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 […]
As a photographer and a person, I constantly feel the pull between two separate urges. The urge to live, enjoy, and fully engage in the present is constantly at odds with my compulsion to step back and record the proceedings, the emotions, and the people in front of me. While behind the lens, I often […]
Last time I sat in this church I felt my faith begin to revive, after years of dormant rest. Today after a year of searching, of trial and error, my faith was reborn. Listening to Drew Mohonick speak, I forgot my camera and myself, and fell into the spirit as it flowed about the room. […]
Even now when I walk in and Ernso says “Welcome Home” I wonder what home really means. I’m a romantic so I believe when I find it I’ll just know.
This year I travelled to Haiti with only 15 dollars in my wallet. Whether in the US or Haiti I’m usually a sucker for people in need. “Before leaving for Haiti a lady approached me in the parking lot of the Edgewood Target in Atlanta. She told me she had breast cancer and was desperately […]
