Haiti

Photo by Suzanne Germain Descending the bumpy drive of the Hopital de la Commaunite Haitienne in Port au Prince, Haiti, on Good Friday, we passed a  woman in a T-shirt that proclaimed, in bright pink letters, “Shut up and dance.”
 Dancing is big in Haiti. Only the night before, I walked up the steep rocky roads...
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The cemetery is next to the hospital, situated as if to avoid a long walk for the mourners of the dead.  The road is dusty, rutted and unpaved. A masonry wall blocks the view to the interior of the burial grounds.  The rusted gate yields to a strong push.  There is a large field, overgrown...
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Trauma surgeon Dr. Steve Johnson arrived at Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on January 20th, 2010. He and twenty one other volunteers were eager to make a difference in Haiti, and the following day they would arrive in Jacmel, Haiti, where their efforts would help save many lives. The following are edited entries...
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Dr. Jane Aronson is Director of International Pediatric Health Services, PLLC, and CEO of Worldwide Orphans Foundation We spent the day in the city surrounded by rubble. The driving from one destination to another in heavy traffic allowed us to see some of the scope of the disaster, but tomorrow we will go to the...
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