On this evening before Carneval in Haiti, the sounds of singing and clapping are wafting in on the...

On this evening before Carneval in Haiti, the sounds of singing and clapping are wafting in on the cool breeze. Rain last night left the morning cloudy, humid, and stagnant, but the hot sun and an intermittent breeze returned again this afternoon to dry things out.


After 10 days in Blanchard seeing patients at our clinic, Kelly returned to the US yesterday. Her presence among the team members will indeed be missed.


The YogaKids group provided yet another successful 2 days of classes with the kids from Damien and Blanchard. According to the organizers, all of the participants (including their translator Woodman) were active, engaged, and enthusiastic with the program that was put on for them.


Unfortunately, a few of the team members spent a majority of the day today in bed in the bunkhouse, sick with nausea and other symptoms. However, after lots of rest and fluids, both are up and moving around again, feeling much better in general.


Pouchon and Mike made their way into downtown Port-au-Prince yesterday afternoon to pick up the necessary supplies for the recycling program. With these supplies, the new composting pile received its first food-input today, and the trash disposal is on it’s way to being made much more effective.


Carrie did a wonderful job organizing the medical supply room once again after a new shipment of donated supplies was unloaded.