Author Archive: Emmanuel

Movie night in Haiti’s Camps

Movie night in Haiti’s Camps

Port-au-Prince - Tele Mobil is a mobile cinema organization, founded before the earthquake by accomplished Haitian movie Director, Jacques Roc, the director of...

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Frustration mounts at Haiti’s gas shortage

Frustration mounts at Haiti’s gas shortage

Port-au-Prince – The gasoline situation has been blowing up in Haiti since last Tuesday. The distributors say the stations haven’t ordered on time, the stations...

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Back to school, in the disaster

Back to school, in the disaster

Port-au-Prince – Last week was the beginning of schools reopening in Port-au-Prince. Lots of kids went to school in plain clothes since no one knew if school...

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The Haitian brothers who want to fly

The Haitian brothers who want to fly

Port-au-Prince – Depending on who you listen to, you can hear many defamatory descriptions of Haitian youth. Yes, it is true you’ll find some of them walking...

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Bending the rules of aid distribution

Bending the rules of aid distribution

Port-au-Prince - As I was going downtown the other day, I came across a highly organized food distribution by the NGO Catholic Relief Services, or CRS. The CRS...

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Maitre James, Haitian painter

Maitre James, Haitian painter

Port-au-Prince – Maitre James is a 32 year old painter who lost everything during the disaster of 12th January 2010. He was living at blvd Harry Truman, 25...

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Bringing power to Port-au-Prince

Bringing power to Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince – Ever since the earthquake, electricity has been irregular in Port-au-Prince, as most of the electric poles have been knocked down. This has...

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Haiti’s new demolition business

Haiti’s new demolition business

Emmanuel Midi Port-au-Prince - This week when I went out looking for stories, I found myself in an area called Nazon, located between Route de Delmas and Bourdon...

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Formation, Animation, Discovery for Haiti’s kids

Formation, Animation, Discovery for Haiti’s kids

Emmanuel Midi Port-au-Prince – Hebdo-fad (“FAD-Weekly”) was the first activity that FAD organized when we began working as a registered charity in Haiti...

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“Little Eyes”: Haiti’s street youth

“Little Eyes”: Haiti’s street youth

For the past few weeks, I’ve been wanting to tell a story about the big, overcrowded street market in the heart of Petion Ville, where the merchants lay their...

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