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What does it mean to Be Like Brit?
This is the speech I gave last night at the BeLikeBrit gala. Someone told me that there is an NGO for every 750 people in Haiti. I never verified that statistic but it feels about right. NGO’s are everywhere. Oxfam … Continue reading
Death Comes to Grand Goave
Death comes to Haiti so arbitrary it shatters any illusion that we control our destiny. Hurricane Sandy is on her third day of delivering heavy rain to Grand Goave. Unlike Isaac, who quickly shuffled through his fierce gales and heavy … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Babies Delivered
A few months ago I considered the different circumstances of my pregnant yoga teacher in Boston and the pregnant woman who lives at the bottom of the hill from Be Like Brit in Grand Goave, Haiti. I am happy to … Continue reading
The Same Moon
Life’s most sublime moments occur when least expected. It is Thursday night in the construction shanty, my last night this trip. There is a cosmic electrical dysfunction occurring throughout Grand Goave; for the past twenty-four hours we have had power … Continue reading
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Tagged ART, BeLikeBrit, BLB, Grand Goave, Haiti, Harvard Copp, Marie Antoinette, moon, The Moon Seems to Change
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Raging River
The Grand Goave River is almost a quarter mile wide. Often it is a trickle and we walk across it. Sometimes it meanders with enough volume to force us to walk or drive around it. I have heard stories of … Continue reading
Summertime, and the Living is Easy
George Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’ is the most covered song in recording history. I would have never guessed that, but it is a factoid that makes sense. We all love summer, though our reasons are as varied as the artists who have … Continue reading
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Tagged George Gershwin, Grand Goave, Haiti, Janis Joplin, Magic Haiti, Port Au Prince, Summertime
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Haiti is for Lovers
By and large the people who carve out a piece of their life to work in Haiti are interesting folk. There are new missionaries every time I return to Mirlitone and, aside from the over-zealous, I enjoy them. Occasionally someone’s … Continue reading
Building Stairs
Yesterday we began building the main stairs at Mission of Hope, our first permanent concrete stairs. Like all ‘first days’ of a new phase in the work, it goes very slow and the miscommunication is rampant. It takes us about … Continue reading
Short on Olympians, Long on Olympic Spirit
Five athletes represent Haiti in the London 2012 Olympics, four are Haitian-American track and field athletes from the United States; Linous Desravine, judoka, is the sole Haitian native to compete in London. The country has only five competitive tracks, three … Continue reading
Celebrating the Occasion
One hallmark of Haitian culture is gathering together to mark the start of an event. A collective pause or prayer precedes daily meals, laborers gather before each work day; and we mark construction milestones with impromptu but elaborate ceremonies. At … Continue reading
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Tagged BeLikeBrit, BLB, concrete, Grand Goave, Haiti, Mission of Hope, MoHI
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