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Mosquito netting After six hour of unaccustomed sleep, I awoke like a mad pirate, with one red eye, hair askew, lurching and croaking. While fearful in aspect to my teammates, my somewhat altered appearance had simple explanations. Despite my wearing glasses, concrete grit fell in my eye when I tried, unsuccessfully, to hammer […] The sun falls and it's a rush to get packed up. Heartbreak day – a 14 yr old girl trying to care for 2 tiny sick malnourished sibs alone. # Haiti update: people are so thirsty, you can't/shouldn't visibly drink water. We worked in a neighborhood that has seen very little care. # Haiti: […] There’s something about the constant drone of a generator – the relentless, unremitting growl that hangs in the air. It’s like the smell and the dust and the fear of the rainy season, the way it creeps under your skin so quickly, and then sinks so deepely that you’re not even aware that you’re aware […] First post from Haiti – http://su.pr/29MG0B # Immediately after crossing from the DR into Haiti, you can see the visible downshift into a worse level of poverty. The major road around the lake is now, unbelievably after all these miles, dirt. Only an ankle-pile of rubble at the edge prevents flooding, making me wonder what will happen, in the rainy season, to […] Airports are bland portals scattered across the world. It’s really when you step outside, walking down the cattle-chute ramp that’s lined with well-wishers and people holding up hand-written signs – it’s as you emerge, blinking into hot haze and the smell of moist, marinating diesel hits you, that’s when you know you’re somewhere else. Our […] |
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