Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Views from Delmas 5

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While we were in Port-au-Prince, we stayed at the home of Vanessa Carpenter (AKA Mama V), who lives on Delmas 5. Vanessa runs the or...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

The Price of Peace

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The amount of logistics it took to set up the Navy clinic was mindboggling. The Navy had to find a site--actually two sites, one for...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Haitians Not in Haiti

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At least half of the translators who worked with the Navy during the past couple of weeks were junior high and high school students from...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Discharge Planning?

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Today is the last day of the USNS Comfort's presence in Haiti. The ship will now sail home after five months conducting its training...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Soleil Clowns

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Believe it or not, an organization called Clowns Without Borders exists. Two professional clowns live a couple houses down from us, and ...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

One Life

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There is a saying—“One death is a tragedy, but a million deaths is a statistic,”—that is depressingly true from a PR point of view. Once...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Return of the USNS Comfort and the Attack of the Killer Mosquitoes

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I’m happy to report that with the threat of Hurricane Irene gone from these parts, the USNS Comfort is back in the bay of Port-au-Prince...

Different World, Different Risks

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A recent New York Times op-ed listed some of the health risks and threats to children today. They include obesity, due in part to the ma...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Hurricane Irene Misses Haiti

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Despite the original predictions, Hurricane Irene fortunately largely bypassed Hispaniola, the island containing Haiti and the Dominic...

Some Happy Haiti Pictures

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Baby Central Can't you see the whole universe in those eyes? The Pied Piper of Wharf Jeremie

Two Life Changing Events on January 12, 2010

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As for most people in Haiti, January 12, 2010 was a life-changing day for the woman pictured above. She gave birth to her son, whom she is...

Back to Normal

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Please don't miss the irony in the title of this post. As a friend who visited Haiti right before we did told us, Port-au-Prince loo...

Some Haitian Culture

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On Sunday, we had the opportunity to visit the Musee du Pantheon National Haitian, located across from the National Palace. The museum...
Monday, August 22, 2011

Life in the Slums

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Since the Navy operation has been shut down until Wed. thanks to Hurricane Irene, we've had to find other things to do, which hasn...
Sunday, August 21, 2011

Say It Isn't So, Irene

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We received some disappointing news this morning. The onshore clinic was cancelled for today and the next two days, as Hurricane Irene i...

Working with the Translators

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My job on this trip has been helping to coordinate the translators. First, a little background: the USNS Comfort has been on its hum...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Haitian Hearts with the USNS Comfort in Haiti

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Now that the USNS Comfort has been docked off Haiti for three days, what’s been going on? The Navy, with the help of other branches of t...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

We're Back in Haiti

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We've come to help the good folks on the USNS Comfort, a great-looking ship, as you can see below, docked in the Bay of Port-au-Prince. ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Live from Montgomery, Alabama

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For the past few days, John, Luke, and I have been traveling to see some of the Civil Rights sites in Alabama. In Birmingham, we toured the ...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

Three Weeks Working at a Cholera Treatment Center

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John returned home this past Tuesday after three weeks in Haiti working at the Cholera Treatment Center at Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Des...
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