Hello all Here are the latest updates for you:
. Floor is poured for the depot. Now we will start working on the ceiling..if all goes well and as I planned with Jorel this AM, it should be done, the roof that is, just before I leave for the US in April
. The wall by the work shop area is now 90% done. It will go on hold now while Christophe heads to the school to do some repairs in the dining hall to prepare for the team coming on Thurs. Before we finish it completely too, there has to be some decisions regarding the new roof and that advice I will be seeking in another email.
. I attended the health coordin mtg today and got some more information on possible psycho social support for our staff and students, through a rep from Plan Haiti who was at the meeting. It is good to know what is going on and I get to catch up with some other folks I know, plus make new connections that will stand us in good stead it the future.
. Stopped by to see Gladys for her wish list to send to folks in Naperville who are getting a container ready to send to Haiti
. Had an appt with Marie to go over the same list, but missed her as she had another place to go.
. Met with Clovis and Helene re school admin operations, background information and budget for next year
. I got confirmation for the June 23-28 group and they only have 9 folks coming. If anyone knows of any singles our up to 5 people who may be interested in joining let me know. I have already written to one person I know who was on her own, to see if she would like to join them.
. In between there were phone calls and computer work....the ordinary mundane things.
. Lots of chatter on the radio, regarding President Preval's reaction to accusations of corruption in his government; calls for him to step down before the next election. He is not elegible to run again as he has held office 2 times and that is the constitutional limit here for a President's terms. Who will run to take his place is another huge question?
. Clovis heard the Minister of Ed'n speak on the radio and he is hopeful school will be able to open in April as one of the Minister's comments was realizing he should be having kids in school in our Dept where the school were not damaged....that it didn't make sense any longer to make a blanket statement that all school should remain closed. So we are keeping our fingers crossed and Clovis will move ahead with his planning with the staff.
I'm attaching another couple of photos from my day yesterday. They will give you an idea of what many of the side streets look like. Private citizens and the yellow t-shirt work crews are clearing wheelbarrows of debris from the smaller inner streets and bringing it to a larger one that would be able to take a dump truck on it. The plan is that eventually the dump trucks will come and haul it away....and who know how long that will take. It gives you an idea why all the main bigger streets are so busy because everyone's "secret" side streets they used to use to deke around traffic are now strewn with rubble and in places impassable.
a la prochaine,
Debbie
. Floor is poured for the depot. Now we will start working on the ceiling..if all goes well and as I planned with Jorel this AM, it should be done, the roof that is, just before I leave for the US in April
. The wall by the work shop area is now 90% done. It will go on hold now while Christophe heads to the school to do some repairs in the dining hall to prepare for the team coming on Thurs. Before we finish it completely too, there has to be some decisions regarding the new roof and that advice I will be seeking in another email.
. I attended the health coordin mtg today and got some more information on possible psycho social support for our staff and students, through a rep from Plan Haiti who was at the meeting. It is good to know what is going on and I get to catch up with some other folks I know, plus make new connections that will stand us in good stead it the future.
. Stopped by to see Gladys for her wish list to send to folks in Naperville who are getting a container ready to send to Haiti
. Had an appt with Marie to go over the same list, but missed her as she had another place to go.
. Met with Clovis and Helene re school admin operations, background information and budget for next year
. I got confirmation for the June 23-28 group and they only have 9 folks coming. If anyone knows of any singles our up to 5 people who may be interested in joining let me know. I have already written to one person I know who was on her own, to see if she would like to join them.
. In between there were phone calls and computer work....the ordinary mundane things.
. Lots of chatter on the radio, regarding President Preval's reaction to accusations of corruption in his government; calls for him to step down before the next election. He is not elegible to run again as he has held office 2 times and that is the constitutional limit here for a President's terms. Who will run to take his place is another huge question?
. Clovis heard the Minister of Ed'n speak on the radio and he is hopeful school will be able to open in April as one of the Minister's comments was realizing he should be having kids in school in our Dept where the school were not damaged....that it didn't make sense any longer to make a blanket statement that all school should remain closed. So we are keeping our fingers crossed and Clovis will move ahead with his planning with the staff.
I'm attaching another couple of photos from my day yesterday. They will give you an idea of what many of the side streets look like. Private citizens and the yellow t-shirt work crews are clearing wheelbarrows of debris from the smaller inner streets and bringing it to a larger one that would be able to take a dump truck on it. The plan is that eventually the dump trucks will come and haul it away....and who know how long that will take. It gives you an idea why all the main bigger streets are so busy because everyone's "secret" side streets they used to use to deke around traffic are now strewn with rubble and in places impassable.
a la prochaine,
Debbie
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