Some History from our Village March 27 1969

1969 (March 27): Event known as the “massacre de Cazale.” In the village of Cazale (sometimes spelled Casale or Casal), North of Port-au-Prince, army soldiers and macoutes killed several dozen peasant families. A few weeks earlier, several young, light-skinned members of the Communist Party, a political party persecuted by the

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More help for Claudette

A few weeks ago I put up a post about Claudette and her needing meat and eggs to eat.  You came through and she has enough meat for several months. After that we asked for a DVD player for her. Several people wrote and offered to sent one.  She currently

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School sponsorship

We wanted to let you know that all four girl (listed below in a post) are now sponsored in our school sponsorship program! THANK YOU for helping out with this need.

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Saturday Morning Snack…

The election is over, and while the new president has yet to be announced, whichever candidate wins will have much work to do. Partners in Health offers some interesting research in regards to the impact TB has on families. Using technology to monitor election irregularities via SMS messaging. Using trash

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answer the question, dude – delayed version

by Lori, the procrastinator Though my answers are a bit later than Licia’s, I hope that you’ll forgive me. We’ve heard less about the cholera outbreak in Haiti. Does this mean it is not as big of a problem as it was? Though our decreasing numbers are following the national

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