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Ile A Vache, Haiti

Images of the Haitian island of Ile A Vache while working with the Good Samaritan Foundation of Haiti. For a description of the work done, read this blog post: http://www.jmpeltier.com/2015/04/15/return-to-haiti-part-three/
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  • Boys up to no good in their dugout canoes

    Boys up to no good in their dugout canoes

  • They always come out in pairs so that one can continuously bail water while the other hustles you

    They always come out in pairs so that one can continuously bail water while the other hustles you

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    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Using a halyard to load a generator into the smaller boat. We did the same for the roto-tiller also in the boat.

  • Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    A boy riding his horse into the water from the beach in La Hatte, Ile A Vache, Haiti.

  • Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Children enjoy some pops during their health assessment in La Hatte.

  • Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Everyone took a part in cleaning the school once we got back into it, even the little ones.

  • Sam, one of the local interpreters, asks one of the schoolgirls questions for the health assessment.

    Sam, one of the local interpreters, asks one of the schoolgirls questions for the health assessment.

    Sam, one of the local interpreters, asks one of the schoolgirls questions for the health assessment.

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    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Janel, one of my translators during a candid moment at the school in La Hatte.

  • Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Children waiting for class to start at the La Hatte school.

  • Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Children gathered in front of the school for the national anthem at the start of the day.

  • Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Some of these children don't even have access to a mirror to see what they look like, so it's quite a novelty when someone with a camera comes through.

  • I think it was a Creole class.  That's the best I could gather.

    I think it was a Creole class. That's the best I could gather.

    I think it was a Creole class. That's the best I could gather.

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    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Our "security" crew. They've spent the past few nights at the school making sure that the classrooms stayed out of the wrong hands.

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    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    One of the young boys trying to push this big heavy boat off the sand as the crew attempt to kedge off.

  • Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    One of the local construction crew responsible for hauling cement at the hen house site. He was the first person here to ask me to take a picture of him - almost all of the islanders are really shy around cameras (mostly because no one has ever seen a camera).

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    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    One of our masons laying brick around the perimeter of the hen house.

  • Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Workers climbing on the rafters to install the battens on the hen house in La Hatte.

  • Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Anous inspects the demonstration garden near his house in La Hatte, Ile A Vache, Haiti.

  • Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    An orphaned girl watches one of the fishermen tending to one of the donated sails.

  • Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    Boys playing a pickup soccer game. The goal posts are different each day I walk past the field.

  • Ile  A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    A mix of sailboats anchored off the beach at Pierre La Lanterne.

  • Ile  A Vache, Haiti

    Ile A Vache, Haiti

    The beach at Pierre La Lanterne, covered in fishing nets, dugout canoes, and mischevious boys.

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    Sam, one of the local interpreters, asks one of the schoolgirls questions for the health assessment.