her orphanage is destroyed and her 13 kids sleeping on the street.. but they are fine and all together. xx Lia Teaching Orphanage Kids August 2009 I can barely believe it. The news is still sinking in, but [...]
Thursday, January 14, 2010
It’s agonizing, but we still have no word about the fate of our staff and children. We hope it’s because the cell towers have been knocked out and Internet satellite links are down. Friends I spoke with are in the same position. Arts Creation Foundation had 43 children working on arts projects in their concrete [...]
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
We still haven’t heard from Lia, the director of our orphanage, but we fear the worst. A hotel across the street collapsed completely. No matter what happened to us, this earthquake is a major disaster for so many children, friends and neighbors in our town. Please help our orphanage and the people of Jacmel by [...]
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
News is starting to emerge from Jacmel. 20% of the buildings are reportedly destroyed. 5,000 people spent the night on the local airstrip because they’re homeless or afraid of aftershocks. We still don’t know anything about our kids and staff at the orphanage. After telling myself all night that Jacmel is far from Port-au-Prince and [...]
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 →
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
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