Haiti Trip; (December) Day Four: It’s a little after 10:30 pm and I have returned to the solace found within the little bedroom that is my home away from home. While today was filled with many important conversations, the main thrust of my activities fell into these two categories: 1) Land tenure issues pertaining

Haiti Trip; Day Three: With the positive developments of today nurturing my battered and weary soul, I am reminded of one of my favorite Tennyson quotes: “Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘it will be happier’…” In the fields of Titanyen THEIR whispers beckon our attention and with our arrival

  Haiti Trip ( December); Day Two: It’s a little after 11:00 pm and I am finally able to jot down a few notes before I call it a day. While my activities today covered a wide array of individuals and topics, I’m happy to report that one of Haiti’s most respected family’s has agreed

  Haiti Trip (December); Day One: Throughout my Haitian journey there has been countless moments filled with Fellini-like irony and satire. Sometimes these moments bring a smile to my face and other times these moments make me cry. Today contained a moment that was so absurdly ironic that I was left with speechless and expressionless.

  Haiti Trip (December); Final Preparation: It’s 11:00 PM and I have just finished packing for my upcoming trip to Haiti. As has become my custom, for 8-days I will travel throughout the country continuing my quest to provide dignity for the dead in Titanyen and hope and opportunity for the living. Though I’ll be

Haiti Trip (October-November); Day Seven: I am back in Port au Prince and the small bedroom that is my sanctuary seems happy to receive me. Truth is, I am exhausted in every conceivable way and I am happy to feel its embrace. While I normally use this format (Facebook) to discuss my daily activities and

Haiti Trip (October-November); Day Six: In a few minutes I will be departing for Cap Haitien to meet with an well known and respected agronomist who is associated with the United Nations. The goal of this meeting will be to analyze the methodologies presently being used by successful micro-farming operations in the north. While in

  Haiti Trip (October-November); Day Five: My activities today returned me to the barbarous fields of Titanyen.  To a place so swollen with bodies the earth now gives light to the bones of its prey. While walking amongst the fallen sons and daughter of Haiti, hundreds of thousands of souls in-total, I couldn’t help but

  After years of examining the relationship between host countries and the Non-governmental organizations that operate within their borders, I have come to the realization that vulnerable nations remain vulnerable and easily exploited when they cede administrative control of their country to outside interest.  One needs to look no further than the country of Haiti

Haiti Trip (October-November); Day Two: Today, as I traveled from appointment to appointment, I could tell that Haiti was reeling from the effects of two significant occurrences. One event involved Mother Nature at her worst (Hurricane Sandy), and the other event involved Man at his worst.  Individually, each occurrence is harmful in its own right.