Hotel Florita Jacmel

... with my computer, trying to finish something for work. The light flickered on or off every 10 or 20 seconds. I felt like I was in a drowsy disco ball. Nevertheless, I left it switched ON: the “on” moments were just long enough for me to look down at my edited, printed copy, and when the light was off, I made changes on the illuminated computer screen. I had a *************centrating, though. I ...

... school youth in employability skills (i.e., basic literacy and numeracy, technical training) and then helps them find employment and economic opportunities. I was hired to work on monitoring and evaluation (i.e., making sure the project reports the correct results) and communications, particularly those in English. Innocence and Lionel were very organized. They had instructions from the project’s Chief of Party (i.e., the head of the project and my new boss) to take me ...

... des quelques décennies de prospérité pas si lointaines. J'ai choisi le titre 'Couleurs', à ce blog, parce les photos en ont plein. Voyez. Je vous suggère de regarder les photos en grand format, certaines en valent la peine.<br><br>Nous espérons que ces premières réelles photos de Haïti réussiront à développer l'envie d'y venir.<br><br>A plus!<br><br>Marc et Richard<br><br>

... the electricity or something. Oh, also, the container from Viet Nam will take more time than scheduled to get here. Well, moving abroad, I guess, is NOT an easy thing, is it???) ;-)<br><br>Where was I??? Oh yes, the local people. Richard finds them very optimistic despite the condition of the country. They can be very intellectual, produce good analysis of their situation and they will allow themselves to be very critical toward the system. Very refreshing, after a ...

... I swear he changes the rules constantly. Maybe I just don't understand the game. I spend some time reading. I walk around and look in the other shops. Rich has about 6 cups of coffee. He tells me they are really good and he gets me one. It is pretty good, but I think if I had as many as he did I'd be shaking uncontrollably. I am amazed by his caffeine tolerance. Around noon I get a mini pizza. It takes awhile to cook and I sit at the ...

... later to become a hurricane! Fortunately for me, my flight happened to be the last one out of Haiti. Hours later the airport was closed for days. I was relieved to hear my friends who stayed back there, survived the storm's mudslides. I made it to my first day at work as scheduled, but often thought about the people who died there, and how Kristina was now helping mudslide survivors.

... brought in who has had most of his face burned by red bean sauce. This is a common injury as red bean sauce is a food staple and most cooking is done over an open fire. Bill basically peels the skin off his face, calmly speaking to him, while others hold him down. Kim covers him with ontiment. He will be okay but it was very traumatic. I get to help Dr. Suzi with OB patients. Dr. Suzi is from North Carolina, she ...

... that, at the medical clinic is a little girl named Kenya. Kenya is 3 years old and has suffered from malnutrition and parasitic worms for much of her life. She is very tiny (about 13 pounds) and will need to stay at the clinic for a couple more months to gain weight. They are helping her learn to talk and also do things for herself. They just purchased a little ...

... Reveillon includes several different parts, such as presentation, prayer, cultural section, dancing section, and the meal. OBLATE MISSIONS IN THE NORTHEAST After December, that is to say, after surviving several Reveillon, I took off to visit the Oblate Missions in the Northeast. I first visited Ouanaminthe, which is a comercial centre located at the border with Dajabon, Dominican Republic. It seems to me that Ouanaminthe has given the Oblates many ...

... This was the first time I saw a film in French! The show was organized by our parish's Altar Servers (les Enfants-Coeur). Most of the people in the theatre were teenagers, and most comment the film with whoever is next to them: therefore, I got to meet some new friends... whose faces I never saw! Another excelent film is SOMETHING THE LORD MADE - of which I only saw the first half on TV. LANGUAGES The Principal of the secondary school run by the ...