Blogs from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Central America Caribbean - page 3

Resumo:Sim, trabalho Voluntário também; Je m'appelle Amy; Estou bem. Algumas pessoas me perguntam o que eu estou fazendo no Haiti. Rs. Na verdade eu não comentei nos blogs que o meu período sabático também está relacionado com trabalho voluntário. Na verdade, está beeeem relacionado com trabalho social. Falei de viajar, fotografar, mergulhar, ... Achei que seria piegas de mais registrar isso logo de cara. Por isso resumi como uma viagem de auto conhecimento. Então vamos falar resumidamente o motivo social de eu estar nesta viagem. Não posso dizer que eu era infeliz com a minha vida. Porém, existia dentro de mim um questionamento sobre o meu papel no mundo. “Profundo”, né? (para não dizer “blé”). Mas é a pura verdade. Achei que eu poderia fazer algo mais. Como eu já comentei (e alguns não ... read more

Resumo: Agora estou dormindo no Orfanato. Calor infernal! Não adotei ninguém ainda. Rs. Estou bem! As vezes eu acho que as pessoas que estão lendo os relatos acham que esta molezinha de mais a minha viagem, né? Pois bem .. o perrengue começou. Rs. Vim finalmente para o orfanato. Ontem passei o dia inteiro na escola que a Natasha tem. Estava tendo um evento de fechamento do semestre. Muito emocionante ver todas aquelas crianças se apresentando. No final da tarde vim aqui para a casa. As crianças sao fofas de mais! Ainda bem que tem uma delas que fala básico de inglês. Ufa. Ela irá me ajudar nessa. Ninguém conseguirá entender a minha escolha. Saí de uma casa super bacana para vir para cá. Morar no meio da ‘favela’ em uma casa sem encanamento e luz ... read more

Alo Kanaval!! Well, the festivities started close to home - in fact, at the soccer field next door where Konbit Mizik was putting on an evening show. Konbit Mizik is an organization making available recording and sound equipment to music groups and individuals so I got to see a variety of haitians performing mostly hip hop, rap, and reggae. My favorite was watching an 8 year old tear it up on the mic. So 2 friends Nick and Vincent are pioneering the first LGBT cultural center and cafe in homophobic Haiti, which is rad! You can view their project (called Kouraj) at url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1515852513/kouraj-presents-haitis-first-lgbt-bar-and-culturalhttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1515852513/kouraj-presents-haitis-first-lgbt-bar-and-cultural. They threw their kickoff party last week and it was the funnest time I had dancing so far in Haiti, shaking my boot... read more

It's dusty. It's hot. There are tents and quansets and "theme camps" set up by NGO's everywhere. Law/military presence is real. There are a lot of people and not many resources....sounds like the start of a description of Burning Man, no? Yeah, except that there are TOO many people, there is trash EVERYWHERE, a lot of projects have gone wrong or weren't thought through all the way, malnourishment is evident. Doesn't sounds like radical self-reliance to me. In fact, Haitians have had little-to-no choice in the way they sustain their economy. Already with a history of being colonized, exploited, and having to pay reparations to the country (France) that enslaved them in order to be free (ironic, huh?), the earthquake 2 years ago did nothing to help the situation; and the following response did/is not addressing ... read more

Everything you heard about Haiti is probably not true. For one, everybody is not dirt poor and the country (at lease Port au Prince) is not crumbled. There are still buildings standing. Yes, some of the folks that lost their houses to the earthquake are still living in camps. The cholera epidemic is gone. I think you should visit, assess the situation first hand before making a judgment. If you ask me, I would tell you Haiti is just like any of the country I have visited in Latin America. I had a good time in Haiti. In fact, Haiti just replaced Colombia as my favorite country! I travelled with four of my friends from the university and we met up with another friend that graduated from the same uni who now works in Haiti. I ... read more