… Haiti would have more than its fair share.  I have been to some terrific, if not fantastic beaches in Haiti.  But you can’t please everyone.  Yesterday we went to Chouchou Bay probably a mile or more of golden sand, clear blue water, fringed by palm trees with forested mountains dropping into the water.  Oh… Read More »

Off and on for a few weeks now, mainly driven by availability of supplies, and mozzies in the afternoon I have been making a platform swing for the respite care centre, Maison de Benediction.  Finally finished it today and have got some fixings in place to erect it.  Looks good, huh?  Until I realised the… Read More »

As well as supporting the hospital, we are also building a wheelchair storage and distribution facility, the first of its kind in Haiti with the ‘Walkabout Foundation’.  First step is a secure facility, so we have some land from the ex-UN base (where else) and have had a perimeter wall built.  I hope you find… Read More »

I have been wanting to go into the Market in Cap-Haitien ever since we arrived.  In part it was necessity; most of my clothes missed the cut when I weighed my luggage (Photos (including digital photo frame that has not worked since I arrived), Alexa, PG Tips, rugby-ball were all non-negotiable).  However we also wanted… Read More »

The days seem to be busier and busier, but we are having lots of small wins.  I have spent a lot of time in and around the respite centre for Physically and Mentally disable children lately; the Maison de Benediction (simply the Maison, or MdB as we all refer to it).  It is such a… Read More »

It is still lent so instead of a beer to mark the start of the weekend it’s adrenaline.  We have two salvaged-repaired motos at the village and every now and again we sneak them out to the former UN base at the back of the Volunteer Village. Of course we are not stupid enough to… Read More »

There is another spurt of activity to get the well commissioned, Plombier John is at work fitting the pump, with Manu the electrician in close company.  Unusually we have grey and overcast skies, and later in the day rain.  But the rain does not put the team off their stride, they simply find the right… Read More »

It’s not so much panic buying (the great 2020 toilet roll scandal) as get it whilst you can, we can go weeks without easy access to stuff.  I say easy access meaning reasonably priced.  You can always get most things down town in the market, but you invariably get the ‘blanc price’ as they call… Read More »

This weekend the children (well they call me their Haiti Dad…) were away.  They had rounded up a few of the other expats and decide to go stay on the deserted island – wild camping amongst the rats (well it isn’t called Il a Rat) for nothing.  Anyway to relax I decided on some DIY. … Read More »

Real issue today, our second generator has stopped working.  We have two but neither can run continuous.  In fact the one that has broken is underpowered so can really only run on a sunny day (when we also have solar feeding in) or at night time.  And we subsequently find out that is the problem… Read More »