Stevenson Samedy

I was stateside when TS Sandy hit Haiti.  We lost a roof on one of our houses, our fields were flooded destroying the crops there but we were spared the devastation that was visited on Haiti and later on in NY and NJ.  The boy above, Stevenson, lost his mother to the Ravine du Sud, a large river in the south.  He has 3 sisters and two brothers.  Stevenson is 8 years old and is still grieving.  His brothers and sisters all went to various family households and his aunts brought him to us.

It is because we have generous friends like you that we are able to take in children in need like Stevenson.  "Thanks" just doesn't express the gratitude we feel.  May God bless you.
Almost forgot to mention that the young man in the photo is Mackentoche Noel, a graduate of ours who works in the ChildCare Department when not attending school.

Training

This is Denise Hinatsu, MRT from western Canada sitting with two of her three students who are learning all about x-rays and sonograms.  On the left is Patrick Ceva and on the right is Widy Laveus.  She's here through the 18th but she'll be coming back. Thank goodness as there's much to learn and master.  It is absolutely amazing how things come together!  We're blessed to have Denise on our team.

Administration Building

Here's a shot of the new Admin building, ready for us to pour the roof.  It'll be great to have most of the administrative staff together cause right now they are scattered about.  We have just enough dedicated funds for one floor so the second will just have to wait.

Directly behind this construction is the clinic.

Busy time

This is the first week of Advent already.  Where did the time go?  I've been away studying, reflecting and relaxing. Am now catching up on all that has happened in my absence.  I've new employees to meet and new resident children to get to know.  I'm being briefed on events and programs.
This blog has suffered in my absence but that will change soon enough.  Thanks for checking in.  I'll try and make your visits worthwhile.
God bless,
Father Marc

GlobalGiving

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Two firsts

Here's a shot of our first patient sonogram in action.  Amazing, isn't it?  The only sonogram machine in town-- maybe in the whole southern department.

And here is the first test run of the new digital x-ray machine. 

Elbow grease

This is Larry Gilbert, the former mayor of Lewiston, Maine (my home town).  He's attaching the chest x-ray cassette holder to the wall.  It is very exciting to finally unpack and set-up these two machines.  We are very appreciative of the great effort by Arnie to make this happen and for Denise Hinatsu's expertise in deciding which machine was best for us and now for the training.  We are truly blessed with fantastic friends.