Today we visited a school in Petite Goave in southern Haiti where we have a well. The well serves the school. I met the headmaster at the well. He had brought a 5 gallon bucket. After we filled his bucket he was nice enough to let us go into each of the classrooms and meet the students. They were very well mannered and when I asked "Comment ca va?" they all replied in unison. They were neatly dressed in uniforms and very well behaved.
From there we went on to Vialet where we have a project under way. The community is digging a well. Our project is furnishing a water filtration unit. The villagers greeted us with a big party, complete with long speeches, song and coconut milk. They also showed us the well.
We then were led to the nearby lake where we were taken out in a boat so we could see a micro finance project they have breeding talapia in the lake. The Talapia, once they mature, are sold and the money from the sales has been plowed back into the village, particularly into the construction of the well. We returned to shore to more music and celebration before we left. The Haitians sure know how to party!
We went down the road to the farming community of Olivier where Food for the Poor has furnished fruit tree seedlings which will not only provide fruit but will anchor the soil and prevent erosion. There were thousands of seedlings under makeshift greenhouses. We also saw machinery for shelling various grains. Most of these initiatives were spearheaded by a single woman leader in the village.
We headed back to Port au Prince after a long and fulfilling day. We saw a lot of progress in three different quarters.
Ed
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