Walkabout

Another construction day for half the team, while the other half put on a medical clinic to serve about 130 people.

At the construction site we move more ruble from the building site to the street to make room for construction. Again, all with shovels and wheelbarrows (brouèt ak pèl in Creole). The twist in the plan today was that we were not allowed to walk back with an empty wheelbarrow. Instead, two truckloads of gravel for concrete were dumped in the front so we had a full load both ways.




We did get to look about Port-au-Prince in two ways today. The first was Ken and I going for a walkabout with the translators. We walk from the construction site through their neighborhood and to the sea. They showed us where they lived and we got a better feel for how they lived.

The second chance to look around was after the workday when the whole group took a drive through the heart of Port-au-Prince. We where able to see a lot of the city including the Presidential Palace, National Cathedral, and the market area.

So, today was busy in several ways and tomorrow looks to be just as busy.