THURSDAY MAY 5TH Melinda and Jesula In April Kay Angel had 2 birthdays to celebrate. On April 11th Jesula turned 4, and on April 28th Melinda turned 9. WOW they are growing up so fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jesula was only 11 months when she came to live with us and Melinda was 5. Because of all the [...]
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Last wednesday the school’s Easter Holiday started. An original English gun from the late 1700′s at Fort Jacques The day after, on Thursday I took the 5 older kids on an excursion to the only Zoo in Haiti, in Fermathe, Kenskoff and the historical Fort Jacques high in the mountains above Port au Prince. This [...]
Thursday, February 3, 2011
The 44′ dome in the back yard of S.O.S Enfants school Right after the earthquake last year Pacific Domes had donated a 36′ and 44′ dome to Kay Angel for our shelter. Unfortunately, transporting those domes from Oregon to Jacmel via Los Angeles, Miami and Port-au-Prince took over seven months despite the help of some [...]
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
18 November 2010 Today is a National Holiday in Haiti. On this day in 1803 the slaves fought their last battle against the French army of Napoleon. Jean Jacques Dessalines, still today a National hero, led the battle against Fort Brèda, Vertières in the north of Haiti. This was the last place still in the [...]
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Now that electricity is back on and the internet signal back in the air,I can send you all a sign of life from Jakmel, Haiti. We have been extremely lucky that TOMAS changed it’s course and passed us much more to the west. At first the prediction was that he would come straight over Jakmel. [...]
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Sacrifice in French or in English is the name of a beautiful piece of land that we were able to purchase with great financial help from our donors in The Netherlands. This is where we will rebuild our orphanage. The expectations are that it will take years before the clean up in Haiti is completed, [...]
Friday, June 25, 2010
Very, very sad news……….last Sunday June 13th 2010 our little Idoris has passed away, at 10.20 AM. Idoris was our little boy who, even though he just had turned 3 last May 17th 2010, looked like a 6 months old baby, because he was severely handicapped. On May 17th 2007 Idoris was left at the [...]
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 [...]
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Thursday 29 April 2010: I am madly in Love………………………. with our new car: A great Toyota Granvia minivan, diesel, 4 cylinders, 3 liter engine, imported straight from Japan by a local car-dealer, year 1996, only 80,000 miles on it This car makes such a difference in our life, makes life so much less stressful, [...]
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 [...]
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
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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 →
Sunday, May 22, 2011
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