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Andrew is continuing to make a world of difference with his work alongside European Disaster Volunteers, a charity that helps communities rebuild after major disasters. This allows Andrew to remain in Haiti where he is responsible for running operations to build sustainable development in an area that desperately needs aid.
I’m writing this on a quiet Sunday afternoon on base. After working six day weeks, during a succession of exhausting events, many of the volunteers here have decided to take advantage of “Sunday Funday” to drive to a nearby waterfall and relax.
It’s apparently beautiful, and I was sorely tempted to go, but in the end I decided what I really wanted was some quiet time to reflect and catch up on some chores like cleaning my combined office/bedroom. Many days of people, me included, coming in...
There’s never a dull day disaster response, and this is proving to be especially true in Haiti.
As you may have seen in the news Haiti has been hit by a cholera epidemic and, although the situation today appears to be stabilising, everyone is bracing for the worst in case the vast camps and slums of Port-au-Prince succumb.
Right now it could still go either way and...
It’s been a fairy hectic time since my last blog entry.
On September 24th a freak storm hit Port au Prince. Dealing with the aftermath has kept me, and everyone on our shared base, working long hours in response.
The bad weather literally came out of nowhere – one minute the sun was shining and the next the city was being lashed by torrential rain and almost cyclonic winds. As it’s currently hurricane season we check the weather reports several times a day to monitor potential threats...
It seems I’m becoming something of a blogger! Thanks to the Vodafone Foundation I’ve been invited to blog for a website called “Civil Society” and I recently had my first entry published.
As an introductory piece this is pretty similar to my first post on here but, in future months, my Civil Society series will be tailored more towards professionals working in the...
I’m writing this from my small office/bedroom at our base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The generator is thumping away on the roof, which means we have power (and therefore internet access), and my trusty little blue fan is working hard to keep me at least semi-cool. It would be considered a fairly basic setup by many people, but given that 1.5 million people are still living in tents after January’s earthquake, I’m just grateful to have a roof and walls. One of the things I’ve learned over...
