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returned!

Any team Expe-mission 2010 is returned to Haiti and * do not worry, we are not in quarantine: none of us have caught cholera or malaria or any turista during the trip! It must be said that we took prev s best surety, on the advice of our medical team, "our" doctor Clertida and Robert. As one way, all n bone luggage arrived safely, despite the crowd total was irport Port-au-Prince.

* except Clertida, which continues its mission every day in his country, and Robert, who think we want to get rid of him, leaving him facing cholera. Robert continues the mission until 24 November, with another team member who will join him on November 17, Claude Pel Leti st.

All this is a miracle in any case, because of concerns about the arrival of the cholera epidemic in Port-au-Prince and the passage of Hurricane Tomas. It was touch and go Yet not a single moment we did feel threatened (I think p ote speak for the whole team). And n ou we felt safe with the supervision of police officers to Haiti and the MINUSTAH , with us when we needed it. Words that resonate our minds once they return home, are rather: dedication (including staff from orphanages, doing work EXCEPT SUMITOMO METAL salaried e less) compassion, gratitude, generosity, warmth, solidarity, sharing, hope, smiles ... In this we are proud of the success of our humanitarian mission, our mission Humai ian.

Without fair e blabber too much, we can not ignore the huge gift of himself Robert Lessard and Clertida Lamothe-Cassamajor , our two "logisticians" outstanding, without naming all their other qualities, their tenderness and sensitivity. And a huge thank you to Katie Bussiere, for his gifts as an organizer, conciliation and listening, and François-Guy Thivierge , the lighter Eur spark of the most insane. Both were able to rally around their initial project, members a group who have properly completed. We can proclaim yo Mwen Kontre power : mission accomplished!

Position races we ran five medical clinics in orphanages and camps displaced, parfoi s conditions very difficult. We have witnessed extreme poverty, often indecent. If we had trouble finding this qualification has tif, it's not for nothing. We have supplied hundreds of kilograms of drugs, books, school supplies, shoes, clothing, jo TAU education, uniforms and soccer. These were fu basic insurance. Thanks to all our partners, whether limited or individual: Mèsi anpil.

Through the efforts of each and the many donations we were able to go directly distribute $ 30 000 in assets and $ 55 000 cash. Someone on a mission there and who saw us at work, told me that we had done in a week's work of ten NGOs, through our direct and our effectiveness. This compliment, and smile all the people we met, is worth all the gold in the world.

Curtain closes on this first mission, but the group found the experience wonderful, despite or because of difficulties. Most already want to return, after having sorted these intense moments .

Come see us, we will add pictures and talk about you after the mission, as a result there!

text F. Bourg photos: Katie Bussiere, Caroline Poulin and Florence Bourg

How To Start Compiring

is the start!

along with Robert and Nathalie Wils, our hosts.

We are preparing to return to Montreal, and can cry, mission accomplished! The mission ended yesterday with a beautiful speech by Robert and Clertida. Thank you to both. Each of us spring upset transformed by the experience.

Cholera outbreak spreads in Port-au-Prince: what desolation, hope it will be contained quickly. Robert is staying here several days to continue the mission.

Watch blog in the coming days as we will add the details of yesterday-another-shattering news of our climbers Pic La Selle (reassurance you: they are all arrived safe and sound from this rise, which however could not succeed), and other descriptions This adventure and lots of pictures.

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An overview of our daily ritual ... ICare

Back home, we appreciate every element "luxury" of daily life: the running water, hot water, cooking gas or electricity ... Here are some''exotic''moments of everyday life in Haiti ...

Where and how do we sleep? P had we wash? Y there electricity? What do we eat? How is the logistics and transport? short, everything you ever wanted to know about the Expe-mission, but were afraid to ask ...

photo Robert Lessard Simon St-Hilaire providing cooking tips to his Haitian friends

Wash: water, a precious

team housed in two houses. Belvil's house, there is a real shower as with us, by cons there is no access to the Internet.

Home Delmas, you shower in cold water, using buckets. It must be said that the heat ( ambient temperature of 38 C) us enjoy a good cold rain on the entire body. Andre , one of the employees but it takes care to fill our water bottles (black in photo), and are used seals of various dime Nsiona''to''flush toilets, wash the body or s hands.

Being given é dust and pollution are everywhere, except in Mount agne, wash here takes a new twist and you'll quickly get to this ritual that saves gallons of water.

