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[Deutsch unten] 29 November, 11:00am This week seemed to pass by in a blur. On Monday morning I gave our one newbie, Michelle, a little tour of Jacmel – starting with the bank, where we waited for a couple of long hours in the airconditioned room with armed guards striding around. The afternoon, just as [...]

[Deutsch unten] 21 November, 2:30pm The high point of the week was probably Monday’s delivery of the little tables we had made and painted to Jeremy’s INAAF pre-school. The class room looked much more like a real school with the kids in their cute uniforms sitting on proper little tables. In the afternoon we took [...]

My photos from last week unfortunately somehow disappeared off my camera, but here’s a nice group shot of last week’s rotation. Stay tuned for a proper blog post, hopefully tomorrow. (Btw, if you have questions about Haiti or volunteering, shoot me a comment and I’ll do my best to answer!) Meine Fotos von letzter Woche [...]

[Deutsch unten] 14 November, 11:30am This week turned out to be very productive as the rotation went into high gear to make up for the time lost during the hurricane. Ethan and his guitar turned out to be huge hits at Mother Theresa’s, both with children and adults, and there was lots of music around [...]

I hope I’m not too late, but if someone from the new rotation reads this, I’d be incredibly grateful for a multipack of tissues! I’ve had a cold for a couple of weeks now, going through pretty much every pack of tissues in the compound, and the convenience store does not sell them, much to [...]

[Deutsch unten] 8 November, 5pm As we had hoped, the hurricane didn’t hit us directly, only bringing us strong gusts of winds and rain but not doing any damage to our house except for a bit of leakage. And while our neighbours in the camps got soaked through, at least their tents remained standing, and [...]

[Deutsch unten] 8 November, 5pm As we had hoped, the hurricane didn’t hit us directly, only bringing us strong gusts of winds and rain but not doing any damage to our house except for a bit of leakage. And while our neighbours in the camps got soaked through, at least their tents remained standing, and [...]

[Deutsch unten] 4 November, 7am Last we heard, the hurricane was changing course and might not hit us at all, so that the gusts of wind we’ve been experiencing since last night might be the worst we’ll get here. Still, we’re prepared – they’re boarding up the windows right now, and we have plenty of [...]

[Deutsch unten] 1 November, 12pm Saturday Amber, Mary, Kris, James, Mike, myself and Junior decided to take a boat across Jacmel bay to La Baguette, a beach that had been recommended. Kris also invited Flore, a 15-year-old Haitian girl she got to know, to come along on the excursion. However, instead of the white sand [...]

[Deutsch unten] 30 October, 8am This week went by much faster, or so it seemed. I continued with some projects (teaching English – by myself on Friday, because Stien went to Port au Prince for a couple of days; holding kids at Mother Theresa’s; massages at the Rehab Centre) but also did some new stuff: [...]