I’m wearing many hats in Haiti;
Tourist hat – Everything is new and exciting and I’m trying to squeeze in as many experiences as I can into the five weeks I’m here. I think ‘wonderful’ is my favourite English word, and it’s quite fitting to describe my first six days in Haiti. As I write this I’m slightly distracted by six turkey chicks that pluck at mango pieces next to me. Wonderful.
Volunteer hat – I’m writing the annual report for LWF, an organization that has been building schools, houses and roads in Haiti for years.
Journalist hat – Apart from the work I’ll do for LWF in Haiti; I will write a reportage for my final exam here. This makes me slightly stressed, as I haven’t found sources for this task yet, nor ‘the Norwegian link’, which should be present in my reportage if I wish to sell it to a newspaper in Norway.
Great images–I love the top shot! Sounds like you have a lot on your plate and that is a lot of hats to wear- Enjoy your time there and be safe-
I like the effect of your lens in the second shot. Good luck with your project. You say you are working with the LWF? Is this a mission trip?
Mission trip? I have many missions, but I’m not sure it’s in the way you mean :-p
Lol. The reason why I asked is because the only LWF that I know is the Lutheran World Federation. And they do missions work in Haiti.
But it is not entirely unlike me to be a little confused. 😉
Well… good luck, then, with your many missions. 🙂
It is the same LWF! 😀 but they don’t really work like missionaries here :-p Haiti is more than religious enough (maybe I’m the one that misunderstands the meaning of missions…) But thanks a lot!
great pictures, and hey make sure u try some Haiti foood, i want some pictureees
The mystery of why you’re in Haiti is revealed! That sounds awesome! Enjoy your time there and hope it’s productive! =)
wonderful 🙂 both the pictures (especially the third one) and what you’re doing there!! i wish you a great time!!
Good to see that your doing well and yes you need to get a hat you’ll cook yourself. 😀 I’ll admitt this right up front that I no very little about the Norway-Haiti connection but from 2010 until late 2012 the Norwegians had donated over 205 million usd tin humanitarian aid, to help recover the goverment and basic resources. See i know very little.
have a lovely day and
Dwe san danje
Benjamin
Glad to hear it’s ‘wonderful, Ks! (and not awesome!) G
Best of luck with all your adventures in Haiti!
Great photography.
The graffiti is stunning! lovely images.
Always carry with you a bottle of water if you’re not so used to the sun. 😀
Loved the writing! 🙂 I hope u find a lot of material for LWF and your final exam. Glad to see someone involved with Hiati. Thanks! Hope ur enjoying the sights 🙂
I am! There is really SO much to see! And I want to snap a photo of everything, but then I’m afraid I’ll miss a sight.. Ah, my dilemmas 🙂
Yup! I feel you… Feeling that way right now on my trip to San Diego.
Wow, I hope you really get to see Haiti’s beauty which rarely shown in the media here in the U.S. I hope you get to go to Jacmel and Cap-Haitien, Ile- a- Vache. The ocean is gorgeous there!
It’s going to be a good five weeks 🙂
The bottom photo is amazing btw. It’s a whole story on its own.
Really great photos – I think it can be hard to take good pictures in a really new environment, but I guess not for you. Enjoy it – what a rich opportunity.
That’s such great news and so exciting! 😀 Crossing my fingers for your great results! Just WONDERFUL!!
I hope you find a good angle for your reportage! I wish I could read Norwegian so I could read it when you’re finished with it.
really fine photography and very interesting subjects.
I love the images that you’re already making in Haiti.
Very important work, of course.
Is the beautifully illustrated church still there in Port Au Prince? I think it was Episcopalian. Wonderful murals decorated the sanctuary when I was there many years ago as a teenager on a day trip from the Dominican Republic.
Hmm, if it is I haven’t seen it! But I might know which one it is because C and I were reading something about redecorations (after the earthquake) in a church and we hope we’ll find time to visit it!
Well it was awhile ago, but wonderfully designed and worth the visit if it is still there. Enjoy your trip!