Category Archives: Haiti

Remember Haiti

Posted on 01/12/2014 by paulefallon

Today is the fourth anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. 250,000 people died. Aid flooded in, some seeped out. The disaster has been eclipsed by Oklahoma tornadoes and Philippine typhoons and New York City hurricanes. Most Haitians have reestablished a daily … Continue reading →

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A Final Haitian Exchange

Posted on 11/03/2013 by paulefallon

The Hotel Olaffson was distinctly less magical on the morning of the Day of the Dead. I got up shortly after seven to dress and pack; we had to leave for the airport by eight. I decided to replenish our … Continue reading →

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Graham Greene Slept Here…Me, Not so Much

Posted on 11/01/2013 by paulefallon

In the 1960’s, Al Seitz struggled to maintain at least one guest in residence at Port-au-Prince’s Hotel Olaffson to ward off Papa Doc Duvalier from appropriating the most famous watering hole in the Caribbean. That still didn’t curb the Brooklyn … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiti | Tagged Day of the Dead, Graham Greene, Haiti, Halloween, Hotel Olaffson, John Barrymore, Port Au Prince, Richard Moree, The Comedians, voodoo | 3 Comments

Return to Haiti

Posted on 10/27/2013 by paulefallon

The flight from Boston to Miami was uneventful. I had my usual exit row window seat, 18F. Next to me was a geeky young blond guy who nodded in greeting before donning headphones for the duration. I boarded the flight … Continue reading →

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With Less Aid, a Stronger Haiti will Emerge

Posted on 09/11/2013 by paulefallon

This is an article by Tate Watkins that was originally published in The Globe and Mail on September 5, 2013 Earlier this year, Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck released Fatal Assistance, a documentary that eviscerated the international response to the January, 2010, earthquake that struck … Continue reading →

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Be Like Brit Dines Among the Big Boys

Posted on 06/07/2013 by paulefallon

Last night Be Like Brit orphanage in Haiti won the McGraw-Hill / Engineering News Record 2013 Best Global Project Award for Residential / Hospitality projects. We were honored along with two other community-based efforts in the developing world: the El … Continue reading →

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Island within Island

Posted on 03/03/2013 by paulefallon

Islands are sanctuaries. We are drawn to their simple clarity. Their geographic confines liberate our psyche. We envision life on an island as purer and more satisfying. My life in Haiti is simpler than my life in the United States. … Continue reading →

Posted in Haiti | Tagged Au Pac, Grand Goave, Haiti, islands, La Gonave | 5 Comments

Adopted by an Orphan

Posted on 01/22/2013 by paulefallon

This is another essay published in conjunction with the third anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. This appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine on January 20, 2013 under the title ‘The Boy Who Adopted Me’. I reach down; a small black hand … Continue reading →

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Sweeping Dirt

Posted on 01/20/2013 by paulefallon

A Haitian broom is a charming piece of folk craft; a sturdy branch about four feet long and an inch in diameter tied off at one end with hundreds of narrow leaves that bunch out unruly as a cheerleader’s pom. … Continue reading →

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Buckeye Logic Comes to Magic Haiti

Posted on 01/14/2013 by paulefallon

This is the second of four articles I had published in conjunction with the third anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. This article was published in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer on January 11, 2013. Since the 2010 Haiti earthquake I have made sixteen trips … Continue reading →

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