• Au Revoir

    On June 28th, it was time to head home. We woke up bright and early to pack our things and have our last Haitian meal before departing. However, it was decided that instead of taking a nausea-inducing van ride from Jacmel to Port-Au-Prince, we were going to fly. What we weren’t told, though, was that […]

  • For The Love Of The Game

    Soccer isn’t just a sport in Haiti, it’s a way of life. From the moment our plane touched down in Port-Au-Prince, we saw jerseys and posters everywhere. There were kids playing in the street and vendors selling old soccer club shirts. When we pulled up to the Isaiah House where we were staying, the truck […]

  • Coconuts

    We were all anxious to see the beaches. The vibrant blue water and paper white sand that we always saw in photographs were so close. However, when we got down to the beach we were shocked to see a much different scene. There was a black polluted barrier of water in between the turquoise rolling […]

  • Bassin Bleu

    We had finished what we came to do. We helped the people of Jacmel and they had taught us more than we could ever imagine. However, the trip wasn’t over yet. We still had a couple days in Haiti to relax and see the sites. Our group loaded into the back of a truck in our one-piece […]

  • A Night to Remember

    We had spent all week, laboring on the worksite at Lavanneau and all day working hard in the clinic. Every morning we were woken up before the sun had completely risen, and we went to bed long after it set. With the combination of poor sleep habits and working for hours in the heat, we […]

  • “Smells Strange”

    We pulled up to a small, white and bright turquoise building shortly after the sun rose. It was 7:30 am on our fifth day in Jacmel and we were visiting CCH’s’ health center. It was the Community Coalition for Haiti’s Primary Care, Surgical and Physical Therapy clinic. It is one of the only health care […]

  • The Children

    Screaming in Creole, they jumped and waved as we drove past. The children of Jacmel were by far the brightest part of everyone’s days. Not only were they welcoming and energetic, but they were immediately comfortable around us. While some of the Haitian adults were hesitant when it came to interacting with Americans, the kids wasted […]

  • Lavanneau

    The sun was just beginning to rise over the mountain range as our truck plunged into the Rivière de la Cosse. It was our first full day in Haiti and we were on our way to the worksite for the first time. The Westminster Presbyterian youth group and I were in Jacmel in collaboration with […]

Au Revoir

On June 28th, it was time to head home. We woke up bright and early to pack our things and have our last Haitian meal before departing. However, it was decided that instead of taking a nausea-inducing van ride from Jacmel to Port-Au-Prince, we were going to fly. What we weren’t told, though, was that […]

For The Love Of The Game

Soccer isn’t just a sport in Haiti, it’s a way of life. From the moment our plane touched down in Port-Au-Prince, we saw jerseys and posters everywhere. There were kids playing in the street and vendors selling old soccer club shirts. When we pulled up to the Isaiah House where we were staying, the truck […]

Coconuts

We were all anxious to see the beaches. The vibrant blue water and paper white sand that we always saw in photographs were so close. However, when we got down to the beach we were shocked to see a much different scene. There was a black polluted barrier of water in between the turquoise rolling […]

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