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The old military airfield – pictures
Posted on 05/03/2010
Some pictures taken during a registration drive at the old military airfield in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Same pattern as last time – we gave out flyers, sent in the sound trucks to...
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DJKennyMix plays Champ de Mars; local outreach, my four jobs
Posted on 02/03/2010
Here’s a short video I made of our registration process, currently talking place around the country. Our first stop was the large settlement in Champ de Mars, the public park outside...
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Scenes and portraits in the streets and settlements of...
Posted on 20/02/2010
A simple photo post today. Taking pictures in the camps of Port-au-Prince is an exceptional experience. There are almost 350 spontaneous settlements here, ranging in size from a couple of...
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On being berated for not doing enough
Posted on 18/02/2010
A letter by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator John Holmes was leaked to the Washington Post. UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations’ top humanitarian relief coordinator has scolded...
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Camp life at UN base
Posted on 17/02/2010
As we all work overtime to help Haitians recover, I wanted to touch on the crazy world we all inhabit here in UN camp. There is a large logistics base by the airport, called UN log base,...
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Video: distributing lifesaving goods to families in...
Posted on 15/02/2010
Here is a video I made for IOM on a distribution to families in Bolosse, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. You will notice that the message here is clear – Haitians are helping Haitians....
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Scenes of an apocalypse; more distributions; touring a slum
Posted on 13/02/2010
Drive to the distribution point at Eglise Bolosse – an extraordinary trip through often apocalyptic scenes; an ad hoc tent camp under the ruins of a former gas station…...
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Nuns on a hill; outreach; a tale of two cities
Posted on 10/02/2010
It’s been an exhausting few days, doing many jobs at the same time. Emergencies are both horrifying and exhilarating – so much to do, structures in flux, time-frames so tight,...
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Helping Haiti, in photos; a simple way we can all keep the...
Posted on 08/02/2010
I plan to start posting many more photos of what is going on here – the sights we encounter when we distribute items, help organize temporary settlements, create shelter and so on....
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Video – a day spent distributing lifesaving goods in...
Posted on 07/02/2010
I put this video together on a day distributing goods in Haiti. It’s complex, with the positive and the more complex. People always get scared towards the end of a distribution, and...
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