I felt uneasy about snapping photos when I first came to Haiti. I had a hard time pulling out my camera and felt like I was somehow imposing or being intrusive. I’m a journalist by trade – documenting experiences is what we do. But in Haiti I felt I was doing a huge disservice to the people here by taking […]
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What No One Tells You About Haiti
There’s a side to Haiti that no one talks about. In mainstream news, reporters focus on the country’s civil unrest, messy politics, and Cité Soleil. They paint a picture of tent cities, rubble, and abject poverty; a melting pot of NGOs and aid workers. Any headline about Haiti is always followed by a tagline as the poorest country in the […]
What to Eat in Haiti
Before I travelled to Haiti, I assumed local dishes would be a mish mash of unusual ingredients or your basic meat-and-potatoes and whatever locals can get their hands on at the market. Among the things that no one tells you about Haiti is that Haitian food is actually really delicious! It’s wholesome and nutritional, packed with flavourful spices […]
The Tire Problem in Haiti
Julina rushes outside from the workshop to give a strong ringing of the gold hand bell. She’s smiling ear to ear because she just made her next shoe sale. It’s a big deal here. Julina and 13 other full-time workers make leather shoes, hand-crafted from old rubber tires they manage to collect from the sides of the road in Port-au-Prince. […]
The Apparent Project: Addressing Haiti’s Orphan Crisis
In the news and media, Haiti is one of those places that doesn’t “seem” to be recovering anytime soon. Yes, it still has a long way to go to overcome widespread poverty, food insecurity, and rebuild communities but a lot of projects are popping up in Haiti that are leading the road to recovery. Some projects are […]