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 [...]
Friday, December 3, 2010
This past week our kids missed a whole week of school. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning we still did drop the kids at school at 7 AM only to meet with the director who would be at the door to tell us that the teachers had not showed up. He said: “try again tomorrow, they [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Friday, October 30, 2009
Lia recently hired a Boss (this is what they call a carpenter/repair-man in Haiti) named Frito for some repairs around the orphanage. While she had access to Frito she decided to see if she could strike a deal with him to build a true school bench for the triplets. They have been working so hard [...]
Monday, October 26, 2009
Since the beginning of this new school-year our triplets have been begging Lia to find a school for them to attend outside the orphanage. The reason they want to attend school outside the orphanage this year in particular, is 4 of our other kids are in school outside and they get to wear a school-uniform. [...]
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 [...]
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Last Monday was the first day of school for 4 of our kids; Luckson, Kettia, Yakime,and Sylvaince. Lia was asked by the direction of the school to not bring the kids to school herself. Although this has been a difficult pill to swallow we understand the stigma HIV has in this country and we do [...]
Friday, September 11, 2009
On Tuesday morning we went to Pazapa (the school for handicap children) for Martin, our child with Cerebral Palsy evaluation and acceptance into school, yea!!!. He is accepted for 3 mornings a week, starting the week of Oct 5th. He will be attending school Tuesday’s, Wednesday,s and Fridays from 8 AM till 11 AM. The [...]
Friday, July 3, 2009
Lia, our orphanage director and all around miracle worker, signed up 4 of our kids for school today! This will be the first year our kids get to experience traditional Haitian school. In September Yakime, Sylvaince, Kettia, and Luckson will all attend Kindergarten Claire Fontaine. Yakime A long time friend of WeCanBuildanOrphanage, Marika is [...]
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 →
Thursday, February 3, 2011
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