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Haitian people really like when it's Carnival time
Since after the earthquake, Preval Government, tried to have carnival on Champ-de-Mars, this is the place where the government always organize the carnival. As we know, the people that they houses had been claps during the that time now there are living in tents on the place where we used to have the Parade carnival it's occupy by the people.
The major, the president and the people who are responsible to organize it, are confuse about where and what countryside we will have it, in the In Port-Au-Prince or in some places.
People, are complain that every countryside should have their own carnival, to be autonomy and decentralize.
Are we going to have it at difference places or in the Capital while many people are still living in the tent. As we know the Government did a lot to have all our places free, to have the parade like before.

Hope, that we will have our carnival like before in the Capital or in countryside, wherever, Haitian people just need a their three days to enjoy their selves.

What kind of Parade that Michel Martely Conille Government, will give the Haitian?

Feb, 19, 20 21, Canival in Haiti
Jan 30, 2012

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Most Haitian people like when arrive the three days to have carnival.

Since after the hearthquake, Preval Government, tried to have carnival on Champ-de-Mars, this is the place where the government always organise the carnival. As we know, the people that they houses had been claps during the that time now there are linving in tents on the place where we used to have the Parad carnival it's occupy by the people.
The major, the president and the people who are responsable to organize it, are confuse about where and what countriside we will have it, in the In Port-au-Prince or in some places.
People, are complain that every contryside should have their own canival, to be autonome and decentralize.
Are we going to have it at difference places or in the Capital while many people are still living in the tent. As we know the Goverment did a lot to have all our places free, to have the parad like before.

Hope, that we will have our carnival like before in the Capital or in countryside, wherever, Haitian people just need a their three days to enjoy their selves.

What kind of Parad that Michel Martely Conille Government, will give the Haitian?

Feb, 19, 20 21, Canival in Haiti
Jan 30, 2012

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Dec 20, 2011

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Video , Birthday Celebration Of Myriam Videographe of PINP, July 12, 2011
Jul 12, 2011

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Video to see what caused the flooding June 10, 2011
Jun 10, 2011

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This never happened before, everybody said.

Monday, June 6 at 6 : 00 pm the rain started falling. I was tired, I had decided to take rest a bit. While I have been sleeping I heard my daughter Caroline calling me, mom, mom wake up, we have water come up everywhere in the house, I was worried and asked her if that is a reason to cry like that, and I said to her, you almost broke my heart. But I understood why she was so worried when I got down from the bed, and my feet were in water everywhere in the house.
I did not know what to do. I disconnected all plugs from the electric system. During this time, my older sister Magalie had taken with her all the children to go up on the top of house to be safer. I told myself do not panic, try to stay calm to see what you can do.
When I went outside to see how was the yard, there was no over fence. The fence had fallen to the other side of the yard of the neighbor, and the force of the water had brought them there.
Many people in the neighborhood came to help us. But, I did not leave the house. For some reason, I decided to stay there. I had an idea, which was to stay and pray. I did not know what I was doing, neither if it was going to work, but I felt the only thing I could do was to pray and leave everything in God hands.
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Jun 08, 2011

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Thursday May 05, It was about 9 AM I was already at Champ de Mars to take photos and interview people there. The story was going to began when that teenager cross my way. I said good morning to her, is that place is Champ de Mars, she said yes, you are at Champs -de-Mars. I smile at her to say thanks.
Then I continue to walk, then I had a short conversation with a mother carrying a baby on her arms. I stopped for a moment to watch the place and start taking some pictures, when a man came out of his tent. I said good morning, and he was friendly, with me. I began to tell him about the time when orchestra came to perform for the people before the earthquake, he said yes, I remember too.