The story does not say if everyone has kept this ritual once back at home ...

photo: bathroom of a room of girls, the lucky Serge Côté has shared vec Catherine, Manon, Jessica et Florence!

Electricity: AC

When we are lucky to have electricity in Haiti, the current is very alternative ! The rebuilding of the network after the earthquake is a real challenge. And even before the earthquake of 12 Jan r, the Haitian electricity service was limited to ten hours of power per day to about supplied iron quarter of the population.

Electricité d'Haiti (ED'H) has difficulty to stock up on fuel and unable to supply the demand Customer . It is not uncommon that the electricity is cut off in several neighborhoods for several days, plunging the neighborhood into darkness and without Internet access. Tomas during the storm, the connection was very slow but I still could feed this blog!

generators running so throughout the day to power the refrigerator and have a little light in the evening. In the IDP camps, we see many car batteries attached to the tents in order to have a few hours of light.

sleeping and cooking: a privilege for us, even with the rooster at 3 am

Among the guests of the house of Belvil, Ketline and Thomas , we were able to treat Haitian specialties with more delectable than the others. Members of the missio No sleep either in a tent in the garden or in a room in the house (no air conditioning but fans) or on a mattress on the floor. It looks like this also in Delmas house, except that you did ons do not rmi outside because there are more rooms. Screed to Serge D. and Marie-Josee who slept in a tent every night, even at night passage of Tropical Storm Tomas (Marie-Josée has still made a small incursion inside that night). Soon, they could not do without their friend the rooster, whose biological clock was sometimes a little unruly ...

It Valerie which handles the logistics of groceries for the whole group, in terms of breakfast, bottled water and dinners. For dinner, everyone get organized, and why we brought a load of snacks Made in Quebec . One exception, Tuesday afternoon we went to eat a healthy dish''that is eaten quickly in a fast food restaurant,''in Golden Spike, which was also excellent pancakes and ice cream .

With the help of their employees, guests of house Delmas Wils and Nathalie , we have prepared an excellent breakfast based o m Elette his ucisses, toast has u peanut butter, yes! Some of us loved the smell of cod (fish) at 8 am. Is not that Natalie and Robert a bit of cod soaked in coffee in the morning? Nothing better to face a hard day on the streets of Port-au-Prince!

The s ee the pla ts ranged from meatballs or fish chitay ( spicy dish based cabbage, carrots and pepper), lawyers, cod fritters and kazoo stuffed (photo-cons).

Elsewhere in the country, the kitchen is done in charcoal. We are well aware that we lived in privileged circumstances to carry out this mission ...

Here e establishment where employees home sleep

and that we are doing dryer (you can see at the bottom generator that operates the electricity in the house).

text and photos F. Bourg

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Camp Photos - Monday, November 8, 2010

Photos: Katie Bussiere and Florence Bourg

The distribution of hygiene kits to nearly go wrong ...

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Catherine made many friends among the children!

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Nathalie Cliche nursing field and discrete Oh how effective, in addition to having a touch of humor incomparable!

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Caroline Nadine Poulin and interpreter, with a father who takes his sick little girl / photo KB

Manon and Caroline to the clinic "bush" / photo KB

For Manon, it is here that the word HUNGER makes sense.

Basins prepared containing hygiene kits / photo KB

Dr. Clertida (Claire) has donated his time outside his own medical clinic to help the Expe-coming mission. She comes to auscultate the boy who received a toy / photo KB

Serge Simon and lend a hand in the reconstruction of the route to Camp / photo FB

Catherine and Florence have an impromptu game of soccer with the children, accompanied by a resident of Camp Venel Cetoute, converted coach for occasion, and for days to come ... They have promised to train hard for a Canada meets-Ha ï ti next year / photo FB

Here, imagine you these are the shoes of the children of Camp iCare among the finest : Many other children walk with sandals completely finished, when they / photo FB

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Monday, November 8 - Day 6: Visit Camp iCare (I care) from Port-au-Prince

Even if we could wait there for months as we prepare this mission, the day of Today was our highlight on an emotional level. It is impossible to translate, and we each explained how he felt in his entourage!

part of the group went to camp in the iCare Lalue Port-au-Prince, home to 600 families and 4000 people . We installed a medical clinic right at the entrance of the camp, with two doctors, including Clertida Lamothe-Cassamajor, we have come to know during the week and is truly an extraordinary woman. As before, patients suffer from malnutrition, parasites and problems of skin, iron deficiency and infections of all kinds.

