Jan 1
Arrive in port au prince dec 30. Plan was to help charles king do
audits of 3 Housingworks clinics starting on Jan 3. I had extra time
off and so came a few days early hoping to do some exploration. Visit
other NGOs and make connections for possible future trips or projects.
Between the fact that it's national holiday, I had no firm contacts w
NGOs other than HW, the fact that I am not w a team as I was on my 1st
trip I'm pretty much just hanging out at camp reading (lost city of Z.
Great book about the turn of century explorer lost in the amazon
while searching for el dorado)
I did visit one HW clinic yesterday briefly. Reviewed charts and
interviewed the young hatian doctor who is running the clinic full
time
I had some general ideas for improvement but was overall impressed
that it is functioning smoothly and autonomously
My general impressions of PoP 1 yr later is I think invariably biased
by my own lenses. My adrenaline isn't gushing as it was last year.
I'm Alone currently and not doing hands on patient care (or anything
as of yet).
Base camp life is exactly the same--a few fewer inhabitants and no
volunteers. Cleaner. a few ounces of clorox go in each 5gallon bucket
of water we pull from the cistern for showering and washing dishes.
Drinking water is store bought. Think about that. It is so easy to
normalize things. We take it as a given that you can drink tap water
or at least filter your own. But having to buy all your water is a
pretty close reality

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