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Haiti

Seeking Words – The Haitian Crisis in a Poem

I sit before a blank screen and will and woo words, hoping they will suddenly form and leap out onto my fingers. Not much leaping going on am afraid! Feels more like they are being dragged out begrudgingly, Reluctant to leave my muddled brain! How to write without...

Hope Makes One Live

The highs and lows of Haiti will remain with me forever. Suffice to say, in my 10 years on the Haitian side of the island of Hispaniola, there have been many lessons learned, character traits that I have adopted from the people’s strength and resilience. Their faith...

Jean Max: In the Aftermath of the Earthquake

Jean Max has been working as a radiologist at the St. Damien pediatric hospital in Port-au-Prince for a few years now, interpreting images and providing diagnoses in maternity and gynecology, among other areas. He is happy to be helping improve living conditions in...