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Portraits of Haiti, Petit Bois – Boy Cools Off
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Portraits of Haiti – J/P HRO Petionville IDP Tent Camp
January 12th, 2010 was a typical day in Port Au Prince, Haiti. The streets were busy, the skies were partly cloudy, the air was humid and the temperature was in the mid 80’s (Fahrenheit). Life for two and a half million people in the surrounding area moved along like any other day. Then, without warning, at 4:53 pm, the ground, [...]
Portraits of Haiti – Cow Intestines
In the back of the Point Sande Market, along the Artibonite River in Haiti, a woman hangs cow intestines on a line to dry in the sun. Citrus juice from sour oranges is commonly used to clean many types of meat, including this – inside and out. Once dry the intestines are cut up and used to flavor different foods, [...]
Portraits of Haiti – Soccer in Cité Soleil
Cité Soleil is the poorest most dangerous area of Port Au Prince. Twenty years ago Robert Duval went to Cité Soleil and established the Foundation L’ Athlitique d’ Haiti, teaching sports, and providing meals and schooling for many of the children. Full story to come. Copyright 2011 Adam Bacher, All rights reserved. Absolutely NO usage without prior authorization.
Portraits of Haiti – Elder Abandonment
Her face pulled attention for a photograph. Local vendors and their story drew wonderment. The old woman often accompanied her daughter, a regular seller at the Pont Sondet market, along the Artibonite River in Haiti. They arrived in mornings from the northern area of Haiti’s central plateau, worked the market all day, and left before dark. Over time the daughter [...]
Portraits of Haiti – Labadie School Girls
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Portraits of Haiti – Battle of Vertières Day
Haiti’s ultimate independence from France was won in The Battle of Vertieres, a site now part of the city of Cap Haitian. Historians tell that on November 18th, 1803, the leader of the Haitian rebels, General François Capois, mounted a great horse and led the charge against the French army. In a hail of bullets Capois went down – his [...]
Portraits of Haiti – Citadel Cistern from Bottom
The Citadel is a fortress built on a mountain top in northern Haiti after the revolution in 1804 to defend against any French attempt to retake the former colony. Inside are cisterns built to retain enough drinking water to sustain Haitian troops for up to a year. This photo was taken at the bottom of the main cistern. Copyright 2011 [...]
Portraits of Haiti – Midwife of Lorie Village
Bernadette Joseph is a traditional Haitian midwife working in the Lorie Village area of northern Haiti. The following is from an interview I did with her last week. Q: What’s your name and what do you do? A: They call me Bernadette Joseph. When the women are pregnant I deliver the babies. Q: How long have you been a midwife? [...]
Portraitsof Haiti – What’s Coming Up
The HACAOT.org mobile medical clinic members (less six interrupters and a Haitian doctor), pose for a photo after 5 days of clinics which treated 1,480 people. I’m on the far left. The team is now back in the United States. Tomorrow is a national holiday. Haitian President, Michel Martelly, will be in Cap Haitian in honor of the last major [...]
Portraits of Haiti – HACAOT Saves Boy’s Life
This boy arrived to the HACAOT mobile medical clinic in severe respiratory distress. He was immediately taken from the waiting crowd, and given a nebulizer to open the airways in his lungs (photo below). A doctor worked with him for two and half hours. Each time the nebulizer was removed he went into respiratory failure. To give him a chance [...]
Portraits of Haiti – Discipline Bank
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Portraits of Haiti: 2 School Girls from Cap Haitian
“We play with little plates and little cooking pots and little cups. We have little cooking utensils that go in the houses. We pretend to eat.” They have tea parties – just like our children. (click this link for slides and video) Copyright 2011 Adam Bacher, All rights reserved. Absolutely NO usage without prior authorization.
Portraits of Haiti: Lorie Soccer Team
In the red shirt holding the ball is the captain of the soccer team for the village of Lorie, 30 minutes from Cap Haitian, and the north coast of Haiti. He’s one of the 515 people treated in two days in the village of Lorieby a mobile health care clinic, run by the Haitian Caribbean American Organization of Texas: HACAOT. [...]
Portraits of Haiti: Mobile Medical Clinic in Dondon, Haiti
The city of Dondon, with a population of roughly 50,000, is a one and a half hour drive from Cap Haitain, Haiti. On Wednesday morning, at 5:30 am, the HATCAOT medical team traveled to Dondon to set up a one day mobile health clinic. Their goal: Treat as many people in need as possible. More than a third of [...]
Portraits of Haiti: HACAOT Mobile Medical Clinic in Village of Lorie
By the numbers: HACAOT Mobile Medical Clinic to Village of Lori 25 Team members including doctors, nurses, clinicians, interrupters, logistics and support staff, are based in a house in Cap Haitian. There are 3 bathrooms and 3 bedrooms: 7 men in one room, 6 women in a second room, 4 men in a third room. Others sleep on air [...]
Portraits of Haiti: Mary Fargen – HACAOT Team Member and 2011 Physician Assistant of the Year Award Winner
At 6:00 am Monday morning a team of 18 doctors, nurses, clinicians, and founding members of the Haitian Caribbean American Organization of Texas (HACAOT), will leave for the first of five days to different regions of Cap Haitian, the second largest city in Haiti. Each day the group will set up and break down a health care clinic capable of [...]
Portraits of Haiti: Baker Prairie Middle School Students Help Hiati Relief Effort
This Monday I met with many of the students of Baker Prairie Middle School, in Canby, Oregon, to invite them to join me in Haiti for the month of November. Over the internet we’ll video conference live for questions and answers, observations, feedback and student involvement in the trip. Their ideas and insights will help guide aspects this Haitian journey, [...]
Photojournalism in Haiti
On November 6th I fly into Port Au Prince, Haiti, volunteering a month of my time to create new photography, video and writing, for two non-profits working tirelessly in the country; a small organization, the Haitian and Caribbean Organization of Texas (http://www.hacaot.org/), and a much larger one, Partners In Health (http://www.pih.org/). With HACAOT, I’ll be joining a Haitian run medical [...]
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