In 2 days, on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 May 2010 we build a temp house with the help of Dave Bird from Calvary Chapel and his group of 12 volunteers. For weeks now the rainy season is in full gear. Lots of heavy rains, wind and too many problems for all of us who are [...]
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Since a few weeks some schools have re-opened. The kindergarten Claire Fontaine, where 4 of our kids go to school, Yakime, Luckson, Kettia and Yakime’s younger brother Sylvaince was heavily damaged by the earthquake, unsafe and closed. But since the end of March this school, which used to be walking distance from our orphanage has [...]
Monday, April 19, 2010
As some of you may already know Martin, his mother, three volunteers and myself recently went to Haiti. The plan was to come down so that we could build some emergency shelter for our kids that had been donated by Pacific Domes. Unfortunately due to shipping complications we have not received the domes yet and [...]
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Visiting Haiti has never been easy. After a few trips, though, I had gotten used to the nation’s peculiar blend of chaos and charm. Post-earthquake, the recipe has changed. “Now with Extra Chaos!” is the unfortunate, new reality in Haiti. You would think that the flood of media images would have appropriately set my expectations, [...]
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Sunday 28 February 2010: Last night my very good friend Andrew Bigosinski from Cine Institute called me to tell me that there is a whole crew made up of gaffers and grip that came in from New York with a container full of donated generators and other electrical equipment. They call themselves Friends of Cine [...]
Saturday, February 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 [...]
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Sunday 14 February 2010: Happy Valentine’s day everybody. We spend the day today working very hard to give our kitchen staff a better workplace. Since the earthquake made our home unsafe, we had moved our kitchen outside into the front-yard, and the area was covered with a big piece of tarp. But wind and rain [...]
Monday, February 15, 2010
Friday 12 February 2010: Today it is exactly 1 month ago that we had the 7.1 earthquake. The government together with all churches has called for a 3-day “conge”. Conge means “day off” in Kreyol. This to remember all people that have died, but also all the people that survived but now live in very [...]
Monday, February 8, 2010
Saturday 6 February 2010: Over the last 2 days I received many calls from my Dutch friend Geert van der Kolk, via a satellite phone from a boat. He is a journalist, writer who lives in Washington DC. He is also a very good sailor, and has made many trips to Jakmel on his sailboat [...]
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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 [...]
Jesula was born on April 11th, 2007. At about nine months old her mother passed away from AIDS and Jesula was left at an orphanage. The nuns prayed very hard for Jesula but against their prayers, she tested positive for HIV. Read more about Jesula and her life at Kay Angel →
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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