Day four started with an early 6am breakfast after another invigorating cold shower. The team broke into two parties, the Medical heading up to Cabaret to a clinic that the US built, but never gave funds to run, and the Construction team to the orphanage to work on a wiring issue in the underground cable that was newly fixed. I […]
We split into two teams, one doing medical at a small clinic and the team I was on over at the orphanage. Dave, Betty, Bobby and I worked on painting the railing on the second level. Working with acrylic paint in hot second floor was challenging, and we learned the detail that was needed to be put into a rail […]
Last month of the year December for ‘Dec’ the 10th month, like October the ‘oct’ or 8th month that is not in the right place. This is because the original calendar did non have January and February, and only 10 months, making December the 10th month and October the 8th. Well the photos. I had the opportunity to spend a […]
Finished the first full day on the island. Breakfast was at 7am after a cold shower. The hosting facility does not have their hot water tank installed yet. It is on the posiable list of items to get done on the trip. We headed to the orphanage around 8am. A short drive (15 min) with no traffic. Roads hear are […]
To save on bandwidth, I will post the Adobe website with the photos from the day. I will update this post once I get back state side to include inline comments. This gallery is of us arriving at the airport, and William, our local host was able to get us special treatment through the imegration and custom process so that […]
Some photos of the team, and a surprised guest… The team before boarding to Haiti And our surprise guest .. Sue ( a coworker from Cisco) was traveling back from Puerto Rico A few photos coming into the Haiti Airport.
We are on our way. Early 6am flight with 4 hour layover at FLL. Great time to recharge iPad, and get to know the team that have graciously allowed me to be part of this mission. Next leg is a few hour away.
Tomorrow is a early start. A 6am flight, so I will be out the door at 3:50am. I have packed, Then gave up trying to squish everything into one one checked and one carry on (plus the nap sack). So I repacked; Two checked bags and one carry on. 2 Soccer balls 10lbs of candy 300 photo papers Set of […]
72 hours before I leave. One day to get things ready, and tow days to get 7 days work done. Took Cathy’s advise and picked up a couple of soccer balls. Accommodations changed in Haiti, looks like we will be staying with the hosting charity. This changes my sleeping from a nap sack liner for the hotel, to a mattress […]
Well learned a lot, hope it is enough before the trip. Vaccinations As I mentioned in the last post there are many vaccinations that are needed. Knowing NOTHING of vaccinations, I made an appointment for my Family doctor. I call the Doctors’ office to make an appointment for the vaccinations, and was told NO…. Say what? They do not do […]
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