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Bonjou, zanmi!

Hello, friends!  It has been a long time since my last post ... too long.  In fact, a new donor pointed that out to me quite recently, and I didn’t have a good answer for him other than “I’m working on so many other things for Dignity for Haiti”.  Not a good reason, I know! Let’s get generalities out of the way first.  As you’ve probably seen, there is no end to the turmoil in Haiti. Politically, there are zero nationally-elected officials, and a prime minister and “government” in name only.  A controversial Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has been formed,…

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August 31, 2021 – Changes, Bad and Good

Even more so than everywhere else, Haiti has experienced a very “weird” past year and a half.  Let’s get the bad news out of the way. While initially spared much of the ravages of COVID-19 experienced by many other countries, Haiti is now experiencing a “wave” of its own.  With social distancing a non-existent solution, difficulty in the ability to have everyone washing their hands and wearing masks, and a reported 26% of the population in favor of vaccinations, it appears probable that the disease has more firmly embedded itself.  The only bright spot, ironically, is that Haiti has an…

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March trip to La Gonâve and current situation

Back in February, it was day-to-day whether or not I’d actually make the trip.  The U.S. had issued a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” alert the week before we were going to leave.  The concern then was the everyday violence, kidnappings, demonstrations, political instability, etc.  I was traveling with some of the folks from Partners with Haiti in Florida again, and there were many changes of plans up until the day we left.  Because of the situation there, we took a small 5-seat airplane from the Port-au-Prince airport directly to La Gonâve Island … it was too dangerous to drive…

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