I wonder sometimes who will teach my children. Who will empart the lessons I never knew I was learning. Who will teach them to split a mango and claim the bone so that they can have the ultimate prize of watching another person smile. Who will teach them to hold onto someone as tears collect, […]
Rarely do I ever get to see the fruits of my labor. I wont know for years whether my 6th graders go on to college, or even stay in school…but luckily this summer I’ve gotten to see the potential fora successful endeavor. Going to the school that 8 of the 30 GOALS DREAM TEAM SCHOLARSHIP […]
Over the next couple of weeks I will be releasing the work of these young artists in the FOTO GOALS ’12 workshop. You met these participants last year and it is with great joy that await their new work. There have been many changes in their lives, even a baby, and I hope this summer […]
GOALS approach to community involvement is multifaceted. One of the easily overlooked part of its commitment is the earnestness with which it approaches the problem of trash. Throughout the interviews I’ve been conducting participants repeatedly bring up the recycling program goals has introduced. GOALS not only teaches participants the difference between trash, compost, and reclyables […]
Before I left for Haiti, I forgot to go to the dentist. At the end of the summer when I return to the states, I will be without health insurance for the first time in a very very long time. I was slightly tempted to use the services of the dentistry clinic that [HPCD] opens […]
I met Zac Halberd during my stay at Eucalyptus House. Eucalyptus House is a bed and breakfast run by the Jean-Louis family located in the Cazeau community in Port-Au-Prince. I couldn’t imagine staying anywhere else during my visits to Port-Au-Prince. Not only are the Jean-Louis a wonderful and welcoming family, who truly incorporate their guests […]
I followed the advice of a man I’ve never met today. After hearing the click splat of a falling mango, I checked to see the damage. There was a small split on the underside, so I flipped it over, washed it off, and enjoyed a mango in the dark unaware of any worms or other […]
Tonight I got to spend some time in the presence of grace. I’m always left in awe at the power of the friendship shared by my father and Ernso Jean-Louis. Their story is one that could fill an epic, but suffice it to say that during my stays in Haiti he treats e more like […]
“Take care of my Son, He’s an innocent” Those are the words Jean Roberte left me with as he placed me on the public bus from Port-au-Prince to Leogane. I met Jean Roberte last year when he drove me from PAP where I had been staying with one of my dad’s closest childhood friends to […]
I promised myself today to live out of love only and never obligation
