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Life In Miragoane : 3 SHOTS (20)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1509 W: 59 N: 3039]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (12519) | As there are not many documentary photos of Haiti on TE (and as I discovered TE while preparing to go there, desperately searching for photos on the net), I think it could be useful to post this series of 3 photos although none is really good : all taken hastily in the smallest size, 2 of them sitting in the front seat of a car, no time to compose. (NB : on this photo : "LAPARITION" written on the grey building = "L'apparition", a Christian reference about the Holy Spirit appearing to Mary to announce that she will give birth to Jesus - people in Haiti are very religious : 100% voodoo and Christian in the same time).
I did not dare posting the 3rd one as "original post", although it is the one that I prefer as there is a story attached to it : "New Hope" : we met them very briefly, preparing to leave : 2 street children cared for by FOMAED (Fondation Miragoanaise d’Aide aux Enfants Défavorisés = a small, local charity financed by local businessmen, created and run by an enthousiastic, dedicated team of persons – it takes care of street children, abandonned babies and pregnant girls, giving them access to school or to informal education). The baby girl had been found abandoned some days earlier and was given a new « mother » who would bathe, dress, feed her, herself having had a very difficult time as a street youngster (no detail was given, but one can easily imagine, in that harbour city) ; getting such a responsability gave her back some pride and she is now learning new skills thanks to the organisation.
Here, another view from the same city, residential area with a view on the blue sea... |
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in the residential area, a bit higher...
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New Hope...
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Should I have posted this photo instead, as original post ? Anyway, I find the expression of the new "mother" very moving ! What do you think ?
2 street children cared for by FOMAED (Fondation Miragoanaise d’Aide aux Enfants Défavorisés = a small, local charity financed by local businessmen, created and run by an enthousiastic, dedicated team of persons – it takes care of street children, abandonned babies and pregnant girls, giving them access to school or to informal education).
The baby girl had been found abandoned some days earlier and was given a new « mother » who would bathe, dress, feed her, herself having had a very difficult time as a street youngster (no detail was given, but one can easily imagine, in that harbour city) ; getting such a responsability gave her back some pride and she is now learning new skills thanks to the organisation. |
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