We exchanged ideas, about that period passed and that present moment how the place was become dirty with those tents on. Meanwhile, I was talking with the man, the guy with the black t- shirt who was talking with that teenager, little girls, accompanied another young boy come to hear what I was saying with the man, and he questioned me about what I am doing, and the boy said, I thought you were the lady who came before promised to pay school for me, I said no, sorry I am not. I am here to take picture and have interview with people who want to know about that place and other places in this area. Then I said thank you, and they got back to their occupations, me I continue to do my work.
I not even had time to walk 5 step, I heard a voice calling me, Hey madam, I heard you question about Champ de Mars, I said yes, and he was already close to me, and his hand in my bag asking me, what do you have in your bag, I said, I don
May 06, 2011

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Video, Advice to make things better in Haiti, April 08, 2011
Apr 08, 2011

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Bike, transportation using in Cite Soleil , April 7, 2011
Apr 07, 2011

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Advice!

This is the story of a young boy I know well enough, is what allows me to share his story with you.

Growing up this little boy had so pretty well arranged teeth in his mouth, his grandmother especially liked to see him when he smiled. After these six years, baby teeth had to give live place to the real teeth.
then, everything was going to change for this little boy, when he was 6 of age, many things had changed in the life of this little boy. He loses his grandmother when he was 6 years old, who loved to see his beautiful smile, so everything had changed, and no one paid more attention to his smile or at least almost.

Now he is 19 years old, he is old enough to see and understand what is good or not good for him.
One day he went to his mother and said, mom how to push my teeth look. Yes, the teeth are pushed as those of an alligator in fact that's how friends of his neighborhood call him.

Even more unfortunately for him, a rainy day, he hits a leg and fell on the mouth and broke one of his large front teeth. Despite all that we have not bothered to take him to a dentist, thinking that with time he will end up living with.

He lost his beautiful smile. He sometimes even afraid and ashamed to laugh so that we do not make fun of him, is stronger than him but he loves to laugh just like his mother .

Does the mother had to worry about the good teeth of her son as she does for these studies? Whose fault?

It is true, that the teeth have been given free of God, some times we tend to mismanage all that has made no effort to have. However it is important not to do, because at a certain age if you lose them, they never grow longer, as the case of this boy.

Some people die with all their teeth, why not us? It is a choice.
Take care of our teeth as we do if it was any other part of our body ...

Will he find is beautiful smile one day? God only knows!

(A picture will show you what his smile looks like )

True story
Oct 14, 2010

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Do not wait to honor the work they do ...

Soon it will be two years since I worked with PINP and for PINP. In fact, who are those people of PINP? One could say that is US. This word US, that could be translated by the word family. Indeed they say it is a real team like a family ...

In a team of Foot, each in its role, the attacker plays the role of attack. The defender, and center front in a team has their role, and they are just as important as the goal keeper. It's like this family we are in PINP. We each have a specific role, and spend some time to do other things. In Haiti we usually wait until after their death to honor and talk about the work of our writers, poets, painters, and sculptors. Now, when we look at how major countries honor their artists, we do not wait until their death. The government has decided do honor them while they are still alive.

In the same way it cannot wait to honor the great work that volunteers abroad do, for a better tomorrow for the survival of the Haitian population. Not forgetting to mention that they leave their family, their friends, and their country, in order to rescue people who suffer and live in poverty and extreme poverty. Without knowing those who live in a country where everything is strange, and especially despite all the evil that is said of Haiti, they decided to come anyway.

Especially in Cite Soleil, the center of danger. After a hard day passes listening to the grievances and dreams of these children and adults, under an unparalleled hot tropical sun, they returned tired, and you can see the fatigue and dust on their faces and the apple of their eyes. Without even realizing, they do not know how much life they came to save. Simply having lent ears to these people for taking the time to listen and be heard. They are everywhere, in Cite Soleil, Jalouzie, Citron, Delmas 75, Delmas 75 Tent city, Champ de Mars, everywhere, and need to be heard.

