Category Archives: Haiti

nearly home

By | 22 Nov 21

So, I have had a few days in the Turks & Caicos Islands (and if I am honest, got bored on Day 2).    Now I am having a few more days R&R, this time in the Bahamas (and if I am honest, the boredom didn’t start until Day 3).  But as with TCI, it… Read More »

the government did me a favour…

By | 16 Nov 21

Yes, who ever said that? 2 weeks or so ago I was about the plan my trip home with the prospect on 10 days quarantine on return to the UK; when the British Government announced a radical change its Covid Travel Restrictions; only 7 countries remained in its ‘Red List’, all other countries were considered… Read More »

every day is someone’s birthday

By | 13 Nov 21

It’s just over a year since I arrived at the Hòpital de la Convention Baptiste d’Haiti (HCBH) and what a year it has been.  Time has passed both quickly and slowly at different points on my journey; the last 3 months in particular have been quite draining.  Maybe I bit off a little more than… Read More »

a nice surprise!

By | 12 Nov 21

Today was a throwback to my early days here. In the morning I built a couple of hospital beds, then we spent a little time (nearly 3 hours) driving around town trying to find some bits for the generator.  That was successful.  I took a bit of a liberty though – we have early on-set… Read More »

a sight for sore eyes!

By | 11 Nov 21

Thursday.  Remembrance Day in fact.  I followed it in, having just run an errand, so I was driving.  Which meant I didn’t have my phone out to film it, but the memory will live forever, even if not captured for ma ‘gram.   As it rolled past him, Joe our Translator (though he is a lot… Read More »

i’m not having fun now

By | 6 Nov 21

I sleep well, very well, and quite late.  But suddenly ‘rest’ has become ‘boredom’.  I guess after 19 days full on, including (un)healthy dollops of stress, I can’t cope.  And with covid in the team, my plans to leave become slightly less concrete.   After as many ‘housekeeping’ tasks as I can manage. I finally… Read More »

child-proof

By | 28 Oct 21

We have long had problems keeping the fridge cold, of key importance out here when every day is never less than 28 degrees, over the summer we were at mid-thirties, and now into the autumn it still more than 30 most days. The fridge door is dodgy, we can’t quite work out why, but the… Read More »

every little helps / we don’t stop when we’re tired…

By | 25 Oct 21

The fuel shortage continues, but Friday we heard that it was increasingly likely that even the drip feed would stop.  With less than a week of diesel left we had some hard decisions ahead (aka Department closures).  The hospital held a crisis meeting and advised all staff that we would have to make (unspecified) sacrifices… Read More »