"My Peace Corps Haitian experience in 2001" Haiti by San_Diego_Evita
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This photo was taken by my friend Roxane who is now working for an NGO in Jeremie, Haiti. She used to work for another NGO in Fort-Liberte, where I was stationed as a Peace Corps Volunteer. I miss her and I miss the Haitian children with their beautiful smiles.
When the poverty and other aspects of Haitian reality were getting to me too much, I would take a book and sit by the bay on the terrace of this small hotel. The Cuban doctors were also coming here to take a break and we would have a beer and socialize. We'd swim in the bay or listen to music: mostly Konpa - local Haitian rhythm.
This was my favorite swimming spot, where I would come with Mirta, a Cuban radiologist also stationed in Fort-Liberte. Very often local kids would join us. I was trying to teach them to swim but they were just laughing, joking, and asking me questions about life in the United States. That's where they all wanted to go someday.
- Pros:Beuatiful people, rich culture, exotic place
- Cons:Abject poverty, hunger, sickness, and death
- In a nutshell:Not for the faint-hearted
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Very nice page here! I miss the smiles to.....can't wait to go back in November!!! Check out my PAP page if you wish! Cheers