Wish I were there. Say Bon chans to everyone for me. Actually
Ou dwe fè pwòp chans ou yo.
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 16:37, Timothy Falconer tee...@waveplace.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
Waveplace is headed back to Haiti to start 5 new XO pilots.
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Here's the first blog post:
With flights just bought, we're off to Haiti once again. In two weeks, two
days, we'll spend two weeks, two days, starting new pilots: two in Cite
Soleil, two in tent camps, one with a youth choir, all of them exciting.
As usual, there's a half dozen snags. We don't yet have the laptops out of
customs, which makes me nervous as hell, though our chief partner said,
It'll be fine, book your flights, so we did.
Even if we get the laptops out of customs, we won't know how many of them
work until just before the pilots. Even if all are working, we still won't
have enough, which means we'll bring twenty ourselves.
Our chief contact at JP/HRO resigned over the holiday break. We'll be
talking with her replacement on Thursday, who seems equally enthusiastic,
though major changes so close to a pilot start are always fun.
Yesterday an impartial commission announced that Celestin (the unpopular
candidate) was actually behind Martelly (the popular one). Preval and
Celestin will react to the news after tomorrow's anniversary, which could
spark a new round of rioting. We're also hoping the runoff election will be
scheduled after our trip.
Pretty much the only certain thing is that we're on a very, very tight
budget. We can't rent a car, we can't travel to Léogâne, we can't do much
more than walk back and forth to the school. Every dollar counts.
But we're going. Our work paid off. How to pay the bills in March is another
question. In February, we'll make a difference.
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Timothy Falconer
Waveplace Foundation
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