La lune / the moon
This morning we could still see the moon while the sun came up. Daniel said: "jodia li pap prale lakay non manman".
The moon is not going home today mom!
Haiti, the poorest country of the Western hemisphere
Haiti is a republic, sharing the island Hispanolia with the Dominican Republic. With 27.750 square kilometer it housed a little over 11 million people in 2020. It's been independent since 1804 and the capital is Port-au-Prince. The country is hit with both natural and human made disasters. On January 12, 2010 Haiti was hit by a large earthquake on January 12, 2010 with at least 230.000 fatal casualties. Shortly after the earthquake Haiti was hit by a cholera epidemic. But Haiti also gets hit by hurricanes with devastating effect on the infrastructure, housing and crops. The human made disasters are the political ones. With violent, corrupt and inefficient governments/leaders there is political unrest already for a long time. A UN-peace keeping force (MUNISTAH) is still active in Haiti. And in the midst of all this, a Dutch doctor is trying to do what she can for the Haitian people since 2001. She has a clinic in Passe Catabois, a small town in the north-west of Haiti, wh...
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