tvanderwell Don't Forget Haiti, JP/HRO Cholera, Haiti, JP/HRO, Sean Penn 0 Comment
Dear Friend, Haiti is now facing its worst health crisis since the earthquake — the cholera epidemic that has already claimed over 250 lives, with another 3,000 cases confirmed by the Ministry of Health (MOH). This fast spreading cholera outbreak—the first to hit Haiti in 50 years – has reached Port-Au-Prince, and J/P has already [...]
tvanderwell Don't Forget Haiti, JP/HRO Haiti, JP/HRO, Port Au Prince 0 Comment
I’m on a mailing list to keep in touch with what J/P HRO is doing in Haiti. I got this e-mail from them today about the storm that hit their camp last Friday. I thought I’d pass it on as it’s quite an amazing and sad story….. Dear Tom, I wanted to share with [...]
tvanderwell JP/HRO Haiti, JP/HRO, Rubble, Volunteer 0 Comment
Listen to what they say in this….. They have two tractors working on removing rubble at their main “rubble removal site.” They can do 140 cubic yards of rubble a day. There is estimated to be 200,000 cubic yards of rubble at just their site alone. That means that with just their equipment that they [...]
tvanderwell JP/HRO Haiti, JP/HRO, Medical Supplies, Sean Penn 0 Comment
“This is our reality, every night battling with unusual requests……”
tvanderwell JP/HRO Alison Thomson, Earthquake, Haiti, JP/HRO 0 Comment
Alison Thomson works with Sean Penn at JP/HRO and she graciously gave me permission to repost some of their pictures here. So, sporadically, I’m going to be putting some of those pictures up. I’d say “enjoy” but they aren’t going to be enjoyable pictures. But, as you look at the pictures, ask yourself, “What am [...]
tvanderwell JP/HRO, Tent City Haiti, JP/HRO, Tent City 2 Comments
My wife and daughter were in Haiti this past week and one night they watched an electrical storm “over the mountain” from where they were at. Then their hosts told them that a tent city was right where that storm was. Suddenly the storm didn’t look so beautiful any more. Check out the [...]