Haiti.............

Haitian school children with artwork made by school children in Dover, DE.

Most of Pure Water for the World- Haiti staff.

Schools in Cite Soleil.

All of these schools below are in Cite Soleil. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, and Cite Soleil is the poorest and most dangerous slum in the hemisphere. We are not even able to start describing the poverty. One of the things that amazed me the most was how happy these children are. It was said that only 1 in 100 children in Cite Soleil eat every day, yet these children were so grateful, so happy.


This school was by far the worst we saw. It only had 3 walls, and the door was hardly a door. The church that was near by was in worse condition. The roof was scrape metal, and when it rains they have to cancel church since the rain comes right through.

They were trying to pose.....

Drinking clean water!!!!!!

These boys really wanted their picture taken.

The Pure Water Filter Factory

These are all the organizations that we work with/ have partnerships with in Haiti.

The teachers and principals go through hygiene training before filters are installed in their schools. We were able to sit in on a training session.

This is where the sand for the filters is washed and then dried/ cleaned in the sun.

Our filters in a Mission some where above Kenscoff

Our filters at the mission.

This gentleman was the Pastor/ Director of about 6 missions in Haiti. He came to the US to learn and then came back to Haiti to help his country. Christine, one of our staff members, is on the left.

Filters!

The views were beautiful. The people have gardens all along these hillsides. Beautiful and amazing.....

A visit to our first project in La Croix.

Carolyn and myself with a group of happy children!

Byron, a board member, playing with the kids. Roman, standing behind Byron, in Director of Operations in Haiti.

Carolyn.......

Leo, a Rotarian from NY.......The children love to just hold your hand......then they ask your name.......then they ask... " Do you speak Kreole"

The Resort in Cap Hatian.......

This was the only place that we stayed at that had warm water. We only stayed here one night as we were a ways from Port au Prince, so it was our only chance to take a hot shower. I think some of us took two......

I went into the Caribbean!!!! A little anyways......

Palace Sans Souci

Palace Sans Souci and the Citadel were both built by Henri Christophe. Christophe declared himself President and later declared himself King of Haiti.

This was the Queen's stables.....

A view of the church and village below the Palace.

The Citadel in Cap Haitian

The Citadel was built in the 1800's after the Haitians drove the French out of Haiti. Since the French stayed in the DR, the Haitians were afraid that they would come back so they built this citadel.

The views both inside and out were amazing. In the 80's this was a major tourist attractions with around 9,000 people coming every week. Now they get maybe two to three small groups a week.

The citadel from below.......

Max....

Something new.......

These pictures are from the Neda show in August.

Suzie's golf cart was a lifesaver!!!!!!

Rick on Merlot in a Pinch ( AKA Murray)
Suzie on Lark
Suzie on Pippa

Carolina Liar - I'm Not Over

Third Level Freestyle

Here you go Rachel!

This is as close to off roading as I will get with my Jeep

My friend and I made the outline of a full size dressage ring on the top of the hill behind our horses. When she rides the freestyle(dressage movements set to music), she needs to practice in a full size ring, hence the need to make one. In order to have music up there though, I need to drive my Jeep up the 4 wheeler/ tractor path. This isn't too bad, but I hate the sounds of the berry bushes scraping the sides of my red Jeep.

The views are really nice up there though, as you can see the valley from North to South.

I am still trying to get used to taking videos with my phone. I can't remember what way it needs to be so that the video is not upside down. Not one of my top priorities though.....