Background: The native Arawak Amerindians - who inhabited the island of Hispaniola when it was discovered by Columbus in 1492 - were virtually annihilated by Spanish settlers within 25 years. In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispaniola, and in 1697, Spain ceded to the French the western third of the island - Haiti. The French colony, based on forestry and sugar-related industries, became one of the wealthiest in the Caribbean, but only through the heavy importation of African slaves and considerable environmental degradation. In the late 18th century, Haiti's nearly half million slaves revolted under Toussaint L'OUVERTURE and after a prolonged struggle, became the first black republic to declare its independence in 1804. Haiti has been plagued by political violence for most of its history. It is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
April 12th 2008Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Labadee April 11th, Labadee, 6:02am
I decided not to go to the party last night; I just had this feeling that I should call it a night and go to bed. I just figured with three days I should try and stay out ... [full story]
April 5th 2008Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Labadee April 4th, Labadee, 6:36pm
Everything seemed normal when I got to the office this morning, but when Sorin called us and said we were going to be an hour late; we all knew we had a tough day in front ... [full story]
March 29th 2008Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Labadee March 28th, Labadee, 7:51pm
How am I going to make it through the summer without Labadee Friday? Today defined what a Friday should be.
I was up early and in the office by 7:30am, and was encourage ... [full story]
March 22nd 2008Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Labadee March 21st, Labadee, 4:19pm
So I guess some of you are wondering if we were able to make it into Labadee today……YES!! We were however an hour late and the weather was terrible, as far ... [full story]
March 6th 2008Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Petionville Hi
so i guess ill write about this past weekend. which was one of my favorite experiences here in Haiti.
A couple of us whent with "the brothers orphanage" on a rice feed about an hour out of port ... [full story]
February 25th 2008Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Petionville heyy
alright so plans for the weekend didnt exaclty go as planned but was def still a pretty good weekend.
Myself and alison had hoped on doing the rice feed wiht another orphanage on sat but it ... [full story]
February 20th 2008Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Petionville well its been a while since i wrote last so i apolagize for that. ive been kind of lazy and now we only have a few hours wiht one computer for now 11 girls so computer time is less. we have 9 beds in ... [full story]
February 8th 2008Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Petionville heyy
so another week here at GLA is coming to an end, time seems to be flying by.
nothing over exciting has happend this week so far. We have learnt the walk between both buildings and have been w ... [full story]
February 3rd 2008Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Petionville Bonswa
alrighty so fri alison was feeling a bit ill still so i only took a couple kids in the toddler house. and man was that interesting they were kinda hyped up and one of my girls denise was pci ... [full story]
February 1st 2008Central America Caribbean » Haiti » Petionville alrighty soo i guess nothing over exciting has happend the past two days...lets see weds morning like every monring we hang out with the kids at the toddler house till about noon. its kind of frustrat ... [full story]
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