Haiti   Trip to Rural Haiti - February 2004

Michael White and I went to visit Zanmi Lasante (Creole for "Partners in Health") in Cange in February 2004. This was only my second trip to Haiti.

We spent a couple days with Loune, Keith, and Justin, including a four hour hike through the hills to followup on a few tuberculosis patients to see if they have been following their daily regimine. The hike was grueling as it was hot with rough terrain through the hills. At one point I was feeling pretty wiped out, until we encountered on the path a 70 year old woman who has tuberculosis who had been walking much further that day to attend church. Rural Haitians sure do a lot of walking. The road to Cange is only about 30 miles from Port au prince, but takes almost three hours by jeep, and the jeeps used end up having to be replaced every couple of years. You'll see why when you look at some of the photos of the "road" below.

There was a lot of violence in Haiti during our trip, but thankfully we were in safe places.

The violence is horrific, and it breaks my heart. Whether or not Aristide is the right man for the job, he was the first person to win a true democratic election in Haiti and he should finish his term. Opponents should not use violence, but they should use the system, and vote for whoever they want in the next elections, which will again be monitored by outside independent agencies.

I am going to update this page with more info soon.

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Updated Tue Feb 10 07:40:52 2004 by fotokey [cache]
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