Port au Prince, Haiti

Made it to Haiti! Still a bit baffled... Especially the money thing... In Creole to begin with (kinda similar to French...still doesn't help me)... Prices are given in a non-existent Haitian dollar, times that by 5 to figure out what it is in Haitian gourdes (what you actually pay in) and to figure out what you just paid, divide that number by 40 for the American dollar equivalent. All that to buy a piece of street meat!


Been stuck in front of a computer since I got here... They found out I'm semi computer literate and now that's where I'm stuck! All of my work being computer dependent is complicated by the power constantly going out in the middle of whatever I'm trying to work on. So I'm taking this forced break to write some stuff for my blog.

The compound is great. Really cool people and and a lot of good energy.

We should be moving in to our own place by early next week (at least, that's the hope). We are already working on fixing up the place with a lot more to go!


It's such an interesting feeling around here. Sometimes the earthquake is totally evident and other times you almost don't even notice. All the Haitians I have come into contact with have been amazingly friendly. They smile so much, I sometimes forget what a tragedy they have all just been through.


We did a distribution of Life Straws today at a camp. Life Straws are a water purifier that can be used like a straw to filter water from any source. Great for these camps where potable water is not accessible.
They have a 700 liters lifespan (that's 2 liters of water a day for a year).


Back at the compound. Glad it's Friday, course, there really isn't such a thing as a weekend here. Although we are pretty strict about taking Sunday Funday off.