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What’s Going on in Haiti?
Ten years ago this month I completed the first great adventure of my life: designing and supervising the construction of two buildings in Grand Goave, Haiti following the 2010 earthquake that devastated that country. My work on the Mission of … Continue reading
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Tagged Be Like Brit, Grand Goave, Haiti, Mission of Hope International
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After the Earthquake’s Anniversary
It is incongruous that the fifth anniversary of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, on Monday January 12, provided such a flurry of excitement and activity for me. I am just coming off the media blur. However, I was happy to participate … Continue reading
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Tagged Gengel, Grand Goave, Haiti, Haiti building code, Haiti earthquake, Haiti reconstruction, Len Gengel, Mission of Hope International
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Return to Haiti: Saint Boniface Hospital Infectious Disease Pavilion
I am off to Haiti early Monday morning, taking a familiar trip that I haven’t made in over a year. I’ll be traveling with Conor Shapiro, Executive Director of Saint Boniface Hospital in Fond des Blancs, the largest hospital in … Continue reading
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Tagged Be Like Brit, Conor Shapiro, Fond des Blancs, Grand Goave, Haiti, Mission of Hope, Saint Boniface Hospital
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Haiti Update
Many readers of The Awkward Pose became followers during my period of working in Haiti. It has been months since I wrote about Haiti, so here is some news: 1. Mission of Hope school is up and running. … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture by Moonlight, Be Like Brit, BLB, Fond des Blancs, Grand Goave, Haiti, Mission of Hope, MoHI, Saint Boniface
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Return to Haiti
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
Island within Island
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
Adopted by an Orphan
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
Buckeye Logic Comes to Magic Haiti
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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Tagged Akron, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Grand Goave, Haiti, logic, magic, MoHI, Ohio
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Mission of Hope Sermon
Lex and Renee invited me to speak at their church on the last Sunday of my regular visits to Haiti. We are planning to move classes into the new school in January. Even though I tried to use simple words … Continue reading
It Takes a Conglomerate
Anyone who subscribes to the quaint idea that it takes a village to raise a child need only consider what it takes to keep my little chum Dieunison and his older brother Jerry in school. A village exists in Grand … Continue reading
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