Only the Essentials

This photo is pretty self-explanatory.  Standing in the middle of Delmas, which is one of the main roads that cuts through Port-au-Prince, there was this boy selling balloon animals.  Now, you can buy practically anything in the streets of PAP, from car chargers to clothing to blenders, but this, for me, was a first.  I [...]

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And On The Third Day, They Rested…

Today was surprising calm in PAP, with few protests or road-blocks.  In fact, the only thing that I actually took a picture of in the city was the street kid above, and that was only because he asked me to take it.  The rains returned for another day, and helped to wash the black soot, [...]

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Peek-a-Boo

Unfortunately, the elections on Sunday were a spectator sport for most Haitians.  These kids peeked a view at a protest supporting Michel Martelly as it marched by their house in Village Solidarite.  The campaign posters plastered to the wall are EVERYWHERE in the city, covering every flat surface that campaign workers could find.  Now we [...]

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Just Hanging Out

This is Amelio’s best friend, Patrick (not his real name).  Patrick listened to his parents and did not get pregnant like his BFF did, sidelining him from the games they used to play together.  Now Amelio’s feet are too swollen to run around with a ball, and Patrick is left to just hang around on [...]

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Amelio: A Tale of Teenage Pregnancy

Everyone knows that there’s a lot of teenage pregnancy here in Haiti, so when we saw this it wasn’t shocking.  Amelio (not his real name in an effort to retain his privacy) here just wanted to play a simple game of basketball, but because he had a little too much fun with the ladies one [...]

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Yes, White Men Can Jump

My job in DC gave me the opportunity to meet a bunch of interesting people, and in Haiti, it’s no different.  Samuel Dalembert is a Haitian-American NBA basketball player who has been doing work in Haiti since before the earthquake.  He took some time out of his busy schedule of being taller than most of [...]

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A Day at the Beach

Jillian, Karen and I decided to take a break from the busy streets of Port-au-Prince and trekked out to Jacmel for two days to stay at our friend’s beach house.  Jacmel is on the southern coast, a three hour drive snaking through the mountains of Haiti, a tough feat considering you are avoiding roadblocks created [...]

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ROAR!!!

We went on another World Concern site visit today with Jillian and her mom, Karen, who is in town for the week!  But another day in the communities means another group of adorable children, and this boy in particular made it a point to try and scare us.  The entire time he followed our group [...]

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Give Me One Dollar

Because it wouldn’t be a day in Haiti without a little boy asking me for something. The woman laughing in the picture called me over to take a photo of this little boy and instead of smiling, he stuck out his hand.  As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, this has become the reaction of [...]

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Cute as a Button

There are many things that are debatable in Haiti: military presence or no military presence, tents or tarps, rice or beans (or both, OMG!).  The one thing that is not debatable here is that the kids are freakin’ adorable!  I mean, every single one of them looks like they are gearing up for their shoot [...]

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