Rain

It has been shitstorming regularly here for the past 3 days. This is extremely bad news for the people living here. The standing water allows the mass reproduction of 'skeeters and in turn spreads disease.

We've began to work on one of the orphenages that we frequently assist. We are planning on building them an outside structure with a tarp over it so the kids dont have to worry about the rain. The children are all amazing. All they want to do is hold your hand, climb on your shoulders and teach you Creole while you're there. For having so little they really are some of the happiest people i have met. One of the kids, a 1 year old baby, died yesterday morning after being sick for only a few days.

Our sister GVN camp in Port au Prince is shutting down. They have been getting threats there and a lot of hostility. Couple that with the horrible conditions of the capital and all the volunteers have called it quits. Quite a few of them will be joining us here in Jacmel early next week.

On a sidenote, a camera crew from San Francisco came in yesterday to shoot a documentary on our work. They are working on the pilot to pitch it to the Discovery channel. Maybe i'll get famous.