Archive for February, 2010
More from Emily Sollie in Haiti
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Emily Sollie.
Feb. 28 – Yesterday morning, as we were preparing to head out into the countryside for a day with one of LWR’s local partner organizations, we learned of the 8.8 earthquake that had struck Chile in the early morning hours. After witnessing here the devastation that a powerful earthquake can bring, my heart goes out [...]
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Helping Haitian Children Heal
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by Emily Sollie.
More from Emily Sollie in Haiti. Rosedaline Revolis, 8. (Photos by Jonathan Ernst/LWR) She’s small, but her smile easily lights up a room. Eight-year-old Rosedaline Revolis grins as she plays the tambourine for capoeira, a martial-arts inspired dance native to Brazil that is now helping Haitian children cope with the changes in their lives since [...]
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Following the Water
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Emily Sollie.
More from Emily Sollie in Haiti. Trucks from NCA local partner Viva Rio load up with water and deliver it to residents of the Kay Nou tent encampment in the Bel Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photos by Jonathan Ernst/LWR/ACT Alliance) Last week, we had the chance to spend some time with one of LWR’s local partners who [...]
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The Unstable Earth
Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Emily Sollie.
More from Emily Sollie in Haiti. February 22 – I woke up early this morning, at 4:36 a.m. to be exact. That was when the earth moved. It was subtle, but enough of a tremor to rouse us from sleep. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that it was a 4.7 magnitutde aftershock, one of dozens [...]
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More Heavy Rains
Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by Emily Sollie.
More from Emily Sollie in Haiti. Similkar Matilde, 40, who lost both her home and her husband in the earthquake, is now struggling to care for her six children in a makeshift tent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 18, 2010. This week Haitians have experienced their first substantial rains since their January earthquake. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/ACT [...]
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When the Rains Come
Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by Emily Sollie.
More from Emily Sollie and LWR’s assessment team in Haiti. A woman sweeps the walk outside her residence in a tent community set up by Diakonie in downtown Jacmel, Haiti. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Lutheran World Relief) Feb. 17 – It’s early morning in Port-au-Prince, and things are coming to life here at the Lutheran World [...]
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Moving On
Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by Emily Sollie.
More from Emily Sollie and LWR’s assessment team in Haiti. A sign in English, French and Spanish asks for help for residents at a tent encampment in Gressier, Haiti. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Lutheran World Relief) Feb 15 – Our time in Jacmel comes to an end [...]
