Day 1 in Haiti: Accountability
So much to do and so little time.
We are approaching this with a sense of urgency, pure and simple. When we see a lot of posts about the world, we see people commenting about who does what and when. We are going to get to that. We are going to get to organizations that are doing things in their community and how they are doing them.
The day started with an air conditioned ride from Port au Prince to the edge of the city. From there, we hiked up into the mountains of Inviter. Inviter is a small town in the mountains of the Croix-Des-Bouquets in the Ouest Arrondissement.
10 miles up into the mountains. The hike was fairly nice with 82 degree weather over rutted roads lined with hardened mud. The focus of this trip is to keep an eye out. We are here as observers of what has happened since Hurricane Matthew. It goes deeper than that, though. We are out to also think about the deep seated problems in Haiti. Why this nation is still reeling after the earthquake of 2010 and then the hurricane.
We wanted to take a little time to talk to the people about accountability and especially what we are seeing versus what we are being told back in the states. The interesting thing is what we saw in the airport or rather, what we didn't see. We flew out of Atlanta-Hartsfield and landed in Orlando for about an hour.
Once we left Orlando, we saw nothing of the United States, really. We landed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and headed to the Marriott. The next morning we headed out, taking a van to the edge of the city, to where the road ended. Though the water had washed out the bridge, today it was low and we could walk across. So what was missing? We did not see the name Trump or Clinton the whole time (except once but we will get to that.).
We are approaching this with a sense of urgency, pure and simple. When we see a lot of posts about the world, we see people commenting about who does what and when. We are going to get to that. We are going to get to organizations that are doing things in their community and how they are doing them.
The day started with an air conditioned ride from Port au Prince to the edge of the city. From there, we hiked up into the mountains of Inviter. Inviter is a small town in the mountains of the Croix-Des-Bouquets in the Ouest Arrondissement.
10 miles up into the mountains. The hike was fairly nice with 82 degree weather over rutted roads lined with hardened mud. The focus of this trip is to keep an eye out. We are here as observers of what has happened since Hurricane Matthew. It goes deeper than that, though. We are out to also think about the deep seated problems in Haiti. Why this nation is still reeling after the earthquake of 2010 and then the hurricane.
We wanted to take a little time to talk to the people about accountability and especially what we are seeing versus what we are being told back in the states. The interesting thing is what we saw in the airport or rather, what we didn't see. We flew out of Atlanta-Hartsfield and landed in Orlando for about an hour.
Once we left Orlando, we saw nothing of the United States, really. We landed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and headed to the Marriott. The next morning we headed out, taking a van to the edge of the city, to where the road ended. Though the water had washed out the bridge, today it was low and we could walk across. So what was missing? We did not see the name Trump or Clinton the whole time (except once but we will get to that.).
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