Quick Rushed visit
by sean on Mar.19, 2010, under Haiti, People
Hello – time is short for giving news and I’m being picked up in 10 minutes. Just wanted to say all is going well here in Haiti. We’ve left Auban to go and stay in Cayes Jacmel for a week and I’m immersed in peristyle vodou (rather than family vodou)… I’m meeting some wonderful people here. Actually, I’m meeting a lot of people… loads of hungry people come into the peristyle having learnt there are ‘blancs’ staying there and I’m taking their stories of forced conversions, food deprivation and some real horrors and I’m interviewing people… Often with an interpreter… I hope to get the videos up soon.
It’s half Carribean island paradise and half land of destitution. I’m feeling good about the little I can do but wish I was better equipped to get the stories people are telling me out just a little quicker…
that’s all for now.. i’ll try to upload a pic if possible…
hugs to all! love from Seani Fool
March 20th, 2010 on 10:51 am
Hi Seani,
It’s so wonderful to read your blog. I’ve realised I had missed earlier posts, and am now catching up. It’s so great to receive your updates. You’ve really created a path for yourself in which you are using all your charm and worldly knowledge, your great interest in the spiritual realms and your love and kind heartedness in this trip to Haiti.. I feel really happy and proud for you and your journey and just know how great it must be for those orphaned children to receive such a fun visitor to their otherwise dim setting.. children live very much in the moment, so a game of thumb wars with Mr. Fool would be just the best!
What I’d like to know is how the general population are receiving food aid and relief? Are a lot of people being accommodated in tents, and who is helping them? Is the government in a good position to help, or is the country deeply depending on foreign aid and charities?
Love to hear more and more.
Love Kristy and Cedar