On the last day of our trip, our Network car needed some repairs after braving NR 3 to Ranquitte. When it was ready, we took the opportunity to finally visit a few Network partners in the Vaudreuil area, where we had been staying but always leaving!
Father Abraham, now the priest of Bord de Mer Limonade (which does not have any staff for their clinic!) has set up his initial goat and small animal farm where he hopes to raise meet for protein and for funds to help orphanages in the region. It is out in Plain du Nord, not too far from Vaudreuil, up on a hill in a beautiful area, with several goats, chickens, pigs, and a cow, just like Old Macdonald's farm!
We have already started linking Father Abraham with orphanages and other pertinent organizations within the Network.
I finally got to see one of Elisabeth's favorite places, Mama Baby Haiti, the birthing center opened by an organization of midwives and naturopathic doctors last year.
Currently, they have 3 Haitian midwives working there along with a rotation of visiting US midwives and naturopaths.
They have 3 delivery rooms. They run prenatal clinic in another room. In their dormitory they have a pharmacy that features homeopathic preparations along with more standard medications.
They have also developed sustainable gardens and a chicken coop in their yard.
Sarah is the on site director now, and she is planning a seminar for March on maternal-fetal topics.
Finally, we stopped by and visited Geordani Jean Baptiste, formerly in charge of St. Francois de Sales parish and hospital, now working for the Catholic Diocese's ASAP projects, where they receive and distribute medications from Food for the Poor and other Catholic charities, and they are developing a guest house for visiting volunteers that is going to open soon. They have a medication/supply depot and a truck that they will make available to the Network when needed for larger scale distributions that our own vehicles cannot handle.
It was a pleasure to have a soda with Geordani at the site of his new project.
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