I’d made it to the first objective and then had a nice day and a half walking around the Colonial part of Santo Domingo.  My plan that (Sunday) afternoon was to get the overnight ferry to Puerto Rico for a few days.  But that did not go well.  They refused to let me onboard as… Read More »

After 2 weeks of boredom and frustration I have been given the all clear to return to work – thank goodness.  This also means my little holiday planned for the following week is on.  So armed with my ‘covid positive’ and ‘recovered from covid, fit to travel’ certificates I get a cab to the border… Read More »

I’ve had Covid-19 for way over a week, now and I am really bored.  It started with a bit of fun, a night away on a nearby deserted tropical island, but then I woke up on Day 2 with a chesty cough.  I kept away from the others for the rest of the day, but… Read More »

There have been very few cases of Covid -19 reported in Haiti.  It is almost as if there is no Covid-19, we have been very lucky.  We have also had next to no restrictions; we have been very lucky.  Since Christmas our hospital has had a handful only, the travel clinic has had just 2… Read More »

So many of you have been so generous already, without request, without a hint, so thank you very much. But now is the time I am going to ask directly for your support and involvement in a fundraising initiative for the hospital.  And I promise only once (this trip, anyway).  Please help the community I… Read More »

Our Social Worker took me into the NICU today (Friday), to meet a 2-day old little boy.  His parents were from ‘the country’ where ante-natal care was virtually non-existent.   They think she may have caught some sort of infection from a cat or dog at some point during her pregnancy.  When she got into labour… Read More »

So we bought a ‘moto twa woo’ a three wheel moto-cum tuk-tuk to take the children to and from the respite care centre, Maison de Benediction (MDB), because local taxi drives would either refuse to take the disabled children or charge a crazy premium (x10 the fare!). After many weeks of bureaucracy, painful bureaucracy (don’t… Read More »

I think the saddest task I have, but by far the most rewarding, is wheelchair fitting.  I do all the children, who clearly have mental as well as physical disabilities.  It takes about an hour with the chairs we have as they are so adjustable.  But they are not sophisticated and so adjustments involve lots… Read More »

We decided to go to the border today and get our passports stamped and visas renewed.  Apparently you are supposed to do it every 3 months to keep squeaky clean; and it was coming up to that point for the other two.  However, it was coming up to my 5-month anniversary so I expected some… Read More »

It’s actually not 40 days.  I went to a Catholic school, where we did a fair bit of religion, but I remember them saying the sacrifice at Lent reflected the ’40 days and 40 nights Jesus spent in the desert being tempted’.  Anyway, for the record its 46.    Easter Sunday; made it through Lent… Read More »