Back from Chermaitre!
March 19, 2014 by cifung
After four intense, productive, and amazing days in Chermaitre, the trippers are back in Port-au-Prince. Read on for a short update from them!
Apart from successfully holding a clinic day in the new Chermaitre-Fervil Clinic and meeting the local medical committee, we also conducted a small-scale census around the village, created a beautiful peace quilt with the women’s cooperative, received the cooperative’s first product – coffee from Chermaitre (!), and performed water and soil tests. Our filmmaker Alex had the chance to capture the beauty of the place and the people. The past four days were both physically and emotionally draining, but we were constantly reenergized by games with the children and inspired by profound conversations with different individuals of Chermaitre.
After a long day of traveling, we are back in Port-au-Prince. Last night we got to experience the thrill of art-buying in Galerie Monnin – being around all the beautiful paintings was the best welcome gift anyone could ever ask for! Today, we are visiting the Haiti Design Coop and buying fabric for our women’s cooperative, before heading to Jacmel for the last stretch of our trip.
We leave you with a quote from Manno, husband of Sharona from the Galerie Issa: “The people who come here are people who step out of the ordinary.” We are so grateful for everyone who has opened doors for us and given us the opportunity to strive for something extraordinary.
(Admin’s note: We are aware that our subscribers might have received a notification for a new post about a sale in New England. We apologize for the false alarm! The post is from 2010 and was reblogged by accident due to the trippers’ spotty internet… We would love to have a sale there some time soon though!)
