Our day-two adventures started fairly early after a lovely
meal prepared by Monita. We left at about 7:30 (we are on Haiti time, so it
very well could have been closer to 8:00) to head out to Chardene School.
Unfortunately for us, today was a holiday and the kids had the day off. To our
surprise though, many kids greeted us upon arriving. The principal and teachers
asked the sick kids to make sure and be there. We got out and went straight to
work on our different tasks. Pam led Vanessa, Belinda, and Crystal in setting
up to evaluate and treat kids that are or were sick. Mary took charge of
leading the Community Agents in changing the Life Straw water filters. Rene and
Shelby got the video camera and Go Pros and went to work interviewing kids,
teachings, and recording other various footage.
The morning flew by. All of the kids that were sick and
needed to be assessed were seen. Mary did a great job of teaching the Community
Agents and allowing them to try out what they learned about the Life Straws.
They also were able to check out the new well and are in the process of testing
the water to see if it is safe to drink (this process takes 24-48 hours so we
might know tomorrow). Rene and Shelby interviewed kids that were taken to the
hospital earlier this year for surgery, kids that would like surgery in the
future, and preschool and kindergarten teachers talking about the children’s
books they received. In addition, Rene is working on a very cool project that we got some good footage for!
After leaving Chardene, we drove back to the Mission Center
were we quickly ate lunch and walked up the road to the smallest MP school,
Lanzac, while Mary stayed behind to teach the Community Agents. Lanzac is only preschoolers, so we had a room
full of small children and their mamas. Again, Pam, Belinda, Crystal and
Vanessa went to work assessing children, while Rene and Shelby occupied some
of the kids on the playground. The afternoon went smoothly and as soon as the
last child left, we packed up and walked home to the Mission Center. Monita was
already finished with dinner by that time, so we sat down and ate the AMAZING
Haitian food. At that point, Mary was able to share about how her day went with
teaching the Community Agents. She had the lovely task of teaching them about
Urinary Tract Infections, Hernias, sex and more! We ended the night we a
beautiful sunset and off to bed for another crazy, fun, hot day in Haiti.
