1. There is nothing so normal as a still ground beneath us. But there are fault lines all over the place in this image! It amazes me how unstable the very ground we walk on can be.
2. The sadness of the Haitian quakes was lessened a little bit for me since the people I know in Haiti were not too directly affected. However, this map shows a fault line very close to the Montrouis region. The region that Mission Manna visits twice a year. (It’s the L shaped line just SW of the word “Haiti” on the map.)
These are more reminders that we are not in control, and we need to make the best of what we have.
This photo was taken a the Ivoire clinic, a few hours drive up in the Montrouis mountains. The little girl is one of about 150 kids that were seen by doctors that day. It’s very likely that this was the first time she has seen a doctor. The red tint in her hair is an indicator of malnutrition, a common health problem in Haiti.
She’s looking up at Eddy, one of our two main men on the ground in Haiti. He heads up Mission Manna’s Community Health Care Worker program. For more info go to Missionmanna.org.
I just got back from Haiti a few days ago. I was acting as a filmmaker for Mission MANNA, a non-profit based in Asheville, NC that sends two medical teams to Haiti each year. MM also just started a year-round feeding program for 30 of the most malnourished kids in the region. The program could serve more malnourished kids with your help. See MissionManna.org
It was a great trip. We saw over 1100 kids, treating most of them for intestinal worms, and many for the effects of malnutrition.
I added an image player on this site to play images I send via email on my phone. You can see it at the link called “webstream”. Hey, maybe I will post it to the front page here.
If you can’t see the player, go see them on FLICKR.
A few weeks ago, I spent a few hours on the balcony taking pictures of the people on the beach. It was a very active moon-lit night. I have posted them on my Flicker account (bournemedia).
For the best effect, click the bottom right-hand corner of the image. It will play the slide in fullscreen.
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