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Voodoo priest converts after quake
At the local Voodoo temple there isn’t much activity these days. Gérald tells me that people are now afraid of God’s wrath, and have stopped practicing Voodoo for awhile.
You never, ever know…
Neighbors had heard her calls and called the Haitian police, who called in the rescue team. Fifteen days after being buried, is this possible?
Another miracle
Like many others he had been pulled out of the rubble of his house 4 days after it had collapsed. The rescue team had declared him dead and sent him to the morgue where he was refrigerated.
Life and death in Cite Soleil
I watched the people in the front row get their legs caught in the barbwire as the crowd walked over them. A good video journalist would have kept filming.
“There isn’t much of a future for us”
Emmanuel and Johnny want to finish their education now, as young men. They saved up for years to be able to go to university - and now it is all gone.
There is water; there is hope.
I decided to hang out at camp and talk with people for a while. People don’t want to talk about themselves. They are not interested in complaining - they want to know if there is help coming or not.
“Asking the earth to be still”: Carefour des Brosses
They sing their souls out, asking that the earth not to tremble again. They clap their hands so they can heal, shout out their prayers that help will reach them soon.
Tremors, help and thirst
Another journalist told me that he saw a lot of looting and police activity. I didn’t see any, but this place is big.
Surviving in Haiti: Ste-Therese
But what surprises me is how well kept it is, considering there is no latrines, garbage disposals, or anything else. Some of these camps are well organized socially - people help each other and work together.
Port-au-Prince comes back to life
The city has changed in the last two days. Before, people were in shock and walked around like zombies. But now life is picking up again: you can see women selling food in certain areas, and people starting to move to the country with what’s left.
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