Our staff’s damaged houses

Sat, Feb 20, 2010

Saturday 20 February 2010:

Ever since the earthquake happened I have been wanting to talk about our staff, and show you all their damaged or totally destroyed houses as well. It took me until today to finally find a moment to write about them, and also collecting photo’s of their homes to show you.

Elmas Juselene, 1 of our cooks. Her roof had fallen down on her 1-story home

The worst off of our staff are the two laundry ladies, Fernande and Ginette. Both their homes were destroyed completely. Then there is Elmas, 1 of the cooks, her house is not livable any more, the roof fall down. The rest of the staff various from minor damage to major cracked walls, not sure yet if those can be repaired or if they would have to rebuild.

I am hoping that we as an organization will be able to fund-raise enough money not only to rebuild our orphanage but also to reach out to our staff and help them rebuild and /or repair their homes as well.

: Rochel Jacquet, our night security guy, inside of his home, with 1 wall cracked and partly fallen down from the top

: Guerline Destine, night nanny. She has the whole side of her simple home fallen down. Her home is build with rocks and a mixture of mud and cement

: Fernande Destine, laundry lady, standing in her living-room, all 4 walls had completely crumbled down. She has a husband and 3 kids

: Fernande Destine standing next to her destroyed home

: Elmas Juselene, 1 of our cooks. Her roof had fallen down on her 1-story home

: Ginette Simonis, Laundry lady standing in the rubles of what once was the home to her, a single mother and her 2 little kids

: Eltide Cherubin, our head cook. She lives in a house made of cinderblocks with cement. Walls are severely cracked

: Celiane Jean, 1 of our day time nannies inside of her home. The walls are still up, but severely cracked, with a part fallen down. her home is constructed the same way as the home of Guerline, rocks with a mixture of mud and cement