By Joanna Pritchard Flourish magazine, Fall 2010 In April I watched a Haitian boy lay on his belly on an improvised surfboard, paddling it through the turquoise Caribbean waters, the perfect way to cool off on a blazing hot day. The boy had found a large chunk of Styrofoam for a raft, and was [...]
Haiti
Have you forgotten about Haiti? Here’s one way to remember (and love) brothers and sisters still suffering from environmental disaster.
Flourish president Rusty Pritchard writes from Port-au-Prince, detailing the tragedy of Haitian politics in the time of cholera, and where hope can still be found.
Haiti’s troubles continue, now with cholera running rampant through the country. Here are four concrete ways to help those suffering.
Flourish’s president returns from a trip to Haiti with some good news about how the country is reviving and how you are helping it.
“As one Haitian put it, ‘We have lost what we didn’t even have.’”
“Fifteen years ago I wasn’t all that excited about working in a nation sometimes referred to as ‘the graveyard of good intentions.’” How will more good intentions help or hurt Haiti in the wake of its greatest disaster yet?
Haitians celebrate solidarity and community each independence day by eating Soup Joumou. Join with Haiti in that same solidarity by hosting a fundraising, community-building Soup Joumou dinner of your own!
Disregard bogus claims about some pact made with the devil. The real history of Haiti is more sinister, but the Haitian people are the real heroes. Here’s how to help now and in the future.