You, the volunteers, you can never know and understand the importance and greatness of the work you do. In this sense, those who came made it by giving a hand, gave their time to this worthy cause, a better world, less hunger and children in slavery. You have shown courage and dedication to help them:

Shadia Duery
Jenniffer Johnson
Holli Griffiths and Heather
Allison Meyer
And the other volunteers, without even realizing it is allowed the volunteers, the pioneer Geoff Bederson and without forgetting Laura. They all came together for a
common cause. You who are still a little undecided to take part in this family, People In Need Partnership.

Do not remain indifferent, because the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few.

Thank you

Myriam

May 31, 2010

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I regained my sleep.

We all have a story to tell, like it or not, a shared experience of January 12.

When my parents were still alive they loved to party. After each party, I walked in the courtyard to see if everything is okay, in fact there were people who were too drunk to drive home, and they spent the night on chairs. When I looked at them sleeping on the chairs I said in my mind I would never spend the night outside like them, I have to be drunk or crazy to do it...

Never say never!

The first two weeks after January 12, conditions were very critical. We had sheets but no plastic to protect against rain or other things... and each time it rained we'd all be scared and go to the garage to wait until the rain passed to come out again, because it was not safe to stay inside any houses.

We were these numbers in my courtyard: 17 women, 9 children, 1 baby and a man, my big brother. Friends and friends of our friends were also part of this community. We were of different Christian faiths, however. Every night before going to bed we united to form a prayer chain, everyone involved together, from children to adults. Even non-believers were present.

With the arrival of new people in the courtyard, my sisters and I learned how to make tents with sheets, in order to deceive the sun, but not the rain
Apr 28, 2010

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March 25, 2010

Yesterday afternoon at about 4 hr 35, after I got home. I was expecting a tap- tap to return and suddenly came a taxi, which drove me home. I passed Hope hospital, where a lot of people who had accidents during the earthquake.

Then the wind brought the voice of a woman screaming to my ears: Psi, which means stop a taxi in Haiti, please put me up. The driver hesitated, but he turned aside and restarted again, but then I asked him to stop the car to take them.

They were 3, a boy, a girl and a lady with a serum attached to her arm, and supported in the air by the girl and the other arm supported by the boy.

She could not even get into the car she was suffering so much. Once in the car I asked her what she suffers. She began to tell me. Because I go days without taking anything, it opened on a disease called hernia. When sickness arises, she said, I have headache, fever, choking, difficulty breathing, and feel very weak...

She was working to get to her house because she did not have money to pay the tap tap. She suffered so, I wonder how she would get to her house, we took about 20 minutes in the taxi. The driver, seeing the suffering of the lady, he said, Why does she have to endure such suffering, it was better to die.

The house was so far, and the taxi driver decided to make a half turn. I increased the price of a taxi for him to accept to continue.

Arriving close to her house, we exchanged phone numbers so that she can call me, that I can meet her children at the office the next day, to send her some food.

So I met the three of her children this morning, gave them some food, provided by Save the Children Organization. The children were so happy when they left the office.

I have to go tomorrow morning take photos of the lady and her family. And to take her interview, to know more about her living condition, and to add it on our web site. That's what Mr. Cajuste suggested me to do.

Myriam Dejean
Mar 25, 2010

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February 24, 2010



How is Haiti? Haiti January 12, 2010. It has been a month and 12 days since Haiti was unexpectedly hit by a 7.3 earthquake which claimed thousands of victims both in human life, property and other ...



Since then, Haiti may be trying to rise from the ashes back to life. Some say that the earthquake was due to a union between Haitians.



What we exactly do we mean by union?



While people are killing each other in the struggle to have food, they are fighting, getting injured, and will do anything to get a can of food ....



How is Haiti doing?!



Those responsible, by all means try to provide tents, water, food, a place for their personal needs, something that is not at all easy.



One month, 12 days, imagine. What's the point for those living in the capital of those who have not yet had government assistance. They have their eyes fixed skyward, hoping, and they are wondering who will come to their rescue?



However, the rainy season is looming. When you ask people who live in these places, on the streets, in tents made of pieces of tissue, and with plastic, What are they panicking about the most right now? They all have the same answer,
Feb 24, 2010

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