The weather in Cite Soleil is getting cold... I don't know exactly the temperature, but it surely does feel like below 20C... maybe it's due to the rain.
I’ve been to lots of developing countries, but have never seen anywhere like this. Walking into the centre is disconcerting – in any capital city you expect a minimum level of traffic and infrastructure, but here there is virtually nothing.
Yesterday I had the most unforgettable moment in my life as a man came to greet me during my project visits to the outreach clinics. This man was not any ordinary man, but with a hooked arm just like Captain Hook from Peter Pan.
Thursday and Friday were very difficult for our team as many of our local staff working in the Cholera Treatment Centre (CTC) couldn't come to work due to the violence on the streets.
The announcement of the presidential election result is today - apparently there are protests in several places in Port-au-Prince and therefore MSF has tightened up the security measures and reduced movements to only the absolutely essential ones.
Being a first missioner sent to Sierra Leone as a Financial Coordinator, I was at first very stereotype, thinking Africa was purely linked to the words of poverty, hunger, sympathetic. So when I set my foot on the African land, I saw images which I
06.45 My alarm goes off. No power in the house, but as this is a daily occurrence I’ve got used to walking around in semi dark. The annoying thing this morning is that there is no water. Bugger.