instructions for medication were facilitated with the help of an interpreter present on site, Nadine because Haitians do not yet understand the Beauceron and the focus of Caroline Poulin ;-) About 150 people, women and children, were considered until nightfall. Is that the height of the coup, the medical staff, who worked throughout the afternoon and in the relentless heat, which was dehydrated. Once the clinic is complete, we distributed 600 basins (bowls) containing hygiene kits, which were prepared in the days preceding ten Haitian ties that we had incurred. Expe-The Mission paid U.S. $ 6000 for it. Despite this gesture, the distribution has not proceeded smoothly, families jostling at the entrance to the clinic to be sure to get a bedpan. The six officers of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) who accompanied us had to intervene several times to contain the crowd. Tensions mounted, and some strong men of Expe-mission played security guards (thank you Serge, Robert and Simon!)

Some mission members have been visiting the camp, accompanied by an official. The camp is divided into blocks (''neighborhoods'') with tin shacks of only 8 square feet. The unsanitary conditions that exceed what one could imagine, with a foul odor and garbage littering the ground. Despite the unspeakable misery - because even pictures can not transcribe it - kids were jumping for joy at sight of us and we showed great affection in us holding hands in all our travels. It really warms the heart. All that we live here is a good lesson positivism towards life and humility. Despite the landscape described, Haitians remain peaceful at all times to us. Young and old are curious and eager to engage in discussion with us.

The rest of the group left this morning for the ascent of Peak La Selle, the highest point of Haiti. This fitted is made up of Catherine Brulotte, Patricia Rancourt, Marie-Josee Normand, Serge Dessureault, Alex Poudrier Danvoye Jean-Pierre, François-Guy Thivierge and David Chamberland. We've heard from them around 20 pm and they were preparing to go to sleep early at night and will return to Port-au-Prince on Tuesday.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, given that everything is on the agenda of the mission was completed one day ahead, we offer a rest day to visit Port au-Prince. We will conclude the mission by a dinner at the restaurant together with friends crossed during the week. Pity that can not invite all the ti-muni (children) who grangou''''(hunger), but we're proud of what we accomplished in as little as six days in the field. And the energy that passes between us is very strong and touching too.

Text: Caroline Poulin, Katie Bussiere and Florence Bourg

MESI ANPIL all for your messages! Sorry if we did not have time to approve / release before, but it really warms the heart to read them, because we just say it had no comment! This is especially welcome in this very trying day, where many of us had the heart completely messed up.

Concrete Base For Garden Wall

Day 5: Life Community Church of the Mass of the Sacred Heart and second visit to the School-Mark Bourque

A nice little parishioner through the ruins of the Church of the Sacred Heart

Photo Jean-Pierre Danvoye (all rights reserved)

Hope is reborn on the ruins as a beautiful flower Hibiscus

Photo Caroline Poulin (all rights reserved)

Photo Caroline Poulin (all rights reserved)

Photo Caroline Poulin (all rights reserved)

Photo Jean-Pierre Danvoye (all rights reserved)

Sunday, November 6th, we had the privilege of going to mass data at Sacred Heart Church, in the district Turgeau.

To start the day, guests Wils Nathalie and made us taste the traditional Sunday is prepared with love: s oup pumpkin. A true delight!

Then we had the opportunity to attend (and participate!) To Mass at Sacred Heart Church , or rather that remains is to say absolutely ruins: the celebration actually takes place in a tent Sacred Heart, amidst the remains of the building. See pictures of the church before the earthquake here and there

What a contrast to see Haitians in costume on Sunday, raising his foot to clear the obstacles piles of debris, stones, pieces of stained glass, etc.. Approximately twelve ministers of communion, who were meeting when the earthquake was felt, died here Jan. 12. Robert Lessard had composed a poem (titled Hispaniola, Ayiti, Haiti ) , wrote three weeks after the earthquake, we have read before a meeting so we moved. Love, peace and solidarity were palpable.

Then we headed to School Mark Bourque for our second visit of the week at this institution that we sponsor. We've set up a clinic and our medical team, composed of Caroline Poulin (former respiratory therapist), nurse Nathalie Cliche, assisted by Katia have provided care to hundreds of children. Care data base salaries, which are similar to wilderness medicine, but greatly relieve the children's cough, dressing wounds, treating parasites, etc.. Educational games have been distributed to students, with workshop pulp modeling in support since the children had no idea how to do. In the afternoon, the team has fallen from the mountain that houses the school, passing coffee, flamboyant and papyrus. The return was quite dangerous, yet each time the rain and on a very slippery slope. Nathalie Cliche improvised clinic bush path, encountering a few sick people along the trail.

Tomorrow, part of the group will head to the Saddle Peak, the summit countries to make a symbolic ascent in honor of the Expe-mission.

Text: Florence Bourg

Photos: Jean-Pierre Poulin and Caroline Danvoye

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Day 4 - General Hospital of Port-au-Prince, the father Orphanage Lespinasse and Camp Gymnasium Vincent

Visit the General Hospital of Port-au-Prince, the Orphanage father

Lespinasse and Camp-Gymnasium Vincent

busy day and trying

On the bus, Robert Lessard (photo), we did a debriefing before each vi site site.

General Hospital in Port-au-Prince

We went in the morning to visit the General Hospital of Port-au-Prince, mostly destroyed by the earthquake of January 12 . We visited services pediatrics and emergencies. Our medical team, composed the doctor Clertida Lamothe-Cassamajor of Caroline Poulin (Ex-therapist), the pharmaceutical representative Manon Poitras and nurse Nathalie Cliche , were the status and inventory needs Ave ec physicians . They witnessed many cases of dehydration, malnutrition, if Èvre, kidney problems, untreated tumors, etc..

The situation is bleak: a part of the hospital, destroyed in the quake, was relocated in wooden huts with poor ventilation and overheated. There is no nurse to take care of changing the pockets of fluid, they are emptied and tubing eventually fill with blood . The side of motherhood, HOPIT t has nothing to do with our Quebec hospitals. The rooms and corridors do so s not clean, dusty, cracked and poorly equipped. There are few skilled staff, testifies Caroline Poulin, and basic hygiene is not respected: the medical staff does not mask or gloves, except for premature babies.

Then we went to second Orphanage father Lespinasse , in the Turgeau. The orphanage is directed by Roland Lafontaine. C'e its st m AD an energetic octogenarian, who received us and told in detail how she experienced the earthquake and how the father Lespinasse was eventually found under the rubble of another building. This time, no ou will have

encountered é older children from 8 to 18. They were filled with clothing, balls, shoes and soccer uniforms, shoes, educational games and delivered soon as we have them made on behalf of all our donors.

Robert and Clertida we have then made the surp rise us arrange a stop in a small kiosk for a taste typical to ba is to beef fritters and cod. Nice little moment of relief! Robert and Patricia have not even outlined some of zouk in the street song Kassav " Zouk la sé nou ni sèl médikaman " (zouk is the drug that we necessary), has never been so actua ity.

Cam p G there mnasium Vincent near Lower bit of affairs

Yes, Vou s have read: it is not P did little of affairs ! is our friend Jessica who us confirmed. By R obert Lessard, who took her under his wing, this sparkling Haitian prepares his medicine now, in the footsteps of Clertida.

We na same arrived earlier this afternoon in the camp called Gymnasium, because situated vis-à-vis the Vincent Gymnasium. Piled on top of each other, p read 40 families residing there nt (the camp manager, apparently exceeded, do not know the exact figure). Clertida , has ssistée of Nathalie Manon and Carolina , y cared particulièremen t women and children. They have dispensed treatment of influenza, vaginitis, stomach ulcers, worming, many of anemia, especially among women. They were also given vitamin supplements and food products. Meanwhile, new s have made the distribution of toys, educational games and soccer. We spend three hours in order to give the care and med icaments all.

For the first time, our team felt great pressure when allocatio No goods, which almost wrong st. Families com

began to scramble to come first, all in a grueling heat. But, with the advice and intervention of a sea e fam ily camp, Martine a woman admirable finally took place in any order. We and ions away from us doubt that the balls soccer have such a success: they did happiness of dozens of children (and adults) who were playing in the gymnasium immediately after covered (well, partly because water infiltration to are many).

Photo F. Village / Camp Gymnasium:-D system for drying the laundry

The group went shopping at the supermarket: it was a face-to-face with the labels price, indicating that the expensive t of living is very high here, even for the poorest. Then, return to homes and Delmas Belvil for a community dinner.

Some dishes ha NEITI we have tasted since our arrival:

dried bananas sold in the street

pumpkin soup, nuggets of real tree, griot pork Tassot beef, rice with red beans. These are dishes home: thank you to our guests!

Among different kinds of bananas H has Iti : ba nane plantain or banana figs, fig Ti-Malice, Banan e big boot, banana Pugnac (photo)

banana squash (photo)

Text and photos: Florence Bourg