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Feb 10The Kids Again
No matter how brutal the stories and scenes, many kids are laughing. And posing. And making fun of me. They might not have much by way of clothes or toys or beds or schools, but I’ve seen a lot of kids with light in their eyes.
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Feb 10From Turgeau in Haiti: An Early Morning, Food Distribution, and Kids
Early this morning we waited to prep a bunch of dump trucks for duty at our sites:
Down a steep mountain road from one of our sites the UN was distributing food. The Marines were out in full force though it looked like they were totally bored. I talked to a couple and they were curious about other relief efforts. Haitians collected bags of rice and headed back up the hill:
Kids here are a bright spot. While so many are orphaned or homeless, going without food or medicine — or worse — they’re still kids. On the street today a few were hanging out and joking around in a “tap-tap” bus (that could also go in quotes). They kept yelling to me, “Mon blanc!”
The beauty of digital cameras:
From Carrefour the other day, my friend taking a minute to show off some rusty juggling skills:
