After a few weeks in Haiti I’m beginning to understand a little Kreyol: it’s quite a difficult language in some ways but I’ve found the way to deal with it is to pronounce it phonetically. Then think what is close to this in French…..so “ansamm nap rive” is “together we’ll make it”, which is a great way of looking at the spirit of community in Haiti and the way that we are trying to work with the Haitian communities: together we will make it.
These pictures come from today's distribution of food aid in Tabarre: a week ago we had some significant problems in the very same area, but today we worked closely with community leaders to ensure a smooth process, and the results were outstanding – happy people receiving rice, flour, oil, beans and sugar
these residents of the camps in Tabarre wait patiently in line for their parcels. Knowing there was plenty for all the atmosphere was happy and chatty
Even with a huge bag of rice on their heads, they wait in line for beans & flour – by the time they finish they are carring nearly 100lbs of food stuffs, enough to feed their family for quite a while
The delighted smile says it all.
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