So, as you may have gathered, we arrived safely. A smooth meet-up at the airport with Jay followed by a 2 hour or so windy drive up to Deschapelle, unloading bags, tour of Kay (house) Hanger, tour of the amazing clinic/lab, a quick nap, a flavorful lunch. Afterwards, we went on a tour of some of the village surrounding our clinic and L'Escale – the small community where our patients are staying. It's wonderful for there to be a place for them to stay and to build relationships with each other. Almost like a built in support group.
One neat piece of Haitian ingenuity we saw was what they do with some of the goats. I'm told that if a goat gets into another person's garden then the owner of the goat has to pay restitution. So, to keep the goats from sneaking in between the cactus fences here, they put a big 'ol stick on them hanging from the neck. Ingenious! Here's a photo:
Well, that bed is calling my name. Tomorrow morning bright and early the patients arrive!
One neat piece of Haitian ingenuity we saw was what they do with some of the goats. I'm told that if a goat gets into another person's garden then the owner of the goat has to pay restitution. So, to keep the goats from sneaking in between the cactus fences here, they put a big 'ol stick on them hanging from the neck. Ingenious! Here's a photo:
Well, that bed is calling my name. Tomorrow morning bright and early the patients arrive! *The above is a blog post e-mailed from Anna Avakian.
