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, [...]
Friday, October 9, 2009
Friday was an early start, and was non stop! The first thing we did was head out to the orphanage to watch the triplets during their in-house school for a bit. It was wonderful to see what a positive experience school is for them. When the school day was finished for the girls they decided [...]
Friday, October 2, 2009
Wednesday morning we had the pleasure of meeting with a man named Jonas, the Haiti representative for Hollywood Unites for Haiti, Jimmy Jean-louis’ new Haiti program. He was such a nice man. Not only did he take the time to meet with us, but he also arranged for us to visit Father Rick’s organization called [...]
Monday, September 14, 2009
Today part of the Topanga WeCanBuildanOrphanage.com crew is off to Haiti, on a Haiti Unites mission (you can see some of the organizations we will be visiting on our Haiti Unites page). We are traveling all over Haiti over the next few weeks and will be sure to keep you updated on all of our [...]
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
This weekend I had the pleasure of attending an event for Hollywood Unites for Haiti (HUFH) at the Kress Night Club. As many of our readers know I have been speaking with other Haiti organizations to find ways to join forces to promote greater change, and HUFH is one of them. The Heroes actor from [...]
Sunday, August 2, 2009
As a child, Wyclef Jean immigrated to the U.S. and grew up to live the American dream as a gifted and famous musician. As Scott Pelley reports, Jean is now using his talents and wealth to help his native Haiti. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE Permanent link to this post (46 words, 11 images, estimated [...]
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
You can read more on this story on the United Nations Webcast. If you would like to learn more about how you can get involved with our orphanage, please click here: WeCanBuildanOrphanage.com. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE Permanent link to this post (39 words, 11 images, estimated 9 secs reading time)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Yesterday our Topanga office had the great pleasure of sitting down for lunch with Father Marc. Father Marc is a wonderful man who runs an orphanage in Haiti with over 600 kids. The name of his organization is FreeTheKids.org, his over 11 years of service has armed him with knowledge and experience unmatched. This is [...]
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
On Tuesday Bill Clinton was named United Nations envoy to Haiti by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Bill Clinton We at WeCanBuildanOrphanage.com hope that this will bring new attention to Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere. As you may know Haiti suffered from 4 debilitating storms last year that has caused an increased [...]
Saturday, May 9, 2009
As many of you know, last month Gala from our office went to Haiti to visit our kids. Thanks to so many donors Gala did not go empty handed. Gala in the Topanga office When Gala arrived in Haiti she had four extremely large bags filled with everything from medical equipment, to toys, to clothing. [...]
Meet Little Martin. On a routine visit to a hospital we noticed a little disabled boy in one of the hospital cribs. The boy had been left to fend for himself, he had no identification and his birthday is a mystery. He had been in the hospital for a few days and had been severely neglected: his diapers were soiled and he was covered in lice. No one had taken any notice of this little boy in a few days and we were left with no choice but to bring the little boy home. In honor of one the Kay Angel founders we named the boy “Little” Martin. Read more about Martin →
Monday, April 19, 2010
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