What a Christmas present for the hospital a container full of goodies arrived from the incredible charities Haiti Health Network and Konbit Sante including 2 X-Ray machines.  Not both for us here, that was just the logistics, another hospital was coming to collect ‘theirs’.  The machines are not new, donated I imagine by hospitals and… Read More »

After a quiet Christmas Day, I did what I often ended up doing at home; a bit of DIY.  There is always something.  I started by opening up the common room fire escape gain, for some reason it had been nailed shut.  But the door was only the first bit, I then had to get… Read More »

We have a respite care centre on the hospital site, for physically and mentally disabled children, called the Maison de Benediction or MdB as everyone knows it.  Its Haiti though so is a million miles from the equivalent I am familiar with in the UK where Polly used to work.  We get a last minute… Read More »

It is such a great shame, Haiti is a beautiful yet broken country and could be so much more.  It has the potential to be every bit as exciting as any other Caribbean destination, but sadly with no mains power, clean water, healthcare, decent roads, or any other service we take for granted, nor any… Read More »

We have a Social Worker starting on Monday, the aim being to help and support patients but specifically in their ability to pay their fees.  It is a really difficult, and emotive subject.  In Haiti healthcare is really only available to those that can afford it.  Yes there is a healthcare system of sorts here,… Read More »

One of my main roles is to support the hospital to make the most of their finances.  They are competent managers; but the way of life in Haiti is so very different to that in the UK, and certainly most of the western world, that they have to work very hard to keep afloat, even… Read More »

Our short term volunteers left today after 5 weeks here (they arrived a few days before I did).  Their treat was street-food at ‘Denny’s’.  I think I mentioned he only serves one thing; chicken.  Its pretty good, but not amazing.  Anyway we went there and I had chicken for the third time in a week,… Read More »

So after the container debacle we decided on a new option to move the containers out of the UN base, cut a path through the undergrowth around the side of the base to a much larger (wider) gate.  We started early to try and get ahead of the heat, but by 8 it was already… Read More »