Bonjou Bonjou!
I'm back in Eugene, trying to finish a thesis in the next 3 weeks and also tying up loose ends from the Haiti trip y'all accompanied me on. One of the things I have to do is prove I was actually there, so this is the list I came up with; it left me feeling incredibly blessed to have had such a diverse and unique experience.
While there I worked with:
King's Organization in Port-au-Prince for 2 weeks doing hospital administration (translating documents and making employee name badges) and teaching English to the children in the orphanage.
http://www.lumiereministries.com/KingsOrganization.html
PAZAPA in Jacmel for 3 weeks working with mentally and physically disabled children, assisting at the school for the deaf, and doing minor office work for the director, with whom I stayed.
http://pazapa.org/
Forward Edge International in Carrefour for 1 week serving with my church in a tent village helping to build a security perimeter and translating between my church volunteers and the locals.
http://www.forwardedge.org/opportunities/haiti.shtml
All Hands Volunteers in Leogane for 3 weeks volunteering with Haitians and other internationals building schools, making bio-sand water filters, painting murals, economic development at a women's co-op, playing with kids at an orphanage, and rubble removal.
http://hands.org/2011/03/08/help-build-a-school-in-haiti/
(I'm actually in this movie! You can see the back of my head as I'm painting a quote on a school wall).
Haiti Foundation of Hope in Terre Blanche for 10 days translating for the nursing volunteers, working in the pharmacy and around the clinic: doing sonograms, giving shots, and talking patients through procedures.
http://haitifoundationofhope.org/give-hope/
There are two great video clips on this website too that show where we were and how you can get involved too!
For those not already on facebook - here's a link to my photos!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=353390&id=729155967&l=628a18c901
Until next time - possibly this July!
Ana
