This past week has been intense with work, deadlines, and Haiti-related meetings. Therefore, my time to edit 3000+ frames and blog has been limited. I do want to continue sharing more thoughts and reflections from our humanitarian mission trip to Haiti. Here are some notes from my journal.
After a couple of days on the ground, I quickly realized that the need is far greater than the help. Port-Au-Prince and the surrounding areas are destroyed. There is dust, debris, and garbage everywhere. Many times trash is burned in public places such as in sidewalks or in the middle of the street…it is intoxicating. It smells really bad.
The streets are noisy, chaotic, dirty, and overcrowded. Being a passenger is like being part of a race…drivers are nuts. Never experienced anything like it.
Thousands of people are out in the streets with no roof, no food, and no clean water. They are displaced with no tents, no jobs, and not much to do. Many of them are wandering and watching cars and people drive by. Sometimes they sit on the same place for hours or days.
Street in Leogane.
People on the streets.
Some streets are inaccessible by car.
Collecting mattresses for a better night sleep.
Local street vendor.
Woman praying in front of the Cathedral in Port-Au-Prince.
Locals Kency and Esai and one of our nurses, Varleen.
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