 David Casey – Volunteer Report – Duchity, Haiti – 2019
Trepidation was the watchword as I prepared for my 10th consecutive volunteer work-trip to Haiti this year. News reports described a country roiled with violence and turmoil. Four days before departure, two protesters were shot dead in the streets of Port-au-Prince. Another was killed the next day. Thousands of people marched, and blocked roads with burning tires and makeshift barricades. President Jovenal Moise had been implicated in a 3.7 billion dollar oil scandal and the calls for his resignation were growing in volume and vehemence. Not the best environment in which to bring my 26-year-old nephew, Daniel, or for wearing $13,000 in aid-cash “discretely” hidden under my clothes. (Report continues HERE) |
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