By Haiti Group 2016, Mindy Prepping, packing and preparing precisely at 49.5 lbs. Our suit cases are getting fuller and our minds are getting boggled. Today we were told not to jump out of the truck, don’t go to the black market and don’t leave the group and have your BIS in tap tap by… Continue reading Heading into the unknown AKA Haiti
Author: pdemert-neal@swtc.edu
I got hit by a truck and the license plate said HAITI
Bon Jour, This is Rebecca, Tory, Paula, Amy and Katie writing on this 80 degree “cool” but humid foggy morning. As this week is coming to end we have experienced things that a new marathon trainer feels. After long days and sleepless nights we wake up feeling swollen, stiff and perhaps a bit constipated. We cant… Continue reading I got hit by a truck and the license plate said HAITI
“Everything hurts but my Soul”
Haiti has been an emotional merry-go-round. The sights, the smells and the sounds can only be experienced first hand. Looking into all the brown eyes of the children is as equally heart warming as it is heart breaking. We have experienced tears, laughter, heart ache and joy with each day. Each and every one of… Continue reading “Everything hurts but my Soul”
Anticipation for the Haiti trip
Just a few short months ago I was writing my application to go to Haiti with my fellow classmates, and a lot of emotions were running through my mind. I was scared, hopeful, nervous, excited, all from the application process. As you could’ve guessed, those emotions were heightened as I was waiting for the final… Continue reading Anticipation for the Haiti trip
Haiti- Here we come again!
Colleen and I are organizing another trip to Haiti. The trip this year is April 16th to the 24th. We are taking 8 eager students with us and once again we go into the planning with excitement, but always the nervousness of Haiti travel. What an amazing group of students that will be traveling with us. These students bring… Continue reading Haiti- Here we come again!
A Puppet and a Jolly Rancher?
We are on our final flight home and as I look out the plane window I am watching the white billowing clouds that look as high as mountains and I am reminded of the mountains in Haiti we left just 3 hours ago. I remember our truck slowly making it’s way up the winding road and our… Continue reading A Puppet and a Jolly Rancher?
Too busy to Blog! Who would have thought?
Who would ever think that life would get so busy that sitting down to write a thoughtful, entertaining and well written Blog would have to be “done at a more opportune time?” Our days consist of assessing children, treatment planning, administering medications and letting them braid our hair. When returning after an exhausting day, the… Continue reading Too busy to Blog! Who would have thought?
Where’s the talcum powder?
This post was written by all the weary travelers to Haiti after their day. Imagine standing in front of 54 nursing students in 103 degree weather, sweat running down every part of your body, they don’t understand a word you say, but you love every minute of it. Your lunch that same day is spent… Continue reading Where’s the talcum powder?
Haiti
When the question of “who would be interested in a trip to Haiti” was presented to the second year nursing students, over half the class put their hands up. At the first informational meeting a few weeks later, 16 students were there with questions. Over the next couple of months that group of 16 gradually… Continue reading Haiti