On Friday we visited the same orphanage that we visited last year. Last year the children were living in a condemned building on plywood beds. This year their housing situation is about 1000% better, but the food situation still requires much improvement.
The children are now living in a new building with a cafeteria, bathrooms, showers, and real bunk beds. They have a much better water supply. Chickens are also kept at the orphanage and the eggs are used and sold. The orphanage is joined with a school and it looks like the orphans are attending classes.
As I said, food is still an issue. It is unclear if the children get food every day and while we were there they had a mean of rice with very little beans. The doctors did note that they need more protein in their diet.
This was also the last day of the kite project. I had pre-made several kites and had partially finished many more. I spent the day out doors on the ground building kites and handing them out. In the morning I met Evans. He took right to the kites and not only showed me the Haitian way to string the kites but effectively helped me run the kite workshop. It would have been great to have my son W there to help as well as I think he would have had a great time.
Before we left for the day I made sure I gave Evan enough supplies to continue building kites after we left and asked him to make sure he takes care of the kids younger than he. As we were leaving he came over and gave me a hug and said, through a translator, that he would take care of the younger kids. Haiti needs more people like Evan.
