we will be able to help 20 families get their shelter back. It will be simple, but it will be dignified. We wish we could do so much more, but we have to remember that just because we can not fix everything, helping twenty families in this way matters a great deal.
Read MoreThroughout the Peyi Lok (Country Lockdown) of 3 months duration in 2019, St Luke Family Hospital and Clinics continued to function. Staff and medical supplies were transported via ambulance to ensure their safety day and night. We are so proud of our drivers who were so success in their daily routes – their driving of the highest skill, their negotiation skills were incredible at the barricades – truly - fearless everyday heroes. St Luke never closed their doors to the sick...so many lives were saved...so many stroke patients received rehabilitating therapy…
Read MoreTomorrow, on January 12, 2020, we will remember the earthquake of ten years past, that devastated Port au Prince, and beyond.
You probably remember the statistics, and I will not repeat them here, as they tend to dampen what they are trying to portray, resembling mathematics much more than matters of the heart.
Please see below for a reflection from Fr. Rick on the 10th anniversary of the earthquake!
January 12, 2010 - January 12, 2020 It's already been almost a decade since a deadly earthquake sowed mourning in our Haitian society. The violent earthquake that shook our country has left its mark on the population already weakened by violence, poverty and by repeated natural disasters (hurricanes, floods, erosion, etc.).
Read MoreReflections on the end of a decade in Haiti, with Christmas 2019
Read MoreUnder the circumstances, it is hard to learn how to “be the change we would like to see”, guided by the “better angels of our nature.”
As is the case in Haiti, the cause of the many of the uprisings are huge frustrations because life is ever more difficult to live.
Read MoreTous les jours, nos équipes courageuses sont gênées par des routes qui sont obstruées par de pneus en feu. De nombreux manifestants poursuivent des objectifs raisonnables, mais cette situation chaotique rend la situation carrément violente et nos personnels sont parfois frappés verbalement et physiquement par des insultes et même des manifestants jettent des pierres sur les ambulances.
Read MoreEvery day, our brave staff is hindered in their transport by roads barricaded with burning tires. Many protestors are after reasonable aims, but this chaotic situation makes the situation downright violent, and our staff is sometimes verbally and physically impacted with slurs and even protestors throwing stones at the ambulances
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A special thanks to Angela Altus, Rebecca Arnold, Giles Clark, Denso Gay and Ami Vitale for the photographs, as well as the teams of NPH and Artists for Peace and Justice.
