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 [...]
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
OK over the next few weeks I thought I would share some experiences and opinions from my recent trip to Haiti, I hope you enjoy my thoughts. I am going to start off from the beginning, our first day in Port-au-Prince. This is a preview of Adventures in Haiti. Read the full post (611 words, [...]
Friday, September 18, 2009
Last week we decided to and visit Amawanda to see how she was doing with her family. We kept it a surprise visit so we would be able to get a true picture of how she really is being taken care of. Given the long drive Lia had in front of her she decided to [...]
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, September 9, 2009
As you may know by now WeCanBuildanOrphanage.com is hosting their first annual Oktober Family Fest, October 18th, and we thought this would be a good time to introduce you to some of our musical acts. Fist off, Meet the Polsky Band! This amazing local family loves to get everyone in the mood for dancing with [...]
Friday, September 4, 2009
Since Lia’s return to the orphanage from Holland the kids have been begging to go out in her car, especially Yakime and Luckson. So yesterday we went to visit KROMA (a local Jacmel home for street kids) to play soccer with the kids. Some of the kids are getting really big, a few of them [...]
Friday, August 21, 2009
Earlier this month Lia found some time to go and visit the Sisters of Charity. She decided to take the triplets and Ambroise with her. As you may remember from the story about the Sisters of Charity visiting us at WeCanBuildanOrphanage, all 3 of our girls have spent time with the Sisters, and they all [...]
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 [...]
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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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
Some of our readers may remember our story early this month about finding ways of “Helping our Budget” (click the link to find out more). Well this week we got some good news. Thanks to our exceptional staff in Haiti thinking outside the box we got a visit from the WFP (World Food Programme). There [...]
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 →
Friday, October 9, 2009
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